NORWESCON 34 The Pacific Northwest’s Premier Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention Fantasy of the Mind Pocket Program & Event Description The Pacific Northwest’s Premier Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention April 21 - 24, 2011 © Kinuko Y. Craft © Kinuko Y. Craft The Convention Committee Wishes to Welcome You to Norwescon 34! This pocket program contains information on the location and schedules for events and services that are available throughout the convention. For more information on these events, look in our Program Book or visit the information table located in the convention space lobby. Also remember to check out the Daily ’Zine for announcements and changes and updates to the programming schedule. Again, we, the Norwescon ConCom, hope you have a great time! POCKET PROGRAM TEAM Publications Director Design & Layout Editor Programming Felice Nightengale Gayle MacArthur Andrea Howe SunnyJim Morgan TABLE OF CONTENTS HOURS OF OPERATION Hours of Operation . 3 Art Auction (Grand Ballroom 2) Gaming, Scheduled (Cascade 11/12) Thursday Programming . 4 Sunday 11:30 am – 2 pm Thursday 1 pm - 1 am Friday 9 am – 1 am Friday Programming . 16 Art Show (Grand Ballroom 1) Saturday 9 am – 1 am Sunday 9 am – 4 pm Autograph Sessions . 37 Friday 10 am – 8 pm Saturday 10 am – 7 pm (Bidding closes Saturday Programming . 38 Saturday at 7:00 pm) Gaming, Open (Rotunda 1 and 2) Sunday 10 am – 3 pm (Only open for direct Thursday 1 pm – 6 am Sunday Programming . 59 sales) Friday 8 am – 6 am Panel Listing by Subject . 69 Saturday 8 am – 6 am Artists’ Alley (hallways to wing 7 and Sunday 8 am – 4 pm Exhibiting Artists & Artists’ Alley Participants . 88 wing 6) Dealers & Lobby Tables . 89 Thursday 4 – 6 pm Hospitality (Olympic 3) Friday 9 am – 6 pm Thursday Noon – 4 pm, 6 – 11 pm Video Programming . 90 Saturday 9 am – 6 pm Friday 9 am – 4 pm, 6 – 11 pm Where Things Are . 94 Sunday 10 am – 2 pm Saturday 9 am – 4 pm, 6 – 11 pm Sunday 9 am – 4 pm Map 1st Floor . 95 Cloak Room & Lost and Found (7101) Map 2nd Floor . 96 Thursday Noon – Sunday 6 pm Registration (lobby) Thursday Noon – 10 pm Map Wings . 97 Convention Office (7106) Friday 9 am – 10 pm Saturday 9 am – 10 pm Map 14th Floor—Maxi’s Lounge . 98 Thursday 9 am – 10 pm Friday 9 am – 10 pm Sunday 9 am – 5 pm Saturday 9 am – 10 pm Sunday 9 am – 3 pm SMACdown Arcade (7110) Thursday 3 pm – 1 am Convention Security Friday 10 am – 1 am Available by calling 77108 from any house Saturday 10 am – 1 am phone Sunday 10 am – 2 pm Dealers’ Room (Northwest Ballrooms) Volunteer Lounge (Olympic 2) Thursday 4 – 8 pm Thursday 3 – 10 pm Friday 11 am – 6 pm Friday 9 am – 11 pm Saturday 11 am – 6 pm Saturday 9 am – 11 pm Sunday 11 am – 4 pm Sunday 9 am – Noon A7622 2 APRIL 21-24, 2011 | NORWESCON 34 NORWESCON 34 | APRIL 21-24, 2011 3 THURSDAY PROGRAMMING THURSDAY PROGRAMMING 12 noon 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 2:30 pm Room Cascade 3 Cascade 4 Cascade 5 & 6 Cascade 7 Cascade 8 Cascade 9 Cascade 10 4 Cascade Scheduled Gaming 1 pm - 1 am 11 & 12 Cascade 13 Evergreen 1 & 2 Evergreen 3 & 4 Baby Lounge Olympic 1 Movie: The Last Unicorn Quiet Hour Grand 1 Artist Show Grand Ballroom 2 Grand Ballroom 3 Maxi’s Ballroom Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am4 Rotunda 1 Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am4 Rotunda 2 Salon Presidential Suite 4 APRIL 21-24, 2011 | NORWESCON 34 NORWESCON 34 | APRIL 21-24, 2011 5 THURSDAY PROGRAMMING THURSDAY PROGRAMMING Room 3 pm 3:30 pm 4 pm 4:30 pm 5 pm 5:30 pm 6 pm 6:30 pm 7 pm 8 pm 8:30 pm Room Mike Cascade 3 Alma Ted Butler Jean Larry Lewis Shepherd Kevin Cascade 3 Alexander Johnson Moscoe Radthorne Cascade 4 Fantastical Forgeless The New Nukes Next Cascade 4 Armor & Props Door Flights of Victorian Fancy Cascade Cascade 5 & 6 Biological Inspirations Series 5: Doctor Who Star Trek Universe Update 5 & 6 Cascade 7 Thursday Afternoon Tips for Giving a Good Does This Bustle Make Cascade 7 Poetry Comparative Religions Reading My Butt Look Big? Cascade 8 Making Your Futuristic Organize Your Sewing Fan Fic/Fan Art: Cascade 8 Costume Finding Inspiration Area Where to Find It Cascade 9 Sci-Fi Does Climate Best Board Games for Theme: What’s the Real Cascade 9 Gaming File 13 Change Nongamers Story? 4 Cascade 10 Low-Budget Special Low-Budget Special Living Stage and SF/F Cascade 10 Effects 4 Effects Cascade 4 4 4 4 Cascade 11 & 12 Scheduled Gaming 1 pm - 1 am Scheduled Gaming 1 pm - 1 am 11 & 12 Cascade 13 Activism Through SF/F 4 4 Cascade 13 Writing & Art Clay-O-Rama Clay-O-Rama Steampunk Art Evergreen Paranormal Romance or Evergreen 1 & 2 Opening Ceremonies Urban Fantasy? 1 & 2 Evergreen CRIME and the Forces Evergreen 3 & 4 of Evil 3 & 4 Baby Lounge Olympic 1 Quiet Hour Magnificent Mosaics Origami Magic Olympic 1 Grand 1 Grand 1 Artist Show Artist Show Grand 4 4 Grand Ballroom 2 Banquet Banquet Ballroom 2 Grand Grand Ballroom 3 Ballroom 3 Maxi’s Maxi’s Ballroom Norwescon Dance Academy Ballroom Rotunda 1 4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am 4 4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am Rotunda 1 Rotunda 2 4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am 4 4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am Rotunda 2 Salon Salon Presidential Presidential Suite Suite 6 APRIL 21-24, 2011 | NORWESCON 34 NORWESCON 34 | APRIL 21-24, 2011 7 THURSDAY PROGRAMMING THURSDAY PROGRAMMING Room 9 pm 10 pm 11 pm 12 midnight 1 am 2 am Room Cascade 3 Friends of Bill W. Cascade 3 Cascade 4 LARP: Put Live Action Cascade 4 Geriatric Batman Into Your Gaming Cascade How the ’Net Changed Cascade 5 & 6 Alien Biology the Dating Scene 5 & 6 Cascade 7 Dementors, Specters, and Cascade 7 Nazgul, Oh My! Arsenic and Old Lakes Cascade 8 I Could Do Better Than Cascade 8 Fantastic Fantasy Females Zombie Rules That Cascade 9 Not Just for White Boys Cascade 9 Best of Steampunk Anymore Cascade 10 Let’s Make a Movie: Intro! Cascade 10 4 Cascade 4 Scheduled Gaming Cascade 11 & 12 Scheduled Gaming 1 pm - 1 am 1 pm - 1 am 11 & 12 Cascade 13 Artists’ Jam Swashbuckling Adventures Cascade 13 Evergreen Evergreen Government of the Fen, Ladyhawke 1 & 2 by the Fen Midnight Movie: 1 & 2 Evergreen Evergreen Electric Children Andrew Ross Open Filk4 4Open Filk 3 & 4 U1797 3 & 4 Olympic 1 Olympic 1 Grand 1 Grand 1 Artist Show Artist Show Grand 4 4 Grand Ballroom 2 Lazer Tag Lazer Tag Ballroom 2 Grand 4 4 Grand Ballroom 3 Thursday Night Hoedown Thursday Night Hoedown Ballroom 3 Maxi’s Maxi’s Ballroom Ballroom Rotunda 1 Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am4 4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am Rotunda 1 Rotunda 2 Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am4 4Open Gaming 1 pm - 6 am Rotunda 2 Salon Salon Presidential Presidential Suite Suite 8 APRIL 21-24, 2011 | NORWESCON 34 NORWESCON 34 | APRIL 21-24, 2011 9 THURSDAY PROGRAMMING THURSDAY PROGRAMMING Scheduled Gaming Making Your Futuristic Costume Biological Inspirations for SF Banquet 5-7 pm Grand 2 1 pm-1 am Cascade 11 & 12 Truly Futuristic 4 pm Cascade 8 5 pm Cascade 5 & 6 Come and see what we’re playing and Let’s see if we can group design a really Mining biology for story ideas Ted Butler Reads Endeavour Great sign up for a game or two! realistic future look. Pat MacEwen, Eva Carlstrom, Annie Circle Ship 5:30 pm Cascade 3 Janet Borkowski, Cherie Lovell, Garth Morton, Janet Freeman Adventure sci-fi Thursday Movie Matinee: The Last Stubbs, Richard Stephens Ted Butler Unicorn 1-2:30 pm Olympic 1 Comparative Religions: Past, Present, LouAnna Valentine Gaming File 13 4 pm Cascade 9 Future and Fictional Jean Johnson Reads Theirs Not to The best ideas you haven’t been able to 5 pm Cascade 7 Reason Why: An Officer’s Duty 6 pm SMACdown Arcade use. A respectful discussion of faith, fandom Cascade 3 1 pm-1 am 7110 Eric Cagle, Dustin J Gross, Randall N. and genre fiction Book 2 in a futuristic military science- Retro video game arcade hosted by Bills Rev. Matthew Smith, Beth Runnerwolf, fiction series SMACdown, a local club that collects MC-3PO, Rachael Kenoyer Jean Johnson video games. Activism Through SF/Fantasy Writing Todd Clark, Richard Godwin, Gil Ruta, and Art 4 pm Cascade 13 Finding Inspiration 5 pm Cascade 8 The New Nukes Next Door Dave Okert Can art change the world? How to develop ideas and create 6 pm Cascade 4 Larry Lewis, Anina Bennett, Wayfarer’s compelling subject matter, and what to Nuclear power is making a comeback Open Gaming Moon, Paul Guinan do when you find yourself stuck worldwide. What might happen in the 1 pm-6 am Rotunda 1 & 2 Liv Rainey-Smith, Todd Lockwood, near future? Tables for convention members to sit Norwescon Dance Academy 4-6 pm Tiffany Toland, Rob Carlos Carlton Rhoades, Mike Brennan, G. down with old (or new) friends and play. Maxi’s Ballroom David Nordley No sign-up sheet required. Learn the steps to the favorite songs of Science Fiction Does Climate Change fandom. 5 pm Cascade 9 Series Five: Radical or Traditional Baby Lounge and Quiet Hour We’ll discuss SF’s take on a warming Doctor Who? 6 pm Cascade 5 & 6 2:30 pm Olympic 1 Dan Murphy, Laurie Reynolds world.