Acting/Performing

feeds@yuku.com (Renwiz) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:15:42 GMT

Entertaining, Educational, and fun. Learn more about interactive theater and acting at the monthly workshops, free and open to the public. Simply show up on March 8th 9:45am at 46468 River Road Hammond LA 70401; All workshops start at 9:45am to 5:00pm with a one hour lunch break. Sponsored by the Louisiana Renaissance Festival, that runs for six consecutive weekends, starting the first Saturday of November. For more information about the workshops or future workshop locations contact...

CoastCon 31 (April 11-13, 2008) Guest List

feeds@yuku.com (RB) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:36:14 GMT

Here's the current guest list for CoastCon in Biloxi, Mississippi this year:

Guests of Honor --

Gigi Edgley (Chiana of Farscape fame) -- Media Guest of Honor
David Gerrold (Screenwriter for the original Star Trek episode "The Trouble With Tribbles," the

Want Me as a Con Guest?

feeds@yuku.com (Bayou Halfling) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:57:13 GMT

I am often asked to be a guest speaker at Sci-Fi, Gaming, and/or Fantasy conventions. If you would like to have me at your con, you can e-mail me at BayouHalflings@aol.com with the details. The terms often depend on how far away I live from the convention. Here are some panel discussions I can host, along with their descriptions:

Publishing Your Book 101
Learn how to get yourself happily (and unhappily) published. D&D fantasy author Randy...

All-Con 2008

feeds@yuku.com (Bayou Halfling) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:28:46 GMT

All-Con is a 3-day convention which provides an umbrella of content supporting fans of Television, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Renaissance, Anime, Cosplay, Costuming, Theater / Performing Arts, Artists, Crafts, Collecting, Model Construction, and Film Making. The annual convention is open to the public from Friday March 7th through Sunday March 9th in Dallas, Texas.

Aaron Douglas headlines the line-up of stars from television and film. Battlestar Galactica's season finale...

Monster Mash - Universal Monster Fest

feeds@yuku.com (Bayou Halfling) — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:39:19 GMT

Monster Mash - Universal Monster Fest - DFW

On October 27th, 2007 at Logos Youth Center in Grand Prairie, TX, "Monster Mash" will start at 1pm and go to 9pm.

There will be several activities happening at this event: screenings of classic Universal monster films...

OmegaCon

feeds@yuku.com (Bayou Halfling) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:15:34 GMT

OmegaCon - a full-scale Science Fiction / Fantasy convention in Birmingham, Alabama- on March 14-16, 2008!

Staffed by professional volunteers, with decades of organizational experience from similar successful events in the Southeast, OmegaCon will offer a complete range of events and programming familiar to fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy arts and entertainment. Local organizers look forward to introducing Central Alabama to the colorful and eye-opening...

Dragon*Con

feeds@yuku.com (Kaylee4Simon) — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:39:51 GMT

www.dragoncon.org/

Largest sci-fi con on the east coast.

TimeGate Con

feeds@yuku.com (Bayou Halfling) — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:27:45 GMT

TimeGate Con is a one-day min-con that celebrates Doctor Who and Stargate fandoms. The event is co-organized by Stargate Atlanta and the Atlanta Gallifreyans.

Guests of Honor:
- Louis Robinson was a film editor for the BBC and worked on "Doctor Who" in the '70s during the Jon Pertwee era. Over the years he's...

Amazon Announces Long-Rumored DRM-Free Music Store

feeds@yuku.com (Bayou Halfling) — Wed, 16 May 2007 10:20:51 GMT

Amazon Announces DRM-Free Music

Amazon announced today its DRM-free music store. The previously-rumored store will be launched sometime "later this year" and offer unprotected MP3 files for purchase. The Amazon music store, which does not appear to have a name yet, will offer "millions" of songs...

New LA RenFest Dance Troupe - First meeting May 19!

feeds@yuku.com (rhight57) — Mon, 14 May 2007 17:51:28 GMT

The Louisiana Renaissance Festival will be introducing a brand new show this fall...and you have an opportunity to be a part of it!

Open auditions for the newly formed Louisiana Renaissance Festival Dance Troupe will be held on Saturday, May 19th from 1 to 5 pm at the Festival Site. The auditions are open to anyone who is interested in 16th century style dance and who would like to be a part of the show. Absolutely no dance experience of any kind is...

MOBICON Hotel sold out, alternatives, and other stuff

feeds@yuku.com (wayne417) — Sat, 05 May 2007 04:17:04 GMT

The host hotel is full at this point. The reason is due to the fact that as of today we have 148 members pre-registered, not counting guests or panelists (people only there to do their panel and leave). This is double the record we set last year of 75 and that included guests and panelists. I also know there are more pre-reg in the mail (they will only be honored at the discount if it is postmarked May 1, 2007 or earlier) and some staff have pre-reg they had accepted prior to the deadline...

The B Movie Celebration

feeds@yuku.com (Margali) — Thu, 03 May 2007 22:12:22 GMT

Had an interesting bit of news drop into the dungeon tonight . . .

Quote:
Franklin, Indiana will be hosting the First Annual B Movie Celebration August 17th to 19th. We are asking for your help to get the word out.

The Celebration will feature screenings of over 50 classic B movies. We will also have personal appearances from such B Greats as Special Effects Guru...

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