Get your geek on
Posted By Hannah Valentine On April 6, 2007 @ 9:52 am In Uncategorized | Comments Disabled
Starting today and through the weekend down at the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, it’s Minicon time [1]. This year’s Guests of Honor are writer Charles de Lint [2] and artist Charles Vess [3].
From the Minicon website, here’s more information:
Minicon is a fan run science fiction convention run by the Minnesota Science Fiction Society [4], or
MN-Stf. It is held yearly on Easter weekend.Minicon features panel discussions [5],
readings, films, gaming [6] (open and organized), an art show [7], dealers, kids’ programming, filk and
folk music, a consuite and bar, and room
parties.The pre-registration deadline has passed. The at-the-door rates are
$55 for adults and $20 for children. Preregistered $15
supporting memberships can be converted to full memberships at the door
for $35. Day rates are $25 for Friday, $30 for Saturday, and $25 for
Sunday.Registration is open 10am-10pm on Friday,
9:30am-8pm on Saturday and 9:30am-11am
on Sunday. Outside of these hours, find a concom member to help
you.
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URLs in this post:
[1] Minicon time: http://www.mnstf.org/minicon42/
[2] Charles de Lint: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Lint
[3] Charles Vess: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Vess
[4] Minnesota Science Fiction Society: http://mnstf.org
[5] panel discussions: http://www.mnstf.org/minicon42/programming
[6] gaming: http://www.mnstf.org/minicon42/gaming
[7] art show: http://www.mnstf.org/minicon42/artshow
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