Friday at 4:00 PM in Columbia A
Come pitch a panel. It can be a topic for round-table discussion, a conversation you want to have with someone else at the convention that you’d like others to watch, a demonstration of something cool you know about, a game you want to play, a problem you want help solving, or any other idea.
Everyone at the session, proposers and audience, is given a strip of five dot stickers. We lay out all the proposals for topics so they’re visible and folks go around and put dots on the items they most want to see happen. If you really want a topic - give it multiple dots! We schedule the topics into our Open Space time slots.
Opening Ceremony & Open Space Generation
Friday at 4:00 PM in Columbia A
Come pitch a panel. It can be a topic for round-table discussion, a conversation you want to have with someone else at the convention that you’d like others to watch, a demonstration of something cool you know about, a game you want to play, a problem you want help solving, or any other idea.
Everyone at the session, proposers and audience, is given a strip of five dot stickers. We lay out all the proposals for topics so they’re visible and folks go around and put dots on the items they most want to see happen. If you really want a topic - give it multiple dots! We schedule the topics into our Open Space time slots.
Friday at 8:00 PM in Commons
BYOM
Music, music, music!
Friday night we’ll be holding a Foolscap first - the BYOM* dance. Bring CDs or MP3s with songs you want to share, and come hear what everyone else brought. So everyone gets a turn, we prefer songs under 4-5 minutes, but you can bring more than one. Oh, and we’ll provide snacks!
*Bring Your Own Music, of course
Bring Your Own Music [Commons]
Friday at 8:00 PM in Commons
BYOM
Music, music, music!
Friday night we’ll be holding a Foolscap first - the BYOM* dance. Bring CDs or MP3s with songs you want to share, and come hear what everyone else brought. So everyone gets a turn, we prefer songs under 4-5 minutes, but you can bring more than one. Oh, and we’ll provide snacks!
*Bring Your Own Music, of course
Friday at 5:00 PM in Columbia A
Tell me what books you've read in the past year that you recommend. Also movies, podcasts, etc. My TBR is hungry!
What Should I Read?
Friday at 5:00 PM in Columbia A
Tell me what books you've read in the past year that you recommend. Also movies, podcasts, etc. My TBR is hungry!
Friday at 5:00 PM in Columbia B
The perennially popular opportunity to ask questions that might be quite awkward as a general rule.
Ask a Black Girl.
Friday at 5:00 PM in Columbia B
The perennially popular opportunity to ask questions that might be quite awkward as a general rule.
Friday at 8:00 PM in Columbia B
What are you favorite lesser known fairy tales? Do you have opinions about d'Autery vs Peralt vs Anderson? Come share your favorite stories that people might not know. R-rated/potentially triggering content. &emdash; Rebecca
Beyond Disney: Less Well Known Fairy & Folk Tales
Friday at 8:00 PM in Columbia B
What are you favorite lesser known fairy tales? Do you have opinions about d'Autery vs Peralt vs Anderson? Come share your favorite stories that people might not know. R-rated/potentially triggering content. &emdash; Rebecca
Friday at 8:00 PM in Columbia A
What are good entry books for people who don't read 'genre' books? - Beth
Introduce an Adult to SF
Friday at 8:00 PM in Columbia A
What are good entry books for people who don't read 'genre' books? - Beth
Saturday at 10:00 AM in Columbia A
How to write stories containing artificial intelligence that is realistic based on today's cutting-edge AI research - Dave
Realistic AI in Fiction
Saturday at 10:00 AM in Columbia A
How to write stories containing artificial intelligence that is realistic based on today's cutting-edge AI research - Dave
Saturday at 10:00 AM in Columbia B
Come chat about your favorite urban fantasy classics or show up to tell us about the new classics-to-be that you've discovered. - Shel
Urban Fantasy: From Eddie the Fey to October Daye
Saturday at 10:00 AM in Columbia B
Come chat about your favorite urban fantasy classics or show up to tell us about the new classics-to-be that you've discovered. - Shel
Saturday at 2:00 PM in Columbia A
Let's remember her. What was the first book you read or your favorite book. Tell us your memories or conversations with her. Let's talk about the themes in her work. - Beth
Le Guin
Saturday at 2:00 PM in Columbia A
Let's remember her. What was the first book you read or your favorite book. Tell us your memories or conversations with her. Let's talk about the themes in her work. - Beth
Saturday at 2:00 PM in Hospitality
A taste of 5 true teas and discussion thereof
Tea Thing
Saturday at 2:00 PM in Hospitality
A taste of 5 true teas and discussion thereof
Saturday at 2:00 PM in Columbia B
A demonstration of one-on-one rapier techniques.
Black Tigers: Sword Demo
Saturday at 2:00 PM in Columbia B
A demonstration of one-on-one rapier techniques.
Saturday at 3:00 PM in Columbia B
Tips and shared experiences in learning a second laungage - Kai
Learn you a Language Good
Saturday at 3:00 PM in Columbia B
Tips and shared experiences in learning a second laungage - Kai
Saturday at 4:00 PM in Columbia B
Creaters such as Lovecraft, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Orson Scott Card. How much can we separate the art we like from the artist's behavior and/or beliefs that we reject? Should we even try? Is a canon full of problematic creators a barrier to entry for more diversity in fandom? - Beverly
Problematic Creators
Saturday at 4:00 PM in Columbia B
Creaters such as Lovecraft, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Orson Scott Card. How much can we separate the art we like from the artist's behavior and/or beliefs that we reject? Should we even try? Is a canon full of problematic creators a barrier to entry for more diversity in fandom? - Beverly
Saturday at 5:00 PM in Columbia A
SF/Fantasy art is thriving on the internet and venues other that SF convention art shows. Who are your favorite artists who are working primarily online, at larger comic/media conventions, or other special interest venues? What tresaures have you found while roaming the back aisles of small tables at ComiCon?
Un-conventional art
Saturday at 5:00 PM in Columbia A
SF/Fantasy art is thriving on the internet and venues other that SF convention art shows. Who are your favorite artists who are working primarily online, at larger comic/media conventions, or other special interest venues? What tresaures have you found while roaming the back aisles of small tables at ComiCon?
Saturday at 5:00 PM in Columbia B
There is a school of thought that re-reading is a juvenile habit, something children demand as a way to gain comfort. Yet most fans re-read. All critics do. What is it we gain from re-reading, do some texts bear more re-reading than others? And does this notion of comfort reading have any validity?
Re-Reading
Saturday at 5:00 PM in Columbia B
There is a school of thought that re-reading is a juvenile habit, something children demand as a way to gain comfort. Yet most fans re-read. All critics do. What is it we gain from re-reading, do some texts bear more re-reading than others? And does this notion of comfort reading have any validity?
Saturday at 8:00 PM in Columbia B
We each get 3 minutes to say what you didn't like about a specific book. Be concise so we all get our turn. - Eileen
'Bitch Fest' - Books We Disliked
Saturday at 8:00 PM in Columbia B
We each get 3 minutes to say what you didn't like about a specific book. Be concise so we all get our turn. - Eileen
Saturday at 9:00 PM in Columbia A
I've been 3D printing for 30 days and I have stories. 3D printing can have a steep learning curve. Come and share your experiences. - Lauren
3D Printing: Noob Confessions
Saturday at 9:00 PM in Columbia A
I've been 3D printing for 30 days and I have stories. 3D printing can have a steep learning curve. Come and share your experiences. - Lauren
Saturday at 9:00 PM in Columbia B
Let's get together, sit in a circle and share songs. Sing-alongs? Things with rousing choruses? Something you literally just wrote? Obscure folk songs?
Foolscap Song Circle Polygon
Saturday at 9:00 PM in Columbia B
Let's get together, sit in a circle and share songs. Sing-alongs? Things with rousing choruses? Something you literally just wrote? Obscure folk songs?
Saturday at 10:00 PM in Commons
by Live Parsley. A Text adventure in the spirit of Zork. Doug will be the computer. - Doug
Action Castle -- In the spirit of Zork [Commons]
Saturday at 10:00 PM in Commons
by Live Parsley. A Text adventure in the spirit of Zork. Doug will be the computer. - Doug
Sunday at 12:00 PM in Commons
We are continuing our tradition of a brunch-style banquet for our Sunday mornings: the Bite of Foolscap! Come join us for conversation and good food. Here’s the complete menu: Fresh Chilled Orange & Cranberry Juice; Scrambled Egg Station with Toppings: Bacon Bits, Sour Cream, Green Onions, Shredded Cheddar Cheese, Salsa; Sliced Seasonal Fresh Fruit; Applewood Bacon; A Variety of Pastries, “Crescents”, Doughnuts, and Apple Fritters; Cinnamon French Toast; an Oatmeal Station, Served with Dried Cranberries, Golden Raisins, Brown Sugar & Milk; Taraza Bold Blend Coffee and Tazo Tea
Bite of Foolscap [Commons]
Sunday at 12:00 PM in Commons
We are continuing our tradition of a brunch-style banquet for our Sunday mornings: the Bite of Foolscap! Come join us for conversation and good food. Here’s the complete menu: Fresh Chilled Orange & Cranberry Juice; Scrambled Egg Station with Toppings: Bacon Bits, Sour Cream, Green Onions, Shredded Cheddar Cheese, Salsa; Sliced Seasonal Fresh Fruit; Applewood Bacon; A Variety of Pastries, “Crescents”, Doughnuts, and Apple Fritters; Cinnamon French Toast; an Oatmeal Station, Served with Dried Cranberries, Golden Raisins, Brown Sugar & Milk; Taraza Bold Blend Coffee and Tazo Tea
Sunday at 10:00 AM in Commons
Let's sit in the same space and make some stuff. Maybe talk about making stuff too? I figured we'd be doing this in the commons but it'd be cool to have a specific time -Wing
Crafting Fun Times
Sunday at 10:00 AM in Commons
Let's sit in the same space and make some stuff. Maybe talk about making stuff too? I figured we'd be doing this in the commons but it'd be cool to have a specific time -Wing
Sunday at 10:00 AM in Columbia A
Romane novels are experiencing a revolution, currently. There are also many cross overs with SF, Fantasy, urban fantasy, historical eras, and modern geek culture. Ask for recommendations or bring suggestions -Rebecca Newman
Romance Novels for geeky people
Sunday at 10:00 AM in Columbia A
Romane novels are experiencing a revolution, currently. There are also many cross overs with SF, Fantasy, urban fantasy, historical eras, and modern geek culture. Ask for recommendations or bring suggestions -Rebecca Newman
Sunday at 10:00 AM in Columbia B
Discuss the pros and cons of ebooks and paper books.
E-Books and Dead Trees
Sunday at 10:00 AM in Columbia B
Discuss the pros and cons of ebooks and paper books.
Sunday at 11:00 AM in Columbia A
30+ topics in 50 minutes. Bring all ideas (I will steal from Foolscap) and I'll set a timer. Lets see how many we get through. -Beth
Why Decide?
Sunday at 11:00 AM in Columbia A
30+ topics in 50 minutes. Bring all ideas (I will steal from Foolscap) and I'll set a timer. Lets see how many we get through. -Beth
Sunday at 11:00 AM in Columbia B
Show off your pens!Learn about pens! Discuss the best paper for pens! -Shel
Fountain Pens - Tools from a more civilized age
Sunday at 11:00 AM in Columbia B
Show off your pens!Learn about pens! Discuss the best paper for pens! -Shel
