Current MarsCon Schedule in its entirety. May also be found at
http://www.marscon.net/Home/programming.
DISCLAIMER: MOST OF THESE EVENTS ARE STILL SUBJECT TO CHANGEKey to rooms:
Lafayette Main Programming Guests of Honor Programming
Board Room Programming #2 Guest Programming
Room 103 Programming #3 Fan's Programming
Room 303 Children Crafts
Patriot A Entertainment
Con Suite Entertainment
Video Room
Room 200 Gaming
The Bar
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Friday January 14, 20114:00 PMLafayette Movie
Patriot A Artist Alley
Con Suite Snacks, may be closed for cleaning and prep
5:00 PMLafayette Movie (continued)
Room 303 Overflow for Con Suite
Patriot A Artist Alley
Con Suite Dinner (5-7:30)
6:00 PMLafayette
Opening CeremoniesRoom 303 Overflow for Con Suite (cont)
Patriot A Artist Alley (cont)
Con Suite Dinner (5-7:30) (cont)
7:00 PMLafayette
Urban Fantasy: An Ocean or Just a Wave? Jim Butcher, Shannon Butcher, and Andrew Fox
Room 303 Overflow for Con Suite (more cont)
Patriot A Artist Alley (cont)
7 PM: The Boogie Knights
7:45 PM: Tom Smith
Con Suite Closed: Party Prep
8:00 PMLafayette Ursula Vernon: Artist Guest of Honor Speech
Board Room 8:00 Tony Ruggiero
8:15 Danny Birt
8:30 Pamela Kinney
8:45 Reading, Q&A, Signing
Room 103
Coming Soon to a Galaxy Near You: Talk Up Forthcoming SF/F Projects, Invent Dream Projects Steve Pritchard, Mike Pederson, Peter Prellwitz, Andrew Fos, Chris Berman
Room 303 Overflow for Con Suite
Patriot A Artist Alley (cont)
8:30-10:30 Poisoned Dwarf
Con Suite Friday Night Theme Party: Urban Fantasy
9:00 PMLafayette
Reading from Starfire Steve White & Charles E. Gannon
Board Room Photography: Paul Cory
Room 103
Writing a Webcomic Barb Fischer, T. Campbell, Kara Dennison, Erin Fitzgerald, Chris Impink, H.A. "Chezhnian" Kennedy, Peter Prellwitz, Donnie Sturges, Jamie Sturges, and Danny Valenti
Room 303 Costuming Contest/Feedback
Patriot A Artist Alley (cont)
8:30-10:30 Poisoned Dwarf (cont)
Con Suite Friday Night Theme Party: Urban Fantasy (cont)
The Bar 1st Annual MarsCon Pun Contest: Prizes for winners, PUNishment for the Audience Lord Ramirez
10:00 PMLafayette
Zombie Pickles from Space: Animation Film and Worshop Elizabeth Pasieczny
Board Room
They Might Suck, but You Might Like It: The Vampire Panel Andrew Fox, Tony Ruggiero, Teresa Bane
Room 103
Breaking into Publishing Laura Haywood-Cory, Rachel Graves, Leona Wisoker
Room 303 Costuming Contest/Feedback
Patriot A Artist Alley
Until 10:30 Poisoned Dwarf
Con Suite Snacks, may be closed at times for cleaning and prep
The Bar 1st Annual MarsCon Pun Contest: Prizes for winners, PUNishment for the Audience Lord Ramirez (cont)
11:00 PMLafayette 11:00-12:30 am
Win, Lose, or DrawBoard Room
Exploring the Spine: Shivering World of Paranormal Research Pamela Kinney, Cheralyn Lambeth, and Theresa Bane
Room 103
Living at Sea: A Science Fiction Fan's Perspective Christopher Weuve
Patriot A
Fishnet Inc: Rocky Horror Picture ShowCon Suite Filk and Cookies with Tom Smith, Boogie Knights, and Danny Birt
12:00 AM MidnightLafayette 11:00-12:30 am
Win, Lose, or Draw (cont)
Patriot A Fishnet, Inc. (cont)
Con Suite Filk and Cookies with Tom Smith, Boogie Knights, and Danny Birt (cont)
1:00 AMLafayette 11:00-12:30 am
Win, Lose, or Draw (cont)
Saturday January 15, 201110:00 AMLafayette
Bringing Creatures to Life: A Multimedia Perspective Ursula Vernon, Cheralyn Lambeth, Daniel Trout, Elizabeth Pasieczny
Board Room
Writing 101 Allen Wold with Darcy Wold, Leona Wisoker, and Danny Birt
Room 103
Top 10 Things Art Collectors Should Know Gina Canady Adler
Room 303 Family Programming, TBA
Con Suite Breakfast until 10:00 AM, followed by snacks, may be closed at times for cleaning and prep
11:00 AMLafayette Jim Butcher Guest of Honor Reading
Board Room
Writing 101 Allen Wold with Darcy Wold, Leona Wisoker, and Danny Birt (cont)
Room 103
Are You Wearing the Costume, or is the Costume Wearing You? Deb Fuller, Anne Knight, Cheralyn Lambeth, Allegra Torres
Room 303 Family Programming, TBA
Patriot A Quidditch Demo?
Con Suite Snacks, may be closed at times for cleaning and prep
12:00 PM NoonLafayette Shannon Butcher Q&A
Board Room
Working at Sea: A Science Fiction Fan's Perspective Christopher Weuve
Room 103
Webcomics Panel #2 (TBA) Barb Fischer, T. Campbell, Kara Dennison, Erin Fitzgerald, Chris Impink, H.A. "Chezhnian" Kennedy, Donnie Sturges, Jamie Sturges, and Danny Valenti
Room 303 Con Suite overflow
Patriot A
"Ye Olde Multiverse Faire"Con Suite Lunch
1:00 PMLafayette
Print, E-books, and the Future of Publishing Laura Haywood-Cory, Bud Webster, Neil Hollands
Board Room
Military SF Talk Jeffrey Becker
Room 103 Jim and Shannon Butcher Signing (three item limit per pass through line)
Room 303 Con Suite overflow (cont)
Patriot A
"Ye Olde Multiverse Faire" (cont)
Con Suite Lunch (cont)
The Bar 1:30
MarsCon's got Talent Open Mic sign-up
2:00 PMLafayette "Doctor Horrible" Shadowcast
Board Room
Putting the Speculative in Romance Shannon Butcher, Pamlea Kinney aka Sapphire Phelan
Room 103 Butcher Signing continues (three item limit per pass through line, last entrance to line at 2:15)
Patriot A
"Ye Olde Multiverse Faire" (cont)
Con Suite 2:00
Making Suite Dreams Chris Adotta, Beverly Peterson-Allen, and Lynn Popma discuss how they created the Con Suite dιcor
2:30-3:30
Castle Gummistein: Experiments in Gummi Surgery The Bar
MarsCon's Got Talent Open Mic3:00 PMLafayette An Interview with Guest of Honor Jim Butcher Mike Pederson
Board Room 3:00-4:30
Movement for Actors Lord Ramirez
Room 103
Live Art Drawing with Models Daniel Trout
Patriot A Luna-C Setup
Con Suite 2:30-3:30
Castle Gummistein: Experiments in Gummi Surgery The Bar
MarsCon's Got Talent Open Mic (cont)
4:00 PMLafayette
Mars Panel Eric Queen
Board Room Until 4:30
Movement for Actors Lord Ramirez (cont)
4:30-5:00 Peter Prellwitz Reading
Room 103
Live Art Drawing with Models Daniel Trout (cont)
Patriot A Luna-C
Con Suite Snacks, may be closed at times for cleaning and prep
5:00 PMLafayette
When Military Meets SF: Fact vs. Fiction, the Possibility and Limits of Dialog Chris Berman, Steve White, Charles Gannon, Jeffrey Becker
Board Room
The Art of Webcomics Barb Fischer, T. Campbell, Kara Dennison, Erin Fitzgerald, Chris Impink, H.A. "Chezhnian" Kennedy, Donnie Sturges, Jamie Sturges, Danny Valenti, and Ursula Vernon
Room 103
Hate on It, Mate on It, Wait on It: Join a Lively Discussion of the Best and Worst in SF/F Steve Pritchard, Andrew Fox, Peter Prellwitz, tom Smith, Danny Birt
Patriot A Coyote Run Set-up
Con Suite Snacks, may be closed at times for cleaning and prep
The Bar MarsCon Karaoke
6:00 PMLafayette
Survive Norfolk - Zombie Tago Gone Wild: How It Started, how the Virus spread, and How We Survived Whitney Metzger
Board Room
Everything Rocky Horror Panel Fishnet, Inc.
Room 103
EPIC LARP demo: The Best of Boffing in Hampton Roads Timothy Grabowski
Room 303 Hold
Patriot A Coyote Run Set-up
Con Suite Dinner
The Bar MarsCon Karaoke (cont)
7:00 PMLafayette Movie
Board Room
What's New with Doctor Who? Rick Siebigteroth, Kara Dennison, Richard Kirsch
Room 103
Urban Fantasy Costuming Ideas Deb Fuller, Anne Knight, Cheralyn Lambeth, Allegra Torres
Room 303 Hold
Patriot A Coyote Run Set-up
Con Suite Dinner
The Bar MarsCon Karaoke (cont)
8:00 PMLafayette Movie (cont)
Room 303 Hold
Patriot A 7:45-8:30 Treasure of the Sand
8:30-9:30 Charity Auction
Con Suite Snacks, may be closed at times for cleaning and prep
9:00 PMRoom 303 Hold
Patriot A 8:30-9:30 Charity Auction
9:30-11:30 Coyote Run
Con Suite Snacks, may be closed at times for cleaning and prep
10:00 PMRoom 303 Hold
Patriot A 9:30-11:30 Coyote Run
Con Suite Snacks, may be closed at times for cleaning and prep
11:00 PMBoard Room
The Men (And Women) in Black: A Guide to the World of Fetish Clothing (ADULT) Lord Ramirez
No Minors ID Required at DoorRoom 303 Hold
Patriot A 9:30-11:30 Coyote Run
Con Suite Snacks, may be closed at times for cleaning and prep
The Bar Dance
12:00 AM MidnightRoom 303 Hold
Con Suite Snacks, may be closed at times for cleaning and prep
The Bar Dance (cont)
Sunday January 16, 201110:00 AMLafayette 9:30-11:00
It's Not Big, It's EPIC, Building a Fantasy Jim Butcher, Leona Wisoker, Allen Wold, Danny Birt
Board Room
Sea and Space: Similarities and Differences of Two Military SF Environments Christopher Weuve, Chris Berman, Charles Gannon, Steve White
Room 103
Traditional Painting in a Digital World, including demonstration of How to Use Layers in Photoshop Gina Canady Adler
Room 303 Family Programming, TBA
Con Suite Breakfast until 10:00 AM, Snacks, may be closed at times for cleaning and prep
11:00 AMLafayette Reading
11:00 Keith DeCandido
11:30 Andrew Fox
Board Room
Webcomics Roundtable Barb Fischer, T. Campbell, Kara Dennison, Erin Fitzgerald, Chris Impink, H.A. "Chezhnian" Kennedy, Peter Prellwitz, Donnie Sturges, Jamie Sturges, and Danny Valenti
Room 103
Getting into Filmmaking Panel discussion with Elezabeth Pasieczny, Ethan Marten, TBA
Room 303 Family Programming, TBA
Con Suite Snacks, may be closed at times for cleaning and prep
12:00 PM NoonLafayette Reading
12:00 Leona Wisoker
12:30 Q&A Signing
Board Room
MarsCon Photo Critique Paul Cory, Andrea D'Amico, Earl Harris
Room 103 Space Occupied A.W.
Room 303 Family Programming, TBA
Patriot A Art Auction
Con Suite Lunch
1:00 PMLafayette
SF/F Cage Match: A Rowdy Discussion of Who Would Win the Battle Royale btw. Famous heroes, Villains, and Creatures Mike Pederson, Steve Pritchard, Butch Allen, Tony Ruggiero, Peter Prellwitz, artists
Board Room
Making Polymer Clay Heads and Figures Daniel Trout
Room 303 Family Programming, TBA
Patriot A Boogie Knights concert
Con Suite Lunch
2:00 PMPatriot A Tom Smith concert
Con Suite Snacks, may be closed at times for cleaning and prep
3:00 PMCon Suite Dead Dog Party
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Again, will update as we go along.