For those intersted 3rd COME (3rd Conference on Middle Earth) has been cancelled.  Refunds will be sent out.

"It isn’t what we wanted. It is unfortunately what we have. Or don’t have.

The Conference On Middle earth 2015 kept losing presenters to financial issues, like department budget cuts and the like. It’s hard to have a conference ( Read more... )

Sunday, November 3rd is "Geek Central" in Cambridge ( Read more... )

Hurry! www.readercon.org! It'll be awesome! :)

Pi-Con, the little brother of Arisia, is a Pioneer Valley based convention taking place August 26th - 28th in Enfield, CT (just over the boarder from Springfield). We're about 1/10th the size of Arisia, but pack in just as much fun! Some of your favorite Arisia Dealers, Panelists and Staff are also involved in Pi-Con ( Read more... )

Arisia's Relaxacon is this weekend on Cape Cod ( Read more... )

(Posting here because of an earlier discussion of the complications of having one speed dating event that fits all, which we humbly believe we have solved ( Read more... )

(I'm hoping this is okay to post here because of the post a few weeks ago about speed dating at Arisia and the issues involved with making one event for everyone. If not, feel free to delete, and my apologies ( Read more... )

As you may or may not know, if you bought your membership for Renovation before January 31st (or if you were a member of AussieCon 4), you are eligible to nominate for the Hugo Awards.

Given arisia's special relationship with eric_in_elevatr (as the first Con to have me as a Guest), plus that it is the site of a fair chunk of the footage in the short, I would like to ( Read more... )

Today's Boston Globe has a nice article about this weekend's Tolkien Convention ( 3rd Conference On Middle-earth) in Westford, MA ( Read more... )

If you didn't get a chance to catch it in January, you have two more opportunities to see
The Post-Meridian Radio Players' highly-successful staged radio show from Arisia 2011!


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