Science Fiction/San Francisco Issue 25 Date: July 5, 2006 Editors: Jean Martin, Chris Garcia email: [email protected] Copy Editor: David Moyce Layout: Eva Kent

TOC News and Notes ...... Christopher J. Garcia ...... 3 Letters of Comment ...... Jean Martin and Chris Garcia ...... 4-6 Editorial ...... Jean Martin ...... 7 Ghosts and Surreal Art in Portland ...... Jean Marin ...... Photos Jean Martin ...... 8-11 Nemo Gould Sculptures ...... Espana Sheriff ...... Photos from www.nemomatic.com ...... 12-13 Reading at Intersection for the Arts ...... Christopher J. Garcia ...... 14-15 Klingon Celebration ...... Jean Marin ...... Photos by Jean Martin ...... 16-21 BASFA Minutes ...... 22-24 Bay Area Fannish Calendar ...... David Moyce ...... 25-41

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News and Notes

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By Jean Martin a couple of issues ago. Th ere was also the screening of Serenity at the Bridge Th eater Editor Klingon Day of Honor that I am reporting in San Francisco last June 23rd. Th at was on in this very issue, which I enjoyed very a fundraiser for Equality Now with a pre- Th ings are coming around full circle much last year. screening shindig at the nearby Pig and for SF/SF. Founder Jack Avery started the I also discovered new groups that I Whistle pub. Well, I’m sure there’ll be more eZine a year ago and the fi rst issue came out feel so lucky to have become a part of: Th e of these that I can go to in the future. in late July. I personally didn’t get involved Legion of Rassilon and the SF Browncoats. Coming up is Comic-Con, which I until Issue 6 in August 2005. Almost a year LOR has made watching the new episodes was at last year but didn’t get to cover for SF/ later, SF/SF has become so much a part of Doctor Who much more fun -- and so SF as that was in mid-July. Th is year, I won’t of my life and I’ve experienced so many soon after they’ve aired in the U.K.! On a be able to go but my co-editor Chris and new things and made many new friends in big screen no less! What makes it so much staff writer Dr. Noe will be in attendance. fandom. I’ve enjoyed writing articles and more enjoyable, though, is watching it with Th en, the whole year will repeat itself all submitting photos as I’ve always been a a group of fans. I enjoyed watching the over again and I am very excited about the chronicler. I love reporting my experiences entire fi rst season by myself a year ago but future of SF/SF. I am very privileged to of events to like-minded people who would watching it with the members of LOR really have been able to take over the eZine along appreciate them. enhanced my experience of the episodes. with Chris, and I’m sure we’ll be around Th ere were several events I went to And what about those SF Browncoats? for years to come, delivering you the latest prior to the incarnation of SF/SF that I Th ey just have to be the friendliest, most and greatest Bay Area fandom news and would have liked to have covered last year, fun, organized and active group in fandom reviews. which I’m making up for this year. Th e at the moment. It’s like meeting up with Middle Earth Festival last year in Vacaville family whenever I hang out with them. was one of them. Well, Diane Rooney wrote Which, unfortunately, isn’t as often as I the article for that, but I took the photos. would like. With all the diff erent areas of But I was also the one to make sure that fandom I have to cover (well, enjoy covering) that event got covered. And, of course, there in addition to my non-fan interests and was BayCon last year, which I more than activities, I can’t spend too much time with made up for this year with my long article any one group. So I missed the midnight 7 Ghosts and Surreal Art in Portland

the representative for Photos and text by Jean Martin everyone! I was glad I Editor went. I really bonded with a lot of folks on the tour I met a wonderful affi anced couple and I would go to any of named Michele and Jason while I was on their weddings or just to Red Carpet Tours’ Middle Earth Tour in visit, really. I’m hoping to New Zealand last March. Th ey were both make it to Canada, the fans of Th e Lord of the Rings and I found I U.K. and Australia one had a lot of other common interests with of these days. them. Th ey also live the closest to me out I’ve also always of all the members of the March 2006 wanted to visit more of Fellowship, some members of whom live in the U.S., and Oregon is the U.K., Canada, Australia, Portugal and a state I’d never been to. I Germany. arrived there on Sunday, So I was delighted to be invited to June 11th, in time for their wedding last June 12th. Th e tour was the famous Portland actually their pre-wedding honeymoon. Rose Festival and With New Zealand having the opposite Saturday Market. (Yes, seasons from us, they didn’t want to go after the Saturday Market, one their wedding when it would be the height of the largest fl ea markets of the winter season. Staff writer Diane in the U.S., is also held Rooney enjoyed doing the tour during the on Sundays.) I stayed winter but I can understand wanting to go the night in downtown there when it’s warmer and nicer. Portland, which looks a Michele and Jason invited the lot like a smaller and less entire Fellowship, but I was the only one crowded Union Square Harlequine Mural able to make it. So I pretty much was in San Francisco. I stayed 8 Girl with Edgefi eld’s black rabbit mascot 9 at a top-rated hotel (thanks to a special explored every fl oor and deal from Expedia) and generally enjoyed corridor in the entire hotel. the shopping, dining, and the waterfront Some artworks were more carnival, entertainment and activities, fantasy and science fi ction including Dragon Boat racing. based such as leprechauns, But anyway, the reason I’m writing space ships, etc. Each door had an article about this trip for a sci-fi eZine the name of a previous resident (as opposed to a travel magazine), is that with matching art. Th at was a for my second night in Oregon, I stayed little creepy at fi rst, especially at the McMenamin’s Edgefi eld Hotel after I found out that the in Troutdale, 20 minutes east of the place used to be a poor farm downtown area toward Mt. Hood. Mt. and then a nursing home. Hood is a beautiful snow-covered conical To top it all off , a saleslady I volcano, which contrasted quite eerily was talking to in downtown with the fl at top of the nearby Mt. Saint Portland mentioned to me Helens. Anyway, back to the Edgefi eld. Th e that the place was haunted. Edgefi eld is not just a hotel. Th e hotel sits I asked a few people about it on 38 acres of farmland that also houses a afterwards and they confi rmed pub, restaurant, winery, distillery, brewery to me that the place does and several small bars (including one called have its share of ghostly, but Jerry’s Ice House named after Jerry Garcia harmless, phenomena. Such of the Grateful Dead). Th ey have concerts as employees feeling like by popular bands, a movie theater, gift someone’s tugging at their shop, a golf course and massage services. hair. Bridge of the Gods door Th e grounds are beautifully landscaped and I found the idea of the buildings remind me of New England. staying in a haunted hotel love just shines on and inspires everyone. What really makes the Edgefi eld intriguing until after the wedding when I Th e wedding was appropriately bohemian. special, though, is the artwork on the walls, was on my way back to my hotel room, all It started with music from Th e Fellowship ceilings, staircases and doors of the hotel. by myself, in the darkness. Th e wedding of the Ring and one of the readings came Surreal murals based on works by popular itself was a lot of fun. Michele was absolutely straight of our “bible,” Th e Lord of the artists such as Chagall and Boticelli were radiant and beautiful and she and Jason are Rings! literally everywhere! I know because I such a great match for each other that their Th ere was a belly dancer who 10 performed, Michele danced the hula while was no one in sight in the entire hotel as at the prospect of dealing with a spectral her mother sang, and they played Weird I climbed up the stairs to the third fl oor. visitation. It’s not like I haven’t experienced Al Star Wars music during the dinner and Th e carpet was a wavy black one and I felt one before. When I was a child, during the Time Warp song from Rocky Horror like Alice in Wonderland. Th e Edgefi eld’s one of my grandfather’s death anniversary during the dancing. A lot of fun. mascot is a black rabbit, which showed up parties at my grandmother’s huge old Th e wedding ended before midnight in several murals, and that added to the mansion, my sister, a couple of cousins and and I wasn’t ready to go back to my room Alice feeling. myself walked up to the second fl oor and yet so I hung out at the pub. Th en, I realized I went to my room and couldn’t saw the doorknob turn on my aunt’s door. I was procrastinating going into my room. sleep. From being curious about ghosts, We knew there was no one in that room It was so eerie as I walked back. Th ere it dawned on me that I was now terrifi ed and we all fl ed screaming and laughing nervously. Someone double checked to make sure there wasn’t anyone behind the door who could have done it, and there wasn’t. So anyway, I took a sleeping pill and forced myself to go to sleep. I left the light on because I was imagining that if I turned it off I would start feeling something cold and clammy touching me. I woke up the next day, the day of my fl ight back to the Bay Area, and nothing strange happened. I was actually then a little disappointed. Wouldn’t it have been a cool story to report to you all that I had had a supernatural experience? I suppose my story as it stands is interesting enough. But if any of you do go to the Edgefi eld in the future, do let me know if you run across any ghosts while you are there!

Colorful staircase 11 Nemo Gould Kinetic Sculptures at Varnish Gallery

By Espana Sheriff and metal in the shape of our collective Ocean Scene — where a weirdly-armored Staff Writer science-fi ctional unconscious. A giant squid anglerfi sh fi ghts or perhaps dances with a uses metal tentacles to spin cogs. A little snail/ship in a slow-motion seesaw, waves Th e Varnish Gallery on Natoma robot with glowing eyes does a sad little move, and a starry backdrop lends the Street in San Francisco holds a special dance reminiscent of the infamous Dancing proceedings a romantic air straight out of place in my heart. Aside from serving sake Baby meme. Best of all, the apple of my eye: the Arabian Nights. cocktails and lovely wines, they have often participated in fun movie events like Eight Ta le s . Th en last year during the build-up to the release of Serenity they increased their cool/nerdiness quotient dramatically by showing all 14 episodes of Firefl y, two per week. Every Th ursday for two months I drank sake, ate whatever my fellow Browncoats and I rustled up, and generally had a fi ne old time. Fickle creature that I am, I then proceeded to abandon this coolest of gin- joints (sake-shacks?) until I staggered in on June 8th with guilty relief for the opening of Re: Assembled. Th is exhibit included three artists: Barry Kite, Dan Romo, and my favorite, the subject of this article: Nemo Gould. As his name suggests, Gould’s kinetic Squid sculptures are steampunk creations of wood 12 Th e slow swaying of Ocean Scene was creations was a lovely surprise. Each piece entrancing all on its own, but toward the conjures up its own backstory, the robots end of the evening, Moon over Montana lending an inevitable 1950s mad scientist came over the speakers and it became poetry fl air to the proceedings while other pieces in motion. Media-saturated creature of are more reminiscent of ancient automata, my culture that I am, the associations that artifi cial life created by some brilliant sprang to my mind were all Coen Brothers alchemist. credit sequences and George Méliès silent If you go to Nemo Gould’s site, www. fi lms. Terry Gilliam’s Adventures of Baron Nemomatic.com, you can view clips of the Münchhausen in sculpture form. art in motion and dozens of pieces not on Th e term kinetic sculpture has display. I highly recommend that you do always brought to my mind images of ugly so. corporate art, so fi nding these clockwork

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Ocean Scene 13 Reading at Intersection for the Arts

By Christopher J. Garcia off for 4 Grand or to see a dance troupe the Angriest Man on LiveJournal. As Editor that uses stacks of books as stripper poles. always, there was drama and as always, it I make my living as a computer I’m not usually found at places like that, was simply overreaction. Go fi gure... historian, as almost everybody in fandom but being asked to read as the opener for Th e time drew closer and I got more seems to know. In fact, I’ve met several Liz Henry (blogger and Damn Fine Writer) and more nervous. I just read the piece over people who had known me as a computer as well as Terry Bisson and Peter Beagle is and over in my head. It was going to be historian years before they ever met me in an invitation I’m not likely to turn down. a decent reading, which was what I was person. Recently, I was asked to do a reading I had a piece they wanted me to read, hoping for. Th e people started to show up, at an arts center in San Francisco (what we a thing about the ways in which monkeys about 50 in total by the time that Kevin, San Josites call “Th e City”) and I was again have taken over the role that zombies had Intersection’s head guy, got up to the recognized as such, in a strange way. been playing in popular culture. It’s in other’s podium. He dropped a few plugs for the I’ve been writing for a magazine called tenth issue, which was just coming out. (I space and then introduced me. other for about two years now. I’ve had four fi gured it’d be a good time to read again “Christopher J. Garcia is a writer, articles published by those good folks, and after the dismal showing I put in at Writers historian, and fi lmmaker from Santa Clara. a couple of little fi ller pieces. Th ey like me With Drinks, the longest running monthly He is the editor of Th e Drink Tank and has because unlike most of the writers they use, reading series in Northern California.) I written for zines around the world over the high-art minded people dissatisfi ed with took BART up and found that while I gave last ten years. He is the Assistant Curator the norm, I’m a guy who would rather write myself an hour and a half to get there, I’m at the Computer History Museum, has about wrestling and the latest Teen Movie. always early. I had enough time to cruise produced four fi lms over the last three I’m sort of the low brow representative, and two book stores and buy nothing before I years, has served as Toastmaster at a large, since I can turn an article around in a week, spotted Charlie Anders, the editor of other regional Science Fiction convention, has they let me have plenty of space. Magazine and a friend. We chatted. I hadn’t written about wrestling since the late 1990s, So, they had asked me to read at really noticed that I was an hour early. I has run a hoax campaign for the Mayorship Intersection for the Arts, the kind of place wouldn’t have gobbled down my dinner if I of San Jose, was on a make-over show, and you’d go to see art works depicting President had known I’d have so much time. once hosted a Local Emmy Award-winning Bush on a toilet seat cover being auctioned Charlie and I chatted about net television program.” drama, including my pal Nick Mamatas, 14 Have I really done all that? I mean, to and I even managed to comedically Sadly, a BART trip home followed I’ve had people write bios about me before, deliver a few lines that I didn’t think would by a drive to get Th e Little One meant that but never one that actually made me sound connect. It was a fun reading; I actually had I missed Peter Beagle and Terry Bisson, but like someone I’d like to know. Had I run fun reading my work in front of people. I it was still a fi ne event and if you ever see for Mayor? Check. Won a Local Emmy? used the proper amount of podium banging any of those names on a reading marquee Check. Written about wrestling? Check. I and made eye contact where the subject again, make the trip to see it. guess I have really done a few things that required it. people might fi nd interesting. It went beautifully and I got a great After that, I took the podium. Th ere round of applause afterwards. was no podium last time I read, which I I was followed by Liz Henry, a guess led to me feeling more exposed and wonderful writer whose work has shown up nervous. Th is time, I could hide behind the in other and on various blogs. She read a very podium and just read my piece. powerful story about Hurricane Katrina Strangely, this I did not do. and blogging. It wasn’t really about Katrina, “Hi, y’all are in luck today since this though it played a strong role in the piece, will be the fi rst time I’m not reading a piece but was more about tech empowerment about wrestling.” and blogging. Th ough she broke for asides Th at got a laugh and I launched into away from the text, which did mess with my story. I quickly realized that I knew the the fl ow, it was a great piece, and she got the piece far better than I thought I did, so I biggest laugh for mentioning that she made ended up delivering it like a speech and out with a guy specifi cally to get ZORK II not like a reading. When you’re talking secrets. Why was I not so lucky in my day? about why zombies have been replaced After that, Annalee Newitz and by monkeys, how can you not make an Charlie Anders talked about other impassioned speech? I was somewhere Magazine and the reasons they formed. between a stuff y academic reading for Th is was followed by a great series of three laughs and a Southern Preacher trying to theater pieces by the resident troupe. Th ey other Magazine issue 10 convert the fl ock. chose three other pieces that I have always And it worked! appreciated: one on Christian biker gangs, I’ve never felt that good doing a one on a kid who wanted to be a chicken, reading, particularly a read of non-fi ction. and one about Edgeplay that was really I got laughs at points where I had expected good. 15 Klingon Celebration Under the Stars at Chabot Space & Science Center

By Jean Martin I went to the Day of Honor last year Editor and had so much fun. I was so surprised Chabot Space & Science Center and impressed at the high level in the Oakland Hills was once again of costuming and re-creation the site of the annual Klingon Day the organizers and participants of Honor on Saturday, June 17th, presented. I came as a newly- co-produced by the House of minted member of the Black Heck’Lher and the IKV Bloodlust, Fleet Star Pirates’ Guild and which is part of the StarFire Region as such came as a Starfl eet of the Ring of Fire Fleet. (Yes, these medic. So yes, there were non- Klingon organizations do exist and Klingons in attendance as well. they are quite active as well.) Th ere were Starfl eet offi cers from Th is was the StarFire Region’s all incarnations of Star Trek, some 10th Day of Honor, and was dedicated Bajorans, Vulcans, Romulans, etc. It to Kang, the Klingon commander was a requirement that everyone be in played by Michael Ansara in the some sort of Star Trek attire. But most Original Series episode “Day of the of the guests were Klingons dressed in Dove.” And it was, as the promotional elaborate and individualized styles. email promised, “an evening of feasting, Th is year, I came earlier and was in singing, celebrating and downright time for the huge buff et dinner organized Klingon fun.” Th e Day of Honor, or by HeKor that started at 7:00 p.m. in the Batlh Jaj in Klingon, commemorates center’s café. Last year, there wasn’t much the fi rst appearance of Klingons on Star food when I arrived, but someone told Trek on March 23, 1967 (episode 27, me there was more food this year. And, “Errand of Mercy” with John Colicos as wow, it was quite a spread with appetizers, Kor). entrees and desserts. During dinner, Klingon Motat, Vulcan Alex, and KataH I sat at the Black Fleet table. 16 Coincidentally, the ladies to my left and a Klingon stuff doll. Oh, well, maybe next hold lots of events throughout the year to right were wearing short blue original Trek time. At least I didn’t win the booby prize, have fun, they always have a good cause to medic dresses similar to what I had on. We an orange hazard cone that gets passed on contribute to. were so adorable seated all together! One of every year. Th e person that wins it has to Everyone then proceeded to the them even had a working medical tricorder. keep it for a year, autograph it and then outdoor amphitheater. It was a very clear During dinner, KataH, the DevwI’ or person bring it back the next year. Th e raffl e was in and warm night. It was so nice sitting in charge, played some awesome music. support of the Make-A-Wish foundation. It outside in the semi-darkness surrounded by When I asked him what it was, he said is worth noting that the Klingons not only folks in Star Trek costume. I felt like I was that it was Klingon music from Germany. Figures, it sounded like German industrial rock band Rammstein but in an even more foreign language than German. KataH, in typical Klingon fashion, also took several opportunities to tell me that I dropped a quarter. But I was wise to that and knew that he was just trying to make me bend over… a no-no with the short skirt I had on! Th ere were more than 50 people there and I was surprised to run into some members of the Legion of Rassilon, the local Doctor Who fan club. Last year, I ran into people from my vintage dance community and from BayCon. Talk about fandom crossovers! After dinner, there was a raffl e led by K’Loah with amazing Star Trek books, action fi gures, collectibles and other paraphernalia. I usually win at raffl es but I was disappointed that I didn’t win anything. Th ere was a solar system blanket that I liked, Three Medics and a Klingon a tricorder, a Star Trek: Enterprise phone and 17 The crew of the IKV Black Dragon in full battle regalia

18 really part of one of the Star Trek TV shows or movies. Last year, the Day of Honor was held in April or May, I believe, and it was quite chilly and foggy. From this year onwards, the group has decided to hold this event every June when the weather is much nicer. KataH presided over the ceremony and entertainment from the main stage. First, promotions were given out to several crew members. Second came awards, represented by decorative pins. One of the main awards was the Eye of Kahless, given to those who participated in Klingon uniform at designated events. An even more prestigious award was the Cluster, for those who’ve earned three Eyes of Kahless. More entertainment followed but I decided to check out the three telescopes and hoped they were open for viewing this time. Last year, I got to see the telescopes but they weren’t in operation as the sky was too cloudy. I roamed around the center itself, which I didn’t get to do last year either. Th e second fl oor of the steel and glass building was a museum with a representation of the Earth and the solar system, and several space and science exhibits. It’s a new complex and it’s very picturesque and impressive. Part of the appeal is its location high up in the Oakland Hills with a spectacular view of KataH with Medic Lt. Sassy the East Bay and the Bay itself. 19 and the Ring Nebula. Luckily, this year, I tried to return to the three telescopes in the Klingon party but the their beautiful domes were center was already closed and available for use. But the I couldn’t go back in. So I lines were quite long. I had went around to the front and to wait 30 minutes for two luckily ran into some of my of them! I was hoping to friends from Black Fleet so just pop in and out and I could at least say goodbye. then go back to the Klingon KataH told me later that celebration. However, it was the event ran according to my fi rst time using such schedule and they started huge, professional telescopes cleaning up around 10:30 so I was determined to hang p.m. He said I missed some around for my turn at each. funny Star Trek videos and It was worth the wait. With the non-Klingons going up the fi rst one I saw Jupiter up on stage for the Klingons to close. I’ve seen Jupiter before yell and boo at. Hmmm… at a NASA Ames event last maybe it’s good I wasn’t there year through an amateur for that part at least! telescope. Th en, I was blown All in all, I had such a away by how magical Jupiter wonderful time. It’s because looked as a white disc with of events like these that I feel four twinkling stars across so fortunate to live in the Bay the middle. Th is time, Jupiter Area where I can participate looked like an actual planet in science and fandom events and I could see the colored -- and be able to share my stripes on it! With the other experiences through this two telescopes I saw the eZine. Hope to see you next Messier 3 Globular Cluster year at Klingon Day of Honor 11! Klingon warriors MaQ’chel and Daqagh 20 For more information on IKV Bloodlust, http://www.ikvbloodlust.net/ the Ring of Fire Fleet, the Black Fleet Star http://roff .kahless-ro.org/ Pirates’ Guild and Chabot Space & Science http://www.blackfl eet.org/ Center, respectively, visit: http://www.chabotspace.org/

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While some effort (OK, OK, damn J-Rocker/actor Hyde, formerly of the $22-$34 little effort) is made to verify event group L’Arc en Ciel, will appear in an An original comedy by Prince listings, please check before attending, all ages show at the popular music venue Gomolvilas. See nctcsf.org for tickets as events are sometimes cancelled or Slim’s. Hyde has acted in several fantasy and schedule. times and locations changed. movies, including ghost story Kagen no Tsuki - Last Quarter and vampire Thursday, July 6 New listings are in red. fi lm Moon Child. In addition, he did Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971) the second opening theme song for the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Wednesday, July 5 vampire-themed Blood+ anime currently 701 Mission Street Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade running in Japan and provided the San Francisco (1989) ending theme for Kagen no Tsuki. 7 and 9:15 p.m. The Lawn at Wente Vineyards $8 5565 Tesla Road July 5-19 www.ybca.org Livermore Other Worlds, Other Realms Rarely seen fi lm by Italian horror Suggested donation: $9 adults, $5 The Mezzanine Gallery maestro Dario Argento. Part of YBCA’s children Hotel Triton “Too Scary for DVD: Neglected Horror (925) 456-2400 342 Grant Avenue on 35mm” series. Outdoor movie night at the vineyard: San Francisco Café opens at 6:30 p.m., movie starts at Free art show; venue is open 24/7. Thursday, July 6 twilight. Continuity Closing Reception July 5-9 Isotope Comic Book Lounge Wednesday, July 5 The Fabulous Adventures of Captain 326 Fell Street Hyde Queer San Francisco Slim’s New Conservatory Theatre 8 p.m. 333 11th Street 25 Van Ness Avenue www.isotopecomics.com San Francisco San Francisco “Closing night” reception culminates a 9 p.m. 8 p.m. (2 p.m. Sunday) gallery show presented in reverse order, 25 spotlighting Jason McNamara and Tony Friday, July 7 genre. With Annalee Newitz, Tamim Talbert’s forthcoming graphic novel The Chainsaw Massacres Ansary, Jenny Traig and Carol Queen. Continuity. Cellspace 2050 Bryant Saturday and Sunday, July 8-9 Thursday, July 6 San Francisco California Extreme Quartermass and the Pit (1967) and 8:30 p.m., live band at 7:30 p.m. Parkside Hall The Stone Tape (1972) $20 San Jose Convention Center Preview Room www.primitivescrewheads.com San Jose Variety Children’s Charity An original play fi lled with loud Sat. $30, Sun. $25, Weekend $50 582 Market Street chainsaws, chaotic screaming, and www.caextreme.org San Francisco multiple dismemberments, starring the Classic pinball/arcade games show, 7 p.m. Primitive Screwheads Theater Company. featuring tournaments, speakers, parts Borderlands Books and Variety vendors, and an opportunity to play Children’s Charity invite you to a Saturday, July 8 games you may not have seen for years. classic British SF/Horror double feature. BeefBowl Anime All games on display will be set for free Refreshments will be available for Albany Library play, so leave the quarters in your car’s purchase, and your purchase supports 1247 Marin Avenue ashtray. Variety’s efforts to aid disabled, Albany disadvantaged, abused and neglected 12:15-4:15 p.m. Monday, July 10 kids. Doors open at 6:30. Free Ask a Scientist: See the screening list at beefbowl.org. Gray Whale Mystery Friday, July 7 The Canvas Gallery Film Night in the Park: Saturday, July 8 1200 9th Avenue Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Other Magazine Presents San Francisco (1989) Writers with Drinks 7 p.m. Commons Park The Make-Out Room Free 10 Ross Commons 3225 22nd. Street Professor Shari Bookstaff, President of Ross San Francisco the American Cetacean Society, shares 8 p.m. 7:30 p.m. a sneak preview of The Gray Whale Suggested donation: $5 adults, $3 $3-$5 sliding scale Obstacle Course episode from the PBS children Subtitled “Writers In Drag”: Writers read Series Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean works they’ve written outside their usual Adventures, co-produced by KQED San More Events Next Page Francisco. 26 July 10-20 10th anniversary of her hand-letter-press Oakland Creepshow Camp printed zine Ker-bloom! www.thecrucible.org/fi reartsfestival/ The Hypnodrome The Original Bay Area Fire Spectacle. 575 10th Street Wednesday, July 12 Scheduled events include a sneak San Francisco Flappers, Femmes Fatales and Vitriol preview of Burning Man 2006, benefi t (415) 377-4202 San Francisco Performing Arts Library auction, the Twisted Fiery Circus, giant $350 & Museum Tesla coils, a live bronze pour, and Ages 9-14 401 Van Ness Avenue performances by fi re breathers and fi re A two-week summer day camp for San Francisco artists. (The Crucible offers classes in young devotees of Horror, Suspense and 7 p.m. welding, blacksmithing, foundry work SciFi, featuring a monster make-up lab, $10 and glassblowing, as well as things that special effects shop, hands-on horror Reservations required: www.sfpalm.org do not involve fi re.) theater workshops, fi lm shoots, and a A live Grand Guignol performance in fi nal stage performance for friends and honor of Bastille Day including a scene Thursday, July 13 family. from The Drug, a 1930 thriller set in the Eye of the Cat (1969) opium dens of Saigon, performed by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Tuesday, July 11 Thrillpeddlers. 701 Mission Street Zine and Artist Book Publishers San Francisco City Lights Wednesday-Thursday, July 12-13 7:30 p.m. 261 Columbus Avenue Mashup Camp 2 $8 San Francisco Computer History Museum www.ybca.org 7 p.m. 1401 N Shoreline Blvd Filmed in San Francisco and penned Free Mountain View by the screenwriter of Psycho. Part of www.citylights.com/events.html Free YBCA’s “Too Scary for DVD: Neglected An evening with book artists and www.mashupcamp.com Horror on 35mm” series. zinesters Fred Rinne, Juliette Torrez, The emerging universe of web mashup and Artnoose…the latter marking the sites/applications will be explored. Thursday, July 13 Thrillville: The Incredible Two-Headed Wednesday-Sunday, July 12-15 Transplant (1971) Send your items for inclusion in Fire Arts Festival Parkway Speakeasy Theater our calendar section to: The Crucible [email protected] 1260 7th Street More Events Next Page 27 1834 Park Blvd. performs such hits as “Yeah Brother, sketches by Alan Lee and John Howe. Oakland 3.0” and “She Make It So.” With the 9:15 p.m. Brodys and Smoot Valley High. Friday-Sunday, July 14-16 $7 11th Annual Silent Film Festival Thrillville is an independently run cult Friday, July 14 Castro Theatre movie cabaret hosted by Speakeasy Music of the Spheres 429 Castro Street Theaters programmer and local lounge Lick Observatory San Francisco lizard Will “the Thrill” Viharo and his Mt. Hamilton Road $13-$17 lovely wife and stage assistant, Monica, San Jose Sunday offers a Laurel & Hardy triple Tiki Goddess. Plus the breezy tropical www.ucolick.org/public/music.html feature and a screening of The Unholy sounds of Apocalypso Now live on 8 p.m. Three (1925), starring Lon Chaney and stage! $40-$150 directed by Tod Browning (Freaks). Part of the Observatory’s Summer Complete schedule at www.silentfi lm. July 13-30 concert series, featuring the music of org. Heist a Crow Golden Bough and a talk by astronomer The Dark Room Theatre Mike Bolte, followed by telescope Friday-Sunday, July 14-16 2263 Mission Street viewing (weather permitting). Doors Westermark Madness San Francisco open at 7:30. Society for Creative Anachronism Event 8 p.m. (3 p.m. on Sundays) 3500 Higgins Canyon Road $10 Friday and Saturday, July 14-15 Half Moon Bay http://knifebeatsfi nger.com Lord of the Rings Symphony www.thewestermark.org/events.html A new absurd comedy about the Afterlife San Francisco Symphony Heavy weapons and rapier tournaments, by Sean Kelly, directed by Helena Nolan. Davies Hall archery, brewing, and cooking San Francisco competitions. Friday, July 14 Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 2 p.m. Warp 11 $15-$64 Friday-Sunday, July 14-16 Friday Night Concerts in the Park www.sfsymphony.org ConStruction Cesar Chavez Park SF Symphony marks the 100th concert Hilton San Jose 10th and J Street performance of Howard Shore’s scores San Jose Sacramento for the three Lord of the Rings movies. $40-$55 Free admission, all ages show Conducted by Markus Huber, with www.sfsfc.org/construction.php Sacramento’s Star Trek theme rock band projected illustrations and storyboard Sponsored by San Francisco Science

28 Fiction Conventions, ConStruction Hosted by Peaches Christ as part of her Bay Area English Regency Society is a conference for event planners of summer midnight movie series. Guest (BAERS). Join the romantic poets for science fi ction, horror, fantasy and anime appearance by Robyn Lively. boating on Stow Lake and poetry in the conventions. Panels include “Space Chinese Gazebo. Regency/Romantic Limitations,” “Contracts,” and “Disaster Saturday, July 15 attire 1795-1825. Proofi ng Your Convention.” Membership RPG.net Mini-Con in ConStruction is not required to attend EndGame Sunday, July 16 the Dessert Social, Friday night at 8 p.m. 921 Washington Bad Movie Night: Oakland Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Saturday, July 15 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Menace (1999) Music of the Spheres $3 The Dark Room Theatre Lick Observatory Contact Chris Hanrahan (chris@ 2263 Mission Street Mt. Hamilton Road endgameoakland.com) for information or San Francisco San Jose to sign up as a GM. 8 p.m. www.ucolick.org/public/music.html $5 8 p.m. Saturday, July 15 With hosts/hecklers Jim Fourniadis, $40-$150 Sac-Anime GeekBoy and Sherilyn Connelly. Part of the Observatory’s Summer Scottish Rite Center concert series, featuring the music of 6151 H Street Thursday, July 20 Ancient Future and a talk by astronomer Sacramento 10 Rillington Place (1971) Debra Fischer, followed by telescope $5 - $10 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts viewing (weather permitting). Doors Anime convention featuring viewing 701 Mission Street open at 7:30. room, art contest, vendor’s room, San Francisco costume ball, J-pop concert, more. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 15 $8 Midnight Mass: Sunday, July 16 www.ybca.org Sing-Along Teen Witch Romantic Poetry Gathering Unnerving portrait of real-life sex Bridge Theatre Stow Lake killer John Christie (in a tour-de-force 3010 Geary Blvd. Golden Gate Park performance by Richard Attenborough). San Francisco 1-5 p.m. Part of YBCA’s “Too Scary for DVD: $12 Co-presented by the Greater Bay Area Neglected Horror on 35mm” series. www.peacheschrist.com Costume Guild (GBACG) and the

29 Thursday-Saturday, July 20-22 fi nal stage performance for friends and 1727 Haight Street The Creature from the Black Lagoon family. San Francisco (1954) $8 The Red Vic Movie House Tuesday, July 25 In 3-D; check www.redvicmoviehouse. 1727 Haight Street Ask a Scientist: Anniversary Trivia Party com for showtimes. San Francisco Bazaar Café $8 5927 California Street Thursday-Sunday, July 27-30 In 3-D; check www.redvicmoviehouse. San Francisco Vision for Space Exploration Experience com for showtimes. 7 pm NASA Ames Research Center Free Moffett Field Main Gate Friday, July 21 Ask a Scientist celebrates three years of Mountain View Film Night in the Park: free informal lectures with a rollicking 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) night of science trivia, hosted by the Free Old Mill Park Exploratorium’s Robin Marks. Housed in a 53-foot-long trailer located Mill Valley behind the white tent of the NASA 8 p.m. Thursday, July 27 Exploration Center (Building 943- Suggested donation: $5 adults, $3 White of the Eye (1987) A), this traveling exhibit will inspire children Yerba Buena Center for the Arts space enthusiasts as they embark on a 701 Mission Street simulated journey to the far reaches of July 24-August 4 San Francisco the solar system. (Also on display at Creepshow Camp 7:30 p.m. Ames: an original Mercury space capsule The Hypnodrome $8 and a piece of the Moon brought back by 575 10th Street www.ybca.org Apollo 15.) San Francisco Donald Cammell (Performance) (415) 377-4202 transforms slasher fi lm clichés into a Friday, July 28 $350 psychedelic kaleidoscope of images. Lunar Lounge Express Ages 9-14 Part of YBCA’s “Too Scary for DVD: Chabot Space Science Center A two-week summer day camp for Neglected Horror on 35mm” series. 10000 Skyline Blvd. young devotees of Horror, Suspense and Oakland SciFi, featuring a monster make-up lab, Thursday-Saturday, July 27-29 8-11 p.m. special effects shop, hands-on horror It Came from Outer Space (1953) $15, $8 for members, $10 for students theater workshops, fi lm shoots, and a The Red Vic Movie House 510-336-7373

30 Party under the stars with the Total Saturday, July 29 information at http://forums.cosplay. Eclipse Band, Sonic Vision planetarium Paul Reubens Day IV com/showthread.php?t=85369. show, food and beverage tastings, and The Dark Room Theatre telescope viewing (weather permitting). 2263 Mission Street Saturday and Sunday, July 29-30 San Francisco 5th Annual Belly Dance Fantasy Festival Friday-Saturday, July 28-29 9 p.m. Marina Community Center BlogHer Conference $10 15301 Wicks Blvd. Hyatt San Jose www.paulreubensday.com San Leandro 1740 North First Street The Drunken Redheaded Sluts hold a Noon-9 p.m. San Jose day-long celebration climaxing at the $10 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Dark Room with zany live performances www.tatseena.com $249, Day 2 only $99 and clips from a certain notorious porno. Dancing, live music, bazaar, workshops, blogher.org/about-blogher-conference-06 So, adults only. Pee-wee Herman-themed Moroccan food. Workshops and discussions by, for and costumes are encouraged and will get about Women Who Blog. you a $5 admission discount. Sunday, July 30 Bad Movie Night: July 28-August 3 Saturday, July 29 Escape from New York (1981) Azumi (2003) Film Night in the Park: The Dark Room Theatre Lumiere Theatre Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 2263 Mission Street 1572 California St. Dolores Park San Francisco or San Francisco 8 p.m. Opera Plaza Cinema 8 p.m. $5 601 Van Ness Ave. Suggested donation: $5 adults, $3 San Francisco children Friday, August 4 (Landmark apparently hasn’t decided Music of the Spheres which theater will screen it yet. Check Saturday, July 29 Lick Observatory www.landmarktheatres.com for location WIC-TOP 5.0 Mt. Hamilton Road and showtimes.) Based on Yu Koyama’s San Ramon Creek San Jose manga; directed by Ryuhei Kitamura San Ramon www.ucolick.org/public/music.html (Versus, Godzilla: Final Wars). “We’re In Costume - Take Our Picture.” 8 p.m. A cosplay and doll photoshoot and $40-$150 More Events Next Page potluck barbecue. RSVP and location Part of the Observatory’s Summer 31 concert series, featuring the music of Raja Guhathakurta, followed by 3010 Geary Blvd. Oscar Reynolds and the Karumanta telescope viewing (weather permitting). San Francisco Ensemble and a talk by astronomer Doors open at 7:30. $12 Geoff Marcy, followed by telescope www.peacheschrist.com viewing (weather permitting). Doors Saturday, August 5 Hosted by Peaches Christ as part of her open at 7:30. Turkish Delight Viennese Ball summer midnight movie series. Guest PEERS Event appearance by Mary Woronov. Friday-Sunday, August 4-6 Masonic Lodge AOD: The San Francisco Animation 100 N. Ellsworth Saturday, August 5 Convention San Mateo Bay Area Games Day Cathedral Hill Hotel $15 in advance (by July 29),$20 at the Los Altos Public Library 1101 Van Ness door 13 S. San Antonio Road San Francisco Dance lesson at 7 p.m., dancing begins Los Altos www.aodsf.org at 8 10 a.m. $45 Strauss waltzes and more. $1 Once known as Anime Overdose, this Regular event featuring German-style con now celebrates anime as well as Saturday, August 5 strategy boardgames like Settlers of American cartoons and other fl avors of Warp 11: “Return to the Alpha Catan, Avalon Hill-type multiplayer animation. Panels, guests, dealer’s room, Quadrant” games, lots of cardgames, and historical cosplay, art show, more. Blue Lamp board wargames. 1400 Alhambra Blvd. Saturday, August 5 Sacramento Sunday, August 6 Music of the Spheres 10 p.m. Author: Peter S. Beagle Lick Observatory Ages 21+ Borderlands Books Mt. Hamilton Road Sacramento’s Star Trek-themed rock 866 Valencia Street San Jose band performs such hits as “Boldly Go San Francisco www.ucolick.org/public/music.html Down on Me” and “She Make It So.” Time TBA 8 p.m. With Special Guest TBD. Free $40-$150 www.borderlands-books.com Part of the Observatory’s Summer Saturday, August 5 concert series, featuring the music of the Midnight Mass: Deathrace 2000 (1975) Kurt Ribak Trio and a talk by astronomer Bridge Theatre More Events Next Page 32 August 7-13 Tuesday, August 8 www.artsopolis.com/zeroone/02.htm ISEA 2006 The Goonies (1985) SRL brings a newly conceived ZeroOne San Jose The Lawn at Wente Vineyards performance piece to ZeroOne San Jose: Various venues 5565 Tesla Road Monster machine meets hovercraft, San Jose Livermore meets huge sculptural creatures, meets The 13th International Symposium Suggested donation: $9 adults, $5 fi re. Very Big, Very Loud, Very Exciting. of Electronic Art (ISEA) will be held children August 7-13 in San Jose in conjunction (925) 456-2400 Friday and Saturday, August 11-12 with the inauguration of ZeroOne San Outdoor movie night at the vineyard: Midnight Mass: Mommie Dearest (1981) Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Café opens at 6:30 p.m., movie starts at Bridge Theatre Edge, a milestone festival to be held twilight. 3010 Geary Blvd. biennially. More info, schedules at San Francisco isea2006.sjsu.edu. Thursday-Sunday, August 10-13 $12 Super Vision www.peacheschrist.com August 7-18 California Theater Hosted by Peaches Christ as part of her Creepshow Camp San Jose summer midnight movie series. The Hypnodrome 8 pm, Saturday at 3 p.m. 575 10th Street $32-40 Saturday, August 12 San Francisco www.artsopolis.com/zeroone/02.htm Other Magazine Presents (415) 377-4202 The Builders Association and dbox Writers with Drinks $350 present a multi-media theater piece on The Make-Out Room Ages 13-18 a very large scale, exploring life and 3225 22nd. Street Special teen session of the two-week privacy in the data society. www.superv. San Francisco summer day camp for young devotees org 7:30 p.m. of Horror, Suspense and SciFi, featuring $3-$5 sliding scale a monster make-up lab, special Friday, August 11 With Noria Jablonski and Sage Vivant. effects shop, hands-on horror theater Survival Research Labs workshops, fi lm shoots, and a fi nal stage Behind South Hall Thursday-Saturday, August 17-19 performance for friends and family. 435 South Market Street Super Vision San Jose Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 10 p.m. 701 Mission Street More Events Next Page $25 San Francisco

33 8 p.m. www.sffaire.com 100 N. Ellsworth $30 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday San Mateo www.ybca.org 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday $15.00 in advance (by August 26, 2006), The Builders Association and dbox $15 $20.00 at the door present a multi-media theater piece on Jugglers, food, handcrafted items, Dance lesson at 7:15 p.m., dancing a very large scale, exploring life and jousting, sword fi ghting demonstrations. begins at 8:00. privacy in the data society. www.superv. Rapier tournament on Saturday. org Sunday, September 3 Sunday, August 27 Sac-Con Sunday, August 20 Bad Movie Night: Orca (1977) Scottish Rite Center Bad Movie Night: Lifeforce (1985) The Dark Room Theatre 6151 H Street The Dark Room Theatre 2263 Mission Street Sacramento 2263 Mission Street San Francisco 10 a.m.-4 p.m. San Francisco 8 p.m. $5 8 p.m. $5 Comic, toy and anime show, usually has $5 an anime costume contest. Friday-Monday, September 1-4 Saturday, August 26 ConQuest SF September 7-October 1 Film Night in the Park: San Francisco Airport Marriott Woman in Black (A Ghost Play) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1800 Old Bayshore Hwy. Pacifi c Rep (2002) Burlingame Golden Bough Theatre Creek Park $50 at the door ($45 until August 15), West side of Monte Verde between 8th San Anselmo one-day pass $30 and 9th 8 p.m. Gaming convention includes role- Carmel-by-the-Sea Suggested donation: $5 adults, $3 playing, miniatures, card, classic, board, www.pacrep.org children collectibles, historicals, RPGA. Local production of the play that’s been running in London for 16 years. Highly Saturday-Sunday, August 26-27 Saturday, September 2 recommended by Jack Avery. Golden Gate Renaissance Festival Captain Morgan’s Privateers (We Ain’t Speedway Meadow Pirates No More) Ball September 8-10 Golden Gate Park PEERS Event Creation Salutes Star Trek: San Francisco Masonic Lodge The 40th Anniversary Celebration

34 DoubleTree Hotel Casa de Fruta Saturday-Sunday, September 16-17 Sacramento 100031 Pacheco Pass Highway Northern California Renaissance Faire 2001 Point West Way Hollister Casa de Fruta Sacramento $22 100031 Pacheco Pass Highway $399-$90; one-day passes available from www.norcalrenfaire.com Hollister $50 Hearty ale, fi ne foods, handmade crafts, $22 www.creationent.com/cal/stsac.htm new Tournament of Horses. www.norcalrenfaire.com Creation brings William Shatner and Hearty ale, fi ne foods, handmade crafts, Leonard Nimoy to Sacramento. Friday and Saturday, September 15-16 new Tournament of Horses. Music of the Spheres Saturday, September 9 Lick Observatory Saturday-Sunday, September 16-17 Film Night in the Park: Mt. Hamilton Road Vintage Fashion Expo The Birds (1963) San Jose Masonic Center Union Square www.ucolick.org/public/music.html 1111 California Street San Francisco 8 p.m. San Francisco 8 p.m. $40-$150 Sat. 10:30-6, Sun. 11-5 Suggested Donation: $5 adults, $3 Part of the Observatory’s Summer $10 children concert series, featuring the music of www.vintageexpo.com guitarists Daniel Roest and Muriel Saturday, September 9 Anderson and a talk by astronomers Sunday, September 17 Other Magazine Presents Geoff Marcy (Friday) and Alex How Berkeley Can You Be Parade Writers with Drinks Filippenko (Saturday), followed by Berkeley The Make-Out Room telescope viewing (weather permitting). 11:00 a.m. Starts at the corner of 3225 22nd. Street Doors open at 7:30. California and University Avenue San Francisco A Klingon contingent is again planning 7:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, September 16-17 to march. Members of the 501st Legion $3-$5 sliding scale 4th Annual Japantown Anime Faire also usually show up. In addition, there With Daniel Alarcon, Mark Budz, and Japan Center will be a bunch of mundane weirdos Sparky. 1581 Webster Street there. San Francisco Saturday-Sunday, September 9- 10 Screenings, cosplay, dealer’s room, Northern California Renaissance Faire more. Details to follow.

35 Wednesday, September 20 Saturday-Sunday, September 23-24 and wine. Dress as a gentleman, a Author: Kelly Link Northern California Renaissance Faire mythological god or goddess, a monk or The Booksmith Casa de Fruta nun, or a mollie or dollymop. 1644 Haight Street 100031 Pacheco Pass Highway San Francisco Hollister Saturday-Sunday, September 30- 7 p.m. $22 October 1 Free www.norcalrenfaire.com Northern California Renaissance Faire Hearty ale, fi ne foods, handmade crafts, Casa de Fruta Friday, September 22 new Tournament of Horses. 100031 Pacheco Pass Highway Film Night in the Park: Ghostbusters Hollister (1984) Sunday, September 24 $22 Commons Park Bad Movie Night: Incubus (1965) www.norcalrenfaire.com 10 Ross Commons The Dark Room Theatre Hearty ale, fi ne foods, handmade crafts, Ross 2263 Mission Street new Tournament of Horses. 8 p.m. San Francisco Suggested donation: $5 adults, $3 8 p.m. Friday-Sunday, October 6-8 children $5 SiliCon 1965 fantasy-horror fi lm starring DoubleTree Hotel Friday-Sunday, September 22-24 William Shatner; in Esperanto with 2050 Gateway Place Browncoats Ball English subtitles. Really. San Jose Marines Memorial Club and Hotel www.siliconventions.com 609 Sutter Street Saturday, September 30 $45, $35 until August 31 San Francisco Hellfi re Club Ball Guest of Honor: Robert Meyer Burnett www.sfbrowncoats.com Masonic Lodge Special Guests: Mark Bode, Steve Join the SF Browncoats who are 100 N. Ellsworth Englehart sponsoring this year’s Browncoats Ball. San Mateo Media-oriented general SF con; this Two dinner and dance events, a boat 8-11:30 p.m. year’s theme is “Comics On and Off the tour of the bay and a tour of Chinatown $20 at the door Page.” Art show, dealer’s room, panels, are planned, plus lots of Serenity/ Presented by the Bay Area Regency Firefl y activities. The event is themed costume contest, more. around the ball from the Firefl y episode Society (BAERS). The membership “Shindig.” (Yes, that’s the one with of the Hellfi re Club invites you to Kaylee’s dress in it.) their Annual Ball to celebrate women 36 Saturday, October 7 Casa de Fruta Friday, October 27 Dickens Fair Preview Ball 100031 Pacheco Pass Highway Thrillville’s Halloween Spookylau: PEERS Event Hollister The Crawling Eye (1958) Masonic Lodge $22 Copia 100 N. Ellsworth www.norcalrenfaire.com 500 First Street San Mateo Hearty ale, fi ne foods, handmade crafts, Napa $15.00 in advance (by Sept. 24),$20.00 new Tournament of Horses. 8:00 p.m. at the door $6 Dance lesson at 7:00 p.m., dancing Thursday, October 19 Thrillville is an independently run cult begins at 8:00 Thrillville Double Feature: movie cabaret hosted by Speakeasy It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) Theaters programmer and local lounge Saturday, October 7 and Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973) lizard Will “the Thrill” Viharo and his Film Night in the Park: Parkway Speakeasy Theater lovely wife and stage assistant, Monica, Young Frankenstein (1974) 1834 Park Blvd. Tiki Goddess. Guest appearance by Dolores Park Oakland Cinema Insomnia host Mr. Lobo. San Francisco 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. $10 Friday-Sunday, November 3-5 Suggested donation: $5 adults, $3 Thrillville is an independently run cult BASCON children movie cabaret hosted by Speakeasy Embassy Suites Theaters programmer and local lounge 250 Gateway Boulevard Saturday-Sunday, October 7-8 lizard Will “the Thrill” Viharo and his South San Francisco Northern California Renaissance Faire lovely wife and stage assistant, Monica, The Bay Area Slash Convention returns. Casa de Fruta Tiki Goddess. Guest appearance by Adults only. For all your Kirk/Spock 100031 Pacheco Pass Highway Cinema Insomnia host Mr. Lobo. fanfi c needs. Hollister $22 October 20-22 Saturday, November 4 www.norcalrenfaire.com Yaoi-Con Le Bal des Vampires Hearty ale, fi ne foods, handmade crafts, Westin and Clarion Hotels PEERS Event new Tournament of Horses. San Francisco Airport Venue: TBD www.yaoicon.com $15 in advance (by October 28), $20 at the $60 door Saturday-Sunday, October 14-15 “A celebration of male beauty and Northern California Renaissance Faire The annual fancy dress ball for the Undead passion in anime and manga.” and their admirers. 37 Thursday, December 7 January 5-7, 2007 March 2-4, 2007 Thrillville: The Giant Claw (1957) Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors WonderCon Parkway Speakeasy Theater DoubleTree Hotel Moscone Center South 1834 Park Blvd. 2050 Gateway Place 747 Howard Street Oakland San Jose San Francisco 9:15 p.m. This is a Creation Convention. Further www.comic-con.org/wc/ $7 information will be forthcoming. Comic book/media convention with Thrillville is an independently run cult anime, summer movie previews, panels, movie cabaret hosted by Speakeasy January 6, 2007 dealers, costume contest, more. Theaters programmer and local lounge Victorian 12th Night Ball lizard Will “the Thrill” Viharo and his PEERS Event March 16-18, 2007 lovely wife and stage assistant, Monica, Masonic Lodge Con-X-treme Tiki Goddess. With the Twilight Vixen 100 N. Ellsworth DoubleTree Hotel Revue live on stage. San Mateo 2050 Gateway Place 8 p.m. San Jose Sunday, December 10 www.con-x-treme.com Sac-Con January 18-22, 2007 X-treme anime, science fi ction, fantasy, Scottish Rite Center Further Confusion 2007 martial arts, cosplay, masquerade, belly 6151 H Street DoubleTree Hotel dancing, workshops, dealers and more. Sacramento 2500 Gateway Place 10 a.m.-4 p.m. San Jose April 7, 2007 $5 $40 Red Carpet Ball Comic, toy and anime show, usually has The Bay Area’s major Furry con. Art (1930s Hollywood Academy Award Ball) an anime costume contest. show, dealer’s room, costume contest, PEERS Event more. No details yet on this dance. Saturday, December 16 . Otaku Bowl February 3, 2007 May 5, 2007 Details to follow Gotham City Black and White Ball Sleeping Beauty’s Christening Fantasy Winter edition of the event where PEERS Event Ball bowling, anime and cosplay meet. Video We’re not sure if this is Gotham as in PEERS Event room, costume contest, artist alley/swap Batman or Gotham as in old New York. No details yet on this dance. meet and random bowling fun. With PEERS it could go either way.

38 May 25-28, 2007 August 3-6, 2007 advance, particularly since they have a BayCon MythCon 38 good track record of actually holding DoubleTree Hotel Clark Kerr Center their events as scheduled. No further 2050 Gateway Place 2601 Warring Street details available yet. San Jose Berkeley www.baycon.org www.mythsoc.org April 25-28, 2008 $75 ($45 until Aug. 31) $60, $50 Mythopoeic Society members CostumeCon 26 25th Anniversary of the largest annual The annual Mythopoeic Conference www.cc26.info general SF convention in Northern returns to Berkeley with Guests of Honor CostumeCon will be coming to Silicon California. Diverse panels, dealer’s Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman. Valley in 2008. Further details to follow. room, art show, masquerade, anime room, gaming, Mara’s Bar, Dive-In August 4, 2007 Ongoing: Movies, much more. Pride & Prejudice Picnic PEERS Event Daily June 2, 2007 No details yet on this event. San Francisco Ghost Hunt Space Cowboys’ Ball Walking Tour PEERS Event September 1, 2007 Begins: Queen Anne Hotel No details yet on this dance. Mikado Ball 1590 Sutter at Octavia (A Gilbert and Sullivan Cast Party) San Francisco July 6-9, 2007 PEERS Event 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Westercon 60: Gnomeward Bound No details yet on this dance. $20 DoubleTree Hotel www.sfghosthunt.com 2050 Gateway Place October 6, 2007 San Jose Edwardian Gothic Ball Mondays spfi i.org/westercon60/ PEERS Event Bay Area Science Fiction Association Guests of Honor: Tad Williams, Theresa Edwardian as in macabre illustrator The Original Hick’ry Pit Mather, Christian McGuire Edward Gorey. 980 E. Campbell Ave. Toastmaster: Jay Lake Campbell Westercon returns to the scene of the November 3, 2007 8 p.m. 1983 con. Le Bal des Vampires Free PEERS Event www.basfa.org Gotta love a group that plans this far in

39 Mondays Wednesdays www.hauntedhaight.com Dukefi sh East Bay Strategy Games Club Reservations required. Jake’s of Sunnyvale EndGame 174 E. Fremont Avenue 921 Washington Fridays and Saturdays Sunnyvale Oakland Vampire Walking Tour Gather: 8:00 p.m, games: 8:30 p.m. 7:30-11:00 p.m. Meets corner of California and Taylor Dukefi sh is a bunch of people who Free San Francisco get together to play board games and, www.michaeldashow.com/ 8 p.m. sometimes, bridge every week. eastbaystrategy/home.html $20 www.sfvampiretour.com Mondays and Wednesdays Fridays Led by Mina Harker. Tour is cancelled if Silicon Valley Boardgamers SF Games there is heavy rain. Match Play Muddy’s Coffeehouse San Antonio Shopping Center 1304 Valencia Street near 24th Saturdays Mountain View San Francisco Rocky Horror Picture Show 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. to midnight Parkway Speakeasy Theater $2 Free 1834 Park Blvd. Group meets regularly to play mostly vax.hanford.org/dk/games Oakland German-style strategy boardgames such SF Games is a collective name for Midnight as Settlers of Catan; also multiplayer a bunch of people who get together $6 Avalon Hill-style, historical wargames, and play board games and card games www.picturepubpizza.com and others. every week. Also has a cards night on Barely Legal Productions presents the Tuesdays at Café Macondo, 3159 16th classic midnight movie every Saturday Wednesdays Street between Guerrero and Valencia. night. No one under 17 admitted. Bay Area Role-Playing Society Go-Getter’s Pizza Fridays-Mondays Biweekly 1489 Beach Park Boulevard Haunted Haight Walking Tour PenSFA Party Foster City Meets at PlanetWeavers/Genesis Store The Peninsula Science Fantasy 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. 1573 Haight Street (at Clayton) Association meets every two weeks www.BayRPS.com San Francisco for a party at the home of one of their Hosts a weekly game night. For club and 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. members. They also host parties at local game night details email GM@BayRPS. $20 conventions. Email commander@pensfa. com. 40 org for information on attending. Foothill Anime San Francisco PenSFA standard party rules: bring Building 5015, Foothill College Noon something edible or drinkable to share, Los Altos Hills Free or pay the host $2. Don’t smoke in the Free www.sfbrowncoats.com house without checking with the host Monthly event where people can get SF Fans of Firefl y/Serenity usually meet fi rst. Normal start time is 8 p.m. but may together to watch anime and meet like up on the second Saturday of the month. vary depending on the host. minded others. Usually meets the fi rst Sunday of every month at noon. Silicon Gulch Browncoats Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers’ Tied House Group Legion of Rassilon 954 Villa Street Borderlands Books Carl’s Junior Mountain View 866 Valencia Street 2551 N. First Street Noon - 2 p.m. San Francisco San Jose Free Meets the second and fourth Thursdays 7:30 p.m. www.silicongulchbrowncoats.org of each month at 6 pm. Contact Jade Free Silicon Gulch fans of Firefl y/Serenity Livingston at sfscifi @yahoo.com for Doctor Who fan group usually meets the meet up on the fi rst Saturday of the more information. fourth Friday of the month: Episodes of month. Doctor Who, news, discussion of recent Monthly movies, and a raffl e. USS Defi ance Meeting Dorkbot-SF Round Table Pizza Free, donations welcome No-Name Anime Howe Ave. (Near Howe and Arden Ave.) www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/ Saratoga Library 7 p.m.- 10 p.m. Dorkbot hosts regular forums for artists, 13650 Saratoga Avenue Free designers, engineers, students, and Saratoga Sacramento’s oldest science fi ction group other people doing strange things with Free meets the third Friday of the month. Info electricity. www.nnanime.com at www.ussdefi ance.org. Anime screenings usually take place on Fantastic Frontiers the second Saturday of the month. www.freewebs.com/fantasticfrontiers/ Social club for Sacramento County SF Browncoats SciFi/Fantasy fans usually meets the Cafe Murano second Saturday of the month. Check website for meeting times and locations. 1777 Steiner Street 41