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D SPECIAL EVENTS Friday Main Entrance 9pm Play International A-C 10:30pm Clam Chowder Concert International A-C Saturday Pratt A Pratt B 12:30pm Robert Sacks Memorial Service International A-C Remembering First Fandom with Dave Kyle International A-C Douglass Peale 1:30pm 2:30pm Frank Hayes, Filk GOH Concert International A-C Schaefer 3:30pm Halla Fleischer, Artist GOH International A-C Presentation of the Young Writer’s Award and the Compton 4:30pm International A-C Crook Award Con Suite Video Hopkins 5:00pm Hal Clement, GOH International A-C Preston Calhoun 9:00pm Masquerade International A-C Halftime Reading Is Fundamental Auction International A-C After Masquerade Balticon Dance International A Computer Room Jefferson Sunday Lincoln 9:00am Darkon introduction and fighting demonstrations International A-C Adams 10:00am Tech for kids International A-C
Washington 12:00pm Radio Play: MST2K International A-C 4:00pm Man & Machine Poetry Contest Winners Presentation Jefferson Gaming 8:00pm Boogie Knights at the GoH Birthday party International A ANIME Mencken Room. Balticon Friday 7:00pm Macross Plus is produced by The Baltimore Science Fiction Society is a 8:45pm White Radish Showcase (The Item/Apprentice) non-profit, all volunteer organization dedicated 1:30pm Final Fantasy Legend of the Crystals, Vol. I 9:00pm Masquerade Overflow, Tentative to Masquerade to the promotion of, and an appreciation for, 2:00pm Final Fantasy Legend of the Crystals, Vol. II science fiction in all of its many forms. 11:00pm Rurouni Kenshin, Episodes 1-4, Tentative to Masquerade The Baltimore 3:00pm Brain Powered, Vol. I 3:50pm Brain Powered, Vol. II Sunday To learn more about BSFS visit our web page 4:40pm Mini Goddesses, Episodes 1-? 12:30am Space Adventure Cobra Science Fiction 5:00pm Gundam 0083 Stardust Memories, Episodes 1-4 2:00am Golden Boy, Episodes 1-6 http://www.bsfs.org 7:00pm TBA 4:30am Tenamonya Voyagers, Episodes 1 and 2 Society 9:00pm Perfect Blue 5:30am Arc the Lad 10:30on Amazing Nurse Nanako, Vol. I 7:00am My Dear Marie 11:30pm Amazing Nurse Nanako, Vol. II 8:30am TBA 12:30om Goku: Midnight Eye 10:00am Escaflowne, Episodes 1-4 1:30pm Vampire Hunter D 11:30am Rurouni Kenshin, Episodes 5-8 Saturday 1:00pm Trigun, Episodes 8-10 2:30pm Revolutionary Girl Utena, Episodes 1-6 4:00am Twin Angels, Vol. II 5:30pm Otaku no Video 5:00am Bite Me! 7:00pm Cowboy Bebop, Episodes 1-9, 17, 18 6:00am Grandizer: Beta Dub 7:30am Lensmen Monday 9:00am Geobreeders 12:30am Berserk Marathon, Episodes 1-26 10:30am TBA 1:30pm Magic Knight Rayearth, episodes 1-4 12:00pm Battle Athletes, Vol. 1-3 3:00pm Daimajin 3:00pm Saber Marionette J, Episodes 1-4 4:30pm Blue Submarine No. 6, Episodes 1-4
Charity Auction Parties! to Benefit See theParty Board in the Promenade for rooms and schedules and party Reading Is Fundamental themes.
During the Masquerade half time Open parties until 3:00am on Friday, Items to be auctioned are on display in the Art Show. Saturday and Sunday nights.
Public function areas at the Wyndham normally close at 2:00am. The Hotel staff will ask guests of the hotel to return to their rooms and ask BALTICON members who do not wish to sleep to go to the remaining open Balticon function areas. By special arrangement with the Wyndham, Balticon will keep several rooms open in the Lower Level South Tower area until 4:00am+ for late night filk and conversation areas. Balticon members still awake after 2:00am can continue the convention in this area. The anime room will also be open 24 hours showing videos. ONDAY CHEDULE M S CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING COMPUTER GAMING ROOM Carroll Poe International A Washington Calhoun Friday Friday Can a civilized society enact stan- Last Chance Autograph Session. Room Opens - Free Play on all machines dards of dialogue, subject and por- Make a Wizard's Hat and other arts and crafts. 10am trayal without falling into 5pm 10am censorship? Where do we draw the Train Yourself with Computer Based Training. line? Can we draw one and still have art Saturday 2pm Several CBTs will be installed on the machines including topics we want to consume? like Bryce, Web Authoring and HTML, and the basics of Com- puter networking. All gaming suspended during class time. 10:00am Ming and Susan Diaz 11am Websites to die for: NASA, ZD net, 4pm Free Play on all machines Amazon, etc. 11:00am “Mr. Polymer” Hands on science, Professor Ernie Silversmith 5pm Civilization on slow pod and Unreal Tourney on speedy pod Star Wars as a Young Adult Fantasy. Balticon guests read their favorite poems. Improving Balticon: Ideas and suggestions. Noon Is the vision of ordinary people in 12:00pm Make a Musical Instrument 6pm Starcraft on slow pod and Black & White on speedy pod extraordinary struggles just for kids? Fossils with Hal Clement 7pm Unreal Elimination Tournament Rounds 1 & 2 1:00pm The Roanoke Valley Mineral and Gem Society will pro- The 20th Century's 20 Best SF Writ- Cheesy Horror: The stuff we really like!! Adult only Free Play 1pm ers: Dare you choose? Come pre- vide a free fossil to program attendees. 10pm pared to defend your choices. 2:00pm Juggling with Andrew Love Saturday "Veils, Blood and Treasures" Event 2pm Finale. Ann and Dave Dearholt 3:00pm Carpathian: Stories of the macabre 10am Unreal Elimination Tournament Round 3 4:00pm Mini-Rockets and other chemical reactions. noon Free Play 5:00pm Puppet Theater 1pm Starcraft on slow pod and Red Alert 2 on speedy pod 2pm Free Play Sunday Bryce Basic class (limit 6)Learn the basics of creating your own 3pm 3D maps and models in Bryce 4.0 with Kory Kaese of Mystic Tech for kids in Main Ballroom. Meet Outside entrance to Station Designs. All gaming suspended during class time. 10:00am Ballroom PROMPTLY at 9:50. 5pm Civilization 2 on slow pod and Unreal Tourney on quick pod Balticon 36 11:00am Scavenger Hunt ages 0-12 6pm Escape from Monkey Island on slow pod and Black & White on Maryland’s Premier Science Fiction Convention 12:30pm Tim Livengood, master storyteller quick pod 7pm Alpha Centauri on slow pod and Red Alert 2 on quick pod th th 1:30pm Make buttons and other wearable art Memorial Weekend, May 24 -27 , 2002 GEEKOUT! Hacking, Networks, and Computer Security. Dis- Artist/Author Guests of Honor: 2:00pm Ming and Susan Diaz cuss the latests threats to computer security and issues 8pm that today's professionals face. This is not a panel, but a 3:00pm Frank Hayes, Filk GoH, Filk for Kids group discussion led by Paul Fischer. Industry profes- sionals and computer experts only please. Novices see 4:00pm “Harry Potter” game and quiz for kids of all ages Phil & Kaja Foglio session on Monday at 10am 5:00pm Shavuot, the Jewish Fetival, crafts, stories and nosh 10pm Star Craft Invitational. No invite. No Entrance. Mark E. Rogers Sunday 10am Unreal Elimination Tournament - Round 4 WASHINGTON ROOM noon Free Play Fan Guest of Honor: Dr. Yoji Kondo Evening Schedule Train Yourself with Computer Based Training Several CBTs will 2pm be installed on the machines including topics like Bryce, Web Filk Guest of Honor: The Boogie Knights Saturday Authoring and HTML, and the basics of Computer networking. All gaming suspended during class time. Costume Guest of Honor: Carol Salemi Historical fantasy and alternate history in film made for 4pm Unreal Elimination Tournament - Final Round 6:00pm TV. How to tell a good story via media. Heaven and hell of research balance with the assumptions and knowledge of 6pm Alpha Centauri on slow pod and Red Alert 2 on quick pod the audience. 7pm Starcraft on slow pod and Unreal Tourney on quick pod Fan clubs on line and in person. Pros and cons of both 7:00pm organizations and on line fan discussion groups. Bryce Basic class (limit 6) Learn the basics of creating your own 8pm 3D maps and models in Bryce 4.0 with Kory Kaese of Mystic A guide to the Gothic sub genre in film. Doom, gloom, Station Designs. 2hours All gaming suspended during class death, destruction, darkness and despair dominate certain time. films while other horror films leave the viewer optimistic. Is it 10pm Adult Only Free Play 10:00pm just the ending or is there more one must do (or endure) to create the Dark Fantasy? Is there any purpose to these dark films? Mon. Computer Security and Networking. An open discussion on all Buy your Balticon 36 Membership at Balticon 35 and save. SUNDAY 10am levels about computer networking security. Open to all levels of expertise and ages. Open Forum discussion led by Paul Fischer. Independent Films: Are they worth it? Interest now a Free Play 7:00pm days in movies going directly to video. How do you make a Noon living if you’re not with a big studio? 3pm Tear Down. You enjoyed it, now how about helping us pack it up. UNDAY CHEDULE VIDEO PROGRAM S S Preston Pratt B Schaefer Washington Café Balticon Friday Sunday Working Without a Net: To Hell With Outlines. 9am Sit down and wing it from start to finish, then read 2:00pm Toy Story /Toy Story 2 10:00am Inspector Gadget (1999) the results to fellow participants 10am Alternate Art Forms. Halla, L.W. Perkins, Children’s Programming. 5:00pm The Sword in the Stone 11:30am Dr Who: The War Machines (1966) Debbie Callaway See Children’s programming schedule for 6:30pm The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) Dr Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999) Shock Art. Joe Bellofatto, Hannah Shap- Aliens Among Us. People with ADD, ADHD, details. 1:00pm Starring Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor! 11am ero, Joel Keener, R. Smith Tourette’s, Autism, etc. talk about how perceiving 8:30pm Pi: Faith In Chaos (1998) the world differently might be useful in SF/F/H. Wild Palms: The Dream Concludes (1993) 2:00pm Small Presses. Independent writing and The Hal Panel: Every panel member is named 10:00pm Frequency (2000) The Thirteenth Floor (1999) Noon publishing panel led by David Kriebel, edi- Hal. Our own Hal9000 can moderate. Everyone 4:30pm tor & publisher, Lite Circle books. welcome to participate in this silliness. 12mid The Haunting (1963) 6:00pm Millenium’s End: The Fandom Menace (2000) Encore! Filk: The 10 best Computer Filks. Common Stereotypes in SF and F. Overused ideas to avoid in our writing, if you want to get pub- Saturday 8:00pm The Sixth Sense (1999) 1pm lished, and the ones that get used anyway because people love them. 10:00am The Flight of Dragons (1982) 9:50pm A Stir of Echos (1999) 2:30 Can you turn an SF series into literature? Noon Tron 11:30pm Westworld (1973) 2pm Filk: Paul Shuch 1/2 hour concert. 2:00pm Wild Palms: The Dream Begins (1993) Filk: Harold Feld 1/2 hour concert. The future of money. Will hi-tech make it obso- Monday 3pm lete? Define money then speculate on what the Millenium’s End: The Fandom Menace (2000) net and other tech will do to Capitalism. 4:30pm A Balticon Premier! 10:00am The Return of the King (1979) The Human Genome Project. Patent applica- 6:30pm Tales From The Darkside: The Word Processor of the Gods 11:30am Escape to Witch Mountain 4pm tions in the legal future. Would this affect Human From a Short Story by Stephen King genes as well? 1:00pm Existenz (1999) 7:00pm The Matrix (1999) Filk 2x10 concerts Six concert slots. 2:40pm Dr Who and the Daleks (1965) Participants to sign up at convention. You Virtual Sexuality (1999) 5pm 9:30pm Note: Balticon secures copyright clearances for video from MPLC and get to do ten minutes or two songs which- ever ends first. 11:00pm The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1981) Music from BMI. Other copyright clearances by arrangement with individ- ual copyright holders as appropriate. Tyranny is Easy, Freedom is Hard. The future of the American Constitution in our hi-tech culture. 6pm The constitution is supposed to trump all other laws, in practice does it? Can it? GAMING Lincoln room Pressures of the Tube: Why you can’t miss an Independent Films: Are they worth it? episode… Interest now a days in movies going 7pm directly to video. How do you make a living if you’re not with a big studio? Friday 2pm - 2am Outer Limits: Old vs new. Discuss both incar- 8pm nations of this influential TV series. Saturday 9am-2am Filk: One shot concerts. Participants 9pm sign up at the convention. You get to do Sunday 10am-Midnight one song. Filk: Conterpoint IV & and it's spon- Slash Fandom and its Zines, on line and in . sors. Come learn about this years North- print. 10pm East filk con and it's sponsoring organiza- Check the posted schedule for details Saturday and Sunday tion. 11pm Filking. Social Class and other card games. COSTUME DISPLAY 2pm - 2am Located in Art Show. Open during normal art show hours. Enjoy Pop-Tarts and games from Looney Labs Location will be posted on the Party Board
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Discuss the The 20th Century’s Best Fantasy what did he write? tips on writing poetry, with emphasis Steve Stiles, Frank Cho, Mark you pass a thrift store, yard sale or even blunders of our favorite authors. Chronol- writers. Come prepared to defend Noon on SF/Fantasy. Walk in and learn. Wheatley, Marc Hempel trash by the curb, slow down! You may just ogy mistakes, plot loopholes, character- your choices! Led by Patti Kinlock, Dave Kriebel, find the perfect costume supplies. Marvin ization glitches and other goofs. Vonnie Crist and W.H. Stevens of Bryant, Carol Salemi, Ann Stevens The Lite Circle, Inc. Computer Generated Movies: Soon Sculpting for Model Kits and The Artemis Project. Opportunity Knocks, the Costumer’s The use of mental illness in SF stories. Is Amazon.com the future? Opin- or Now? Action Figures. Daniel R. Guild Auction. Glitz, glamour and gently Writers and social and medical scientists ion on the writer friendly online Horne used fabric, accessories and ‘fiddley bits’. tell us if stories reflect any of the experi- bookseller by Stephen L. Burns, 1pm Prize winning costumes as well as special ence of mental illness or it’s effect upon Epublishing. ‘finds’ from costumers’ closets to help you society. Tell how a writer can devise plots build that prize winner. Bring your wallet that reflect modern scientific knowledge of and your imgaination. this condition. White Radish. Shawn the Touched and Creating your own language for The Turing Test, AI and The Kara Dennison of White Radish speak books. Lead by Tan, publisher and Loebner Prize. Mr. Hugh 2pm on what White Radish is all about, and editor for Circlet Press. Loebner their work in digital anime. Why so many writers read mystery. Professional Print Formats The Science of Arthur C. Media Magic. Media recreation costumes 3:30 Will there ever be a world govern- We do you know. and Methods. Dave Smith Clarke’s “The Sentinel”. are recognized in the halls and in our imag- Filk: Matt Leger concert. ment? Would it work and what 3pm Dave Theison inations. Hear Klingons, Star Wars charac- would be the catalyst? It’s a com- ters and others talk about why they adopt mon theme in SF and F. and adapt media costuming ideas. Then When will we have space colonies? Make a planet and design charac- Alternate Venues. Daniel Dinosaurs. Michael Brett-Sur- stay for a more indepth lesson in Klingon Filk: Arranging Music. Some practical Joe Mayhew Memorial Service. What kind of person wants to be a ters to live on (in?) it. Horne, R. Wayt Smith, Joel man and Thomas Holtz, Jr. culture. Thomas Atkinson, Cindy Shockey, thoughts on the topic of musical arrange- 4pm space colonist? Examine the modern Keener June Swords, Carol Salemi and Bobby ment. incarnation of the pioneering spirit. Gear, moderator. Editors talk about what makes good Working with Live Models. Nano Technology. Dr. Rob- Filk: Randy Hoffman ½ hour concert. Can YOU keep a secret? The writing good and great writing better Wendy Mitchell, Ric Frane ert D. Shull, MIST Group advent of the WWW has made it dif- than good. Leader, Magnetic Materials ficult for writers and producers to 5pm Group keep the details of their projects quiet. Is the element of surprise a thing of the past? The Influences of SF on TV. Has TV’s The Japanification of Satur- Designing Sentient Aliens. What evolution as a medium in our society day morning and after school are the possibilities and how would 6pm been influenced by science fiction, fan- television. they look and act? tasy or horror as a genre, From the ideas in stories rather than contents. Masquerade Green Room. What will be the super disease of Comic Books to Movies: A Why don’t we have personal Has Star Trek finally run it’s course? Is Bill Mayhew and adult story telling the 21st Century? Diseases evolve new kind of cartoon? air cars? So many mid-50’s SF this the end? time. 7pm quickly, is there any Way to predict stories promised us we’d be in their direction? flyers by now! Peace IX: Computers in war. Survival as a Bottom Masquerade Photo Area. Brick Barrientos’ SF and F Trivia Quiz. Marketing Movies. Hollywood adrift Defending ours, attacking the Feeder. Selling a little short fic- and alienated from the public. 8pm enemy’s, computers as strategists tion, starving a lot. and removing the ‘Humanity’ of war. Authors fequently in Analog: 9pm Analog Mafia. Masquerade Judging The Brainsex panel. What sci- Filking Alien Flesh: Gender Identity Shift ence has discovered and in SF and F. Give examples in your 10pm women have known all along. works and others. *wink* Post Masquerade Open House. Spon- Filk: Story Swap. after the Masquerade Social Class and other card 11pm sored by the Costumers' Guild. Snacks or 11:00, whichever games. and good conversations is later.