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Panels and Workshops by Program Track

LITERARY: SMALL PRESS


Back to Index	ANIME PROGRAM MINI-TRACK	Back to Top

The Anime Program Mini-Track schedule is below. See the Exhibits and Functions page for the 2012 Anime Room Schedule.

Anime Panels and Presentations Schedule

Friday, May 25, 2012

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Sunday, May 27, 2012


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Monday, May 28, 2012


9 to 11 PM	Friday Face Time: Meet the Artists Reception	(Art Show)

This reception is an opportunity to mix and mingle with program participants and the Guests of Honor. All Art program participants, Art Show exhibitors, and Balticon members are invited to attend.


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Saturday, May 26, 2012


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Sunday, May 27, 2012


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Monday, May 28, 2012


10:00 AM	Early Morning Stretch	(Salon C)

Come wake up your muse. Bring pencil and paper if you have them. Some available.Moderator Halla Fleischer


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Friday, May 25, 2012


8:00 PM	Kamikaze Costuming	(Chase Room)

Make a Hall or Masquerade Costume with guidance from Master Costumer, Persus Thorndike


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Saturday, May 26, 2012


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Sunday, May 27, 2012


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Monday, May 28, 2012


10:00 AM	Legos Challenge	(Con Suite)

With Prizes! Moderator" TBA


12:00 Noon	Monday Science Activity: TBA	(Con Suite)


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Friday, May 25, 2012


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Sunday, May 27, 2012


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Monday, May 28, 2012


Back to Index	DANCE	Back to Top


Friday, 10:00 PM	Dancing in the Gears: Steam Punk Ball	(Valley Ballroom)

At Attention! All aeronauts, aethernauts, lady and gentleman adventurers, mad scientists, inventors, and other Steampunks and neo-Victorians! Join us at 10 pm Friday night at for a time-traveling formal evening at the Steampunk Ball! Become part of the living clockwork of Victorian and Victorian-inspired set dances and spin madly with your partner to romantic waltzes and lively polkas. No previous experience is needed; all dances will be taught by Dance Mistress Susan de Guardiola. Music will be an eclectic mix of modern and nineteenth century. Steampunk, neo-Victorian, or Victorian costume encouraged and admired but not required. Airships and time machines should be parked outside the ballroom. No sabers, ray guns, or clanks permitted on the dance floor.


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Friday, May 25, 2012

Saturday, May 26, 2012


8:00 PM	TBA	(Valley Ballroom Foyer)

Entertainment for the Masquerade audience queue.


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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Monday, May 28, 2012


4:00 PM	Improving Balticon	(Salon A)

Come and help us learn how to do this smoother, bigger, better! (Oh yeah, and how about easier?!!!) Moderator: Balticon Chair Patti Kinlock


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Friday, 9:00 PM	Film Premiere: TBA	(Garden Room)

The Balticon 46 Sunday Night Short Film Festival sponsors a film premier on Friday night - for Balticon 46, TBA


Monday, 10:00 AM	Film Festival Winners and Coming Attractions	(Valley Ballroom)

If you missed the Sunday Night Short Film Festival, this is your chance to come and see the Directors Choice and Audience Choice Live Action and Animated Film Winners. The screening of the winners will be followed by Coming Attractions - Lance Oszko spends hours trolling the internet and talking to film distributors to find entertaining trailers to share with us for soon-to-be-released and never-to-be-released independent and commercial films from around the world. Moderator Lance Oszko


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If you are involved in the independent filmmaking industry, we would love to have you share your knowledge, talent, and experiences at Balticon. Please email the Filmmaking Program Coordinator if you are interested in being a Filmmaking Program participant and/or have ideas for Filmmaking Program panels.

Friday, May 25, 2012


MIDNIGHT	Midnight movies	(Belmont Room)

We had so many candidates for the film festival this year that we can't fit them all into our allotted time on Sunday night. So we're showing them for our midnight movies!


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Saturday, May 26, 2012


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Sunday, May 27, 2012


7:00 PM	BALTICON 46 SUNDAY NIGHT SHORT FILM FESTIVAL	(Valley Ballroom)

If you have a film to submit to the Balticon 46 Sunday Night Short Film Festival you can download the submission application form here and the Permission to Screen and Release Form here. Submission instructions are included in the forms.

Doors open at 6:30 PM for seating. See the Film Festival Schedule for more details. Be sure to stick around for the intermission for the door prize drawing!


Midnight: Sun/Mon Overnight	Sunday Midnight Movie: TBA	(Belmont Room)


Back to Index	GAMING FRIDAY	Back to Top

Friday, May 25, 2012


6:00 PM	Introduction to Gaming: What is Gaming?	(Parlor 1041)

Are there different types of games and gaming? Why does MY son, daughter, husband, wife, father, mother, friends or significant other like gaming? Come join the discussion as our hosts discuss these aspects and more. Moderator TBA


7:00 PM		(Parlor 1041)

Moderator


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Saturday, May 26, 2012


11:00 AM	Introduction to Role Playing Gaming	(Parlor 1041)

Are there different types of Role Playing Games and Gaming? Why does MY son, daughter, husband, wife, father, mother, friends or significant other like RPG? Come join the discussion as our hosts discuss these aspects and more. Moderator Kory Kease


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Sunday, May 27, 2012


Back to Index	KAFFEEKLATSCHES	Back to Top

Friday, May 25, 2012


4:00 PM	Kaffeeklatsche TBA	(Frankie & Vinnie's)

Saturday, May 26, 2012


10:00 AM	Kaffeeklatsche with GoH Jody Lynn Nye	(Frankie & Vinnie's)


11:30 AM	Kaffeeklatsche with Music GoH	(Frankie & Vinnie's)


1:00 AM	Kaffeeklatsche with Science GoH	(McCormick Suite)

Sunday, May 27, 2012


10:00 AM	Kaffeeklatsche with Art GoH Jim Odbert	(Frankie & Vinnie's)


11:30 AM	Kaffeklatsche with 2012 Compton Crook Award Winner	(McCormick Suite)

Monday, May 28, 2012


10:00 AM	Jody Lynn Nye	(McCormick Suite)


Back to Index	LARP (Live Action Role Playing) Schedule	Back to Top

Friday, May 25, 2012


5:00 PM	Until 10:00 PM LARP Registration	(@ bottom of escalators)

Saturday, May 26, 2012


9:00 AM	LARP Registration	(@ bottom of escalators)


10:00 AM	LARP Opening Ceremonies	(Salon D)

Monday, May 28, 2012


10:00 AM	LARP Closing Ceremonies	(Salon D)


Back to Index	MUSIC PROGRAM TRACK	Back to Top

You can find a separate Concert Schedule on the Exhibits and Functions page


Back to Index	MUSIC PROGRAM: FRIDAY	Back to Top

Friday, May 25, 2012


10:00 PM	Friday Night Open Filk until...	(Salon C-D)


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Saturday, May 26, 2012


11:00 PM	Saturday Night Open Filk until...	(Garden Room)


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Sunday, May 27, 2012


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Monday, May 28, 2012


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Friday, May 25, 2012


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Saturday, May 26, 2012


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Sunday, May 27, 2012


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Monday, May 28, 2012


Back to Index	LITERARY: READERS	Back to Top

Friday, May 25, 2012

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Sunday, May 27, 2012


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Monday, May 28, 2012


Back to Index	SCIENCE - FRIDAY	Back to Top

Friday, May 25, 2012


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Saturday, May 26, 2012


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Sunday, May 27, 2012


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Monday, May 28, 2012


Back to Index	VIDEO	Back to Top

Our Video Coordinator Thomas the Red stays up nights finding all manner of genre films for you to enjoy. The Video Room, located in Salon F, is open from 3:00 pm on Friday the end of the last movie which starts at 1 pm on Monday. Please click here to open the Functions page and see the Video Schedule.


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Saturday, 9:00 AM	Writers' Workshop	(Belmont)

How's This For Openers?

In this fast-paced age, it's more important than before � and more difficult � -to grab and hold your reader's attention. So how do we do this? We'll explore different methods through discussion and exercises.

All participants are asked to bring the first page of at least one story they are working on, short story, novellette, novella, novel. I don't guarantee we'll use every one (depends on how many people show up), but we'll do the best we can.

Registration required before Balticon - write to writersworkshop AT bsfs DOT org. Workshop is 3 hours at Balticon. For more information see the Writers' Workshop page on the Baltimore Science Fiction Society's website.


Saturday, 12:00 Noon	Exploring the Magick and Lore of the Celtic/Norse Gods/Goddesses	(Belmont)

Maria and T. J. will present the lives, background, myths/legends of Gods/Goddesses of Celtic and Norse Mythology, followed by a Pathworking for you to 'meet' the character you'd like to work with, then a fun writing exercise or 2.


Sunday, 1:00 PM	Poetry Workshop	(Belmont Room)

Explore the arena of verse from inspiration and writing to submitting for publication and small press publishing. Open mic& reading follows. (2 hours) Join us in Salon C at 5:00 pm for the annual Balticon Poetry Contest winners' awards and readings of the winning poems, followed by open mic.


Monday, 12:00 Noon	About SF's Teaching With Science Fiction Workshop	(Garden Room)

This is a Workshop to prepare teachers use science fiction in classes for primary or secondary students, or to develop a class on science fiction. The workshop will take place on Monday , May 30, 2011, (Memorial Day) from noon to 4:00 pm in the Chase Room at the Marriott Hunt Valley Inn. No advance registration is required. Baltimore Science Fiction Society is please to present this workshop as a service to the community, and there is no charge for teachers attending the Workshop, which is also available to all registered Balticon members. The Teaching With Science Fiction Workshop is designed to provide insights into science fiction and the different ways it can be used effectively in a classroom setting. The Workshop answers questions educators may have about this idea-oriented, forward-looking, student stimulating body of speculative literature. This year's workshop features two teachers with experience in introducing science fiction within a classroom setting, Magi D. Shepley and Chris Doody. Additionally, attendees will be provided with resource materials for science fiction that have been developed by the AboutSF Science Fiction Resource Center, a joint project of the University of Kansas, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and the Science Fiction Research Association.

To receive additional information about the Workshop, or for any questions, please contact Balticon's AboutSF Coordinator, Peter Eirich, via email to: pete AT bsfs DOT org.


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Saturday, May 26, 2012


1:00 PM	Small Press Round Table (80 minutes)	(Parlor 1041)

Small Press Publishers and authors and artists who place their works with Small Press Publishers talk about the pros and cons, ins and outs, and ups and downs of working small and specializing in a narrow range of genres.Hildy Silverman(m)

Sunday, May 27, 2012


1:00 PM	Poetry Workshop	(Belmont Room)

Explore the arena of verse from inspiration and writing to submitting for publication and mall press publishing. Open mic&annual poetry contest winners' awards reading follows.Moderator Patti Kinlock

Poetry Contest

Enter the Annual Balticon Poetry Contest! Here's your chance to win cash prizes, a convention membership, and have your work published in the BSFAN, the souvenir book of Balticon. Entries should address the themes of science fiction/fantasy/horror/science. Limit: 3 poems/person, maximum 50 lines each. Email/postmark deadline: April 1. No entry fee. Complete information is available on the Baltimore Science Fiction Society Poetry Workshop page.


9:00 AM	Writers' Workshop Facilitated by Steve Lubs	(Belmont Room)

How's This For Openers?

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