Science Fiction/San Francisco The twice-monthly news zine for the San Francisco Bay Area. Issue 10 October 19, 2005 email: [email protected] Editors: Jean Martin, Chris Garcia, Jack Avery

TOC Editorial Editorial...... Jean Martin...... 1-2 By Jean Martin Yaoicon preview ...... Jack Avery ...... 2 eLOCs ...... Chris Garcia...... 3 It’s been a busy, but fun and productive, Westercon 60 in San Jose...... Chris Garcia...... 4 month since Chris Garcia and I took over Dragon’s Head Inn Haunted House ...... Chris Garcia...... 4 the reins of this zine from founder, Jack A Visit with Las Vegas Fandom ...... Chris Garica...... 5-6 Avery. But last weekend was perhaps the Chainsaw Mafia Festival Preview ...... Chris Garcia...... 7 busiest for me so far this year! I was pretty Silicon...... Jean Martin, Dr. Noe, Carole Parker...... 8-16 much all over the Bay Area (I drove back Ren Faire...... Jean Martin...... 17-19 and forth from San Jose to Foster City, Sally Ride Festival...... John F. McGowan...... 20-21 Mountain View, San Francisco, Oakland Animagic I ...... Brocas ...... 22-23 and Hollister) covering and participating LitQuake Lit Crawl...... Jack Avery ...... 24-25 in several fan events ranging from science Rivendell Picnic ...... Diane Rooney...... 26-31 fiction, to fantasy, to historical reenactment. Vitnacon ...... Andy Trembley...... 32-35 So you could say I was in several time Animagic II...... Consplayers.com...... 36-37 periods and worlds for three days… and I Fabulandia ...... Jack Avery ...... 38-42 couldn’t have been happier! Victorian Ghost Stories ...... Jack Avery ...... 43 Considering I just entered the realm Blog Watch ...... Chris Garcia...... 44 of fandom less than a couple of years ago BASFA Minutes ...... 44-46 Fan Resources...... Jack Avery ...... 47-55 Calendar ...... Jack Avery ...... 56-101 Continued on Next Page 1 (through the Bay Area English Regency have quite a readership. One of my friends that I didn’t make Decompression, the Society, which hosts regency dances at told me that one of her friends told her after-Burning Man block party in San BayCon), I’ve come a long way. But I’ve that SF/SF was her favorite zine! Lots of Francisco, which I hear was a lot of fun. discovered that there is still such a huge people are impressed that we are close to However, the best part for me about variety of groups and activities in the 100 pages, and find our comprehensive being in fandom is not just the events San Francisco Bay Area that a newbie calendar section (courtesy of the brilliant and activities. It’s being with people who can be involved with. The diversity is Jack Avery who also does our layout) very are all just so nice, friendly, creative and mind-blowing and can be overwhelming. useful. intelligent. I keep saying this because it’s Fortunately, there are lots of overlaps Unfortunately, I missed the masquerade true! I’ve wanted to find kindred spirits among groups, and I constantly run into and the parties at SiliCon Saturday night and they abound in fandom. There’s a the same people at different events. because I had to go to the Lord of the Rings sense of community, and we all do what At SiliCon in San Jose last weekend (see Feast (see Diane Rooney’s fantastic coverage we do because we love it. I’m very glad to the section on SiliCon in this issue for a of the event in the pages that follow) in the be a part of this family, and feel privileged more complete story), where I participated Oakland Hills. I also left SiliCon early to be reporting on it twice a month. I look in a couple of panels, it seemed like I knew Sunday afternoon to go to the Casa de Ren forward to entertaining more of you in the half the people running or attending the Faire (see my article also in this issue). I was future with our zine, and meeting you all at convention. I also met a lot of amazing so exhausted driving back from Hollister an event or convention! people including fantasy author Diana Paxson, artist Phil Yeh, photographer Danny Low, and screenwriter Wanda Yaoi fans gather for Yaoicon 2005 Kyoushi no Houteishiki. Kurtcu (who was in the Star Wars or Star The convention will include panels, Whimpers panel with me). I also finally got Fans of Yaoi, a subgenre of anime workshops, a cosplay contest, and both to meet one of my co-editors, Chris Garcia, and manga that focuses on male- animated and live action videos. who said he was born into fandom (lucky male relationships, will gather at the Yaoi is intended for a female audience, guy!), and we brainstormed on the future Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel the and most attendees will be women, of the zine. weekend of October 28-30 for the fifth although fans of all sexes and persuasions I received a number of compliments annual Yaoi-con. are welcome. Because of the mature themes, from people about the zine all throughout Guests include manga creator Kodaka the convention is for those 18 and older. the weekend, and found out that we do Kazuma, creator of Kizuna and Kusatta Website: www.yaoicon.com

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2 isn’t going to go away. I could almost see There were a lot of folks at Silicon who eLOCs a logical argument for having a NASFiC had certainly read SF/SF, and I got to talk every year regardless of the location of to many of them. My personal favourite part Peter Sullivan writes: Worldcon - it would then be up to the was when the head of the Con, Dann Lopez, respective voters to decide whether to was chatting with an Animation fan and he Yay for the return of Science Fiction/ combine it with Worldcon where possible mentioned us as the best thing going for BArea San Fransisco! or go elsewhere. But this would require a fandom. I told them I was one of the editors Lloyd Penney’s comment that definitive answer to the “What is NASFiC and they really wanted to know more. Getting fandom has come full circle, and that the for?” debate. Or, given that this is SF people involved takes time, but getting people media fans are now declaring other fandoms fandom we are talking about here, at least to read can be even harder. It seems like we’re apostate falls in the “Sad But True” category. some competing consensuses. making a stand to get both done! It mirrors some of the things I’ve read in Hope SiliCon went well for everyone Yeah, NASFiC is weird. I’m beginning British fandom of fanzeen fans or sercon who went - looking forward to the con to realize that there are parallels with Silicon fans feeling “elbowed out” at mainstream reports in a future SF/SF. as well. Some see it as a smaller, extraneous SF cons. That’s why publications like convention that doesn’t need to happen, that SF/SF, with its implied inclusive fannish the larger, more established cons are all we agenda, are so important. Chris Garcia responds: need. I don’t know if I agree, but if they were Broadening the contributor base of just trying to do the same things that the other SF/SF has got to be a good thing, and it’s Well, we’re glad to be back, Peter! I’m cons (WorldCon and BayCon) were doing heartening to hear Chris say that folks from firmly of the opinion that we’ll be around for I’d say no, they can go away. But Silicon has the various local fandoms are beginning to a long, long time. certainly broken out a bit, is more costume gather round. Although the calendar is There’s always been a lot of debate of and media driven than BayCon (which isn’t obviously the heart of the zeen, the “front the Sercon community. They’re even ridiculed a knock on BC at all) and I think there’s room half” is just as important even for Bay Area in The Enchanted Duplicator! I’m one of for both. NASFiC has yet to discover where it people I would guess. (As a non-Bay Area those guys who firmly believes that fanzines can change and make sense, but all it takes is person, I probably focus on the “front half” can be about more than just fandom but can one successful bidder with a great idea. even more. But then, designing a zeen like discuss serious matters and do reviews. In fact, SF/SF on the needs or desires of people like one of my favourite zines right now is Some Have something to say about me would be eccentric, to say the least.) Fantastic which is like an academic Emerald Chris and I have discussed NASFiC Science Fiction/San Francisco? Or City, only more interesting. We’re putting out about fandom in general? elsewhere. As the proportion of non-US a fannish agenda, which I believe I could sum Worldcons increases, this is a problem that Send your letter of comment to: up in two words: Do Somethin’! [email protected] 3 News and Notes

Westercon 60: Gnomeward Bound Westercons and the local Orycon were McGuire, and writer Tad Williams. The well-loved by many Northwest fans. They location is the San Jose DoubleTree, right San Jose has had issues getting some had announced the bid, knowing that at the airport. Make your plans now! of the touring conventions. There are fan their main opponents would be San Jose. politics a plenty that enter into things when There was only one problem: they lost their — Chris Garcia bidding for something like a Westercon, hotel. and San Jose had run afoul of a lot of folks You see, the hotels that had been Dragon’s Head Inn over the years. It happens, and it didn’t help contracted for the bid changed hands and Haunted House in Sonoma that the last BArea Westercon, the Oakland the Jantzen Beach and Columbia River Westercon in the late 1980s, was a failure of DoubleTrees were no more. With the hotels In the early 1990s, it’s arguable to say legendary proportions. gone, the Portland group started looking that Haunted Houses were starting to trail Over the last several years, the people for another hotel that would be suitable for off. You had Gyro’s Worlds of Terror in the who bring us BayCon have been bidding the con, but did not find one that would South Bay, a few here and there, but unlike for a BArea Westercon. In 2003, when work. San Jose was left alone on the official the late 1970s and early 80s, there weren’t the voting was in Seattle, they put up a ballot. hundreds of them all over the Bay Area. fine bid, though they had the Santa Clara The San Jose bid didn’t rest, but instead In recent years, large establishments like Convention Centre as the con hotel and they put out a massive effort with parties Marine World have added haunted nights, not the traditional DoubleTree. The vote and fan table at many cons around the but in the early 1990s, several groups, happened and Calgary got the win and the west. They had a mascot: Jose the Gnome. like The Pirates of Emerson, started small con that took place earlier this year. The They brought all the gnomes all over the haunted houses of their own that would next year, with the vote choosing a location country, and even with them to the Calgary eventually fill the gap. The Marcums of in the Southern zone, the Society of the Westercon where the voting was taking Sonoma started doing a small display in Promotion of Fannish Interests, Inc put place. There were rumblings of folks trying the front of their house, just something out a bid for Monterey, just on the other to get Portland written-in, but San Jose to spook and entertain the local trick-or- side of the border between the zones, and took it in a walk. treaters. Every year, it grew and grew and were beaten by San Diego. This left them So, fourth of July weekend, 2007, you’ve eventually the entire front lawn was a bidding for 2007 in San Jose against a vocal got a San Jose Westercon for the first time tented haunted house! Folks came from all group from Portland. since 1985. It’ll be a party, that’s for sure. over and they started accepting donations Portland has hosted several Westercons Michael Siladi is chairman and the GoHs and the hotels they’ve used for both are Artist Theresa Mather, fan Christian More News and Notes on Next Page 4 for The Valley of the Moon Children’s Home. The Dragon’s Head Inn is located at bucks at the Pai-Gow table. Due to my In 2000, they became a non-profit, moved 631 West Spain Street in Sonoma, just off leaving at 5am, and the fact that it took me to a lot instead of holding it in front of of 5th Street West. The hours for the house nearly two hours less than I had thought, I the house, and they made The Sonoma are 7 to 10 p.m., except for Halloween got to the Katz Residence two hours ealier Children’s Cancer Foundation the official night when it’s 5 to 8 p.m. Dragonfaire in the afternoon than I expected. charity of the haunt. Ever since, they’ve is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday the 22nd If you don’t know who Arnie and Joyce been putting on a fantastic haunted house and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday the 23rd. Katz are, you’ve probably not read much in the heart of the Sonoma Valley. You can find more information at http: on eFanzines.com. Arnie is the editor of This year’s Dragon’s Head Inn is //www.dragonsheadinn.com. Vegas Fandom Weekly, and historically he open Fridays and Saturdays through the edited fanzines like Quip, Folly, Flicker and 29th, and also Sunday the 30th and Monday, — Chris Garcia so many many more. Joyce has done many Halloween itself. The group also has a zines of her own, and he recent work, Hard Dragonfaire on the 22nd and 23rd, where Chris Garcia Visits Las Vegas Fandom Science Tales, is one of the best pieces on the kids are encouraged to come on out, see eFanzines. Anrie and Joyce, along with Bill the crafts and listen to the storytellers, and It’s 7 hours and 45 minutes from my Kunkle, also founded Electronic Games, also take a walk through the house with the parking space in Santa Clara to the front the first computer game magazine which lights on, to lessen the scares for the little door of the Palace Station Hotel-Casino very much is considered to be the start of ones. just North of the 15 Freeway in Las Vegas. modern video game journalism. They also In a fun little addition that’ll make I know this because I was keeping a close did The Main Event, a classic wrestling it even more SF/SF reader-friendly, the eye on the clock and speedometer. I always magazine that gave Dave Meltzer, the Klingons of the Ring of Fire Fleet have become very conscious of the way in which wrestling journalist of the last two decades, announced a Blood Feud to see who will I drive. his first break. They are BNFs who have give the most blood during the time of This time, I had another reason to keep been in and around fandom for a long time. the house on October 22nd: the citizens going since I was going to meet and greet I had never had the chance to meet them, of Sonoma or the members of the Fleet. with the Vegrants: that group of jolly fans so my trip was a happy event for me. There’ll also be a challenge between the in that city of Glitter and Sin. I had been Once I arrived, I came face to face with ships of the Klingon fleet to see which of invited as a part of a plan to bring some of the legends. Joyce, still recovering from them will account for the most donated Anrie and Joyce Katz’s video game related her recent ankle surgery, was stuck in a blood. The event is being hosted by the things to the Computer History Museum, wheelchair, so we stuck around the living IKV Bloodlust and there will be Klingons in where I ply my trade. I made the trip, room and chatted while waiting for the full regalia wandering around the Dragon’s stopping at the Palace Station just long Head Inn during that Saturday evening. enough to look for souvenirs and drop forty More News and Notes on Next Page 5 main event to begin. We sat down and just help set-up. Since Joyce was chair-bound, the evening. Kent Hastings and I talked chatted. a small group came to help set-up. The computers. John Hardin and I talked And chatted. Andersons, Merric and Lubov, and Joelle computers. While these may not sound And chatted. arrived first and set out more food than like the most exciting of conversations, I basically received an education in the I thought one coffee table could possibly they revealed something that I think is very ways of the fanzine fan. I may have been handle. I swear that I saw it sagging under important to any fandom. I felt like I was around and reading them since I was a the weight of all the cookies, meatballs just another member, not a guy who had babe, but getting to hear the thoughts of and chips. After things were set up, we got never met any of these people before and two such deeply rooted fans showed me around to the real purpose of a Vegrants was at the party as a stare-worthy curiosity. brand new depths and areas that I hadn’t gathering: large group conversation. I made jokes, I talked shop, I even made thought of looking into. It’s amazing the It’s odd that every fandom has the obtuse references to television shows that things that I just didn’t know. It’s a smart same people in it. In BArea fandom, or at no one else had ever seen, and they put up fan who knows how little he knows, and it least the variation that I hang around in, with it! Wonderful! is a smarter fan who goes to smarter fans to we have a merry prankster named Frank One of the wonderful things about find out what the smartest fans told them. Wu. He’s funny and would even qualify the trip was that I got to meet some of I think that’s how the traditional fannish as zany. Vegas Fandom has Merric, whose the people I had been most interested in prophesy goes. first question to me was about whether or meeting for years. While we talked about fanzines, about not I could physically do a Rockettes’ Style Alan White, whose fansite1 has fans, and just plain about fandom, we also Kick Line (the answer is no). They may provided many with great art, and I chatted talked about wrestling, my other passion, have been separated at birth. Both Joelle for a while, which is something that I hope and video games, my sly mistress. When I and Lubov are tiny, neither of them much to get another chance to do soon. first started LoCing fanzines, I sent a note bigger than five feet, and quite possibly I met Ross Chamberlin, the artist to Jan Stinson who edits Peregrine Nations. a bit shorter. They were both lovely behind the artwork of Arnie and rich She Googled my name and discovered that conversation, and even better, when Merric brown’s 1970s edition of The Enchanted I wrote about wrestling and video games. and I started doing un-planned bits, they Duplicator, which Arnie most graciously She accused me of being Arnie in disguise, laughed along, which is an excellent meter gifted me a copy of on my trip. I talked to playing a rib on her. That story got a of party success. folks whose work I knew from SNAPS, the chuckle out of Joyce and Arnie. I really Others arrived and the party was in full Southern Nevada Amateur Press Society. should start pretending to be Arnie once in swing. I got to meet the folks I’ve been Lori Forbes, Theresa Cochrane and more. a while. reading about in VFW for months now. The As the afternoon slipped away, folks Non-Singing James Taylor showed up early started to show up. The first wave came to and we had a nice chat or two throughout More News and Notes on Next Page 6 It was a wonderful time and I now have The Chainsaw Mafia 2005 Independent more! faces to put with the Bolded names of Horror Film Festival Scary-Art.com will also have tables Vegas Fandom Weekly. for local artists who want to get their art As the event went on, I got to chat Thursday, October 20th, Oakland’s seen by those who are likely to appreciate with more and more people for longer Parkway Theater. If you like horror, you’ll it. Among them will be painter Chase and longer. It was nice, even though I was wanna catch The Chainsaw Mafia’s Indy Worthington, FX artist Lena Tony and reaching my physiological limit when it Horror Film Festival. This one is going to photographer Sallie Smith. came to staying awake. Around 1:30 or so, be an over-the-top event with more than But wait, there’s also a play to be done. we wrapped up, and I headed off to sleepy- just the films to entertain you. Re-Animator, the classic SplatterFilm bye land with vision of fandom dancing in The Chainsaw Mafia started as a that spawned a thousand imitators, my head. production company run by the talented will be performed LIVE! The event has It didn’t take long for me to realize exactly Shannon Lark. That soon became also announced that Barf Bags will be how lucky I was. I had come to a group of thechainsawmafia.com, a place where provided. total strangers and found that I was, in fact, California’s horror filmmakers and fans In addition there’s the matter of the one of them. I had been entertained, and in could network and discuss the important Living Dead Girlz. The LDG is a dance turn been entertaining, among a group of aspects of zombies and filmmaking and so and performance group who happen to folks that really love fandom. Sadly, I hadn’t forth. This drew a great many horror fans be zombies. That’s right, sort of a set of gotten to meet everyone, but I can use the from around the state and the country. Undead Fly-Girls. They’ll be dancing and fact that there are people still left to meet The Chainsaw Mafia’s Indy Horror generally being entertaining throughout as an excuse to come back and spend more Festival will feature some great films. the festival. time in the clutch of Vegas Fandom. With a number of short films, you’ll get The Parkway Theatre is located at 1834 After getting the stuff from the Katz to see some greats from local directors and Park Blvd. in Oakland and admission is six garage, I jetted out of Vegas, making a brief some from around the world. Among the bucks. The show starts at 9:15 p.m., though stop at the speed track where they test jet films to be shown will be Sonoma Valley it’s recommended that you get there early. cars and people do their land-yachting. No Film Festival 2004 favourite The Fine Art The after-party is at SF’s DNA Lounge at jet car for me, but I did get to speed my of Poisoning by SFites Jill Tracy and Bill 375 11th Street at Harrison and is a part of Mom’s Corola at nearly 170 MPH across Domonkos, Roommate from Hell from MEAT. That party starts at 9:30 p.m. and the flats! Gotta love the desert, but more Allen Piper, Zombisize by Jason Goodman runs until 2 a.m. The Living Dead Girlz importantly, you gotta love the people who and Shannon Lark and Torment by Lissy will also be making an appearance there make it their home. Borgan. Other films include Grave Face and the admission is five bucks. If there’s a for Film, Labyrinth of Doors, Wahlpurgis better way to get into the Halloween spirit, — Chris Garcia Nacht, four trailers for feature films and I don’t know what it is. 7 A Weekend at Silicon

By Jean Martin, Dr. Noe and Doubletree Hotel in San Jose. The theme introducing the chairman for 2005, Craig Carole Parker for this year was “Science Fiction Through Nicolai. SiliCon 2005, a science fiction the Ages.” Typical of fan conventions, there Next up was a magic show by Peter convention, was held last October 7–9 at the were panels, parties, dealers, artists and a masquerade competition. The weekend was a lot of fun, and Dr. Noe, Carole Parker and I offer three views of the convention in our coverage below.

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SiliCon’s Guests of Honor By Jean Martin Editor The first big event at SiliCon was the “Meet the Guests” reception Friday evening. The meeting room was packed with guests and convention “members” (everyone who attends the convention is called a “member”). Some were already in costume! One of the owners of SiliCon began the festivities by giving a brief summary of the Violet from The Incredibles 20-year history of SiliCon, and Photo by Danny Low Dany as Vampire Hunter D Photo by Danny Low 8 Winch, who was entertaining and humorous at the same time. He asked me to hold three linked magic rings, which I inspected and didn’t have any gaps as I thought they would. I have no idea how he was able to separate them afterwards. I guess that’s what makes them magical. Toni and Bill Blair, as this year’s Toastmasters, went on stage after the magic show, and hosted the rest of the reception. Both are professional actors and have appeared in several sci-fi and genre movie and TV shows. They introduced Diana Paxson, the convention’s Writer Guest of Honor (GoH). Diana, who has continued the Avalon legacy that Marion Zimmer Bradley started, is a famous author in her own right. She recounted the history of sci-fi and fantasy from her perspective, from the early 50s through today. The 50s sowed the seeds of what is to become the science fiction of today, but it was the 60s where the genre exploded. That was when Star Trek became a household name, and Lord of the Rings became a worldwide bestseller. The 70s saw the rise of Star Wars, and when Diana started writing fantasy for adults (as opposed to literary fiction thanks to her friend Marion Zimmer Bradley), which was before that mostly written for children. Now in the 21st century, we have Harry Potter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the Lord of the Rings movies. Her talk was very inspirational and I loved how she said that fandom is here to stay. She mentioned how most of us fans start out with an interest in art, songs, costumes, etc. and then we discover each other and create our own worlds. I also discovered that in the 60s she founded the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), which I’m peripherally involved in. As I’ve mentioned numerous times in my various articles and in my current editorial, most people in fandom are not part of the mainstream, but we are Above: Bounty Hunters from Star Wars usually the same people that like the same genres. Diana reflected Photo by Danny Low 9 Clockwise from lower left: Media Guest of Honor Kathy Garver Fan Guest of Honor Tom Whitmore Toastmasters Toni and Bill Blair Writer Guest of Honor Diana Paxson Artist Guest of Honor Phil Yeh Photos by Jean Martin 10 my thoughts when she said that sci-fi and Tom Whitmore, the Fan GoH, was up coming to light. fantasy, and even mainstream culture, are next. The owner of “Another Change of Media GoH, Cathy Garver (Cissy on becoming more complementary, and the Hobbit,” a popular bookstore in Berkeley, Family Affair), who does voiceovers for distinctions have become blurred. And as echoed Diana’s thoughts. He said we build animation, audio books, and radio plays, long as we keep being creative and open to our own communities, we make things said she likes going to conventions where new ideas, and keep asking “what if,” we happen, and have fun for ourselves. He also there’s the magic of friendship, and the will all have more fascinating things to talk said that we live in a science fiction world sharing of commonalities. about in the future. where numerous scientific discoveries keep Last but not the least was the very

Left: SF Browncoats Table Above: Wanda Kurtcu and Science Fiction/San Francisco editor Jean Martin Photos by Jean Martin 11 entertaining, Phil Yeh, the Artist GoH. He Panels are a much different experience took a different tack and talked about what on such a small scale. Instead of the he does for a living and how he travels the typical listening to moderators, stars, world promoting literacy. He had a lot of etc. speak their piece then attendees line funny stories about his experiences abroad, up for Q&A, Silicon panels were more and throughout his life, which included interactive. No matter the size of the room, him being hailed as a superstar in Hong the panel was more like an all-inclusive Kong, and being friends with Harlan discussion or a bunch of friends sitting at Ellison. a bar discussing their favorite topics. The I was lucky enough to meet Diana, few I attended were great fun. The Serenity Tom and Phil. They’re such wonderful panel had great involvement with everyone people and were very down-to-earth. At chiming in with their two cents about the conventions and elsewhere, the “celebrities” show and movie: theories, character arcs of fandom are fans first and foremost, just and backgrounds, what they would like to like the rest of us. see in future movies. Everybody had their chance to speak and share their thoughts ** ** ** with the group. The same applied for the “Art to SiliCon: The Small Con With The Big Heart Costume” and “Costuming Firefly” panels. By Dr. Noe Although the there wasn’t really a seat Staff Writer available in the room, the same mentality As the saying goes, “good things come was there. People would ask their questions in small packages.” This includes Silicon, to the mediator from where they stood a science-fiction convention held October and sat. What’s great about this is that 7–9 at the DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose no questions really have to be re-asked. (also home to BayCon). Everyone is able to hear both question and SiliCon itself is a non-profit convention response. whose proceeds go to benefit the Diabetes Sadly, not all panels achieved this level. Society of Santa Clara Valley. What it lacks Some were poorly attended or had no in size it makes up for in fun. Though attendees at all. This leads to one of the small, SiliCon offered enough for con- Right: Master Jedi as a Jedi goers throughout the weekend. Photos by Dr. Noe 12 Right: Slave Auction

Below: Charity Auction

Photos by Dr. Noe

Below Right: Karisu, JohnO and Danny Low at the camera panel.

Photo by Jean Martin

13 issues with SiliCon: there’s plenty to see and do, but there needed to be more people there to do it. Even Saturday night’s masquerade was poorly attended. It took place in one of the DoubleTree’s larger rooms, but attendance and participation were small. Also, pictures were near impossible. Understandably, they didn’t want flash photography during the event, but for those with less-than-stellar cameras it made getting photos of the participants nil. There was a photo area set up, but most attendees pretty much tore out of their costumes the moment the Masquerade was finished. One other issue was the sound folks didn’t have everything together. They seemed to have a very nice audio set-up, but its operators had none of the music prepped for the contestants when it was their turn to emerge on stage. Another victim of small attendance was the dealers’ room. It was filled with about 22 vendors, but the attendance just wasn’t there to warrant handfuls of cash from shoppers buying wares. Some other events featured throughout the weekend included Belly Dancers on Saturday night, Gemology, a Goth dance which followed the Masquerade, a discussion on the next Harry Potter book, the Independent Film Festival, “Star Wars or Star Whimpers?,” a charity auction, an art show, and the traditional Eye of Argon Reading Party. Guests of honor for the weekend included Kathy Garver, best known for Cissy in Family Affair, and has done video programming for the Sci-Fi Channel, and radio plays for the Twilight Zone; writer Diana Paxson whose works include The Hallowed Isle and the Westria From Planet of the Apes series; artist Phil Yeh; and toastmasters Bill and Toni Blair, Photo by Danny Low 14 who, between them, have stacked up an Bar (complete with slave auction), a Firefly print summer dress, and her pink dress impressive resume including appearances/ party, and an Evil Genius’ party complete that followed also followed the summer parts in Alien Nation, Star Trek: Deep Space with “framed” photos of great evil geniuses: dress design with yet another print on it. Nine, Charmed, Along Came Polly, Buffy the Khan from Star Trek, The Joker and Harley Also, the Janet seemed to not know her Vampire Slayer, That 70’s Show and more. Quinn from Batman, Dr. Doom, and the lines. The cast’s Riff Raff had absolutely Two of the seemingly successful parts Eye of Sauron among others. no costuming whatsoever, not even a bald of the weekend were the gaming room and As with every con, even small ones, it is cap to mimic the role Richard O’Brien has the traditional Saturday night party floor. difficult to get around to everything. Part immortalized. Among some of the parties were Mara’s of this was that I did work the con, which Staging was another problem. itself was an experience, just to get some of Oftentimes the actors were not in position Neo Dave and Dr. Noe as Ghostbusters the inside mutterings and inner workings of what was on the screen, and during Photos by Dr. Noe of a con. That, however, the course of the show looked directly is another story. at the screen (a big Rocky no-no) to see One of the most where they were supposed to be. The one disappointing things I saving grace of this was that the Magenta’s witnessed during the costuming was dead-on accurate, with the weekend was Friday small exception that her hair was black night’s performance instead of red like the character. I could of The Rocky Horror go on about this but I will leave it where it Picture Show. From what lays, a bad experience in Rocky Horror. I feel I witnessed, the cast sorry for the virgins to whom this was their seemed like it had been first experience of this fine cult classic. created no more than a Don’t let the bits of negativity fool you, week before the show, this was a fun con to attend, it just needs and it was supposed to a little love, and more people. Sure there have been culled from are some wrinkles here, and there but what several casts that perform con doesn’t have them? Even if it is small, the show. Costuming for remember, this is completely fan run and most of the cast was poor operated. The only thing that would make or not there. Janet’s plane this con more enjoyable is you. purple polyester proposal suit was a blue floral- ** ** ** 15 Inside SiliCon Stephan Keith. We had two hours of live by Carole Parker action and animated films from mostly Well, I thought that I would be local independent filmmakers. We did exhausted by the end of the convention. have one animated film come from Texas. After all, I was responsible for: website Audience members enjoyed the films with manager, costume programming, the first- one lady observing that “there were some ever SiliCon Independent Film Festival, good films in there.” filmmaking programming in cooperation Our guests of honor (GoH) had a good with Hilary Ayer, and the masquerade time, and not only participated in panels green room. and signings, but also took the time to go However, I was not the exhausted wreck to the parties in the evening. Convention that I expected to be. I still had some minor members enjoyed the opportunity to frustrations and small problems to deal informally talk with the GoHs. with, but nothing that couldn’t be handled. The SiliCon Masquerade was small This may be partly due to the fact that but mighty with eight entries. Audience SiliCon did not attract as many people as members laughed appropriately at some of we planned for. The San Jose DoubleTree the entries, and enjoyed the show. Entrants Hotel instituted paid parking in time for had fun, and the audience had the treat of the convention. We tried to get the word seeing a dojo perform to Taiko drums. out, but not enough people found out Overall, things seemed to go smoothly, about it. and most importantly, everyone had a good Stories abounded of people coming to time. That’s why we help put conventions the hotel, discovering the paid parking, on. We want everyone to have a good turning around and leaving. Some parked time. out on the street, but we don’t know how many people stayed away because of the ** ** ** paid parking — even though SiliCon members got their parking for free. SiliCon is an annual SF convention held The first-ever Independent Film by Siliconventions, Ltd. to rasie funds for Festival happened without a hitch thanks the Diabetes Society of Santa Clara Valley. Pikmin Link from Harry Potter to the superb work of Bryan “Smash” For more information, Manternach, and a last-minute volunteer, http://www.siliconventions.com/ Photos by Dr. Noe 16 Harvest Time at the Renaissance Faire

By Jean Martin Renaissance Faire at Casa de Fruta in lives. But I finally got to go last October Editor Hollister (affectionately called Casa de Ren 9th and it was definitely worth it. Faire by regulars). It’s a far drive and I’ve I went with my friend Sir Lance and It’s been a couple of years since the last found it difficult to coordinate my busy met up with three of my friends from the time I went to the Northern California schedule with my friends’ equally hectic Prancing Pony Players who dressed up as lovely hobbit lasses. I also ran into another friend Lady Kalessia who was working at the fudge and sweets booth. As I meandered along the winding paths, with the tree branches hanging overhead, the straw-covered ground, and decorated vendor booths all around me, I felt like I was really in an English faire during the Renaissance. The Faire was meant to portray an English village at harvest time and they did a fantastic job recreating the period. Queen Elizabeth I, and her court (The Royal Order of the Tudor Rose), wandered all over the Faire visiting her subjects and stopping once in a while for comestibles, spirits, and entertainment. Other than the aristocrats that follow the Queen, there were also middle class players from guilds

The Queen and her court Photo: Jean Martin 17 such as the Town Criers of St. Blaise, who portray messengers, bell-ringers, and heralds. The rest of the participants were, of course, lively peasants. One of the most enjoyable treats at the Faire, and one I look forward to, is the food. Just like food courts at the malls of today but with a Renaissance flavour. Although I’m vegetarian, I love seeing people feasting on turkey legs, meat pies, and other English viands of the day. I usually go for the Greek booth because they have a lot of vegetarian Right: Fencing Lessons Below: Stone and Wood Crafts booths Photo: Jean Martin

items such as oriented! spanakopitas After satisfying my hunger with a hearty and Greek lunch, I continued to window shop and salads. I checked out shops that of interest to me. also tried a One of my favourite fantasy artists, Nancy fruit crepe Chien-Ericksen, was there. There were for dessert. master artisans scattered throughout with Not very specialties such as armor, weapons, leather Re n a i s s a n c e goods, sculpture and jewelry. There were a or English but lot of clothing stores as well with colorful what can I do? and lovely clothes for women, and dashing English cuisine ones for men. Items I purchased that is very meat- afternoon included a black moleskin cape, a

18 Welsh sweetheart (nope, this is not a person Right: but a beautiful braided wheat ornament), Celtic Scarves and a Celtic pewter heart necklace from for Sale Fellowship Foundry. Photo: Other fun activities included games, a Jean Martin giant swing, and school for fencing. There were several stages set up for entertainment, which featured comedians, actors, dancers and singers. There was the requisite jousting courtesy of the Knights of Avalon. Street performers were also everywhere ranging from fools to trolls.

The Northern California Renaissance Faire is presented by Play Faire Productions and goes for seven weekends from early September through mid-October. For more information, go to: http:// www.norcalrenfaire.org/.

Right: Hobbit Lasses, including a familiar face. Photo: Jean Martin 19 Northern California Mars Society At the Sally Ride Science Festival ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ By John F. McGowan, 2, 2005, with a table featuring some brief Northern California Mars Society demonstrations of voice-recognition, a video about Mars exploration, a Mars The Northern California chapter of the analog spacesuit, and a human factors Mars society participated in the Street Fair workstation that enabled children of all ages at the Sally Ride Science Festival at NASA to experience and overcome the difficulties Ames Research Center on Sunday, October of performing simple tasks while wearing a spacesuit. Mars society members John M c G o w a n , L u c i n d a Weisbach, Jean Marie Walker, Eric McGuire, ������������������������������������������������������������Physicist Jean Marie Walker, Northern������������������������������������� Cali- and Jim fornia Mars Society Brown staffed Photo courtesy Norcal Mars Society the popular N o r t h e r n California Mars spacesuit helmet and performing simple Society table at tasks such as screwing a nut on a bolt while the Street Fair. wearing a helmet and simulated spacesuit A d u l t s gloves. Even simple tasks such as this are and children difficult wearing a spacesuit. alike enjoyed The Sally Ride Science Festivals organization stages festivals and other �����������������������������������������������������������Lucinda Weisbch, Director of Public Relations, Mars������������������������������������� Society trying on the Photo courtesy Norcal Mars Society Mars analog programs on science for girls fifth grade 20

������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� through eighth grade. The festivals are held nationwide at many locations each year. A festival is held in the Bay Area each year. Sally Ride, now a professor at Stanford University, is the first American woman astronaut to fly in space. The October 2nd event, entitled “Reach for the Stars,” featured an inspiring talk by astronaut Sally Ride, Discovery Workshops for girls given by local veterinarians, astronomers, microbiologists, and engineers; and workshops for parents and teachers on ways to support girls’ interests in science and math.

For more information, visit:

www.marssociety.org/

www.sallyridefestivals.com/

chapters.marssociety.org/northca/

groups.yahoo.com/group/mars-norcal/

John McGowan with Mars Analog Space- suit Helmet at the Sally Ride Science Festi- val. Photo courtesy Norcal Mars Society 21

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22 Bay Area cosplayers at Animagic Animagic, one of the larger California anime conventions, was held the weekend of September 30 to October 2 in Lancast- er. Many promient Bay Area cosplayers and cameko made the trip down to the L.A. area for the convention. Animagic is a very coplayer friendly convention and the attendees reported having a good time this year. More convention photos can be found on page 36-37.

Above : A rare shot of Ramen and Rice performing in street clothes. Famous Bay Area co- splayers Pikacello and Hoshikaji are well known for their wonderful performances of anime and video game music at anime conventions.

Right: Pikmin Link, one of the Consplayers.com family, is well known for both her cosplay and her photography. Photo: Brocas, Courtesy of www.californiacosplaytimes.com

23 LitQuake Litcrawl at Borderlands

By Jack Avery Editor

Four local speculative fiction authors participated in al Lit Crawl event held October 15 as part of the fourth annual Litquake literary festival. Various locations in San Francisco’s Mission District hosted readings including Borderlands Books who hosted Michael Blumlein, Loren Rhoads, Pat Murphy and Richard. A. Lupoff. Blumlein started off the event with by reading a short story “Strategy for Conflict Avoidance: Memo to the Commander in Chief”. He said the story came from thought that science is an amoral enterprise, but that it could be used to shed light on moral questions. The story was not speculative fiction, however, and seemed to have been chosen to appeal to the mundane crowd that the event drew rather than for the serious science fiction fan. Lupoff chose to read from a work in progress, “Hebrews Have No Horns”. Set in turn of the century San Francisco, and Left: Richard Lupoff told first person from the point of view of a Above: Pat Murphy colorful Irish immigrant, the fragment was Photos by Jack Avery 24 wonderfully evocative of its time and place. While Lupoff did not arrive at the point in the story where a fantastic element might be introduced, the opening left the possibilities of being either fantasy, horror, mystery, retro- science fiction or even a straight historical novel. Rhoads, best known as the editor of Morbid Curiosity, read “The Acid That Dissolves Images”, which proved to be the most overtly science fictional of the readings. The story, from her chapbook “Ashes and Rust” was very much in the modern horror vein. The last reader of the event, Pat Murphy, chose to read from her work in progress, a young adult novel called “Wild Girls”. The three excerpts chosen, about a young girl who wants to become a writer, did not contain any fantastic elements and it wasn’t clear if the novel would be science fiction.

Left: Michael Blumlein Right: Loren Rhoads Photos by Jack Avery 25 An Evening In Rivendell

By Diane Rooney costume sale in July and altered and She had altered the sleeves and added a Staff Writer embellished them for the Lord of the Rings hood. Her husband Karl was clad as a lord Feast. One was Nancy of Oakland, whose of Gondor. The Greater Bay Area Costumer’s Guild peacock blue dress was trimmed with gold. The dining room was lit with candles (GBACG) sponsored a special Lord of the Rings Feast at the Sequoia Lodge at Joaquin Miller Park, secluded high in the Oakland Hills and nested among eucalyptus and redwood trees. An Evening in Rivendell, Lord Elrond’s realm, was the theme of the event, which took place Saturday, October 8. The lodge was transformed into Elrond’s hall, surrounded by woods, lit by candles, and warmed by a bright hearth. Seventy two guests attended, most costumed as elves, but men and women of Rohan and Gondor, a handful of hobbits, a Haradrim mumakil driver, and a Ringwraith were also present. Guests gathered on the wooden deck for conversation and photo opportunities before entering for dinner just after 7pm, beneath a waxing crescent moon that lingered in the western sky. Several of the guests had purchased costumes at the San Francisco Opera

Right: Party Group Photo by Diane Rooney 26 Left: A Lady in Green and Grey. Below: Katheowyn and Philoden Photos by Diane Rooney

27 and the doors were opened to in lavender elven gown with flowing the deck and the trees beyond, silver sleeves, welcomed everyone and allowing guests to experience read a description of Rivendell from The gentle breezes and twilight Fellowship of the Ring. birdsong, just as they would in The three course dinner included a Rivendell. Guests mingled and salad course and Middle-Earth themed enjoyed appetizers including entrees including Master Samwise’s roast bread, cheese, and a variety chicken, as well as pork and vegetarian of spreads as a harpist played. frittata, offered with potatoes, carrots, and GBACG President Kendra other vegetables. Decanters of cider were Van Cleave, dressed

Top Left: Arwen and Aragon.

Lower Left: Jeanette and Yarewe.

Lower Right: Thranduil of Mirkwood.

Photos by Diane Rooney

28 provided, and many guests brought wine scene from The Two Towers, which brought Eowyn, dressed in green, Thranduil of and beer. Bread pudding with sauce was down the house. Philip’s Theoden costume Mirkwood, lord of the northern realm, in one of three desserts, and elves circulated required over 2,000 hours of work. (For attendance with his lady and son Legolas, offering baskets filled with chocolate costume details, please see the tutorial at and Ithilronde (Moon Wanderer) of Dol leaves. http://celefinniel.webhop.net/) Amroth. After dinner, Kendra read the description Guests came from Sacramento and even Thranduil was dignified and resplendent of the Hall of Fire from Fellowship. Featured from the Los Angeles area: Kent, dressed in a green robe, high-collared green tunic singers, accompanied by the harpist, as Aragorn, had come up for the weekend with elven motifs, and circlet of red leaves. performed Pippin’s Song and Into the West. for the Renaissance Faire and the Feast. His son worked as an avid photographer, They were followed by Philip and Kathe Guests at my table included Theoden, deftly manipulating a collapsible tripod Gust’s performance of Theoden’s arming King of Rohan, and his niece the Lady and not missing a shot. Below: Jean Martin and Theresa Eacker. Photos by Diane Rooney

29 Science Fiction/San Francisco Editor caught flashes of light from the candles and and new ones forged. Jean Martin was there, dressed as Eowyn scattered it across the Hall of Fire. It was a For more information on GBACG of Rohan in a white gown and blonde magical evening, with friendships renewed please visit http://www.gbacg.org/ wig. Her friend, Theresa Eacker, wore a red gown with red patterned fabric at the sleeves and neckline, complimented by a radiant golden cloak. After the Hall of Fire the evening was Lower Left: A Hobbit Lass. turned over to the dances, and dancers, of Middle Earth. Those seated with a goblet Lower Right: The Mistress of of wine or a mug of ale watched as the Ceremonies. golden circlets, hand sewn embroidery, silks and velvets worn by twirling elves Photos by Diane Rooney

30 Photos by Diane Rooney in Gondor. Below: Good Times Gamling. Gust as Theoden and Right: Phil and Kathe

31 TeslaCon: 2005’s Vintacon

By Andy Trembley Valley zin, Livermore Valley Cellars zin, and was, well, undead. In grand Vintacon we had it all. Then there was the Rivendell tradition, we attempted a few hands of Teslacon, the 2005 Vintacon began with Undead Red, which definitely wasn’t zin, Frog Juice and then moved on to a few a fizzle rather than a pop. Traffic put most attendees at the Courtyard Livermore after 7:00pm, and in most cases without any dinner. Not so dim as to start drinking on an empty stomach, it meant that festivities couldn’t really start until after some food. The largest group ran off to Casa Orozco in downtown Livermore. Casa Orozco is a very popular restaurant, and for good reason. It did mean, though, that hospitality didn’t open until after 10:00pm. Upon return, we opened hospitality and the registration desk. Spring Schoenhuth, registration maven, did an exceptional job putting together the registration packets, wine charms and badge holders. Everybody got glowing rubber-band bracelets with appropriate phrases molded into them (“toxic” and “radioactive” were common). As usual, Friday hospitality was “Deadly Zins” and with one exception, lived up to the name. White Crane zin, Klinkerbrick zin, Moon

Andy Trembley, Dave Clark and Kevin Roche Photo copyright 2005 John O’Hallorran 32 games of Apples to Apples before crashing. which they had just sold out of. It was a (quite a few Livermore wineries rent time Saturday morning the remaining popular stop with the membership. As we on Cedar Mountain’s equipment), so he members joined us after a quick breakfast. were leaving, Pat (one of the owners) let us and Earl were busy. We got a quick view Dave Gallaher (van driver extraordinaire and know it was a good thing our next stop was of the process, and got to sample some of hotel liason) and Gayle Wiesner (designated expecting us, as “Earl is a bit busy today.” Rich’s syrah (I think it was syrah) grapes. driver #2) shuttled us around construction Cedar Mountain was a bit busy, but If you’ve never tasted wine grapes, it’s and detours to get us to our first stop,Bent not with customers. Rich (the winemaker different from table grapes. The berries Creek Winery. Bent Creek was tasting from Bent Creek) had been trucking in everything but their Cabernet Sauvignon, grapes all morning to be de-stemmed Dinner Photo copyright 2005 John O’Hallorran

33 are smaller, less juicy and sweeter, with a lunch before we moved on to the next stop. few weeks, and they had to print emails at much more concentrated flavor. Again a Steven Kent Winery was a little home and bring them in. Still, they rose popular stop, they made some pretty good surprised at our arrival, but with good to the occasion, and we tasted 5 wines sales with us. Linda (owner and business reason; their internet connection at the (including a single-vineyard Cabernet manager) joined us for a small picnic tasting room had been hosed up for the last Sauvignon that wasn’t on the list). Steven and his gang have cardboard caps on their wine barrels, so we all signed one that we decorated with rocket ship stickers before moving along. We followed a Ford Country Wagon with rocket ship taillights most of the way to the Mitchell Katz Winery at Ruby Hill. Located in the rebuilt Ruby Hill Winery (it burned to the ground in the late 80’s), Katz turns out a lot of wines, including possibly the best California Sangiovese produced anywhere. It was about this time that we discovered tasting at 5 wineries in one day might be a bit too much. Still, we soldiered on, tasted everything on offer (and it was a lot) and bought a little bit. Our final stop for the

Tasting at Mitchell Katz Photo copyright 2005 John O’Hallorran 34 day was Thomas Coyne Winery in the old a bit of breakfast, and made two winery of winemaking, but seeing the fermenting Chateau Bellevue Winery (yes, older than stops. White Crane Winery was a fun bins of fruit and the equipment was fun. Ruby Hill and still standing). Happily, it little stop and a touch surprising. One of Original plans included an afternoon of was a Rhone day, so we got to taste some the tasting room volunteers turned out to Goofy Golf, but by then we were all goofed of their wilder selections. The tasting room be Veronica deCamp, the late L. Sprague out. We had a quick closing ceremonies in was the busiest that any of us had ever deCamp’s granddaughter. She knew her the hotel lobby, and went our separate ways. seen it. Tom and Emilie got us through granddad was a bit famous, but having TeslaCon (VintaCon 2005) was: David the tasting at a reasonable pace, and then a dozen people who knew him and his Gallaher (facilities and transportation) it was time to return to the hotel and get work show up was a surprise for her. and Spring Schoenhuth (registration and ready for the night’s winemakers’ dinner. We also did a return visit to Bent Creek accounting), Kevin Roche and Andy Winemakers’ Dinner? After tasting (because twice wasn’t enough) to pick up a Trembley (programming, winemaker at 5 wineries? Yep, the Radisson Hotel few more bottles (the petit syrah is selling liasons and hospitality), Martin Armgstrong Dublin hosted a Bent Creek Winery out). and Diana Vick, Morgan Chapman, dinner. The chef walked us through several Pat told us that Rich and Tom were Dave Clark, Nancy Cobb, John McBain pairings. Appetizers were grilled lemon working on the new Cabernet Sauvignon and Karole Ishida, Fred Moulten, Gerry chicken skewers and king crab/guacamole down at the winery, and showed us the Nordley and Gayle Wiesner (designated wonton cups with Sauvignon Blanc. Salad path to follow. Power washers and fruit- driver #2), John and Chris O’Halloran and course was butternut squash salad with flies tend to take a bit of the romance out Cindy and Gavin Scott. Chardonnay. Tomato, mushroom and radicchio risotto was paired with syrah. The main course was steak with eggplant ragu paired with the sold-out Cabernet Join our crew: Sauvignon. Dessert was an amazingly rich chocolate espresso lava cake paired with Bent Creek Port. It was well worth the $75/seat. We are looking for writers to cover local events, After all that, the “Any Port in a Storm” party was a touch washed out. We returned conventions, fan groups and the to hospitality, played a few more hands of fannish scene in general. Apples to Apples, and drank quite a bit of icewine. Any Port was just a bit too high in Contact Jean Martin and Chris Garcia at: alcohol to go anywhere near at that point. Sunday morning we cleared out, had [email protected] 35 Consplayers.com at Animagic

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37 Fabulandia: Is it Art or is it Science Fiction?

By Jack Avery So while I’m not qualified to render Editor a judgment on whether the art exhibited in the Fabulandia: Terra show at The Lab I don’t claim to be an art critic. I is great modern or post modern art, I can know nothing about modern art. I am look at whether it is good science fiction. however a science fiction critic. The show, which focuses on the vegetation of a future Earth, continues through October 29. Admission is free. The center of the gallery is taken up by three works by James Sansing that use the building’s load bearing columns, or the lack of one in once case, as the center of the piece. His Melting Column began at the ceiling where he has constructed a fake drop ceiling, collapsing around one of the pillars. The work continues down the pillar as he uses white paint to represent the melting effect, as the pillar seemingly has started to flow out onto the surrounding floor. The second “pillar” is “Invisible Column” which uses wires and a square footprint to create negative space to denote a pillar where it seems one should be. The third artwork is “Support System” which uses the pillar as a support for an intricate multilevel diorama of ruin 38 While interesting, I didn’t quite understand how Sansing’s art fit into the theme of the exhibit. In contrast to the organic decay present in Sansing’s work, David Hamill’s Ideological Reconstruction Series utilizes 3-D CAD programs to create drawings of clean, artificial forms that evoke both architectural designs and living crystal structures. He uses math formulas to begin the sequences and allows the computer to “grow” the design based on the numbers he inputs into the formulas. Like a true life form, the result seems both random and patterned at the same time. The best of these had an Eischer-like quality, combining order and chaos, producing sequences that evoked futuristic space constuctions. Genevieve Quick had two very different pieces in the exhibit. The first, TerraVision, was a cabinet constructed in the form of an old-fashioned television set. Within the screen, a misty and indistinct image of an alien landscape scrolled by. The second , Wunderland, was a diorama of a piece of alien landscape that seemed to float out from the wall where it was attached at eye level. The diorama held a and decay. The various levels are connected decorate the different levels. The slightly multicolored array of lichen-covered rocks by rods, pipes and seemingly precarious above head-level crabs in particular are and organic slime. Seeing it, I thought of columns of bricks. Dead flies and crab disconcerting as they appear ready to drop modern xenobiology and the theory that exoskeletons and bits of dead plants onto the viewer. we should look at the more inhospitable 39 places on earth, such as superheated volcanic undersea vents, to find out what life might be like on other planets. Carrie Lederer’s “Offering” was the most elaborate, and the most artificial, of the artworks on display. Occupying a corner of the room, the piece contained fractal-decorated egg-like objects hanging from the ceiling and many nick-nacks and objects placed very orderly on astroturf mats cut in shapes. It was interesting to look at, but I didn’t get it.

The most striking and imposing the smaller as if communicating. A motor work, by Tonya Solley Thornton, is also provides a slight, but more than vegetable the most clearly in the classic science movement while a quiet music box tinkle fiction tradition. It’s no surprise that in emanates from the “elder” plant. her comments on her work, she invokes There is meant to be an intelligence a desire to create a sense of wonder in her here, whether benevolently or not, I audience. couldn’t help thinking of Triffids and those Her work is a pair of large plants, of brain-numbing plants from that Star Trek unearthly shape with sentient characteristics. episode. The larger plant bends its “head” toward Philip Ross’s drawings of plant

40 41 support systems, essentially enhanced terrariums, also posed science fictional questions about what it takes to support life artificially in an adverse environment. From information on display, it appears he has actually built some of these systems, but only a photo and drawings were on display here. The one connection between all of these artworks is that the plant life they represent is all manifestly artificial. The large plants of Thornton’s work are clad in obviously fake plastic foliage and upholstery and are sitting on a flat artificial surface. Wunderland’s multi-colored lichen is the sort of material usually found in model railroad track layouts or Warhammer battlefields. Everything is obviously plastic, obviously fake. Ross’s plants might be real, but they couldn’t exist without artificial means of support. Fabulandia: Fauna, which looks at the creatures that populate the future, will open in January. The Lab is located at 2948 Sixteenth Street, a couple of blocks off of Mission, in San Francisco. The gallery is open Wednesdays through Saturdays from 1-6 p.m. 42 Victorian Ghost Stories at the Haas-Lilienthal house

By Jack Avery by being told in an appropriately spooky light snack and a glass of white wine in the Editor setting. A good example of this is the basement, following which the group was A good ghost story is always aided ongoing ghost story readings being held led upstairs. Saturdays through Halloween Galloway began with Algernon weekend at the Haas Lilienthal Blackwood’s “The House From The House in San Francisco. Past”, reading in a light ethereal voice. The house, built in 1886, She continued with stories by local author is the sort of Victorian mansion Mark Romyn, including “Afterlife” which where countless ghost stories have contained a new take on the zombie theme been set and in fact, with the and endedwith an improvised telling of house decorated for Halloween, traditional ghost tale “The China Doll” could easily be used as a set for an Choosing stories for the readings old-fashioned horror movie. proved difficult as many of the classic Last Saturday, docent/actress tales were either too long to be read in one Cameron Galloway, sitting in sitting or were difficult to read because of the darkened second parlor of the their verbose period prose. house, read a handful of terror Both the storyteller and the stories tales to a small group of intrepid will change for future readings. Authors souls. under consideration include Poe, Lovecraft The evening began with a and Bierce. Trust me, this room is much San Francisco Architectural Heritage spookier when not illuminated is offering flashlight tours of the house on by my flash. Cameron Galloway Fridays through Halloween weekend, prepares to read “The House children’s scary story events on Saturday From The Past” by Algernon afternoons and the ghost story readings at Blackwood. 8 p.m. on Saturday nights. Photos by Jack Avery 43 Bay Area Fan Blog Watch: The Costumers

By Chris Garcia LJ (britgeekgrrl). I met her when I was the folks whose journals I regularly read are Editor MCing the Masquarade at BayCon and up there, and there are often really solid quickly added her to my friends list. It advice, but sometimes it gets a little bogged LiveJournal is excellent for getting turns out that she’s a fine costumer and is down with all the traffic that goes through. everything out there for the world to see, so one of the few who regularly talks about The costuming community is somewhat it would go well with all the costumers that the nuts and bolts of making costumes. She better, with slightly more photos. There’s a inhabit the world. Several Cosplay groups often discusses her troubles with individual large cross-over between the two. who settled on LJ to exchange photos and pieces, the difficulty working with some talk about the world of costuming have costumes, and she just rants about things come to my attention, despite the fact that once in a while. At times I think I learn Other Cosplay Bloggers to look out I wasn’t looking for it. more about the craft of costuming from for: The first one I came across was Cosplay reading Johanna’s post than I do from Hotness (cosplay_hotness). It’s a group looking at all the other sites combined. - Nancy of Tracy is LJ’s Pegasusmaiden where a good-sized chunk of the LJers who If you’re a MySpace person, there’s not - Dany of San Francisco (whose birthday are into the anime costuming that also LJ a lot of costuming groups. Sure, there are is October 20th, one day before mine) is are known to post. It’s mostly photos, and a metric ton of Busty-Babe groups, but laragoth there’s not a lot of drama, which is a plus costuming groups are rare. My personal - Jennifer Wylie is IAmRadar on LJ for any community. Some of the photos are favourite is Costuming & Prop Fanatics. - lionboogie represents Milpitas and can fantastic, including a recent photo posted The chatter isn’t as frequent as the LJ also be read at http://www.usagichan.com/ by San Jose’s own Cowardlykitten. It’s a groups, but there’s a lot of ideas and a nice - luckinspades out of San Ramon also nice overview community where you can place to post photos and get some advice. happens to be a regular con Dealer’s Room really see a lot of the work that’s being done Of course, on LJ, there’s always the fixture. around the country. largest of the costumers communities, con_ - reikofanel is out of Martinez and also One of my favourite personal journals costuming. It’s a huge community, mostly has a wonderful Artist’s page at http://reiko that discusses costuming is Johnna Mead’s maintained by LJ Ghod, JohnO. Many of fanel.deviantart.com/

44 BASFA Minutes: meeting 794

October 10, 2005 BASFA party maven and we gleefully grow bigger & he enjoyed his party there a accepted. Yay Ed! whole lot. Trey Haddad, President Announcements: Chris reviewed Silicon as he was Nathan Slerm-r & Chris Garcia, Vice- Kevin announced that tomorrow is the terrified of the new parking gates but President 60th anniversary of IBM Research thought it a good smaller convention & Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Chris reminded us that we had been well-programmed & he missed seeing the Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms thinking of decorating an Xmas tree for the Stargate (drat!). Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary city and were we still interested & he will Andy reviewed Silicon’s night life as Began at 8:02 pm investigate details; then he announced he great & better than Baycon’s. 18 people attended is one of the 3 editors for “Science Fiction/ Nathan mentioned he had so much Secretary’s report: the minutes of San Francisco now. fun at the Silicon parties Friday night that meeting 793 were accepted as “crackers” Reviews: he couldn’t move the next day - until the Treasurer’s report was that last week we I reviewed Silicon as I enjoyed the afternoon when he went back & thought it took in $23.25 convention and was glad the newsletter was worth full price - plus the cost of tickets VP reports = preeminent VP Nathan worked out; reviewed “Advent Children” to Robo-nexus that he forgot to go to reported that the BASFA party was a great as a movie well worth full price twice & Dave G reviewed Silicon as fun success - thank you Ed! [we applauded]; reviewed “Wallace & Grommet - Cure of Trey reviewed Silicon as fun, but a little then Chris reported that he is an official the Wer-Rabbit” as silly and fun and worth sparse. hoax candidate for mayor of San Jose & full price - and that it had better acting in Ed announced a book signing at The that a new “Drink Tank” is out. it than in many of the summer movies I’ve Other Change of Hobbit, Tuesday night, The President reported that the seen this year. 7pm with John Ringo - so go there Browncoats have our party stuff & we still Kevin reviewed the Silicon premiere of Dave G reviewed driving in Campbell need a regular party maven. “Ready, Steady, Sew” as the showing went with the train gates malfunctioning as not The party committee reported that the well. worth full price & Dace C follow-on’d that spent the money we raised last week and because of this he had a tour of downtown they made up the rest they spent - and that Andy reviewed “SiWire” as nicely laid Campbell. the money raised at the party was donated out, easy to read & that it had useful We adjourned at = 8:55 p.m. to Silicon’s charity - the Diabetes Society of information now and then. And the rumor of the week was “there Santa Clara. Ed reviewed “Serenity” as really great & will be a new anthology called ‘Alternate Ed volunteered to be the permanent reviewed Silicon as lots of fun & needs to Campbells’.” 45 BASFA Minutes: meeting 795

October 17, 2005 SFSF this Wednesday. Sharks play the Blackhawks & he had a lot Reviews: of fun, even if the Sharks lost, especially Began at 8:04 p.m. Harold reviewed ‘Good Night and Good when sitting at center ice & he drove up 20 people attended. Luck’ as excellent, a fair piece of history & to East Troy Wisconsin to see the East Troy Secretary’s report: the minutes of meet- worth full price to a liberal; Dave C follow- electric railroad. He had the chance to ride ing 794 were accepted as ‘Kevin-gifted’. on’d that it was a decent period film, using in a just-restored railcar & thought it worth No Treasurer [who is recovering from good archival footage & recommends it as the day’s trip - recommends it & he expe- Vinticon] & no treasurer’s report. worth full price & Anne Coulter can go get rienced a captive oasis on the toll-way back VP reports = pre-eminent VP Chris re- stuffed; Chris reviewed a story for how the to Chicago as he learned they work in only ported that his VP report is online at www. main actor had auditioned for the role. one direction - and to bring lots of coins for ; no Nathan. Chris also reviewed ‘Capote’ as an abso- the tolls. The President managed to avoid report- lutely fantastic little film. Harold reviewed seeing the Sharks play ing. Dave C reviewed ‘Vinticon 2.5’ [held in at home against the Blackhawks, where the We said ‘hi’ to our latest member Geo Livermore at the Courtyard Marriott] as a Sharks won, as worth full price. [who put his $5 in the jar, but the member- good time was had by all & they all learned Diedre reviewed RubyCon [for the ruby ship forms were not present]. that ‘don’t try for 5 vineyards in 1 day - 4 is programming language] as about 200 Joanie moved to establish a Further just about right’. That they had a run time attended, that they had to turn away some Confusion party fund jar & it passed ‘lots & the winemaker’s dinner was very filling people this year & it’s interesting to see a to 1’. & good - recommending it as worth full tech shift begin. Julie reported that she spoke to Mike value. [There was then some discussion of Let it be known that Dave C did not Wallace about the BASFA mailing list the doneness of the beef & that the central scamper, he frolicked. problems and Michael told her his official committee is looking for suggestions for And Trey decided it should be Kevin R stance was that anyone with a mailing list next year.] & Kevin S. problem should call him [408-396-9037]. Andy stated his review of Vinticon will We auctioned off a lot of books for = The Sports Committee reported that he be in SFSF. $0.50; $2.00; $0.25; $0.25; $0.50; and we managed to see a Sharks game in Chicago. Julie reviewed a Nova program on Ein- birthday-auctioned off Chris to himself for Announcements: stein as relatively good and well worth the $11.00. Pam announced that she has photos time spent watching. We adjourned at = 9:15 p.m. from Silicon - so look at them. Kevin S reviewed his business trip to And the rumor of the week was ‘Illinois Chris announced there will be a new Chicago as including a chance to see the = land of the iron bladder’. 46 Bay Area Fan Resources This is not a complete list of resources, as brunch, the group usually explores a near- AnimeDestiny 2005 time goes by and we discover more resourc- by area or event. This organization is very November 5 es, this list will grow. public transit friendly. www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~animage/animed/ If you know of a resource not University of California Berkeley listed, please send the information to Fantastic Frontiers (Sacramento County) Berkeley [email protected] for inclusion in future www.freewebs.com/fantasticfrontiers/ $10 in advance, $15 at the door issues. Fantastic Frontiers meets the second Members of Cal-Animage Alpha get in Saturday of every month at 1 p.m. free. General Science Fiction Groups: Email [email protected] or call 9 a.m. – 11 p.m. 530-417-3365 for directions, details, or The second year for this very fun one- Bay Area Science Fiction Association RSVP. All are welcome! day convention sponsored by one of the BASFA meets Monday nights at The Meeting usually consist of social chit- oldest anime clubs in the U.S. Original Hick’ry Pit at 980 E. Campbell chat, videos/DVDs, sci-fi-themed games, Anime track, programming, concert Ave. in Campbell. book exchanges, brief discussions of club by j-rock group Beautiful Losers, cosplay www.basfa.org business, and the like. They are casual contest, dealers, swap meet. and very informally structured. Members Peninsula Science Fiction Association are welcome to bring books they’d like to Anime Overdose 2006 Send an email to [email protected] exchange, collectibles they’d like to display, August 4-6 2006 to be subscribed to their email list. videos or games they’d like to play, etc. www.animeod.com This group holds parties, usually ev- San Francisco ery two weeks on Saturday, at members Conventions $30 to ?, $45 at door homes. Anime convention. 3DB Con The Fannish Imperial Guard Sunday, April 24, 2006 For information or to RSVAP send an www.threedollarbill.com/3DBcon email to either [email protected] Three Dollar Bill Cafe1800 Market Street or [email protected]. San Francisco This recently-created group meets for 10 a.m.-10 p.m. brunch most Sundays, alternating between $10 San Francisco and the East Bay. Following Game Convention. 47 BAScon Consonace 2006 Creation Salutes Star Trek: November 4-6 March 3-5 2006 The 40th Anniversary Celebration www.bascon.org www.consonance.org September 8-10, 2006 Embassy Suites Crowne Plaza Silicon Valley www.creationent.com 250 Gateway Boulevard 777 Bellew Drive Doubletree Hotel South San Francisco Milpitas Sacramento Memberships: $70 to 10/31/05 or until Memberships: $35 to 10/31/05, $40 to 2001 Point West Way sold out 2/18/06, $45 at door Sacremento Information: BASCon, P.O. Box 282197, Filk convention. Guests: Bill & Memberships: Gold Weekend Package: San Francisco, CA 94128-2197 Gretchen Roper, Marty Coady Fabish, $399. Email: [email protected] Puzzlebox, Chris Conway Creation brings William Shatner and The fifth Bay Area Slash Convention. Leonard Nimoy to Sacramento. And no, Open to those 18 years or older. Creation’s Salute to Sci-Fi TV that’s not a typo on the price. Cheaper Dealers’ room, art show, panels, video November 12-13 packages will be announced later. show, con suite. www.creationent.com Wyndham San Jose Dundracon Baycon 1350 N. First Street February 17-20, 2006 May 26-29, 2006 San Jose San Ramon Marriott San Jose Doubletree Inn $35 2600 Bishop Drive San Jose Special packages available for $139-249.00 San Ramon www.baycon.org Guests include actors Gigi Edgely, www.dundracon.com $45 until August 31 Michael Shanks (Sunday only) and Don $? The largest annual general SF conven- Davis (Saturday only). Gaming convention. tion in the Bay area. Dealer’s room, pan- els, costume contest, anime room, much more.

48 Fanime Con Japantown Anime Faire 3 SacAnime 2006 May 26-29, 2006 Saturday and Sunday, December 17-18 Saturday, January 14, 2006 San Jose Convention Center www.jtaf.com www.sacramentocomics.com San Jose Japantown Scottish Rite Center www.fanime.com San Francisco 6151 H Street Price 6 p.m. Sacramento The largest annual anime convention Fun local anime convention with anime 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. in the Bay Area. Dealer’s room, panels, showings, dealer’s room, costume contest, $5.00 costume contest, multiple tracks of anime, panels. Dealer’s room, anime viewing room, Asian films, J-pop concert, much more. contests, Yugioh & Magic tournaments, Kublacon cosplay contest. Further Confusion May 26-29 2006 January 19-23, 2006 www.kublacon.com Sacramento Comic, Toy & Anime Show San Jose Doubletree Burlingame Hyatt Regency Sunday, December 11 www.furtherconfusion.org 1333 Bayshore Highway www.sacramentocomics.com $40 Burlingame Scottish Rite Center Furry convention with an emphasis on Guests: TBA. 6151 H Street art. Dealer’s room, programming, anime. Memberships: TBA. Sacramento Gaming convention. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Game and Music Experience $5.00 December 2-4 PantheaCon Dealer’s room, anime viewing room, www.experiencegame.com February 17-20, 2006 contests, Yugioh & Magic tournaments, Moscone Center www.pantheacon.com cosplay contest at 2 p.m. San Francisco San Jose Doubletree $20 -$35 (discount if registering before Pagan convention. Workshops, lectures, October 31) performances, rituals, vendors, drumming, Play video games, see live bands, and dancing, costume contest. other stuff. See the website for more details.

49 Wintershoppingland World Horror Con 2006 AnimeFX Saturday, December 10 May 11-14, 2006 userswww.sfsu.edu/~animefx/ www.wintershoppingland.com www.whc2006.org San Francisco State University Hayward Centennial Hall Gateway Holiday Inn San Francisco 22292 Foothill Blvd. The world horror con comes to the bay University anime club. Hosts free showings Hayward area. on Fridays during the school year. 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. $2 (Free 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.) Yaoicon 5 Beefbowl Anime This is an anime event organized by the October 28-30 www.beefbowl.org group that puts on Yaoi Con and Tales of www.yaoicon.com Albany Library Anime. Costume contest, dealers room, The Westin San Francisco Airport 1247 Marin Ave. programming to be announced. 1 Old Bayshore Highway Albany Millbrae Anime club. Hosts a monthly anime Westercon 60: Gnomeward Bound A celebration of male beauty and viewing on Saturday at the Albany Library. July 6-9, 2007 passion in anime and manga. Dealers spfli.org/westercon60/ room, programming, cosplay contest, bishi Cal Animage Alpha DoubleTree Hotel auction. Must be 18 years of age or older to www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~animage/ San Jose attend. Univeristy of California Berkeley Wondercon University anime club. Hosts a weekly www.comic-con.org/wc/ Anime/Manga anime showing Mondays during the February 10-12 2006 school year. Also sponsors AnimeDestiny The Moscone Center Anime Baka convention in the fall. San Francisco www.thetoytrader.com Comic book convention with anime, 462 Mendocino Ave. Foothill Anime summer movie previews, panels, dealers, Santa Rosa foothill.anime.net costume contest, more. Anime viewing/club hosted by a local Foothill College anime store. Held first and third Wednesday Los Altos Hills of each month at 7 p.m. First Monday is a This university anime club meets the potluck dinner. first Sunday of the month for a free showing starting at noon.

50 Newtype Anime Anime Cosplay Book Groups www.stanford.edu/group/newtype/ Stanford University The California Cosplay Times Futurist Salon Book Group Palo Alto www.californiacosplaytimes.com Barnes & Noble Booksellers University anime club. Hosts free This website is dedicated to promoting Hillsdale Shopping Center showings each Tuesday is in session. cosplay at conventions, with an emphasis 11 West Hillsdale Blvd. on California and particularly Bay Area San Mateo No Name Anime conventions. 650-341-5560 www.nnanime.com In additon to hosting cosplay photos Meets montly San Jose from members, most notably from Brocas Anime club. Hosts a monthly anime and hosting Cosplay Magazine, the site also Science Fiction Book Club viewing on Saturday at local libraries. features a forum with a small but dedicated Borderlands Books group of participants. www.borderlands-books.com Tsunami Anime 866 Valencia St. studiokyuu.com/tsunami/ Consplayers.com San Francisco San Jose State University www.consplayers.com Meets monthly at Borderlands books at WSQ 109 Known for setting up a portable studio 6 p.m. San Jose at conventions for better photos. University anime club. Hosts free Gay Men’sScience Fiction Book Club showings on Thursdays during the school Cosplay.com Borderlands Books year. www.cosplay.com www.borderlands-books.com forums.cosplay.com 866 Valencia St. One of the best resources for cosplayers San Francisco both nationally and even internationally. Meets the second Sunday of the month This site hosts extensive member photo at Borderlands Books. Contact Christopher galleries and their forums are a meeting Rodriquez at [email protected] for place for cosplayers who are planning on more information. attending local events.

51 Bookstores (specialty) Spellbinding Tales Bookstore Media Fan Groups www.spellbindingtales.com Borderlands Books 1910A Encinal Ave. @ Chestnut Doctor Who 866 Valencia Street Alameda San Francisco 510-523-1105 Legion of Rassilon www.borderlands-books.com http://www.spellbindingtales.com Meets one Friday a month in San Jose Hosts SF-related events and authors. at Carl’s Junior, 2551 N. First Street at 7:30 Dark Carnival p.m. The group shows episodes of the Dr. www.darkcarnival.com Who series and has discussions of recent 3086 Claremont Ave. Costuming movies and a raffle. Berkeley The Greater Bay Area Costumer’s Guild Elsewhere Books www.gbacg.org Serenity/Firefly 260 Judah Street San Francisco SF Browncoats Used and collecible science fiction and Comic Art www.sfbrowncoats.com mystery Cafe Murano Cartoon Art Museum San Francisco Kayo Books 655 Mission Street Noon www.kayobooks.com San Francisco, CA 94105 Free 814 Post Street Phone: 415/CAR-TOON, Serenity/Firefly fan group. Meets every San Francisco 415/227-8666 second Saturday of each month at Café Best bookstore in the bay area for pulp Hours: Daily 11:00 - 5:00, Closed Murano in San Francisco. fiction, including old science fiction pulps. Monday Join the yahoo group from the link on Admission Prices: their website for schedule updates. The Other Change of Hobbit $6.00 - Adults www.otherchangeofhobbit.com/ $4.00 - Students & Seniors Silicon Gulch Browncoats 2020 Shattuck Ave. $2.00 - Children (ages 6 - 12) www.silicongulchbrowncoats.org Berkeley FREE - Children (age 5 & below) Serenity/Firefly fan group. Meets on the The first Tuesday of every calendar month first Saturday of every month from Noon - is “Pay What You Wish Day.” 2:00 p.m. at the Tied House Cafe Brewery, 54 Villa Street, Mountain View. 52 Sacramento Browncoats USS Defiance South Bay Star Wars Fan Club groups.yahoo.com/group/ www.ussdefiance.org sbswfc.com/ SacramentoBrowncoats/ Sacramento Supposedly meets monthly, but no Starfleet group. Meets monthly at the recent meetings have been listed on their Round Table Pizza on Howe Ave. (near calendar Star Trek Howe and Arden Ave.) 501st Legion Golden Gate Garrison IKV Bloodlust USS Eagle www.goldengategarrison.com www.ikvbloodlust.com Fremont A very active Klingon ship, part of the For information email to 501st Legion Central California Garrison StarFire Region of the Ring of Fire Fleet. [email protected] www.thestormtroopers.com/CCG.asp

IKV Midnight Dagger USS Northern Lights home.earthlink.net/~mitjos/index.html www.ussnorthernlights.org Period Recreation Oakland Starfleet chapter. Meets monthly at the Great Mall Food Court in Milpitas The Bay Area English Regency Society IKV Black Dragon www.baers.org www.ikvblackdragon.com USS Renegade Fairfield www.geocities.com.renegade73101 PEERS East Bay (The Period Events & Entertainments Re- USS Augusta Ada Creation Society) San Francisco USS Tikopai www.peers.org http://trek.starshine.org San Jose Starfleet chapter. Meets fourth Saturday www.usstikopai.org Society For Creative Anachronism of the month at 1 p.m. at the Round Table Pizza at 5160 Geary in San Francisco. Principality of the Mists Star Wars mists.westkingdom.org

Sacramento Valley Rogue Force: www.svrf.swanb.net/

53 Cloondara Shire Role Playing/Board Games SF Games San Francisco vax.hanford.org/dk/games www.cloondara.org/ Bay Area Role-Playing Society Muddy’s Coffeehouse Meetings are held on the second and www.BayRPS.com 1304 Valencia Street near 24th fourth Tuesdays of each month at the Go-Getter’s Pizza San Francisco Round Table on Geary Avenue. 1489 Beach Park Boulevard SF Games is a collective name for a Foster City bunch of people who get together and play Shire of Crosston 6pm to 10pm board games and card games every Friday. Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos Hosts a weekly game night. For club Also has a cards night on Tuesdays at Café www.halimal.com/crosston/ and game night details send email to: Macondo, 3159 16th Street between [email protected]. (Not confirmed, check Guerrero and Valencia. Barony of Darkwood before attending.) Southern Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Stafnord RolePlayers (SRP) Cruz and Montery Counties Silicon Valley Boardgamers http://www.rahul.net/pierre/SRP/SRP_ baronyofdarkwood.org davekohr.best.vwh.net/svb home.html Match Play Province of the Mists 560 Showers Drive, Suite 4 San Francisco Bay Area Gaming Groups Western Contra Costa County Mountain View www.rahul.net/pierre/SRP/SRP_local_ provinceofthemists.org A loosely-organized group that meets groups.html Hosts fighter practice at the Rockridge every Monday and Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Bart Station parking lot every Thursday a game store to play mostly German-style Sacramento Games Portal from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. strategy boardgames and cardgames. www.freewebs.com/sacgames/

College of Sainte Katherine Bay Area Games Day UC Berkeley SCA chapter davekohr.best.vwh.net/gamesday www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sca/ Los Altos Library Los Altos Free Regular event featuring German-style strategy boardgames like Settlers of Catan, Avalon Hill-type multiplayer games, lots of cardgames, and historical board wargames. 54 Space/Science/Technology/Skeptics Bay Area Skeptics Wanted: www.baskeptics.org Contributors to cover East Bay Skeptics the follwing groups and activities: www.eb-skeptics.org

Mars Society Northern California Chapter The Gaylaxians chapters.marssociety.org/northca/ South Bay Star Wars Fan Club Robotics Society of America PENSFA Meets at San Francisco State University Northern California Mars Society Chabot Space & Science Center The Society for Creative Anachronism www.chabotspace.org 10000 Skyline Blvd. Star Trek groups Oakland Star Wars groups Legion of Rassilon I don’t know what to make of it, but I’m Filk Fandom listing it anyway: Furry Fandom Warp 11 Role Playing/LARP Star Trek theme rock band. Based in Fandom in Sacramento Sacramento. Next show Oct. 28 in Davis. www.warp11.com/ All other Fan Groups and Activities

We want to have regular reports on all Bay Area fan groups and we want to list your events in our calendar. Contact Jean Martin and Chris Garcia at [email protected]

55 The Bay Area Fannish Calendar

While some effort (OK, OK, damn Ongoing Fridays and Saturdays house is falling apart as the source of her little effort) is made to verify event Vampire Walking Tour livelihood is becoming called into question: listings, please check on events before www.sfvampiretour.com people from the Throwaway Caste must attending as events are sometimes Meets corner of California and Taylor kill themselves for the sake of the Chosen cancelled or times and locations San Francisco Caste’s future. changed. 8 p.m. Darkly humorous, this play by Peggy $20 Powell takes place in the distant future at New listings are in red. Led by Mina Harker. Tour is cancelled the intersection of poverty, privilege, and Canceled Events are in violet if there is heavy rain. paranoia. Join us as we step into another time and place, guided by music and Daily Ongoing Fridays-Mondays mayhem. San Francisco Ghost Hunt Haunted Haight Wallking Tour Walking Tour www.hauntedhaight.com Wednesdays-Saturdays www.sfghosthunt.com Meets at PlanetWeavers Treasure Store Through October 29 Begins: 1573 Haight Street (at Clayton) Fabulandia: Terra Opening Reception Queen Ann Hotel 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Artists: David Hamill, Carrie Lederer, Philip 1590 Sutter at Octavia Reservations required Ross, James Sansing, Tonya Solley Thornton San Francisco $20 and Genevieve Quick 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. The LAB $20 Through October 29 2948 16th Street On October 29-31 there will be two Apoctryptic San Francisco tours per night, the extra tour starts at 6 EXIT on Taylor p: 415.864.8855 p.m. Reservation number: 650-307-4925 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. 277 Taylor Street Gallery Hours: Wednesdays-Saturdays, 1-6 San Francisco p.m. $10-$15 From the website: The Madame of a once illustrious “Fabulandia is a two-part exhibition 56 that speculates on the world of the future. Hours: Daily 11:00 - 5:00, Closed received the coveted Milton Caniff Lifetime A fantastical place, filled with new strains Monday Achievement Award from the National of plants and odd creatures that inhabit a Admission Prices: Cartoonists Society, one of the highest mysterious landscape barely recognizable $6.00 - Adults honors that a cartoonist can achieve. as planet Earth. The first in the Fabulandia $4.00 - Students & Seniors “The Vault of Horror: Graham series, Terra, presents the work of six artists $2.00 - Children (ages 6 - 12) “Ghastly” Ingels From the pages of EC envisioning this futuristic environment - an FREE - Children (age 5 & below) Comics’ seminal comic book The Vault overloaded world that meshes the natural The first Tuesday of every calendar month of Horror comes “Shoe-Button Eyes,” a with the artificial in a landscape filled with is “Pay What You Wish Day.” complete seven-page story illustrated by sleek urban-scapes, extraordinary gardens From their website: Graham Ingels. and terrains of the impossible. Rather like “From the darkest depths of the cartoon “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of: an analog vision of a digital future, the vaults comes the Cartoon Art Museum’s Neil Gaiman’s Sandman One of the most exhibition ranges from carefully rendered latest exhibition, Gross, Gruesome and popular and acclaimed comic book series of works on paper depicting futuristic plants Gothic. This horrifying display features the past 20 years, Neil Gaiman’s Sandman and structures to post-apocalyptic land- over 50 original cartoons from a wide array tales from DC Comics set new standards in scapes made from plumbing supplies and of artists and comics, from spine-tinglers to excellence for fantasy and horror. Featured motorized shrubbery. Welcome to a place rib-ticklers and everything in between. artists include Chris Bachalo, Duncan called Fabulandia, where low-tech and “Exhibition highlights include: Eagleson, Marc Hempel, Kent Williams high-tech collide in a hybridized vision of “Masters of the Macabre: Edward Gorey, and series cover artist Dave McKean. the future. Charles Addams and Basil Wolverton “Scared Silly! Scary comics don’t always “Fabulandia: Fauna opens in January Three of the most influential humorists of take themselves seriously. Bongo Comics’ 2006 with a look at the drastically altered all time present their unique views of the annual Treehouse of Horror special features creatures that populate the terrain of Fabu- world around us in a selection of comics The Simpsons as you’ve never seen them landia.” and illustrations dating back to the 1920s. before, as illustrated by Sergio Aragonés, “Spotlight on Gahan Wilson: This Peter Kuper, Bill Morrison, Scott Shaw and Ongoing through March 12, 2006 creator spotlight focuses on Gahan Wilson, Jill Thompson; Batton Lash’s Supernatural Gross, Gruesome and Gothic one of the most celebrated and respected Law warns us to beware the creatures of Cartoon Art Museum cartoonists of our time. In the past half- the night...and their lawyers; and Charles 655 Mission Street century, Wilson’s distinctive cartoons and Schulz’s classic comic Peanuts asks the San Francisco, CA 94105 illustrations have graced the pages of The burning question, “When will the Great Phone: 415/CAR-TOON, New Yorker, Nickelodeon, Playboy and Pumpkin arrive?” 415/227-8666 National Lampoon. In 2005, Wilson “It came from the Seventies! As the Silver 57 Age of comics came to an end, the Marvel, 430 Emerson Street well. DC and Warren publishing companies Palo Alto They don’t want to make it easy to buy unleashed a wave of horror comics that tickets either. pushed the boundaries of comic book art. Now through October 23 The $69 tickets are for the Deluxe Alfredo Alcala, Jim Aparo, Frank Brunner, The Tempest Shock Box seats for two. Gene Colan and Dick Giordano, among California Shakespeare Theater others, bring new life to classic characters www.calshakes.org Weekends through October 30 from Dracula and Frankenstein’s monster Bruns Memorial Amphitheater Batman!!! The TV Show: The Play to anti-heroes including The Spectre, 100 Gateway Blvd. www.darkroomsf.com Vampirella and Morbius, The Living Orinda The Darkroom Vampire. $35-$55 2263 Mission St. (b/t 18 & 19) “Nothin’ But Misery: The Goon by Eric See website for schedule. San Francisco Powell Powell is the Eisner Award-winning Fri. and Sat. 7:30 p.m. creator of Dark Horse Comic series The Now through November 13 Sun. 3 p.m Goon, a horror comedy that pits the title Shocktoberfest 2005 $15. character and his pal Frankie against killer The Thrillpeddlers From their website: robots, zombies, Spanish-speaking lizards The Hypnodrome “Impossible productions presents and other supernatural menaces.” www.hypnodrome.com BATMAN!!! The TV Show: The Play, an 575 10th Street original episode and campy tribute to Bob Opened Friday September 30 Between Bryant and Division Cane’s suave crime fighters and the copas- Mirrormask San Francisco etic 60’s TV show that made us love them. At the following theaters for a limited $18-$69 “Pandemonium reigns when the theft engagement (that means catch them I don’t know what’s wrong with people of a molecular mass divisor signals the first Wednesday or Thursday or they may go who think that having an uniformative domino to fall in a nefarious crime wave to away.): website is the way to promote their event. topple the noble city of Gotham. Who will Landmark Act 1 & 2 Cinemas Reading between the lines, this show rescue the fair citizens of this great metrop- 2128 Center Street (just east of Shattuck) runs Thursdays through Sundays. Curtain olis?!?! Holy obvious set up, old chum!! It’s Berkeley time is too much to ask for, although we none other than that dynamic duo Batman Landmark Lumiere 3 are told there are two shows nightly on and Robin, the caped crusaders of justice, 1572 California Street (at Polk) October 29, 30 and 31. Jill Tracy and The freedom and tortured aphorisms! San Francisco Malcontent Orchestra are probably playing “But will they succeed when arch-su- Landmark Aquarius Twin Aquarius Theatre those dates, and perhaps the other dates as per-master-criminals, the Joker, the Rid- 58 dler, Catwoman and the Penguin-four of show of worlds within worlds, There Be turn in time for Halloween with witches, Gotham’s most fiendish and fearsome foes- Monsters! with its absurdist multiple- ghosts, murder, swordplay and betrayal in join felonious forces?!?!? And what hap- character monologues, slides, puppets Morales’s comic book version. Costumer pens when Aunt Harriet secret shenanigans and mechanical creatures (including a Melissa Paterson and Acalanes High School land her in the middle of their salacious monkey astronaut, a sleeping pig, a dead Choir Director Bruce Lenacher also bring schemes?!?!? Does the Joker’s plot device Elvis waiting on the Highway of Eternity, their unique talents to this one-of-a-kind spell out a tragic ending for the Caped Cru- and Jesus, paired with a hallucinatory, production.” sader and Boy Wonder?!?! It will take every evil monkey named Jungle Belle) delves “Morales’ Macbeth offers artists in ingenious gadget in their utility belts, every into the logic of dreams and the nature the community a way to collaborate -- spare scrap of spandex and every entry in of childhood perceptions regarding the musicians, painters, choirs, dancers and their thesauruses to thwart these dastardly discovery of things unknown. wonderful professional, community and evil-doers as they aim to steal the world’s teen performers put on a show that captures first supercomputer. Will our heroes fare Through November 12, 2005 the community’s imagination and creates a well? Or will it be a Bat-tastrophe?!?!?” Macbeth major theatrical event. Never before will Thursday, Friday, Saturday evenings at a Shakespeare show seem so much like a Through November 19 8 p.m. roller coaster -- and include a rock band Runs Fridays and Saturdays Sundays, October 24 and 30 at 2 p.m. with teen choir, samurai swords decorated There Be Monsters! and November 6 at 7 p.m. like skate boards, bags of candy and masked EXIT Cafe Town Hall Theatre marauders.” 156 Eddy Street 3535 School Street San Francisco Lafayette Wednesday, October 19 8:30 p.m. (925) 283-1557 Silicon Valley Boardgamers $12-$20 Adults $19-$25 davekohr.best.vwh.net/svb From their website: Seniors and Youths $18-$23 Match Play “A Forgotten Man and a Gremlin The performance on Monday, October 560 Showers Drive, Suite 4 Chorus present a passionate excursion into 31 is a benefit performance and reception Mountain View unseen realms, descending a dark staircase and tickets are $50 per person. 7 p.m. to a land that falls somewhere between a From their website: Free Pre-School Easter Pageant and a Murderous “Town Hall Theatre Company presents A loosely-organized group that meets Nightmare! Shakespeare’s Macbeth in a unique vision every Monday and Wednesday to play “Presented somewhat in the manner by acclaimed director, Kevin T. Morales. mostly German-style strategy boardgames of a turn-of-the-century Magic Lantern The classic tragedy takes a contemporary and cardgames.

59 Wednesday, October 19 being performed the week prior to this should be sent to [email protected] Anime Showing performance. or to Jane Love, Copperfield’s Books, Anime Baka From their website: 138 North Main Street, Sebastopol, CA 462 Mendocino Ave. “For the festival’s second week, 95472. Santa Rosa ShadowLight, Larry Reed and Gamelan 7 p.m. Sekar Jaya team up to offer the world October 20-31 Free premiere of A(Balinese)Tempest, an Gyro’s 3D Festival of Fear Anime viewing/club hosted by a local interpretation of Shakespeare’s well-known Haunted House anime store. Held first and third Wednesday play inspired by the mythology and arts of www.3dfearfactory.com/sanfrancisco/ of each month. Bali. Integrating the best of ancient shadow Pier 48 theater traditions with 20th-century San Francisco Wednesday, October 19 cinematic and theatrical techniques, this Hours vary Bay Area Skeptics lecture series original work will utilize projections on $24.95 Berkeley Library a giant 30’ x 15’ screen, live dancers, Three haunted house attractions, Rigor Claremont Branch and an original “soundtrack” performed Mortis, Eternal Darkness and The Fortress. 2940 Benvenue at Ashby by Gamelan Sekar Jaya, composed and Arcade Berkeley arranged by guest music director I Made The Bay Area Skeptics lecture series Terip. The ephemeral magic of shadows is October 20-31 returns with Bill Garrett, Ph.D. who will an ideal medium for the evocative images Gyro’s 3D Scream Fest speak on “Why skepticism will not be and lyrical text of Shakespeare’s last play.” Haunted House popular in 2005” www.3dfearfactory.com/sanjose/ Thursday, October 20 San Jose Convention Center October 19-23 Lunch with Gregory Maguire San Jose A (Balinese)Tempest Graphiti Hours vary Cowell Theater 101 2nd St. $24.95 Fort Mason Center Petaluma Three haunted house attractions, San Francisco Noon Armageddon, Evil Jacks Madhouse and 3D Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m. Free (Limited to 12 attendees) Fear Factory. Arcade Sunday, 2 p.m. The author of Wicked and Son of a $20 Witch will have lunch with 12 fans. Those Running as part of the Gamelan interested should write in 50 words or less, festival, there are traditional shadow plays why they love Maguire’s novels. Entries More Events Next Page 60 Thursday, October 20 Thursday, October 20 October 20 Gregory Maguire Revenge of Monster Free Night of Theater Cody’s Fourth Street Opening Reception Various Bay Area Venues 1730 Fourth Street Creativity Explored TixBayArea.comFree Berkeley 3245 16th Street (tickets limited) 7 p.m. San Francisco Theater Bay Area coordinates a free Free 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. night of theater offering shows from more Exhibition runs through November 25 than 79 Bay Area theater companies. Thursday, October 20 Monday-Friday 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Saturday Tickets are limited, and some shows have Black Moon 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. already sold out. More tickets will be Castro Theater Free released on October 7. 429 Castro Street From their website: Participating plays that are of speculative San Francisco “Back out of the coffin by popular fiction interest include: Macbeth, The 8:15 p.m. demand - it’s the monster show! Reprising Tempest, Gathering of Gamelans, This 1934 voodoo chiller is running as the successful 2003 exhibition that first Shocktoberfest 2005, There Be Monsters. part of the Castro’s Pre-code Hollywood launched the monster theme at Creativity series. With mobster movie The Guilty Explored, studio artists will explore ghouls Thursday, October 20 Generation at 6:30 p.m. and 9:35 p.m. and goblins from the movies and their Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Group imaginations. Writer Michael Bernard Barnes & Noble Booksellers Loggins explores what it means to be Creekside Town Center considered a “monster” by others in his 1256 Galleria Boulevard piece. Roseville “Presenting a special Halloween 916-788-4320 exhibition of artwork by artists with 7 p.m. developmental disabilities at San Francisco’ Free s Creativity Explored. The gallery becomes a veritable who’s who of horror with a King Kong diorama, a simulated underwater installation featuring the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and ceramic busts of such favorites as the Bride of Frankenstein, the More Events Next Page Wolfman and more.” 61 Thursday, October 20 A live performance of the musical Friday-Saturday, October 21-22 The Chainsaw Mafia 2005 Indie Horror Film episode of the TV show. Buffy and the Not the More Lovely: A Circus Sideshow Festival Scoobies find themselves breaking out into home.earthlink.net/~kpenley/circus.htm www.picturepubpizza.com song and baring their deepest secrets while NOHspace www.thechainsawmafia.com fighting vampires and demons. Costumes 2840 Mariposa Street Parkway Speakeasy Theater encouraged. (between Florida and Alabama Streets) 1834 Park Blvd. Somebody write us a review of this. I San Francisco Oakland want photos! I want to hear about a fan 8 p.m. $6 outing! Get going! $12-$15 The Chainsaw Mafia is now acceepting From their listing: entries for this festival of short horror films, October 20-26 “Not the More Lovely is a circus ride science fiction and cult films also considered Zombie Honeymoon through the manic grin of polite society if they have horror elements. Films may Red Vic Movie House into a subterranean world of ferals, include nudity, gore and violence “and, 1727 Haight Street glamours and the insistent mutterings of please, lots of it.” San Francisco magic trying to find it’s way out. Loosely The showing will be hosted by Shannon San Francisco premiere of this zombie based on a new telling of the Pandora’s Box Lark and her Zombie Dancing Girls. movie. myth, it is a carnivalesque physical theater show with poetic text, animation by Sean Thursday - Sunday, October 20-23 Friday and Saturday October 21-22 Jones, music by Greg Giles and 20 Minute Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Dragon’s Head Inn Loop, Ian Robertson, and Tunnel of Love, Once More With Feeling–The Musical Haunted House and the lovely performance work and ww.counterpulse.org 631 West Spain Street invention of Gary Dailey, Liz Jahren, Karen CounterPULSE Sonoma Penley, Carrie Peters, Janaki Ranpura, 1310 Mission Street 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Julie Reid and Jeff Wagner. San Francisco $5-$25 “The story will be told through a 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Charity haunted house with 3 different dreamscape of half remembered images $15-$20 attractions. dredged up from the sub- and unconscious, Also shows Sunday October 30. small jewels glinting in the dark. It is a land Sorry to disapoint all you Buffy fans, where gargoyles and imps lick up their but all shows are sold out. But you could Send your items for inclusion in our delicious and the small sad bursts into still try emailing [email protected] if calendar section to: bloom.” you want to. [email protected] 62 Friday, October 21 $8 Tlula le Fleur William Winckler’s Frankenstein vs. The OK, perhaps this isn’t science fiction, With the Mistress of Ceremonies, Creature From Blood Cove but it’s just weird enough that I’m going to Odessa Lil and DJ Bonnie Bondage. www.bayareafilmevents.com include it. From their website: But remember, the evening starts off Hyatt Theater Strange creatures, bizarre phenomenon, with PUPPETS! Annoying, obnoxious, Highway 101 Broadway Overpass dark and unholy activity in the dead of but somehow strangely mesmerizing Burlingame night... PUPPETS! Time: TBA Some may call it the Halloween season, Cost: TBA but for the Shadow Circus Creature Friday, October 21 The Northern California premiere Theatre it’s just another Friday night in San Futurist Salon Book Group of this horror movie tribute to the great Francisco... Barnes & Noble Booksellers horror movies of the past. Filmed in The Bay Area’s most belligerent Hillsdale Shopping Center black and white, and featuring not only puppetry troupe opens at Madame 11 West Hillsdale Blvd. Frankenstein’s monster amd the Creature, Maraschino’s House of Burlesque... Excuse San Mateo but also a werewolf. me... GORElesque... That’s right, folks, 650-341-5560 This event will be hosted by legendary come for the Puppet Show, stay for the 7:30 p.m. horror movie host The Ghoul. Cast and dancing girls... Free crew will also be present. Question and Eh, who am I kidding? Come for the answer session with director William dancing girls, stay for the dancing girls... Friday, October 21 Winckler. Plus horror shorts. go to the bar while the stupid puppet show Chris Ware appearance is happening. Did I mention there were The Booksmith Friday, October 21 dancing girls? 1644 Haight Street Shadow Circus Puppetry Troupe at the House And what dancin’ girls they are! San Francisco of Gorelesque Lily Le Rouge Time: TBD Madame Maraschino’s House of Gorelesque Eva Von Slut Free Benders Bar Flying Fox www.bendersbar.com Roxy Shocks www.shadowcircus.com Cookie Tuff 806 S. Van Ness Ave, Ruby Sparks San Francisco Noor Belly Dance Doors open at 9:00 p.m., show at 10 p.m. Ophelia Couer de Noir Velvet Siren More Events Next Page 63 October 21-31 Samurai Gun ep. 4 Friday, October 21-Saturday October 22 Gyro’s 3D Fear Factory Rozen Maiden ep. 4 The Rocky Horror Show-Starring Haunted House Kidou Shinsengumi Moeyo Ken TV The Rocky Horror Picture Show Cast of www.3dfearfactory.com/sacramento/ Ep. 2 Barely Legal’s Own Draven Corvus Westfield Shoppingtown Downtown Plaza Gatchaman Ep. 2 The Missouri Street Theater and Arts Sacramento Air Ep. 1 Academy Hours vary Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig Epi- 1125 Missouri St $17.95 sode 1 Fairfield Ca, 94533 Two haunted house attractions, Full Metal Panic: 2nd Raid ep. 3 Ticket Info: 707-422-1598 Frightmares and Curse of the Pirate’s He is my Master ep. 3 $18-$20 Tomb. Arcade. Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan ep. 5-6 I only have very sketchy information Eyeshield 21 ep. 3 on this, so please call to confirm before Friday, October 21 attending. USS Defiance Meeting Friday, October 21 Through November 12, there are shows Round Table Pizza Tippi Hedren appearance Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. Howe Avenue The Birds which are general audience shows with no Sacramento Castro Theater AP lines. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. 429 Castro Street Friday and Saturday at midnight is Free San Francisco a mature audiences show with AP lines 7:30 p.m. encouraged. A survival kit will be sold for Friday, October 21 Free the midnight shows. Alcohol sold. AnimeFX showing Stop by the Castro Theater box office HSS Building Room 135 for 2 free tickets to this event while supplies Friday-Saturday, October 21-22 San Francisco State University last. Hedren, star of The Birds, will be The Nightmare Before Christmas San Francisco interviewed on stage about the making of Landmark’s Act 1 & 2 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. the film and her other works, followed by a 2128 Center Street Free screening of the movie. Berkeley Meets weekly during the school year. Midnight Schedule: Pani Poni Dash ep. 4 Honey & Clover ep. 4 Gokujou Seitokai ep. 3 More Events Next Page 64 Friday, October 21 Friday, October 21 Period dancing, tourney, games, feast, Friday Night Waltz The Nightmare Before Christmas trick or treating for children. For tickets Waltz Macabre Dance Camera 7 Pruneyard email [email protected]. www.fridaynightwaltz.com 1875 S. Bascom Avenue First United Methodist Church Campbell Saturday, October 22 635 Hamilton Ave. Midnight William Winckler’s Frankenstein vs. The Palo Alto Creature From Blood Cove 8 p.m. - Midnight Saturday, October 22 www.bayareafilmevents.com Annual Halloween Dance. This is a Spooky Story Readings Auctions by the Bay costume dance- you are encouraged to Haas-Lilienthal House Alameda dress up. www.sfheritage.org Time: TBA Introductory waltz class from 7 p.m. to 2007 Franklin Street Cost: TBA 8 p.m. Between Washington and Jackson A second Northern California showing Midnight Singalong, Time Warp San Francisco of this horror movie tribute to the great Dance, Costume contest, Gahan Wilson/ 8 p.m. horror movies of the past. Filmed in Edward Gorey/ cartoon caption contest. $10 black and white, and featuring not only By reservation only. Classic 18th and Frankenstein’s monster amd the Creature, Friday, October 21 19th century tales with some later works but also a werewolf. Flashlight Tour will be read in the atmospheric setting This event will be hosted by legendary Haas-Lilienthal House of a historic Victorian mantion. Light horror movie host The Ghoul. Cast and www.sfheritage.org refreshments. crew will also be present. Question and 2007 Franklin Street answer session with director William Between Washington and Jackson Saturday, October 22 Winckler. Plus horror shorts. San Francisco Baroness’ Masked Ball 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Barony of Darkwood $15-$18 SCA Event By reservation only. Flashlight tour of www.westkingdom.org/calendar/Masked_ this historic Victorian mansion. Ball2005.php Bolado Park Tres Pinos Site opens at 10 a.m. $15, $18 for non-members. Includes feast. More Events Next Page 65 Saturday, October 22 Saturday, October 22 $10 (Does not include wine) Beefbowl Anime Showing Donald Sidney-FryerThe Last of the Courtly Benefit for 826 Valencia, a nonprofit www.beefbowl.org Poets writing center that provides free drop-in Albany Library Borderlands Books tutoring, after-school classes and workshops 1247 Marin Ave. 866 Valencia Street for kids and teens. The writing center shares Albany San Francisco a space with the infamous Pirate Supply 12:15 p.m.- 4:15 p.m.ish www.borderlands-books.com Store, where all proceeds go to support free Free 4 p.m. writing programs. Rurouni Kenshin : TV # 50 Free The party promises DJs, dancing, peg Fafner In The Azure : TV # 8 Donald Sidney-Fryer, SONGS AND legs and ample opportunity to show off One Piece : TV # 35 SONNETS ATLANTEAN: THE THIRD your favorite eye patch or plumed hat. And Naruto : TV # 36 SERIES (Phosphor Lantern Press) - Poet, of course, the party wouldn’t be complete Prince Of Tennis : TV # 36 performing artist, critic and literary without Roshambo’s award-winning wine. Hikaru No Go : TV # 36 historian Donald Sidney-Fryer is the last in A 10% discount will be offered at the Pirate Yakitate Japan : TV # 11-12 the great line of California Romantics; the Supply Store for all of your buccaneering Project D: TV #12 last of the Courtly Poets. In the course of needs (with purchase of admission). his long and varied career, Sidney-Fryer has San Francisco Pirate Party Bus leaves 826 Saturday, October 22 written and edited some two dozen books Valencia at 8 pm and returns at 2 am. Space USS Augusta Ada and booklets. A protege of Clark Ashton is very limited so we highly recommend http://trek.starshine.org Smith, he has edited four books by Smith reserving your seat in advance. The cost is Round Table Pizza for Arkham House. Join us as Sidney-Fryer $22.00, which includes admission, round 5160 Geary Blvd.San Francisco presents the third and final volume in his trip transportation and wine for the ride. 1 p.m. SONGS AND SONNETS ATLANTEAN To reserve your seat, please come into the Free series -- it is sure to be unforgettable. Pirate Supply Store, or call between 12-6 Star Trek group. Meets fourth Saturday p.m. any day at (415) 642-5905 ext. 201. of the month. Saturday, October 22 ext. 201 Pirate Prom Roshambo Winery Saturday, October 22 3000 Westside Road Chris Ware signing Healdsburg Kepler’s Books www.roshambowinery.com Venue reopened, but this event is not More Events Next Page 8:30 p.m. until late listed on their author event schedule. 66 Saturday, October 22 Animal petting area, arts and crafts, the second radio drama that Borderlands Dragon’s Head Hunting Party theater productions, merchants booths, has hosted with the Hermetic Order Of 631 West Spain Street storytelling, music, costuming, gaming, Arcana, following last year’s successful radio Sonoma dragon joust. adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s “Shadow 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Over Innsmouth”. The Hermetic Order $5-$25 Saturday and Sunday, October 22-23 Of Arcana is dedicated to preserving and The Ring of Fire Fleet has challenged Dragon’s Head Inn Haunted House paying homage to the memory of great the town of Sonoma to a competition to Lights On Tour horror and mystery writers throughout see who will give the most blood during 631 West Spain Street the ages within the classic medium of the the blood drive. There is also an internal Sonoma radio drama, and are greatly honored to competition to see which ship of the 10 a.m. -5 p.m. Saturday have the opportunity to share the legacy fleet gives the most blood. The Klingons 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday of California horror writer Robert Bloch, attending will be in uniform and will $2 who is perhaps best known for his chilling entertain at the associated haunted house. See behind the scenes of the annual characterization of a schizophrenic serial See following entries for more information haunted house event. killer in his classic horror novel PSYCHO, on this event. which was adapted by Alfred Hitchcock in Saturday, October 22 the internationally famous film of the same Saturday, October 22 The Hermetic Order of Arcana presents a live name. “Notebook Found in a Deserted Vampire Blood Drive radio play: House,” originally published in Weird 631 West Spain Street Notebook Found in a Deserted House Tales in 1951, is a classic horror story to Sonoma Borderlands Books fanatics of the genre, and was once named 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. 866 Valencia Street by British horror heavyweight Ramsey Donate blood and receive a free ticket San Francisco Campbell as “the most important story in to the Dragon’s Head Haunted House. www.borderlands-books.com horror fiction since the work of acclaimed 8:30 p.m. horror pioneer H.P. Lovecraft”. The tale Saturday and Sunday, October 22-23 Free examines a chilling account of otherworldly DragonFaire The Hermetic Order of Arcana monsters and their horrendous activities 631 West Spain Street will proudly present a “live radio play as seen through the eyes of a twelve year Sonoma broadcast” of a new adaptation of Robert old boy in the deep woods of a desolate 10 a.m. -5 p.m. Saturday Bloch’s classic horror short story from 1951, rural community, and his daring attempt 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday “Notebook Found in a Deserted House,” to comprehend and finally escape an $5 at Borderlands Books. This presentation is inevitable encounter at Halloween with the 67 very source of his nightmares that, one by San Francisco Saturday, October 22 one, takes away the members of his family Both the 1982 remake and the classic Rocky Horror Picture Show in a scene of gruesome ritualistic sacrifice. 1942 movie shown back to back. www.picturepubpizza.com Bloch’s “Notebook Found in a Deserted The original shows at 3 p.m. and 7 Parkway Speakeasy Theater House” has been adapted for radio by the p.m. 1834 Park Blvd. Hermetic Order Of Arcana’s co-founder “Irena Dubrovna, a beautiful and Oakland and artistic director, RW Hessler, is mysterious Serbian-born fashion artist $6 produced by co-founder Thomas Lynch, living in New York City, falls in love with Midnight and will feature many of the old-fashioned and marries an average Joe. Their marriage Barely Legal Productions presents the elements of radio drama production as suffers though, as Irena believes that she classic midnight movie every Saturday popularized by pioneers of the genre such suffers from an ancient curse—whenever night. No one under 17 admitted. as the great Orson Welles and his Mercury emotionally aroused, she will turn into a Theatre Group. This particular “live panther and kill.” October 22-30 broadcast” will also feature a live original The remake shows at 12:45 p.m., 4:30 Monster Movie Marathon score by Bay Area musicians Jon Fellman p.m. and 8:30 p.m. www.castrotheater.com and Jefferson Parker, who have been active “In this highly stylized, erotic remake of Castro Theater members of the local music scene for the the 1942 classic, the locale is New Orleans. 429 Castro Street past sixteen years. A young woman’s sexual awakening brings San Francisco horror when she discovers her urges From the Castro website: Saturday, October 22 transform her into a monstrous black Everybody’s favorites: Frankenstein, the Flashlight Tour leopard. When smitten with a charming Mummy, Wolf Man, Dracula, Night Of Winchester Mystery House zookeeper, she refuses to embrace her The Living Dead spooktacular! and dare www.winchestermysteryhouse.com destiny: the curse of the Cat People.” I say, Get HAMMERED at the Castro, 525 South Winchester Boulevard if you know what I mean, scares, frights, San Jose Saturday, October 22 chills and thrills for nine spooky nights. 6 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. The Nightmare Before Christmas $31 Camera 12 201 South Second Street Saturday, October 22 San Jose Cat People Double Feature Midnight Castro Theater 429 Castro Street 68 Sunday, October 23 Sunday, October 23 and 7 p.m. The Fannish Imperial Guard’s Brunch Northern California Mars Society “In Howard Hawks’ production of Crepes on Cole chapters.marssociety.org/northca/ the story “Who Goes There?” an arctic 100 Carl Street groups.yahoo.com/group/mars-norcal/ expedition discovers a spacecraft buried at the corner of Cole Street San Jose Public Library in the ice. They locate the frozen pilot and San Francisco San Jose return to the base to thaw him out. All 11 a.m. 1 p.m. hell breaks loose when he’s revealed to be a Free Free blood-sucking alien!” Back in San Francisco once again Then sit back and enjoy the modern and meeting for brunch midway though Sunday, October 23 version which shows at 1:45 p.m., 5:30 October will find us in Haight-Ashbury. East Bay Skeptics Society Meeting p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Crepes on Cole is located conveniently at www.eb-skeptics.org “Scientists in the Arctic confront a the first stop after the N-Judah line comes China Village shape-shifting alien that assumes the out of the tunnel under Buena Vista. To 1335 Solano Avenue appearance of the people it kills. Carpenter arrive on time for brunch take the N-Line Berkeley re-imagined the 1951 classic as something that leaves Embarcadero at 10:27 a.m. or 6 p.m. darker, fiercer and all together more the next one at 10:38 a.m. and ride almost Free disturbing. Amazing make-up effects by to the doorstep of the restaurant. Judy Daar will lead a discussion: Rob Bottin and indelible music by Ennio As always please RSVP to either Assessing the factual basis for media Morricone highlight this foreboding mishalak at livejournal.com or aiglet at information. examination of paranoia pitted against livejournal.com by midday Friday so brawn. that we might make a reservation for the Sunday, October 23 party or else call 415-786-4303 before the The Thing From Another World meeting. The Thing Afterwards thought is that we will Castro Theater explore a bit of the Haight or else go to 429 Castro Street Treasure Island if the weather is really nice. San Francisco Compare Howard Hawks’ and John Carpenter’s very different interpretations Send your items for inclusion in our of John W. Campbell’s classic short story calendar section to: “Who Goes There.” [email protected] The classic shows at Noon, 3:45 p.m. More Events Next Page 69 Monday, October 24 Monday, October 24 exploration of our solar system. Weaving Dracula Bay Area Science Fiction Association cosmic history with up-to-the-minute Dracula’s Daughter The Original Hick’ry Pit science discoveries, Sobel describes the Castro Theater 980 E. Campbell Ave. planets as objects of beauty, sources of 429 Castro Street Campbell legends and myths, inspirations for poems, San Francisco 8 p.m. paintings and science fiction, and the cause Dracula (1931) shows at 7 p.m. Free of social revolutions. “The story of the strangest passion the www.basfa.org. Dava Sobel is an award-winning former world has ever known! Count Dracula faces science writer for The New York Times. off with Dr. Van Helsing in the film that set Tuesday, October 25 Her work has also appeared in Audubon, the classic vampire standards.” Clive Barker Discover, Life, and The New Yorker. Dracula’s Daughter (1936) is at 8:30 Stacey’s Books p.m. 581 Market Street Tuesday, October 25 “Beginning almost immediately from San Francisco, CA 94105 Clive Barker where Tod Browning’s Dracula ends, 415-421-4687 Booksmith bloodless corpses start appearing in Noon 1644 Haight Street London again after hypnotic Countess Signs in support of his new book col- San Francisco Zaleska steals the body of Count Dracula. lecting his artwork, Visions of Heaven and 415-863-8688 Also noteworthy for being the first lesbian Hell. 7 p.m. vampire movie! Free Tuesday, October 25 Monday, October 24 The Planets Tuesday, October 25 Cal Animage Alpha Dava Sobel lecture Japanimation Book Group (Graphic Novel) 2050 VLSB Mechanic’s Institute Barnes & Noble Booksellers Univeristy of California Mechanic’s Institute Library 6111 Sunrise Blvd. Berkeley 57 Post Street Citrus Heights 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. San Francisco 916-853-1511 Free 12:30 pm 7 p.m. Schedule: Members free; Free Glass Mask (1978 and 2005 versions) Public $7 Weekly: Honey & Clover The best-selling author of Longitude and Galileo’s Daughter, presents a luminous More Events Next Page 70 Tuesday, October 25 contact to make sure meeting will be held is raised from the dead by a group of Clive Barker appearance as scheduled before attending. archaeologists unaware of the evil they are The Booksmith unleashing. Ten years later, he attempts to 1644 Haight Street Tuesday, October 25 reunite with his long lost love, an ancient San Francisco Newtype Anime princess reincarnated into a beautiful Time: TBD Room 60-61H young woman.” Free Stanford University The Wolf Man with Lon Chaney Jr. and Palo Alto Claude Rains will show at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 25 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. “Ron Chaney (Grandson of Lon Chaney Night of the Comet Free Jr.) will appear in person to introduce www.picturepubpizza.com Meeting and anime showing. This event the film! Larry Talbot (Chaney Jr.) comes Parkway Speakeasy Theater is held weekly while school is in session. back from America to his ancestral home 1834 Park Blvd. in Wales where he’s attacked by a gypsy Oakland Tuesday, October 25 werewolf (Bela Lugosi) and is bitten Free Brian Jacques during the deadly struggle, causing him 9:15 p.m. Cody’s Fourth Street to transform into a werewolf at each full No that’s not a typo, this is showing as 1730 Fourth Street moon.” part of their audience appreciation nights. Berkeley 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 25 Free The Shire of Cloondara Signing limited to two books per SCA group person. www.cloondara.org Round Table Pizza Tuesday, October 25 5188 Geary Boulevard The Mummy San Francisco The Wolf Man with Ron Chaney appearance 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Castro Theater Free 429 Castro Street Group meets the second and fourth San Francisco Tuesdays of each month. First meeting of The Mummy with Boris Karloff shows Send your items for inclusion in our the month is a business meeting, second at 7 p.m.: calendar section to: is arts and sciences. Please check with “In 1921, ancient prince Im-Ho-Tep [email protected] 71 Wednesday-Thursday, October 26-27 Wednesday, October 26 Thursday, October 27, 2005 Frankenstein Brian Jacques R. A. Salvatore appearance Bride of Frankenstein Sponsored by Copperfield’s Books Barnes & Noble Booksellers Castro Theater Petaluma Community Center 3600 Stevens Creek Blvd 429 Castro Street 320 North McDowell San Jose San Francisco Petaluma 408-984-3495 The Boris Karloff classic shows at 1 7 p.m. 7:00 p.m. p.m, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Wednesday and One ticket with purchase of High Rhulain Free 7 p.m. on Friday from Copperfield’s “Obsessed scientist Dr. Frankenstein Additional tickets $12 assembles a living being from parts of Best selling children’s fantasy author exhumed corpses, but the creature runs Brian Jacques appears in support of his amok, quickly becoming the town pariah.” recent books High Rhulain and The Redwall Director James Whale reunited with Cookbook. Karloff for the 1935 sequel that will be shown at 2:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 Thursday, October 27 p.m. on Wednesday and 8:30 p.m. on Opening Reception Thursday. With Elsa Lanchester as the Gross, Gruesome and Gothic iconic bride. Cartoon Art Museum “When an even madder scientist 655 Mission Street kidnaps Dr. Frankenstein’s wife, he agrees San Francisco, CA 94105 to help create a female companion for the Phone: 415/CAR-TOON, monster Frankenstein.” 415/227-8666 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday, October 26, 2005 See Ongoing for description of Robert Jordan appearance exhibition. Cody’s Stockton Street 2 Stockton Street San Francisco 7:30 p.m. Send your items for inclusion in our Free calendar section to: [email protected] More Events Next Page 72 Thursday, October 27 Inside - Philip Hirsch (Germany) Strawflower Shopping Center Independent Exposure - Halloweird Edition The Witch - Rafael (Spain) 80 F. Cabrillo Hwy. 2005 The Real Adventures of GI Joe - Episode Half Moon Bay Red Vic Movie House 4: Reinforcement - JD 7:00 p.m. 1727 Haight Street Lignon (San Francisco) Free San Francisco Memento Mori - Jossie Mals (Spain) 7:15 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Flush - Alec MacNeill Richardson Thursday, October 27 – Saturday, $8 (Canada) October 29 From the Independent Exposure Ingrid, Palle, & the Sounds - Lasse The Rocky Horror Show-Starring website: Lindsteen (Denmark) The Rocky Horror Picture Show Cast of “A collection of 16 weird, creepy, How to Cope with Death - Ignacio Barely Legal’s Own Draven Corvus horrific, strange, hallowed, odd, spooky, Ferreras (United Kingdom) The Missouri Street Theater and Arts gross, odd, and intriguing short films and Academy videos celebrating our favorite holiday Thursday, October 27 1125 Missouri St of the year - Halloween. This program Warp 11 performance Fairfield Ca, 94533 features a few favorites from the Halloweird www.warp11.com/ Ticket Info: 707-422-1598 archives of the past ten years, plus a bunch G Street Pub $18-$20 of great, new films as well.” 228 G Street I only have very sketchy information Program includes: Davis on this, so please call to confirm before Honey Pot - Todd Lincoln (USA) 10 p.m. attending. Devil Tour ‘94 - John Geary (USA) Star Trek themed rock band. Performs Through November 12, there are shows Millennium Bug - Lee Lanier (USA) such hits as “Seven of Mine,” “Rage Against Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. Abusive Parental Guidance Suggested the Federation” and “Boldly Go Down On which are general audience shows with no - Matt Kovalakides (USA) Me.” AP lines. Rubber Johnny - Tom E. Brown(USA) Also appearing is The Brodys. Friday and Saturday at midnight is Cremains - Chris Ohlson (USA) “All intelligent species who dress up a mature audiences show with AP lines Lovey - Paul O’Bryan(USA) as Captain Kirk will be appropriately encouraged. A survival kit will be sold Bowhunting - Niels Post (Netherlands) spanked.” for the midnight shows. Alcohol sold. No Repetition Compulsion - Jeff Louviere midnight show on Thursday. and Vanessa Brown (USA) Thursday, October 27 Fugue - Trish van Huesen (USA) Robert Jordan appearance Stars in His Eyes - Atomic Elroy (USA) Bay Book Co. 73 Thursday, October 27 Friday, October 28 Friday, October 28 Lost Boys On the Beach ‘Spooky, Spooky Halloween Night’ www.picturepubpizza.com Five Historic Ainsley House Parkway Speakeasy Theater PFA Theater 300 Grant Avenue 1834 Park Blvd. 2575 Bancroft @ Bowditch Campbell Oakland Berkeley 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. $6 7 p.m. Adult tour at 8 p.m. 9:15 p.m. $8 $10 Trivia, prizes, contests. Two post-apocalyptic films. Reservations required by October 21 408-866-2718 October 28-30 Friday, October 28 While no ghosts are believed to haunt Yaoicon 5 Lunar Lounge the Ainsley House in Campbell, there www.yaoicon.com Chabot Space & Science Center may be a few, creepy, groaning, devilish The Westin San Francisco Airport www.chabotspace.org characters running about, as visitors young 1 Old Bayshore Highway 10000 Skyline Blvd. and old take flashlight, evening tours of the Millbrae Oakland 80-year-old historic house. A celebration of male beauty and 7 p.m. - Midnight The museum will offer its third annual passion in anime and manga. Dealers $20 evening of flashlight tours and recreation room, programming, cosplay contest, bishi See website for details. of old-fashioned Halloween games and auction. Must be 18 years of age or older to activities from the 1920s and 30s. The attend. Friday, October 28, 2005 event, designed for families, will include Sci-Fi / Fantasy Book Group hot cider, apples to dunk, candy and treats Friday, October 28 Barnes & Noble Booksellers for the youngsters, and wholesome snacks AnimeFX showing Weberstown Mall for all in the Carriage House next to the HSS Building Room 135 4950 Pacific Avenue, Space 319 Ainsley House, plus games and activities to San Francisco State University Stockton, CA 95207 prepare the children for the big Halloween San Francisco 209-472-1885 night. Staff will take young visitors on a 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. 6:30 p.m. flashlight tour of the house and explore Free some areas not usually open to the public. Meets weekly during the school year.

More Events Next Page 74 Friday, October 28 Friday, October 28 for SHOCK IT TO ME!, a three-day Thrillville’s Halloween Fiesta USS Northern Lights spooktacular monster mash featuring a Santo vs. The Vampire Women Halloween Party dozen diabolical and rarely-screened fright www.thrillville.net Starfleet Chapter flicks! Beauteous burlesque girls! Monsters Copia www.ussnorthernlights.org loose in the theatre to grab you! Ghoulish 500 First Street Milpitas giveaways! And more! Napa Contact the organizers for more “With the Silver Anniversary of KTVU’s 8 p.m. information. “Creature Features” (1971-1984) upon us, $6 we couldn’t let this All-Hallows-Eve pass Horror hosts John Stanley, Doktor Friday, October 28 without dedicating a tribute to those glory Goulfinger and Mr. Lobo introduce Santo R. A. Salvatore Q and A, signing days of local television, and the hosts who vs. The Vampire Women. Plus musical The Other Change of Hobbit forever became our heroes— Bob Wilkins guests psychedelic surf band Pollo Del 2020 Shattuck Ave. and John Stanley. Mar. Berkeley Your live on-stage Horror Hosts, guiding 7 p.m. you into this world of the beyond, are no Friday, October 28, 2005 Free strangers to the bizarre, the horrific, the Robert Jordan appearance The author will hold a question and undead—KETH-54’s Mr. Lobo of Cinema Barnes & Noble Booksellers answer session and sign his latest forgotten Insomnia (www.cinemainsomnia.com), 3600 Stevens Creek Blvd Realms novel Promise of the Witch-King. Doktor Goulfinger from the Hip Crypt San Jose (www.goulfinger.com), B-Minus Comiks’ 408-984-3495 Friday-Sunday, October 28-30 Ms. Monster of Hel On Ice (www.b- 7:00 p.m. Shock It To Me minuscomiks.com) and former ISW star, Free Horror Movie Festival The Amazing Caltiki. Castro Theater Film notes from the Castro website Friday-Monday, October 28-31 Castro Theater by Doktor Goulfinger & August Ragone, Dragon’s Head Inn Haunted House 429 Castro Street henshinonline.com. 631 West Spain Street San Francisco Sonoma See daily listings for film information. 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. From their website: October 31 until 8 p.m. “Dying for a real scary time this Send your items for inclusion in our $5-$25 Halloween Weekend? Then enter—if calendar section to: Charity haunted house with 3 different you dare—the haunted Castro Theatre [email protected] attractions. 75 Friday, October 28 save her from a variety of fates worse than Friday-Saturday, October 28-29 Hammer Horror Triple Feature death.” The Wizard of Oz The Creeping Unknown 7 p.m Landmark’s Act 1 & 2 The Revenge of Frankenstein 8:45 p.m. Friday, October 28 2128 Center Street The Vampire Lovers 10:30 p.m. Legion of Rassilon Berkeley Castro Theater Doctor Who fan group Midnight 429 Castro Street Carl’s Junior San Francisco 2551 N. First Street Friday-Saturday, October 28-29 Legendary British horror character San Jose The Nightmare Before Christmas Quartermass on the big screen in The 7:30 p.m. Aquarius Theatre Creeping Unknown. Free 430 Emerson Street “In Hammer’s first “Horror” Showing episodes of the new Dr. Who Palo Alto production, Donlevy stars as Professor series, news, discussion of recent movies Midnight Quatermass, who must pick up the pieces and a raffle. Running as part of the theater’s after a space flight goes awry. Mysteriously, Midnight Madness program. two of the astronauts are missing from Friday, October 28 their spacesuits, while the pitiful sole Kim Stanley Robinson Friday, October 28 survivor, Carroon, begins to mutate into Cody’s Telegraph Avenue Flashlight Tour something…inhuman.” 2454 Telegraph Avenue Haas-Lilienthal House The Revenge of Frankenstein: Berkeley www.sfheritage.org “Hammer’s direct sequel to their smash 7:30 p.m. 2007 Franklin Street hit, Curse of Frankenstein. This time, the Free Between Washington and Jackson enterprising Baron Frankenstein runs a San Francisco medical clinic for the poor, where he mixes Friday-Saturday, October 28-29 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. charity with amputation as he gathers parts The Nightmare Before Christmas $15-$18 for his new creation.” Clay Theater By reservation only. Flashlight tour of The Vampire Lovers: 2261 Fillmore Street this historic Victorian mansion. “Hammer spices up their gothic formula San Francisco with undead lesbians and lots of nudity. In Midnight this adaptation of Sheridan LeFranu’s classic The Tim Burton classic screens as part story, Carmilla has her eyes and fangs set of their Bigfoot vs. Kittens: 8 Tales in the on Smith, and it’s up to Peter Cushing to Late Night Tradition program. More Events Next Page

76 Saturday, October 29 cardgames, and historical board wargames. Peter Atkins, Michael Blumlein, and Glen Spooky Story Readings Hirshberg kicks off our notorious Dusk Haas-Lilienthal House Saturday, October 29 ‘Til Dawn Scary Story Party - The Rolling www.sfheritage.org Ghost Trackers present “Spellbinding Spooks” Darkness Revue, a traveling fraternity of 2007 Franklin Street Spellbinding Tales Bookstore some of horror fiction’s premier talents, Between Washington and Jackson 1910A Encinal Ave. @ Chestnut takes to the road this October to deliver San Francisco Alameda thrills and chills in celebration of the 8 p.m. 510-523-1105 genre’s favorite holiday. Launched last $10 http://www.spellbindingtales.com year to enthusiastic reviews and rapidly By reservation only. Classic 18th and Free swelling audiences, the Rolling Darkness 19th century tales with some later works 7 p.m. Revue is a multi-media experience which will be read in the atmospheric setting Ghost Trackers, a paranormal incorporates theatrical lighting and live of a historic Victorian mantion. Light investigation group from Santa music to provide much more than the refreshments. Clara, present “Spellbinding Spooks” usual bookstore reading. Join us to meet - a presentation outlining their (5) founding members Peter Atkins and Glen Saturday, October 29, 2005 investigations here at Spellbinding Tales, Hirshberg, who will be joined by local Robert Jordan appearance Alameda’s only haunted bookshop! author Michael Blumlein. Borders Books & Music As if that wasn’t enough. . .! 1200 Pacific Ave., Suite 100 Saturday, October 29 It has become a Halloween tradition here Santa Cruz The Rolling Darkness Review with Peter at Borderlands Books to gather everyone 4:00 p.m. Atkins, Michael Blumlein and Glen together and try to scare the pants off of each Free Hirshberg, other. (With ghost and scary stories, to be special guest wrath James White exact -- no jumping out of closets, please!) Saturday, October 29 Dusk ‘Til Dawn Scary Story Party The festivities begin at dusk (Saturday, Bay Area Games Day Borderlands Books October 29th at 6:41 pm) and end at dawn davekohr.best.vwh.net/gamesday 866 Valencia Street the next day (Sunday, October 30th at 6: Los Altos Library San Francisco 06 am). Anyone can volunteer to read from Los Altos www.borderlands-books.com one of their favorite (published) ghost or Free From Dusk (6:41 pm ) til Dawn (6:06 am horror stories or opt to just sit back and Regular event featuring German-style Sunday, enjoy the show as others share from their strategy boardgames like Settlers of Catan, Free own selections. Sign-ups begin at dusk. Avalon Hill-type multiplayer games, lots of The Rolling Darkness Review with Snacks and beverages will be provided by 77 Borderlands Books. Start sifting through “Creature Features” movie, Bob Wilkins Saturday, October 29 your favorite horror and ghost stories and chose Night of the Living Dead. Although Monster Bash prepare for our one-of-a-kind Halloween nearly four decades old, and the progenitor USS Hornet tradition! of a seemingly endless series of gore-soaked 707 W. Hornet Ave. zombie extravaganzas, Romero’s original Pier 3 Saturday, October 29 creature feature remains a stark, brooding Alameda Ghost Train and unrelenting shocker.” www.hornetevents.com www.roaringcamp.com With John Stanley, Host of “Creature The ultimate Halloween party will be Roaring Camp Features” & Fiends held onboard Alameda’s “Gray Ghost.” All Felton Special Appearance by Bob Wilkins ages welcome. Costume contests, dancing, $20 adults and “haunted happenings” below deck $15 Children Saturday, October 29 hosted by KFRC! Information and Tickets: This event is Sold Out according to the Alan Lee (510) 521-8448 x 282. organizers. Book Passage Ride to Bear Mountain through a 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. Saturday, October 29 haunted redwood forest as the Legend of Corte Madera The Horror of Party Beach Sleepy Hollow is portrayed. Reservations 415-927-0960 Castro Theater required. 1-888-25-EVENTS for tickets. 7:00 p.m. 429 Castro Street Free San Francisco Saturday, October 29 Alan Lee, Lord of the Rings illustrator 7 p.m. Spooktacula! Creature Features Matinee and Academy Award-winning conceptual From the Castro website Night of the Living Dead 1 p.m. designer for the film trilogy will discuss “SEE! Monsters from the Surf vs. Castro Theater his brand-new book, The Lord of the Rings Surfers from... New Jersey!? Radioactive 429 Castro Street Sketchbook. waste creates an army of googly-eyed San Francisco Lee’s events will feature a slide show, a monstrosities that terrorize the countryside, From the Castro website: Q&A with fans, and a book signing. while the Del-Aires keep the beat going “An old-time Matinee featuring a claw- strong down at the Jersey shore.” full of vintage Horror Movie trailers and the 1936 Technicolor Cartoon, “Cobweb Hotel”, a Special Prize Drawing, and the original… Night of the Living Dead. “When asked to name his favorite 78 Saturday, October 29 Saturday, October 29 Sunday, Oct. 30, Flashlight Tour Late Night Creature Features Picture Show Scaaaaaary Story time with Vicki Vampyre Winchester Mystery House The Fearless Vampire Killers Spellbinding Tales Bookstore www.winchestermysteryhouse.com Castro Theater 1910A Encinal Ave. @ Chestnut 525 South Winchester Boulevard 429 Castro Street Alameda San Jose San Francisco 510-523-1105 6 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. 11:30 p.m. http://www.spellbindingtales.com $31 From the Castro website: 3 p.m. “Horror and hilarity are juxtaposed in Free Saturday October 29 this tale of inept vampire hunters. Prof. The hostess with the mostest of Alameda Nightmare in Blood Abronsius travels to a remote Transylvanian Cable’s “Monster Island Theater” reads Castro Theater village in search of the Undead with his spooky stories for kids. Bring your kids for 429 Castro Street assistant, Alfred. There, the young vampire a hauntingly good time! San Francisco killer falls in love with a stunning village 9 p.m. girl, Sarah, but the local Nosferatu, Count Sunday, October 30 From the Castro website: Krolock , has already set his bloodshot eyes Vincent Price Triple Feature “Creature Features host, John Stanley, on her…” The House of Usher 1:15 p.m. directed and co-wrote this genuinely The Comedy of Terrors 2:50 p.m. imaginative cult film. A disparate group Saturday, October 28 The Abominable Dr. Phibes4:30 p.m. of fans at a Horror Convention discover Rocky Horror Picture Show Castro Theater the world’s greatest Vampire actor is the www.picturepubpizza.com 429 Castro Street genuine article. Packed with more insider Parkway Speakeasy Theater San Francisco humor than you can shake a stake at, 1834 Park Blvd. With performances by Peter Lorre, and shot in a variety of historic Bay Area Oakland Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone and Joseph locations.” $6 Cotton. Midnight From the Castro Website: Barely Legal Productions presents the The House of Usher: classic midnight movie every Saturday “Phillip Winthrop journeys to a night. No one under 17 admitted. foreboding, mist-enshrouded manor to elope with Madeleine Usher despite the warning of their cursed bloodline by brother Roderick (Price). When Madeleine 79 succumbs to sudden death, the secret of Justin Chin, Jennifer Natalya Fink, Thea Sunday, October 30 the Ushers begins to unravel towards its Hillman, Kevin Killian, Mattilda a.k.a. Supernatural Sunday Screamers inexorable and horrific crescendo…” Matt Bernstein Sycamore, Ian Philips, and Macabre Masterpiece Double Feature The Comedy of Terrors: Greg Wharton read from their favorite Curse of the Demon “In this dark comedy, a desperate “scary” stories. What scares this bunch? The Haunting funeral director, Trumble (Price), begins Expect the bizarre, fantastic, unearthly, Castro Theater “cultivating” a new clientele with his gruesome, horrific and/or just plain 429 Castro Street bungling assistant Gillie (Lorre). When unexpected. Bring your tricks. We’ll give San Francisco Trumble’s Shakespeare-quoting Landlord away treats. Boo! With Host Russ Tamblyn (Rathbone), demands a year’s back-rent, The uncut U.K. version of Curse of the the underhanded undertaker decides to Sunday, October 30 Demon will be shown at 7 p.m. bury his problem… permanently.” Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s From the Castro website: The Abominable Dr. Phibes: Once More With Feeling–The Musical “M.R. James’ classic short story, “Casting “Price shines in his signature role of ww.counterpulse.org the Runes”, becomes one of the all-time Dr. Anton Phibes. Horribly disfigured in CounterPULSE classics of fantasy cinema. Dr. Holden an automobile accident, Phibes targets the 1310 Mission Street (Andrews), an American psychologist and surgical team who allowed his wife to die. San Francisco supernatural debunker, looses his grip Flamboyantly he knocks off the medicos, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on rationality when confronted by Dr. baffles Scotland Yard, and celebrates in high $15-$20 Karswell (MacGinnis), a powerful satanic art-deco style with his clockwork band.” Sorry to disapoint all you Buffy fans, cult leader in England.” but all shows are sold out. But you could Then at 9 p.m is The Haunting. Sunday, October 30 still try emailing [email protected] if “The ultimate haunted house SPOOKY! you want to. movie—accept no remakes. A team of Modern Times Bookstore A live performance of the musical parapsychologists investigates supernatural www.mtbs.com episode of the TV show. Buffy and the events at Hill House, and one of them 888 Valencia Street Scoobies find themselves breaking out into seems to have a special connection to the San Francisco song and baring their deepest secrets while spirits within. Terrific performances from 415-282-9246 fighting vampires and demons. Costumes the cast, with director Wise maintaining 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. encouraged. a claustrophobic atmosphere of disquiet Free Somebody write us a review of this. I using suggestion, shadow and sound to SPOOKY! Suspect Thoughts Press want photos! I want to hear about a fan jangle nerves.” ghouls Stephen Beachy, Dodie Bellamy, outing! Get going! 80 Sunday, October 30 Monday, October 31 Monday, October 31 Alan Lee Flashlight Tour Ghost Walk at City Hall The Booksmith Winchester Mystery House City Hall Event will take place at www.winchestermysteryhouse.com San Francisco Park Branch Library 525 South Winchester Boulevard 6:30 p.m. 1833 Page Street San Jose Free San Francisco 6 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Disinterred remains, assassinations and 2 p.m. $31 other ghostly lore form the focus of this Free tour! The history and architecture of this Alan Lee, Lord of the Rings illustrator Monday, October 31 beautifully restored building are revealed, and Academy Award-winning conceptual Cosplay.com Meetup plus little-known facts such as the cemetery designer for the film trilogy will discuss Winchester Mystery House that once covered Civic Center. Who (or his brand-new book, The Lord of the Rings 525 South Winchester Boulevard what) else might be walking alongside us? Sketchbook. Lee’s events will feature a San Jose Allow time for security checks. slide show, a Q&A with fans, and a book 8 p.m. Enter City Hall through Goodlett signing. Free Pl. (Polk St.) doors; meet in South Light Anime cosplayers will gather for a Court. Sunday, October 30 photoshoot in the gardens, then will go Ghost Walk at The Palace to Milpitas Golf Land, a local arcade/mini 2 New Montgomery Street golf center. More Events Next Page San Francisco 7 p.m. Monday, October 31 Free Cal Animage Alpha Kings and presidents died here; 145 Dwinelle romances ended tragically. Perhaps that Univeristy of California explains the enduring stories of spectral Berkeley visions and mysterious occurrences. Join 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. your guide for a tour of the unknown--and Free the supernatural! Not for the squeamish or Schedule: faint of heart. Trinity Blood Send your items for inclusion in our Meet in main lobby, 2 New Montgomery Weekly: Honey & Clover calendar section to: St. (between Market & Mission) [email protected]

81 Monday, October 31 on this, so please call to confirm before 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. Séance attending. Free Spellbinding Tales Bookstore Mature audiences show with AP lines Meeting and anime showing. This event 1910A Encinal Ave. @ Chestnut encouraged. A survival kit will be sold. is held weekly while school is in session. Alameda Alcohol sold. 510-523-1105 Meet and greet with the cast, party until Wednesday, November 2 http://www.spellbindingtales.com midnight. Streetwars: Killer 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Last day to sign up. See November 7 for $20 Monday, October 31 details. An old-fashioned turn-of-the-century Bay Area Science Fiction Association magician’s séance, in search of the spirit The Original Hick’ry Pit Wednesday, November 2 of Houdini, the world’s most famous 980 E. Campbell Ave. The Hunger magician. It is a tradition to hold a séance Campbell Castro Theater on the anniversary of Houdini’s death. He 8 p.m. 429 Castro Street has promised to relay a message if there is Free San Francisco truly life after death. Conducted by the www.basfa.org. 3 p.m., 7 p.m. Oakland Magic Circle, which promises “Catherine Deneuve is Miriam, a many thrills and chills. Call the store for Tuesday, November 1 centuries-old vampire preying on urban reservations. First come, first serve for a seat Richard K. Morgan club goers with her vampire lover John in the circle around the table! The Booksmith (David Bowie). When John begins aging 1644 Haight Street suddenly, they seek the aid of doctor Sarah Monday, October 31 San Francisco (Susan Sarandon) and Miriam casts her The Rocky Horror Show-Starring 7 p.m. spell upon her. This neo-Gothic exercise The Rocky Horror Picture Show Cast of Free in style and atmosphere has achieved cult Barely Legal’s Own Draven Corvus The author of Woken Furies reads and status for good reason.” The Missouri Street Theater and Arts signs. Showing with Repulsion at 1 p.m., 5 Academy p.m. and 9 p.m. 1125 Missouri St Tuesday, November 1 Fairfield Ca, 94533 Newtype Anime Ticket Info: 707-422-1598 Room 60-61H Send your items for inclusion in our $30 Stanford University calendar section to: I only have very sketchy information Palo Alto [email protected] 82 Wednesday, November 2 develops a baroque, appallingly complicated Ticket Info: 707-422-1598 Richard K. Morgan setting, full of opportunities for revelation $18-$20 Borderlands Books and betrayal. Both violence and sex are I only have very sketchy information 866 Valencia StreetSan Francisco troweled on thickly but appropriately; they on this, so please call to confirm before 7 p.m. have significant consequences for these attending. Free people who are trying—in circumstances Through November 12, there are shows Borderlands is excited to welcome even more desperate than our own—to Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. Richard Morgan, acclaimed author of discover who they really are and who they which are general audience shows with no MARKET FORCES, BROKEN ANGELS, might have a chance to become.” Morgan’s AP lines. and ALTERED CARBON, a New York career is really taking off -- come meet him Friday and Saturday at midnight is Times Notable Book and winner of the before it’s too late to say you “knew him a mature audiences show with AP lines Philip K. Dick Award. Publishers Weekly when”! encouraged. A survival kit will be sold offers this about Morgan’s latest novel, for the midnight shows. Alcohol sold. No WOKEN FURIES: “In Morgan’s powerful Thursday, November 3 midnight show on Thursday. third cyberpunk noir SF novel to feature Tamora Pierce Takeshi Kovacs, whose consciousness is Copperfield’s Books Petaluma November 4-6 transferred from one ultra–combat-ready 140 Kentucky Street BAScon body to another in the service of various Petaluma Embassy Suites unscrupulous powers, the interstellar 7 p.m. 250 Gateway Boulevard mercenary returns home to Harlan’s World, Free South San Francisco thoroughly pissed and dangerous. Despite Fantasy author of The Will of the Empress Memberships: $70 to 10/31/05 or until his justified cynicism, he finds himself will sign. sold out trying to protect a young woman who may Information: BASCon, P.O. Box 282197, house the soul of a martyred revolutionary Thursday, November 3 – San Francisco, CA 94128-2197 from centuries earlier. He also must fight Saturday, November 5 Email: [email protected] a hired killer who’s a younger version of The Rocky Horror Show-Starring The fifth Bay Area Slash Convention. himself. To succeed, he has to sift through The Rocky Horror Picture Show Cast of Open to those 18 years or older. his past to see which allies and memories Barely Legal’s Own Draven Corvus Dealers’ room, art show, panels, video he can trust. Morgan has become even The Missouri Street Theater and Arts show, con suite. more nervy since winning the Philip K. Academy Dick Award for his confident first novel, 1125 Missouri St ALTERED CARBON (2003). This book Fairfield Ca, 94533 More Events Next Page 83 Friday, November 4 Saturday, November 5 November 5 AnimeFX showing Silicon Gulch Browncoats’ Monthly Shindig AnimeDestiny 2005 HSS Building Room 135 Noon - 2:00 p.m. www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~animage/animed/ San Francisco State University Tied House Cafe Brewery University of California Berkeley San Francisco 54 Villa Street Berkeley 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Mountain View $10 in advance, $15 at the door Free This event repeats on the first Saturday Members of Cal-Animage Alpha get in Meets weekly during the school year. of every month. free. 9 a.m. – 11 p.m. Friday-Saturday, November 4-5 Saturday, November 5 The second year for this very fun one- The Wizard of Oz Video Games Live day convention sponsored by one of the Aquarius Theatre www.videogameslive.com oldest anime clubs in the U.S. 430 Emerson Street San Jose Civic AuditoriumS Anime track, programming, concert Palo Alto an Jose by j-rock group Beautiful Losers, cosplay Midnight 8 p.m. contest, dealers, swap meet. Running as part of the theater’s $20-$55 Midnight Madness program. A live concert by a full orchestra and Saturday, November 5 choir performing music from popular Le Bal Des Vampires Friday-Saturday, November 4-5 video games. With an accompanying show PEERS (The Period Events & Entertainments Gremlins that includes video, lasers, fog and live Re-Creation Society) Event Landmark’s Act 1 & 2 elements. Prior to the concert, there www.peers.org 2128 Center Street will be a costume contest and a video game PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF Berkeley history exhibit. LOCATION! Midnight With music from games including Pleasanton Senior Center Mario, Zelda, Halo, Metal Gear Solid, 5353 Sunol Blvd. Warcraft, Myst, Castlevania, Medal of Pleasanton Honor, Sonic, Tron, Tomb Raider, Advent Waltz the night away in a romantic Rising, Headhunter, Beyond Good & Evil, ballroom with the San Francisco Bay Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, Area’s most glamorous Undead at the 12th Send your items for inclusion in our EverQuest II, Kingdom Hearts, God of War Annual Le Bal des Vampires. calendar section to: and a classic arcade game medley featuring The evening will, as usual, feature [email protected] games from Pong to Donkey Kong. truly haunting 18th, 19th, and 20th 84 century ballroom dance music by Brazen Saturday, November 5 Monster 33-34 Hussey, one of the most exciting dance Historias del Desencanto (Stories of Tsubasa 708 bands around, equally at home playing Disenchantment) Anime Music Videos classical music, vintage dance music, Celtic Castro Theater Beck 21-22 fusion, Swing, blues and hard rock. While 429 Castro Street Ebichu Minds the House 9-10 the program, as usual, has a strong waltz San Francisco bias, the program includes everything Showing as part of the Latino Film Sunday, November 6 from elegant 18th century country and Festival. In Spanish with English subtitles. Video Games Live set dances to Viennese waltzes, polkas and “In a limbo between centuries, the www.videogameslive.com mazurkas, to cool blues fox trot and tango world is devastated by the Disenchantment. Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium to early Swing and classic Rock at this very In this fantastical context, three characters San Francisco eclectic Gathering of Kindred. As usual, all meet in the labyrinths of their dreams: 7:30 p.m. set dances will be taught or called at the Ainda, a bat-winged artist; Diego, a $20-$55 ball. filmmaker whose innocence resides in his A live concert by a full orchestra and Suggested costume is evening dress or belly button; and Ximena, an adolescent choir performing music from popular dress uniform from the century and country in full sexual awakening. Together, they video games. With an accompanying show of your “rebirth,” or modern evening dress. experience a post-modern, gender- bending that includes video, lasers, fog and live While there is no dress code for the ball loss of sexual innocence in this mystical elements. Prior to the concert, there (and we certainly don’t expect Spike to dress love story.” will be a costume contest and a video game up for the occasion!), you will see some of history exhibit. the most gorgeously costumed guests of the Sunday, November 6 With music from games including social season at this ball. Foothill Anime Mario, Zelda, Halo, Metal Gear Solid, The ball’s half-time show will be another foothill.anime.net Warcraft, Myst, Castlevania, Medal of cutting edge performance by Le Theatre des Building 5015 Honor, Sonic, Tron, Tomb Raider, Advent Vampires, the most feared theater company Foothill College Rising, Headhunter, Beyond Good & Evil, on the West Coast. Not recommended for Los Altos Hills Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, the faint of heart. Noon EverQuest II, Kingdom Hearts, God of War For those wishing to learn or practice Free and a classic arcade game medley featuring the dances before the ball, there will be an Meets the first Sunday of the month. games from Pong to Donkey Kong. optional pre-ball dance workshop (details Schedule: TBA). Honey and Clover 3-4 My:HIme 21-22 More Events Next Page 85 Monday, November 7 Registration ends November 2. Price goes up Tuesday, November 8 Lemony Snicket appearance after October 26 T.A. Barron The Booksmith Kills are to be made with water pistols, Copperfield’s Books Santa Rosa 1644 Haight Street water balloons, etc. Montgomery Village San Francisco Participants must live and work in the 2316 Montgomery Drive 7 p.m. city of San Francisco. Santa Rosa Free Free Monday, November 7 7 p.m. Monday, November 7 Bay Area Science Fiction Association Young adult fantasy author of Shadows Cal Animage Alpha The Original Hick’ry Pit on the Stars will appear. Location TBA 980 E. Campbell Ave. Univeristy of California Campbell Tuesday, November 8 (Late Monday Berkeley 8 p.m. Night) 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Free A Feast For Crows release event Free www.basfa.org. Borderlands Books Schedule: 866 Valencia Street Mar Tuesday, November 8 San Francisco Weekly: Honey & Clover The Shire of Cloondara www.borderlands-books.com SCA group 12:01 a.m. Monday, November 7 www.cloondara.org Free Streetwars: Killer Round Table Pizza Join us late Monday night/early Tuesday www.streetwars.net 5188 Geary Boulevard morning (midnight) to be among the first San Francisco San Francisco to purchase A FEAST FOR CROWS, the $35-$45 7 p.m.-9 p.m. excruciatingly anxiously awaited fourth An old fashioned game of Killer. Once Free book in George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice you pay your fee at the website, email live Group meets the second and fourth and Fire Series! We will have some give- [email protected] with your full name, Tuesdays of each month. First meeting of aways and other cool stuff for you die-hards full home address, full work address,whether the month is a business meeting, second who stay up late. you will be playing as part of a team, work is arts and sciences. Please check with schedule, 2 recent photos and contact in- contact to make sure meeting will be held formtion. Organizers will contact you. Full as scheduled before attending. details and entry information on the website. More Events Next Page 86 Tuesday, November 8 Tuesday, November 8 Diabolik, the 1967 movie based on the Ask a Scientist Newtype Anime European comic. Bazaar Cafe Room 60-61H “In psychedelic swinging 60s style, the 5927 California Street at 21st Ave. Stanford University dreaded thief (and killer) Diabolik wreaks San Francisco Palo Alto havoc on a generic European country for 7 p.m. 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. his own financial gain and amusement. Free Free With his curvaceous, superficial girlfriend Topic: From Spatial Awareness To Meeting and anime showing. This event (displaying awesome powers of wig- Consciousness is held weekly while school is in session. wearing) they deed dirty. See them face It’s hard to imagine how we would exist off against bumbling cops and revenge- without spatial awareness, yet that is exactly Wednesday-Thursday, November 9-10 seeking mafiosos to an indelible score by what many patients with stroke and other Barbarella Ennio Morricone.” forms of brain damage must do. The study Danger Diabolik of such patients has revealed new insights Castro Theater Thursday, November 10 into the role that the perception of space 429 Castro Street Thrillville’s Craxy Beatnik Party plays in producing accurate descriptions San Francisco A Bucket of Blood of the world. Lynn Robertson, author of Barbarella:Wednesday 3 p.m., 7 p.m., www.thrillville.net “Space, Objects, Brains and Minds” will Thursday 7 p.m. www.picturepubpizza.com discuss her work on spatial functions of the Danger: Diabolik: Wednesday 1 p.m., 5 Parkway Speakeasy Cinema brain and their role in perceptual aware- p.m., 9 p.m., Thursday 9 p.m. 1834 Park Blvd. ness. A new 35 mm print of Barbarella. Oakland About the Series: Ask a Scientist is a “The year is 40,000. Peacefully floating 9:15 p.m. new and different kind of lecture series. If around in zero-gravity, Barbarella (Jane $7 you love watching Nova specials and read- Fonda) is suddenly interrupted by a call It’s, like, THRILLVILLE’S CRAZY ing Scientific American at the doctor’s of- from the President of Earth. A young BEATNIK PARTY, dad, featuring Roger fice, then this event is for you. Enjoy food, scientist, Duran-Duran, is threatening Corman’s ginchy 1959 beat horror comedy drinks, socializing, and conversation about universal peace and Barbarella is the chosen classic A BUCKET OF BLOOD plus the the universe’s most fascinating mysteries! one to save the world. During her mission, poetic beat jazz sounds of ARUNDO live she never finds herself in a situation where on stage! Like, Kookysville, man! it isn’t possible to lose at least part of her Send your items for inclusion in our already minimal dressing. calendar section to: In a double feature with Danger: More Events Next Page 87 Thursday, November 10 Friday, November 11 Double feature with 1977 action movie Charles Burns AnimeFX showing Sorcerer at 7 p.m. Diesel, A Bookstore HSS Building Room 135 5433 College Avenue San Francisco State University Friday-Saturday, November 11-12 Oakland San Francisco The NeverEnding Story 510-653-9965 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Aquarius Theatre 7:30 p.m. Free 430 Emerson Street Free Meets weekly during the school year. Palo Alto Midnight Thursday, November 10 – Saturday, Friday, November 11 Running as part of the theater’s November 12 Charles Burns appearance Midnight Madness program. The Rocky Horror Show-Starring The Booksmith The Rocky Horror Picture Show Cast of 1644 Haight Street Friday-Saturday, November 11-12 Barely Legal’s Own Draven Corvus San Francisco Enter the Dragon The Missouri Street Theater and Arts Time: TBD Landmark’s Act 1 & 2 Academy Free 2128 Center Street 1125 Missouri St Berkeley Fairfield Ca, 94533 Friday, November 11 Midnight Ticket Info: 707-422-1598 The Keep $18-$20 Castro Theater I only have very sketchy information 429 Castro Street More Events Next Page on this, so please call to confirm before San Francisco attending. 9:15 p.m. Through November 12, there are shows Based on the novel by Paul Wilson. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. “Set in a Romanian village during which are general audience shows with no WWII, invading German soldiers release AP lines. a supernatural force from a centuries-old Friday and Saturday at midnight is fortress. As soldiers are fatally consumed, a mature audiences show with AP lines a mysterious stranger appears to battle the encouraged. A survival kit will be sold being. Eerie and dreamlike, this horror Send your items for inclusion in our for the midnight shows. Alcohol sold. No fable is filled with Michael Mann’s expert calendar section to: midnight show on Thursday. use of sound and image.” [email protected] 88 Saturday, November 12 tival. In addition to the title story and Black Saturday, November 12 8th Anniversary Sale Hair, they will also be performing The Bell Paheli Borderlands Books of Dojoji, Dancing in California and a new Castro Theater 866 Valencia Street work. 429 Castro Street San Francisco Aoki is a wonderful performer, using San Francisco www.borderlands-books.com her voice and acting skills to bring to life 8:15 p.m. Noon - 8 p.m. traditional Japanese ghost stories with Izu Showing as part of the 3rd i Film Festival Free providing musical accompaniment. In Hindi with English subtitles. Borderlands will be celebrating our 8th I suspect that Mermaid Meat is based on “Come Celebrate Bollywood at the anniversary on Saturday, November 12th the same traditional story that Rumiko Taka- Castro!! by having a big one-day sale. Buy any two hashi used as the basis for her Mermaid Forest “With its star-studded cast, (irresistible used books and get a third one of equal or manga so anime fans might be particularly Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee), lesser value for free! Collectable books are interested in this show. fantasy sets, endearing musical scores, not included in this deal but they will be Paheli is a delightful Bollywood folk tale, 10% off all day long, and finally, everything Saturday, November 12 wherein a ghost falls in love with a bride.” else in the store will be 20% off (artwork, No Name Anime employees, and cat excluded, sorry). www.nnanime.com Saturday, November 12 Saratoga Library SF Browncoats Friday and Saturday, November 11-12 13650 Saratoga Ave. sfbrowncoats.com Mermaid Meat Saratoga Cafe Murano Kanbar Hall 12:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. or so San Francisco Jewish Community Center3200 California Free Noon Street Showing Final Fantasy XII: Advent Free San Francisco Children. Serenity/Firefly fan group. Meets every Tickets: www.jccsf.org/arts second Saturday of each month. $25 Join the yahoo group from the link on Brenda Wong Aoki and Mark Izu present their website for schedule updates. Mermaid Meat: The Secret to Immortality and other Japanese ghost stories. I can't recommend this highly enough. See my review in issue two of the perfor- mance of Black Hair at the SF Theater Fes- 89 Saturday, November 12 Saturday, November 12 Sunday, November 13 Steven Erikson No Name Anime Showing Speculative Fiction Book Club Borderlands Books Saratoga Library Kepler’s Books 866 Valencia Street 13650 Saratoga Ave. Venue reopened, but no information San Francisco Saratoga is available on whether the book club will www.borderlands-books.com 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. or so resume. 3 p.m. Free Free Sunday, November 13 Borderlands’ customers were some Saturday – Sunday, November 12-13 Gay Men’s Science Fiction Book Club of the first fantasy readers in the United Robot Fighting League 2005 National Borderlands Books States to go crazy for Steven Erikson’s Championship www.borderlands-books.com MALAZAN BOOKS OF THE FALLEN www.botleague.com 866 Valencia St. -- and now you can meet the author. From combots.net/index San Francisco Books at Transworld: “His debut fantasy Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason Center 6 p.m. novel, GARDENS OF THE MOON, San Francisco Free was acclaimed for its combination of $20 This month’s book is Marooned in Re- originality and intelligent, strong and Noon – 11 p.m. altime by Vernor Vinge. Please contact the exciting storytelling, singling out its author group leader, Christopher Rodriquez at as a writer destined to rank alongside . . Saturday and Sunday, November 12-13 [email protected] for more infor- . giants of the genre. The first in a truly Creation’s Salute to Sci-Fi TV mation. epic series chronicling the ill-fated Malazan Wyndham San Jose Empire, GARDENS OF THE MOON 1350 N. First Street Monday, November 14 also took the internet by storm and had San Jose Cal Animage Alpha fans falling over themselves to praise this $35 Location TBA brilliant debut.” Erikson will be signing Special packages available for $139-249.00 Univeristy of California copies of the third book in the series, the Guests include actors Gigi Edgely, Berkeley US hardcover of MEMORIES OF ICE. Michael Shanks (Sunday only) and Don 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet Davis (Saturday only). Free the world-maker in person! Schedule: Zipang Weekly: Honey & Clover More Events Next Page 90 Monday, November 14 Thursday, November 17 Friday-Saturday, November 18-19 Bay Area Science Fiction Association George R. R. Martin Appearance Enter the Dragon The Original Hick’ry Pit Stacy’s Books Aquarius Theatre 980 E. Campbell Ave. 581 Market Street 430 Emerson Street Campbell San Francisco Palo Alto 8 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Midnight Free Free Running as part of the theater’s www.basfa.org. Midnight Madness program. Friday, November 18 Tuesday, November 15 George R. R. Martin Appearance Friday-Saturday, November 18-19 Newtype Anime Kepler’s Books The Neverending Story Room 60-61H 1010 East Camino Real Landmark’s Act 1 & 2 Stanford University Menlo Park 2128 Center Street Palo Alto Free Berkeley 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. Venue reopened. Midnight Free Meeting and anime showing. This event Friday, October 21 Saturday, November 19 is held weekly while school is in session. USS Defiance Meeting Amber Benson and Christopher Golden Round Table Pizza author event Wednesday, November 16 Howe Avenue The Booksmith George R. R. Martin Appearance Sacramento 1644 Haight Street Copperfield’s Books 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. San Francisco 140 Kentucky St. Free 7 p.m. Petaluma Free 7 p.m. Friday, November 18 The Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress will Free George R. R. Martin Appearance sign copies of Ghosts of Albion: Accursed, a The author of A Feast for Crows will Bay Book Co. book that was co-written with Christopher sign. Half Moon Bay Golden. 7:00 p.m. Free

More Events Next Page 91 Sunday, November 20 Monday, November 21 is arts and sciences. Please check with Mark von Schlegell Cal Animage Alpha contact to make sure meeting will be held Borderlands Books Location TBA as scheduled before attending. www.borderlands-books.com Univeristy of California 866 Valencia St. Berkeley Tuesday, November 22 San Francisco 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Newtype Anime 36 p.m. Free Room 60-61H Free Schedule: Stanford University From the publisher: “An American-born Sosei no Aquarion Palo Alto recent ex-patriot to Germany. . .Mark von Weekly: Honey & Clover 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. Schlegell’s fiction deftly scrambles the codes Free of traditional science-fiction and fantasy with Monday, November 21 Meeting and anime showing. This event high literature and philosophy, generating a Bay Area Science Fiction Association is held weekly while school is in session. psychedelic weave of theory and pulp tradi- The Original Hick’ry Pit tion. His SF and otherworldly ficto-criti- 980 E. Campbell Ave. Friday, November 25 cism appears regularly in the international Campbell Legion of Rassilon art underground -- from Brazil to Auckland 8 p.m. Doctor Who fan group to Berlin. VENUSIA, the inaugural volume Free Carl’s Junior of The System Series, is his first novel.” www.basfa.org. 2551 N. First Street San Jose Sunday, November 20 Tuesday, November 22 7:30 p.m. Science Fiction Book Club The Shire of Cloondara Free Borderlands Books SCA group Showing episodes of the new Dr. Who www.borderlands-books.com www.cloondara.org series, news, discussion of recent movies 866 Valencia St. Round Table Pizza and a raffle. San Francisco 5188 Geary Boulevard 6 p.m. San Francisco More Events Next Page Free 7 p.m.-9 p.m. This month’s book is Tamsin by Peter Free Beagle. The author will visit. Please contact Group meets the second and fourth Send your items for inclusion in our Jude at [email protected] Tuesdays of each month. First meeting of calendar section to: for more information. the month is a business meeting, second [email protected] 92 Saturday, November 26 Monday, November 28 October 31) USS Augusta Ada Cal Animage Alpha Play video games, see live bands, and http://trek.starshine.org Location TBA other stuff. See the website for more Round Table Pizza Univeristy of California details. 5160 Geary Blvd. Berkeley San Francisco 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Saturday, December 3 1 p.m. Free Bay Area Games Day Free Schedule: davekohr.best.vwh.net/gamesday Star Trek group. Meets fourth Saturday Initial D: The 4th Stage Los Altos Library of the month. Weekly: Honey & Clover Los Altos Free Saturday, November 26 Monday, November 28 Regular event featuring German-style Roman Dirge appearance Bay Area Science Fiction Association strategy boardgames like Settlers of Catan, Hobby Monkey The Original Hick’ry Pit Avalon Hill-type multiplayer games, lots of 10000 Fairway Drive #140 980 E. Campbell Ave. cardgames, and historical board wargames. Roseville Campbell Free 8 p.m. Saturday, December 3 Creator of Lenore and Haunted Man- Free Jingles tion. www.basfa.org. SCA Event Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto Monday, November 28 Tuesday, November 29 505 East Charleston Road Star Wars Book Authors A Zathura Science Spectacular with the Mad Palo Alto Copperfield’s Petaluma Scientists 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. 140 Kentucky Street Kepler’s Books $15 Petaluma Cancelled. Venue Closed Yule revel. Choir, feast, bell 7 p.m. competition, classes, a play, more. Email Free December 2-4 [email protected] for tickets and Steven Sansweet, Peter Vilmur and Game and Music Experience information. Pablo Hidalgo will sign two new Star Wars- www.experiencegame.com related books, Star Wars Poster Book and Moscone Center Star Wars Chronicles. San Francisco $20 -$35 (discount if registering before More Events Next Page 93 Sunday, December 4 MONSTER MASH featuring the original Saturday, December 10 Foothill Anime exotic Japanese monster-piece MOTHRA Wintershoppingland foothill.anime.net (1962) in a brand new print plus the Hayward Centennial Hall Building 5015 soothing, swaying sounds of THE MAIKAI 22292 Foothill Blvd. Foothill College GENTS with THE MYSTERIOUS MISS Hayward Los Altos Hills MAUNA LOA live on stage! www.wintershoppingland.com Noon 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Free Friday, December 9 $2 (Free 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.) Meets the first Sunday of the month. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me This is an anime event organized by the Castro Theater group that puts on Yaoi Con and Tales of Monday, December 5 429 Castro Street Anime. Costume contest, dealers room, Bay Area Science Fiction Association San Francisco programming to be announced. www.basfa.org 9:40 p.m. The Original Hick’ry Pit “In this challenging prequel to the TV Saturday, December 10 980 E. Campbell Ave. series, the film begins with the investigation No Name Anime Campbell by FBI agents into the murder of waitress www.nnanime.com 8 p.m. Teresa Banks. One year later, the sordid Saratoga Library Free events of Laura Palmer’s double-life are 13650 Saratoga Ave. www.basfa.org. depicted, gradually intensifying into an Saratoga all-out nightmare. Beyond what the series 12:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. or so Thursday, December 8 ever did, the film detaches itself from any Free Thrillville’s Holiday Tiki Monster Mash connection to reality; the result is Lynch’s Showing Godzilla: Final Wars. Mothra most controversial film.” Double feature The new Godzilla movie. It’s awsome. www.thrillville.net with Mullholland Drive. You should go to this show. All of you. www.picturepubpizza.com Bring your friends. Parkway Speakeasy Cinema Saturday December 10 1834 Park Blvd. Beaconsgate Boar Hunt and Feast Oakland Province of the Mists 9:15 p.m. SCA Event $7 provinceofthemists.org Aloha and season’s greetings! Welcome Contact the autocrat for more informa- to THRILLVILLE’S HOLIDAY TIKI tion. More Events Next Page 94 Saturday, December 10 Sunday, December 11 Monday, December 12 SF Browncoats Dune Bay Area Science Fiction Association sfbrowncoats.com Castro Theater The Original Hick’ry Pit Cafe Murano 429 Castro Street 980 E. Campbell Ave. San Francisco San Francisco Campbell Noon 4:20 p.m., 9:20 p.m. 8 p.m. Free The 1984 David Lynch version, Free Serenity/Firefly fan group. Meets every “The desert planet Arrakis—we enter www.basfa.org. second Saturday of each month. the year 10191 and the whole universe Join the yahoo group from the link on depends on the spice Melange which exists Wednesday, December 14 their website for schedule updates. only on this dry and desolate planet. Its Petaluma Book Club natives await the arrival of their Messiah Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury Sunday, December 11 who will lead them into a holy war against Copperfield’s Petaluma Gay Men’s Science Fiction Book Club the evil Harkonnen Empire. So sets the 140 Kentucky Street Borderlands Books stage for Lynch’s bizarre, truly otherworldly Petaluma www.borderlands-books.com vision of Frank Herbert’s saga.” 6:30 p.m. 866 Valencia St. Double feature with The Elephant Free San Francisco Man. This general fiction book group will 6 p.m. be reading Dandelion wine this month. Free Sunday, December 11 Call Mat Brown at (707) 762-0563 or This month’s book is To Your Scattered Sacramento Comic, Toy & Anime Show Railey Album at (707) 766-7056 for more Bodies Go by Phlip Jose Farmer. Please con- www.sacramentocomics.com information. tact the group leader, Christopher Rodriquez Scottish Rite Center at [email protected] for more infor- 6151 H Street mation. Sacramento 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. $5.00 Dealer’s room, anime viewing room, con- tests, Yugioh & Magic tournaments, cosplay contest at 2 p.m.

More Events Next Page 95 Thursday, December 15 December 17- January 29, 2006 December 23 The Nightmare Before Christmas Lestat Mirrormask www.picturepubpizza.com Curran Theater Red Vic Parkway Speakeasy Cinema 445 Geary 1727 Haight 1834 Park Blvd. San Francisco San Francisco Oakland Tickets on sale October 30. Musical 9:15 p.m. based on Anne Rice’s Interview with the Monday, December 26 $6 Vampire and The Vampire Lestat. Music Bay Area Science Fiction Association The REEL CULT FREAKOUT by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin. The Original Hick’ry Pit presents Tim Burton’s ghoulish holiday 980 E. Campbell Ave. stop-motion classic A NIGHTMARE Sunday, December 18 Campbell BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993) - trivia, Science Fiction Book Club 8 p.m. prizes and more freaky festive fun! Borderlands Books Free www.borderlands-books.com www.basfa.org. Friday, December 16 866 Valencia St. USS Defiance Meeting San Francisco Saturday, January 7 Round Table Pizza 6 p.m. Twelfth Night Coronation Howe Avenue Free SCA Event Sacramento This month’s book is Cat's Cradle www.westkingdom.org/calendar/12th_ 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. by Kurt Vonegut. Please contact Jude at night2006.php Free [email protected] for more San Jose Doubletree Inn information. 2050 Gateway Blvd. Saturday and Sunday, December 17-18 San Jose Japantown Anime Faire 3 Monday, December 19 $15-$20 Japantown Bay Area Science Fiction Association Meet and greet at the hotel bar on Friday San Francisco The Original Hick’ry Pit night. Merchants, Fine arts, practical science www.jtaf.com 980 E. Campbell Ave. and wooden spoon competitions. 6 p.m. Campbell Fun local anime convention with anime 8 p.m. showings, dealer’s room, costume contest, Free Send your items for inclusion in our panels. www.basfa.org. calendar section to: [email protected]

96 Thursday, January 12 Sunday, January 15, 2006 SHOW featuring Vincent Price, Frankie Thrillville’s Sexy Sword ‘n’ Sorcery Show Science Fiction Book Club Avalon, a crazy car chase thru San The 7th Voyage of Sinbad Borderlands Books Francisco and an army of alluring androids www.thrillville.net www.borderlands-books.com in DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE BIKINI www.picturepubpizza.com 866 Valencia St. MACHINE (1965) - live burlesque act Parkway Speakeasy Cinema San Francisco TBA! 1834 Park Blvd. 6 p.m. Oakland Free February 10-12 2006 9:15 p.m. This month’s book is The Stars My Desti- Wondercon $7 nation by Alfred Bester. Please contact Jude The Moscone Center The Cyclops, the Swashbuckling at [email protected] for San Francisco Skeleton, the Roc, the Dragon, the Snake more information. Comic book convention with anime, Woman, the Evil Warlock and the teeny summer movie previews, panels, dealers, tiny Genie all come to magical life in Ray January 19-23, 2006 costume contest, more. Harryhausen’s colorful fantasy classic THE Further Confusion 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1958) plus San Jose Doubletree February 17-20, 2006 the sword-swirling sorcery of the Bay Area’s www.furtherconfusion.org Dundracon bodacious belly-dancing troupe CLAN- $40 San Ramon Marriott DESTINE live on stage! Furry convention with an emphasis on 2600 Bishop Drive art. Dealer’s room, programming, anime. San Ramon Saturday, January 14, 2006 www.dundracon.com SacAnime 2006 Thursday, February 9 $? www.sacramentocomics.com Thrillville’s Sexy Sci-Fi Valentine’s Show Gaming convention. Scottish Rite Center Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine 6151 H Street www.thrillville.net February 17-20, 2006 Sacramento www.picturepubpizza.com PantheaCon 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Parkway Speakeasy Cinema San Jose Doubletree $5.00 1834 Park Blvd. Pagan convention. Workshops, lectures, Dealer’s room, anime viewing room, con- Oakland performances, rituals, vendors, drumming, tests, Yugioh & Magic tournaments, cosplay 9:15 p.m. dancing, costume contest. contest. $7 It’s a SEXY SCI-FI SPY VALENTINE’S 97 February 19, 2006 Tickets: $15.00 in advance (by February including the premiere of the ballet from Science Fiction Book Club 28) the controversial new opera “Sappho,” Borderlands Books At the door: $20.00 choreographed by the celebrated Mme. www.borderlands-books.com Don’t let those wild rumors of an Opera Giry for the Peerless Ballet. 866 Valencia St. Ghost keep you from attending the social Refreshments will be served throughout San Francisco event of the season, the Opera Ball of the the evening (Since we lack the catering 6 p.m. Paris Opera Populaire. This is destined to be budget of the Paris Opera Populaire, Free the most spectacular of all our masquerade your potluck contributions will be deeply This month’s book is Wonderland by balls and Management assures you that appreciated). Joyce Carol Oates. Please contact Jude at “Everything is under control.” [email protected] for more Our special guests - Monsieur Frank Thursday, March 9 information. Beau Davis, that American trumpet Thrillville’sHipster Holocaust Blow-Out virtuoso and his brilliant Brassworks Band Panic in the Year Zero March 3-5 2006 from San Francisco, will play an evening of www.thrillville.net Consonace 2006 opera and ballet tunes arranged for ballroom www.picturepubpizza.com www.consonance.org/ dancing and brilliant Viennese Waltzes, Parkway Speakeasy Cinema Crowne Plaza Silicon Valley polkas, mazurkas, schottisches, reels, and 1834 Park Blvd. 777 Bellew Drive quadrilles. All set dances will be taught or Oakland Milpitas called and there will a pre-ball dance class to 9:15 p.m. Memberships: $35 to 10/31/05, $40 to help you brush up on your mid-Victorian $7 2/18/06, $45 at door dance skills. And, of course, they will play It’s a HIPSTER HOLOCAUST Filk convention. Guests: Bill & those perennial favorites, “The Congress of BLOW-OUT featuring Ray Milland and Gretchen Roper, Marty Coady Fabish, Vienna Waltz” and “Sir Roger de Coverley” once again, Frankie Avalon in a torrid tale Puzzlebox, Chris Conway (with a distinctly Wagnerian edge). of post-nuked LA survival, PANIC IN Suggested costume for this gala event is THE YEAR ZERO (1960)! With explosive Saturday, March 4, 2006 Victorian evening or ball dress (circa 1860’s- cocktail swingers Johnny and Gin of THE The Phantom of the Opera Ball 80’s), period fancy dress, or modern evening ATOMIC LOUNGE SHOW live on PEERS Event dress. Masks are strongly suggested. stage! Masonic Lodge of San Mateo The fashionable young gentlemen of the Doors Open: 7:00 p.m. Jockey Club will be pleased to know that Dance lesson: 7:15 p.m. evening’s entertainment includes operatic Dancing begins: 8:00 p.m. and ballet excerpts by the company, More Events Next Page 98 March 17–April 16, 2006 March 19, 2006 Guests may also attend as their favorite Zorro Science Fiction Book Club cartoon character (vintage or modern!). Berkeley Repertory Theater Borderlands Books “The dazzlingly versatile Divertimento written and performed by Culture Clash www.borderlands-books.com Dance Orchestra will play a multi-period The Roda Theatre 866 Valencia St. program of beautiful and energetic dance 2025 Addison Street San Francisco music from both classic and modern Berkeley 6 p.m. cartoons. Dance classic waltzes and polkas, From their website: Free ragtime teens and 20’s dances, 30’s and 40’s “California was born from a clash of This month’s book is Declare by Swing and fox trot, stirring marches, and cultures, and now Culture Clash explodes Tim Powers. Please contact Jude at a variety of other ballroom and set dances the romantic myths surrounding its [email protected] for more at this wildly varied event. For us diehard creation. Following their 2002 hit, Culture information. dancers, there will be DJ dance music Clash in AmeriCCa, these missionaries of of some truly off-the-wall but extremely mayhem return to Berkeley Rep with the Saturday, April 1, 2006 danceable cartoon music during the world premiere of Zorro. Employing their The Toon Town Hop intermissions. usual irreverence, the trio takes on this PEERS Event “There will be a light buffet of T.V. legend to explore questions of homeland Masonic Lodge of San Mateo snacks – everything your mother said was security in the Wild West—when Anglo- Doors Open: 7 p.m. bad for you (and she was probably right) Americans struggled with such issues as Dance lesson: 7:15 p.m. and complimentary non-alcholic drinks. Mexican immigration, Indian gambling Dancing begins: 8:00 p.m. Contributions to the buffet are, as always, and a governor born on foreign soil. At Tickets: $15.00 in advance (by March 25) very welcome. Intermission entertainment long last, it’s a Latin look behind the mask At the door: $20.00 includes vintage dance performances by the of this mainstream icon invented by an Irish From their website: Peers Flying CirCUS and a cartoon music American. Zorro rides out of the pages of “As any cartoon aficionado can tell sing-along.” pulp fiction, through the Hollywood image you, some of the best film music actually machine and beyond the barriers of class, appears in cartoons. In celebration of the race and ethnicity to become a hero for classic age of cartoons, we invite you to More Events Next Page the oppressed in every land. Both history the Toon Town Hop, a vintage dance ball and histrionics play a role when Zorro is inspired by the best cartoon music of the unsheathed!” 20th century. Send your items for inclusion in our “Suggested costume is vintage or modern calendar section to: evening dress (Mouse ears optional!). [email protected] 99 Thursday, April 13 Sunday, April 24, 2006 1834 Park Blvd. Thrillville’s Ninth Anniversary Show 3DB Con Oakland Forbidden Planet www.threedollarbill.com/3DBcon 9:15 p.m. www.thrillville.net Three Dollar Bill Cafe1800 Market Street $7 www.picturepubpizza.com San Francisco It’s a MAD MEXICAN MONSTER Parkway Speakeasy Cinema 10 a.m.-10 p.m. MASH featuring the lurid South of 1834 Park Blvd. $10 the Border clas-sick NIGHT OF THE Oakland Game Convention. BLOODY APES (1969), with masked 9:15 p.m. female wrestlers vs a rampaging rapist $7 Saturday, May 6, 2006 apeman and his evil mad scientist creator! It’s THRILLVILLE’S NINTH The Fairy Tale Masquerade Ball Live opening act TBA! ANNIVERSARY SHOW featuring the Masonic Lodge of San Mateo Admission: $7 all-time sci-fi favorite FORBIDDEN Doors Open: 7:00 p.m. PLANET (1956) and spaced out theremin Dance lesson: 7:15 p.m. May 21, 2006 lounge band PROJECT PIMENTO live Dancing begins: 8:00 p.m. Science Fiction Book Club on stage! Tickets: $15.00 in advance (by April 29, Borderlands Books 2006) www.borderlands-books.com April 16, 2006 At the door: $20.00 866 Valencia St. Science Fiction Book Club San Francisco Borderlands Books May 11-14, 2006 6 p.m. www.borderlands-books.com World Horror Con 2006 Free 866 Valencia St. Gateway Holiday Inn This month’s book is the graphic novel San Francisco www.whc2006.org Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. 6 p.m. The world horror con comes to the bay Please contact Jude at jfeldman@borderlands- Free area. books.com for more information. This month’s book is Dark Beyond The Stars by local author Frank Robinson. Thursday, May 11 Author will visit. Please contact Jude at Thrillville’s Mad Mexican Monster Mash [email protected] for more Night of the Bloody Apes information. www.thrillville.net www.picturepubpizza.com Parkway Speakeasy Cinema 100 May 26-29, 2006 August 4-6 2006 November 4, 2006 Fanime Con Anime Overdose 2006 Le Bal des Vampires San Jose Convention Center www.animeod.com PEERS San Jose San Francisco Venue: TBD www.fanime.com $30 to ?, $45 at door No information as yet for this just The largest annual anime convention Anime convention. announced vampire-theme ball event. in the Bay Area. Dealer's room, panels, costume contest, multiple tracks of anime, Saturday, September 2, 2006 July 6-9, 2007 Asian films, J-pop concert, much more. Captain Morgan’s Privateers (We Ain’t Pirates Westercon 60: Gnomeward Bound No More) Ball DoubleTree Hotel May 26-29, 2006 PEERS Event San Jose Baycon Masonic Lodge of San Mateo San Jose Doubletree Inn Doors Open: 7:00 p.m. San Jose Dance Lesson: 7:15 p.m. www.baycon.org Dancing begins: 8:00 p.m. $45 until August 31 Tickets: $15.00 in advance (by August 26, The largest annual general SF convention 2006) in the Bay area. Dealer's room, panels, cos- Tickets: $20.00 at the door tume contest, anime room, much more. September 8-10, 2006 May 26-29 2006 Creation Salutes Star Trek: Kublacon The 40th Anniversary Celebration Burlingame Hyatt Regency Doubletree Hotel 1333 Bayshore Highway Sacramento Burlingame 2001 Point West Way Guests: TBA. Sacremento Memberships: TBA. Memberships: Gold Weekend Package: Gaming convention. $399. Creation brings William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy to Sacramento. And no, that’s not a typo on the price. Cheaper packages will be announced later. 101