Einblatt! June 2017
Calendar
- Wed, May 31, 5:30-9:00PM. KC Memorial Gathering (see Announcements). Any friend of Anna and/or KC is welcome. This is an informal event. Please stop in even if only for a few minutes, to share a memory or give condolences to Anna. Jonathan Adams & Carol Kennedy's, 3328 Colfax Ave S, Mpls.
- Sat, Jun 3, 4PM. Minn-StF Meeting. Aaron vander Giessen & Emily Stewart's, 2829 Alabama Ave S, St Louis Park. Bringing food or beverage to share encouraged. Cats, no guns, smoking outside. Please do not bring other animals. Nearest Bus: 17C/D @ Blackstone & Minnetonka Blvd. FFI: 612-747-5990, mle292@gmail.com
- Sun, Jun 4, 1-5PM. Anime Twin Cities' Akihabara Anime Swap Meet and Yard Sale. GPS Event Horizon, Room 107, 1121 Jackson St NE, Mpls. FFI: https://www.facebook.com/events/667885583395081
- Fri, Jun 9, 7-11PM. GPS Movie Night. GPS Event Horizon, 1121 Jackson St NE, Mpls. FFI: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gps-movie-night-june-2017-tickets-34093874697
- Sat, Jun 10. GPS Annual Picnic. Cherokee Regional Park, St Paul. FFI: https://www.meetup.com/Geek-Partnership-Society/events/238609070/
- Sun, Jun 11, 12N. Friends of the St. Paul Library Crossword Contest. FFI: http://www.thefriends.org/crossword
- Sun, Jun 11, 2-5PM. LSC&TS. Terry Garey's, 3149 Park Ave S, Mpls. Cats, no smoking, no guns, no kids without prior arrangement. FFI: t-gare@umn.edu
- Tues, Jun 13, 7PM. North Country Gaylaxians discusses The Shattered Chain, by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Quatrefoil Library 1220 E Lake St. FFI: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NorthCountryGaylaxians/
- Tues, Jun 13, 7-9PM. ESP Speculative Fiction Meetup. Topic: Making good scene structure Davannis, 310 White Bear Ave, St Paul. FFI: https://www.meetup.com/MinnSpec/events/240011966/
- Sat, Jun 17, #. Minn-StF Meeting. By the pool at the DoubleTree Park Place. Please bring ConSuite type snacks to share, be prepared to pass the hat for donations to 4th Street ConSuite. No programming access, just ConSuite access. Ann is running the 4th Street Consuite in exchange. For this one event, PLEASE RSVP to Ann at toad@hauntedfrog.com to help avoid throwing ConSuite planning, and consider buying a full membership to support 4th Street. FFI: toad@hauntedfrog.com
- Sun, Jun 18, 12N-2PM. MinnSpec Editing Workshop. Uptown Heating & Cooling 3554 Bryant Ave S, Mpls. FFI: https://www.meetup.com/MinnSpec/events/238241336/
- Mon, Jun 19, 6:30-9:30PM. GPS Arts Initiative Figure Drawing Salon. GPS Event Horizon Classroom (106A), 1121 Jackson St NE, Mpls. FFI: arts@geekpartnership.org
- Thurs, Jun 22, 11:59PM. Einblatt! Deadline.
- Sat, Jun 24, 2PM. Minn-StF Board Meeting. Scott Raun's, 3928 11th Ave S, Mpls. FFI: Any board member
- Sun, Jun 25, 2PM. Minicon 53 Open Meeting. Location TBD.
Advance Warning
Minn-StF Meetings: TBD: 1 July, Picnic: 15 July
Announcements:
Anna Dudda's partner Sean Kirk Christy Thompson, AKA KC, died in his sleep, apparently of a heart attack, on May 18, 2017.
Minn-StF is an available charity for Amazon Smile. Search for "The Minnesota Science Fiction Society, Inc.".
Minicon 53 will be chaired by Kevin Austin and Emily Stewart.
Minn-StF has resurrected the Quartermaster position, and trying to generate a list of everything we own. Joel Phillips has accepted the position. If you have any items owned by Minn-StF in your possession, please let Joel know at the e-mail address quartermaster@mnstf.org.
The Minn-StF President is Ann Totusek. She can be reached at president@mnstf.org.
# - Minn-StF Meetings start at 2pm, but there are rarely a lot of people showing up before 4pm. The business meeting will typically be between 5-6pm.
Thanks to recent meeting hosts: Blaisdell Polytechnic, Erin McKee & David Wilford, Jonathan Adams & Carol Kennedy, Sharon Kahn & Richard Tatge, Mark Richards, Joel Phillips and Christine, Clay & Hershey Harris, Irene & Scott Raun, Aaron Vander Giessen & Emily Stewart, David Cargo, Robin Severson, Rachel Kronick, Bill Christ.
Birthdays:
5: Erik Elmshauser; 8: Rebecca Strait, 11: David Lenander; 12: Joyce Scrivner; 13: Sybil Smith; 16: Roscoe Bendtsen; 25: Rick Gellman, Eric Heideman; 26: Erin McKee; 28: Deborah Halpern; 30: Erin Lorenz
Publishing News
Catherine Lundoff's Silver Moon: A Wolves of Wolf's Point Novel, new release from Queen of Swords Press, 5/15 for ebook, 6/15/17 for print. http://queenofswordspress.com/
pb=mass market paperback. hc=hardcover. tp=trade paperback nf=nonfiction. coll=collection. anth=anthology. r=reissue
Conventions
Jun 16-18. 4th Street Fantasy 2017. St Louis Park, MN. Doubletree by Hilton. http://www.4thstreetfantasy.com
July 6-9. CONvergence 2017, Bloomington, MN. Registration: Adults $75, 13-17 $40, 6-12, $20, all to 6/1. FFI: http://www.convergence-con.org/
July 21-23. Diversicon 25. Best Western Bandana Square, St Paul. GoHs: Eleanor Arnason, Melissa Scott. FFI http://www.diversicon.org/
Aug 9-13. Worldcon 75. Helsinki, Finland. GoHs: John-Henri Holmberg, Nalo Hopkinson, Johanna Sinisalo, Claire Wendling, Walter Jon Williams. FFI: http://www.worldcon.fi/
Oct 6-8. Decongestant 2, Bloomington, MN. Registration: Adults, $50, 13-20, $10. FFI: http://mnstf.org/decongestant2/
Oct 20-22. Anime Fusion. DoubleTree Park Place, St. Louis Park, MN. FFI: https://www.animefusion.net/
Mar 30 - Apr 1, 2018. Minicon 53. DoubleTree Park Place, St Louis Park, MN. GoHs: Rachel Swirsky, Lyda Morehouse, Registration: Adult $45, Student, $20, Kid, $10, Supporting $15 through 9 Mar 2018. FFI: http://mnstf.org/minicon53/
Ongoing Information
Board of Directors: Aaron Vande Giessen, Lydia Nickerson, Scott Raun, Matt Strait & Hershey Harris - board@mnstf.org. Mn-STF meetings are held the 1st and 3rd Saturday every month, Board meeting minutes are posted at http://www.mnstf.org/records/board-minutes/, check there for the next board meeting.
Minn-STF web site at: www.mnstf.org/. Minicon web site at: www.mnstf.org/minicon/.
Gamesday Players: Board & card gaming almost every Friday evening. FFI: Richard Tatge at 612-827-3228.
Filk Circle: open to all who like to participate in music with f/sf lyrics. 4th Sunday at 5pm. FFI: Rich Brown, 651-646-2159, rab@freemars.org
PRINT FANDOM LIVES! Stipple-Apa is a healthy general-interest publication with members in three countries. Local collations are every six weeks. Chat with fellow fans the classic way. FFI: Jeanne Mealy, 651-771-7226
Einblatt from July 95 to date is on the web at www.mnstf.org/einblatt/. Einblatt is distributed via e-mailing-list - sign up at the website (here). The Dead-tree Einblatt is available by subscription. Cost is $10, payable by check mailed to the Minn-StF PO Box, check or cash handed to YrHumbleEinblattEd (as of December 2009, Scott Raun), or PayPal to webmaster@minicon.org.
This Einblatt was edited by Scott Raun with the assistance of Denny Lien (publishing news) and Kevin Austin(conventions).
Einblatt is a monthly publication of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society, devoted to news of the local SF community. E-mail same to einblatt@mnstf.org, or send to Scott Raun, 3928 11th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55407; or call him at 612-822-0451. Email submissions most preferred, no phone calls after 10pm. // Next Einblatt! Deadline: 11:59PM June 22nd, 2017.