NOTE: This is the Schedule for OR-e-Con 2. The PDF link is current as of Friday 4 Nov, morning.
CLICK HERE in November FOR A PDF SCHEDULE FOR OR-E-CON 2
Embedded Spreadsheet (active, most up-to-the-second) version of the Schedule: Please scroll (arrow keys, e.g.) within the active box to navigate the spreadsheet. At the bottom of the active box, you will (barely – scroll to see) see tabs for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so you can choose which day to see. You will probably need to use the active box’s side scrollbar to get the day tabs to display. Not just the browser’s side scrollbar. For the “raw” spreadsheet click here (offsite, opens in new tab).
For a “static” version of the calendar, scroll down…
“Static” Version of the OR-e-Con2 Schedule (crystallized a.m. 2022-11-04):
Friday Nov 4th Schedule
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Pacific Time: | London Time: | Mount Hood Room: | Columbia River Room: | Creation Station Room: | Crystal Ball Room: | Crisis Room: | Sound Check: | Snooze Room: | Hospitality Room: | Johnson Creek: |
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noon Friday Nov. 4th | 7:00 PM Friday Nov. 4th |
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Please note: Any Creation Station panelist may ask those present for consent to record any panel. | Roberta Rogow Concert | Need a quiet or one-on-one moment? | Need help with your sound or video from a Zoom Room Moderator? | Don’t want to leave the E-convention but need to walk the dog or get some lunch or a nap? Park your Zoom window here! | A place to have a conversation with your friends. BYO Tea and Crumpets! |
Overflow Room for panels going into overtime |
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12:30 PM | 7:30 PM | Kari Maaren Concert | ||||||||
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1:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Come see my sewing room! Costumes, Storage, Sewing necessities with Ann Ezell | Devin Melanson Concert | |||||||
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1:30 PM | 8:30 PM | THE COGNITIVE DISSONANTS with Peggi Warner-Lalonde, Ken Lalonde and Sally Headford. |
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2:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Mysteries in SF/F with Dale Ivan Smith, Phyllis Irene Radford and Brenda Clough: How do you achieve the appropriate balance between genres, do justice to both, and make it an interesting story? | Alan Pollard & Morva Bowman Concert | |||||||
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2:30 PM | 9:30 PM | THE BARDZ AT LARGE with Graham & Becca Leathers | ||||||||
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3:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Planetology for Writers with David Levine: Almost every story written takes place on, near, or between planets. Only SF/Fantasy has the freedom to choose of create planets. Let’s talk about how the composition, size, orbit, etc. that can be used to make your characters’ lives more interesting! |
Paper Craft: Masks & Props! Melissa Powell, Violet DeVille. (Confirmed.) | CHRIS THE BARD aka DudaChris Clarke | ||||||
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3:30 PM | 10:30 PM | Creede Lambard Concert | ||||||||
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4:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Interview Elise Schumacher – Starting and running a bookstore/pub. What a great combination! How to make it work? Sean Wells, interviewer | Craft Show & Tell. Contessa Paxton Timmerman, Hazard, Ann Ezell, Melissa Powell. (Confirmed.) | Daniel Kelly Concert | ||||||
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4:30 PM | 11:30 PM | THE FAITHFUL SIDEKICKS with Eric & Jen Distad | ||||||||
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5:00 PM | midnight Saturday Nov. 5th | Fandom Food. Lissette de la Rose, Jeff Polier. (Confirmed.) | THE PDX BROADSIDES with Dr. Jessica Hebert, Christian Lipski and Hollyanna McCollom Pre-recorded Concert and LIVE CHAT | |||||||
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5:30 PM | 12:30 AM Saturday Nov. 5th | |||||||||
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6:00 PM | 1:00 AM Saturday Nov. 5th | Cosplay: Beyond the Sewing: Melissa Powell, Loz Link, Violet DeVille. (Confirmed.) | Open Song Circle: Click on “Raise Hand” to join the Queue to perform. | |||||||
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6:30 PM | 1:30 AM Saturday Nov. 5th | |||||||||
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7:00 PM | 2:00 AM Saturday Nov. 5th | Mad Scientists’ Job Fair with David Levine, Dale Ivan Smith & Betty Bigelow: Our mad scientist panelists will present their thrilling (or something like that) jobs to the audience. All of you in the audience are potential minions judging the wild jobs, the extremely fringe benefits, and the potential to be killed by a space laser. | Kitten Caboodle: share cat toys and cat joys! Ellen Klowden, Contessa Paxton Timmerman, Nora Timmerman, Ann Ezell |
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7:30 PM | 2:30 AM Saturday Nov. 5th | |||||||||
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8:00 PM | 3:00 AM Saturday Nov. 5th | Nathan Pierce: Battlemaster LitRPG Harem Author Meet & Greet (18+) (Panel/panelist confirmed) | ||||||||
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8:30 PM | 3:30 AM Saturday Nov. 5th | |||||||||
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9:00 PM | 4:00 AM Saturday Nov. 5th | Fannish MadLibs. Robert Plamondon, Karen L. Black, Daniel Plamondon. (Panel/panelists confirmed) | ||||||||
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9:30 PM | 4:30 AM Saturday Nov. 5th | |||||||||
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10:00 PM | 5:00 AM Saturday Nov. 5th | |||||||||
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10:30 PM | 5:30 AM Saturday Nov. 5th | |||||||||
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11:00 PM | 6:00 AM Saturday Nov. 5th | Close Breakout Rooms 11 pm | ||||||||
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11:30 PM | 6:30 AM Saturday Nov. 5th | |||||||||
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Midnight | 7:00 AM Saturday Nov. 5th | |||||||||
Saturday Nov 5th Schedule
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Pacific Time: | London Time: | Mount Hood Room: | Columbia River Room: | Creation Station Room 1: | Creation Station Room 2: | Crystal Ball Room: | Crisis Room: | Sound Check: | Snooze Room: | Hospitality Room: | Johnson Creek: |
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9:00 AM Saturday Nov. 5th | 4:00 PM Saturday Nov. 5th |
Schedule subject to changes between now and Nov. 5th
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Please note: Any Creation Station panelist may ask those present for consent to record any panel. | Gary Ehrlich Concert | Need a quiet or one-on-one moment? | Need help with your sound or video from a Zoom Room Moderator? | Don’t want to leave the E-convention but need to walk the dog or get some lunch or a nap? Park your Zoom window here! | A place to have a conversation with your friends. BYO Tea and Crumpets! | Overflow Room for panels going into overtime | ||
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9:30 AM | 4:30 PM | Michael Longcor Concert | |||||||||
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10:00 AM | 5:00 PM | It’s Airborne! Pandemics and our future with Patricia MacEwen (m), Jay Freeman and Judy Lazar. The future of this pandemic, possible next ones, and could a pandemic be an extinction level event for the human race? | Tiara Tutorial. Veronica Lacquement. (Confirmed.) | Fanfiction & Jenny Everywhere. Catherine Snyder, Scott Sanford, Nora Timmerman, Loz Link, Ellen Klowden (Monitor: Melissa.) This panel will be recorded by the panelist. | Mike Richards Concert | ||||||
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10:30 AM | 5:30 PM | Talis Kimberley Concert | |||||||||
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11:00 AM | 6:00 PM | Klingon Bat’leth demo with Betty Bigelow | Climate Change with Gerald Nordley, Patricia MacEwan and Judy Lazar – It looks insurmountable. What SF sounding solutions are being worked on currently? Making plastic directions from carbon dioxide, cattle feed that can reduce methane by up to 98%, totally transparent solar cells that can be installed as windows, and more will be discussed. | Tiara Tutorial continues, Veronica Lacquement. (Confirmed.) | Kinetic Scuptures 1: Nick Willaby. (Monitor: Melissa.) | Piers Cawley Concert | |||||
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11:30 AM | 6:30 PM | Andrew Ross Concert | |||||||||
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noon | 7:00 PM | Science in SPAAAAACE! Space Planning Software for Astronauts and Spacecraft: Schedules spun for tomorrows to come with Science Guest of Honor, Bob Kanefsky |
Starting/Running a small publishing house with Bob Brown, Tom Whitmore and Jacob Wiseman: Why you do this and how it works for the publisher, the writers, and the community. |
Serializing Fiction: Kindle Vella, Patreon, Royal Road, A03, anthologies, etc. Robert Plamondon, Nathan Pierce, Stephen Landry, Catherine Snyder, Jeffrey Falcon Logue, Ellen Klowden (moderator). (Confirmed.) | Kinetic Sculptures 2: Peter Wagner. (Monitor: Melissa.) | Music Guest of Honor, Lawrence Dean, Concert | |||||
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12:30 PM | 7:30 PM | ||||||||||
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1:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Betty Bigelow Reading – fan fic – Betty does it all — costuming, presentation, making weapons at home in her spare time. She is equally talented in writing fanfic and will share in a reading. |
Research in Writing with Dale Ivan Smith (m), Alma Alexander, Irene Radford, Joyce Reynolds-Ward: From anthropology to zoology and all the disciplines in between, plus cultural exploration, crafts, and human experience, the world is full of source material for writers if you only know where to look. Our participants will help you learn how to research for inspiration and fact- finding for your speculative fiction. |
Playing Slime Rancher with Mochi Miles. (Monitor: Cindy.) | Critical Role Meetup. Lissette de la Rose. (Monitor: Veronica.) | Luke Bretscher & Emily Murman Concert | |||||
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1:30 PM | 8:30 PM | Heather Preston Concert | |||||||||
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2:00 PM | 9:00 PM | David Levine and Dale Ivan Smith in Discussion | Currently in Space…with Marc Wells, Patricia MacEwan, Jay Freeman and Gerald Nordley. More nations heading to the moon, more organic material on Mars, nudging ‘stroids out of the way, etc. | Guest of Honor Lindsey Robbins: 3-D Art for The Mandalorian, Disney’s Pinnocchio, etc. (Confirmed.) | Dungeons & Dragon Drop-In Game: Recruitment & Set-Up. Rowan Spillman. (Confirmed.) | Tim Griffin Concert | |||||
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2:30 PM | 9:30 PM | Betsy Tinney Concert | |||||||||
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3:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Shawna Reppert Readings: Shawna has two exciting fantasy series in print, Ravensblood and Werewolves & Gaslight. She has agreed to read from each. | James Webb telescope with David Levine, Howard Davidson and Jay Freeman. What is it? What is it finding? What do we do if it actually finds something -dare we say – ALIEN? | Guest of Honor Lindsey Robbins: Dreaming of Electric Sheep: AI Art. (Confirmed.) | Dungeons & Dragon Drop-In Game: Game-Play. Rowan Spillman. (Confirmed.) | RANDOM FRACTIONS with Cathy McManamon & Jason Neerenberg | |||||
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3:30 PM | 10:30 PM | THE CAMISAS with Matt Thick, Robin Abbott, Jonathon Jones, & Dennis Cassiday | |||||||||
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4:00 PM | 11:00 PM | High Strangeness and the Paranormal with Janet Borkowski – Who’s Who and What’s What and how to bring fun into your investigation | Character vs. World Driven with Dale Ivan Smith, Brenda Clough, Joyce Reynolds-Ward & Alma Alexander: Character-driven authors often create characters & build their worlds around them. World-driven authors create worlds and plot characters into them. Listen to pros talk about how they get around their own choices & challenges. | Dungeon Core & LitRPG Readings. Jeffrey Falcon Logue, Stephen Landry, Lindsey Robbins, John Aldridge, Ellen Klowden (moderator). (Confirmed.) | Dungeons & Dragon Drop-In Game: Game-Play continues. Rowan Spillman. (Confirmed.) | Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff Concert | |||||
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4:30 PM | 11:30 PM | ||||||||||
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5:00 PM Saturday | midnight Sunday Nov. 6th | New Writers’ Meetup. Melissa Powell, Ellen Klowden, Robert Plamondon. Loz Link. (Confirmed.) | Dungeons & Dragon Drop-In Game: Game-Play continues. Rowan Spillman. (Confirmed.) | Alexander James Adams pre-recorded concert and LIVE CHAT | |||||||
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5:30 PM | 12:30 AM Sunday Nov. 6th | ||||||||||
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6:00 PM | 1:00 AM Sunday Nov. 6th | SF Trivia Quiz with Elise Shumock, Marc Wells, and Patty Wells: Elise has run an online trivia quiz throughout the pandemic and continued it from her Rose City Book Store and Pub. She has graciously agreed to do a quiz for us, using SF and general questions. People may enter as a team, show up as individuals and find teammates, or play on their own. Teams will work in breakout rooms and return with their answers at the end of the allotted time. There will be a prize for the winning team. | Doctor Who Fandom Celebration: Tiptoe Through the TARDIS. Lissette de la Rose, Loz Link, Karen L. Black, Robert Plamondon. (Confirmed.) | Borders & Frontiers of Gender: Rethinking Cabeza de Vaca’s Indigenous Encounters, 1527-1536. Katrina Spillman. (Confirmed.) | Open song circle: Click on “Raise Hand” to join the Queue to perform | ||||||
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6:30 PM | 1:30 AM Sunday Nov. 6th | ||||||||||
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7:00 PM | 2:00 AM Sunday Nov. 6th | Doctor Who Live Script Reading: Sarah Jane Adventures continues. Jeff Polier. This is a 2-hour event… | Doctor Who Live Script Reading: Sarah Jane Adventures. Jeff Polier. (Confirmed.) | ||||||||
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7:30 PM | 2:30 AM Sunday Nov. 6th | Music Videos with Daddy the Muse. Katrina Spillman. (Confirmed.) | |||||||||
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8:00 PM | 3:00 AM Sunday Nov. 6th | Memories of OryCon: Share memories and view photos from the early years. |
Doctor Who Live Script Reading: Sarah Jane Adventures continues. Jeff Polier. (Continued.) | PartyQuest: Tales Around the Campfire (Comedy D&D Movie, R). Tristian Spillman. (Confirmed.) | |||||||
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8:30 PM | 3:30 AM Sunday Nov. 6th | ||||||||||
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9:00 PM | 4:00 AM Sunday Nov. 6th | Burlesque & Drag: Building Inclusive Fandom Communities (18+). Violet DeVille, Papa Stardust, possibly others. (Confirmed.) | Stand-Up for Geeks! (18+). Tristian Spillman, others to be announced. (Confirmed.) | ||||||||
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9:30 PM | 4:30 AM Sunday Nov. 6th | ||||||||||
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10:00 PM | 5:00 AM Sunday Nov. 6th | Stand-Up for Geeks! (18+) continues. Tristian Spillman. (Confirmed.) | |||||||||
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10:30 PM | 5:30 AM Sunday Nov. 6th | ||||||||||
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11:00 PM | 6:00 AM Sunday Nov. 6th | ||||||||||
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11:30 PM | 6:30 AM Sunday Nov. 6th | ||||||||||
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Midnight | 7:00 AM Sunday Nov. 6th | Close Breakout Rooms at Midnight | |||||||||
Sunday Nov 6th Schedule
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Pacific Time: | London Time: | Mount Hood Room: | Columbia River Room: | Creation Station Room: | Crystal Ball Room: | Crisis Room: | Sound Check: | Snooze Room: | Hospitality Room: |
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9:00 AM Sunday Nov. 6th | 5:00 PM Sunday Nov. 6th | Please note: Any Creation Station panelist may ask those present for consent to record any panel. | Folk Favorites Themed Circle with Lawrence Dean, Piers Cawley, Luke Bretscher & Cecilia Eng | Need a quiet or one-on-one moment? | Need help with your sound or video from a Zoom Room Moderator? | Don’t want to leave the E-convention but need to walk the dog or get some lunch or a nap? Park your Zoom window here! | A place to have a conversation with your friends. BYO Tea and Crumpets! | ||
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9:30 AM | 5:30 PM | ||||||||
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10:00 AM | 6:00 PM | Healing Journeys in Art & Making Comics. Liz Argall. Confirmed. | Anatomy & Genesis of a Song with Lawrence Dean | ||||||
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10:30 AM | 6:30 PM | ||||||||
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11:00 AM | 7:00 PM | Dale Ivan Smith Reading | Broadswords and Medieval Blades. A.M. Brosius, Dashiell Harrison, Chad Budrow. Confirmed. | Merav Hoffman Concert | |||||
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11:30 AM | 7:30 PM | Michael McAfee Recitations and More | |||||||
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noon | 8:00 PM | David Levine Reading | Is There Any Other_Life in the Solar System? – From “Mars Attacks” to “Europa Report,” SF/F has long speculated on the nature of other life in the solar system. Can life exist in the solar system beyond Earth? What would it be like? Two planetary scientists take the gloves off, with each taking a side on these questions. They will present cutting edge data and arguments, and provide time for participants to get in on the fun. With JA Grier & Laura Woodney. | Woodworking: Making Sawdust. Melissa Powell, Jeffrey Falcon Logue, Chad Budrow. Confirmed. | Debora & Basil VanHeyningen Concert | ||||
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12:30 PM | 8:30 PM | Mark Horning Concert | |||||||
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1:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Outlining a Story with David Levine: — An interactive session that shows you how to start with an idea and develop it into a short story outline — complete with characters, plot, and setting — in just one hour! |
Sam Winkler Interview with Zoe Wells, Interviewer: Sam is a lead writer at Gearbox Games. He also was a writer on Borderlands 2, and the lead writer for Borderlands 3 and Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. Zoe will ask him questions submitted by his Twitter followers on video game writing. |
Local Food & Bee Sustainability. Ellen Klowden, Chad Budrow, A.M. Brosius, Liz Argall, Robert Plamondon, Lena Shacks Kartzov. Confirmed. | Phil Mills and Jane Garthson Concert | ||||
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1:30 PM | 9:30 PM | Douglas Davidson Concert | |||||||
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2:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Working on future OryCons with Patty Wells, Linnea Thompson and Aaron Curtis | Writing in Different Media with David Levine, Sam Winkler and Dale Ivan Smith: How do you gear your writing for different audiences & genres when writing games, audio, or media other than a printed book? |
Furry Fiction: Intro. Mary E. Lowd, Roan Rosser, Frances Pauli. Confirmed. | Chris Wildman Concert | ||||
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2:30 PM | 10:30 PM | KALEIDOFOLK Concert with Steve Savitzky, Naomi Rivkis, and Magpie Rivkis | |||||||
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3:00 PM | 11:00 PM | How to prepare a proposal/chair an OryCon with Patty Wells, Linnea Thompson, Aaron Curtis and Cecilia Eng | Tips & Tricks for Performing Poetry with Michael McAfee Bring a poem you’d like to try reading aloud | Furry Fiction: Readings. Mary E. Lowd, Roan Rosser, Frances Pauli. Confirmed. | Blind Lemming Chiffon Concert | ||||
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3:30 PM | 11:30 PM | Michael Hopcroft Concert | |||||||
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4:00 PM Sunday Nov. 6th | midnight Monday Nov. 7th | Historic Fiction: Tips & Readings. A.M. Brosius, Dashiell Harrison, Robert Plamondon. Confirmed. | Brett Glass Concert | ||||||
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4:30 PM | 12:30 AM Monday Nov. 7th | Sunny Larsen Concert |
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5:00 PM | 1:00 AM Monday Nov. 7th | Producing Zoom Events. Violet DeVille Confirmed. | INFILKTION Concert with Char MacKay and Natalie Rogers | ||||||
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5:30 PM | 1:30 AM Monday Nov. 7th | Cecilia Eng Concert | |||||||
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6:00 PM | 2:00 AM Monday Nov. 7th | 20th Anniversary Celebration for Creation Station with Ellen Klowden, Loz Link, Hazard (Monitor: Robert.) This panel will be recorded by the panelist. |
Open Song Circle: Click on “Raise Hand” to join the Queue to perform. |
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6:30 PM | 2:30 AM Monday Nov. 7th | ||||||||
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7:00 PM | 3:00 AM Monday Nov. 7th | Breakout Rooms Closed | |||||||
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7:30 PM | 3:30 AM Monday Nov. 7th | ||||||||
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8:00 PM | 4:00 AM Monday Nov. 7th | ||||||||
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8:30 PM | 4:30 AM Monday Nov. 7th | ||||||||
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9:00 PM | 5:00 AM Monday Nov. 7th | ||||||||
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9:30 PM | 5:30 AM Monday Nov. 7th | ||||||||
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10:00 PM | 6:00 AM Monday Nov. 7th | ||||||||
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10:30 PM | 6:30 AM Monday Nov. 7th | ||||||||
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11:00 PM | 7:00 AM Monday Nov. 7th | ||||||||
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11:30 PM | 7:30 AM Monday Nov. 7th | ||||||||
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Midnight | 8:00 AM Monday Nov. 7th | ||||||||