Non-Academic Events

February 5-8, 2026: CAPRICON 46

Marriott Chicago O’Hare 8535 West Higgins Road, Chicago, IL Get Directions

Capricon 46: Rise of the Humans, will be held on February 5-8, 2026, at the Chicago O’Hare Marriott (Marriott Chicago O’Hare 8535 West Higgins Road, Chicago, Illinois). For more information, […]

5 Feb
2026

Past Events

November 7-9, 2025: WINDYCON 51

DoubleTree By Hilton Chicago (Oak Brook, 1909 Spring Road Oak Brook, Illinois 60523)

Windycon is Chicagoland’s longest running science fiction convention. Windycon 51 will be held on November 7-9, 2025, at the DoubleTree By Hilton Chicago (Oak Brook, 1909 Spring Road Oak Brook, Illinois […]

7 Nov
2025

Chicon 8 (Worldcon 2022)

Worldcon is coming to my home city! Delighted to be both attending and helping to coordinate between the convention and my university!

1 Sep
2022

ORD Camp

320 North Morgan Street

ORD Camp is a two day, invitation-only, gathering of 350 hand picked attendees. It’s a time to collect together the best minds in the midwest and beyond, to spark new […]

24 Jan
2020

Dublin2019 Concert: Sassafrass

Point Square Dublin — 10:30 to 11:20

WH2 – Performance space (Point Square Dublin) Tales from Viking mythology set as close harmony a cappella music narrating the creation of the cosmos, the strife between Odin & Loki, […]

17 Aug
2019

Dublin2019 Kaffeeklatsch

Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) — 17:00 to 17:50

Level 3 Foyer (KK/LB) (CCD)   Follow DUBLIN 2019 – AN IRISH WORLDCON, THE 77TH WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION August 15-19 (@Dublin2019)  

15 Aug
2019

"Warm, generous, and inviting," Inventing the Renaissance provides a witty and irreverent journey through the fantasies historians have constructed about the supposed Dark Ages and golden Renaissance, and exposes the terrible yet often tender reality beneath.