From einblatt-list@mnstf.org Wed Nov 3 09:35:12 2021 Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2021 07:35:07 -0700 From: Einblatt Subject: Einblatt Current (October 2021) Ah, November. Halloween is over, winter is upon us, and Mariah Carey is escaping from her high-security containment unit. This is the monthly Einblatt for November of 2021. November 3, 7 PM (that's today!): Larua Purdie Salas & Angela Matteson, "If You Want to Knit Some Mittens" virtual event. You can read more about it here: https://www.redballoonbookshop.com/event/laura-purdie-salas-angela-matteson-if-you-want-knit-some-mittens-virtual-event November 4, 7 PM: Scott Studwell and Jim Burton present "Viking for Life: A Four-Decade Football Love Affair." You can read more about the event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scott-studwell-and-jim-bruton-present-viking-for-life-registration-186150931447 November 8, 7 PM: John Toren presents "Cabin in the City: Essays." You can read more about the event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/john-toren-presents-cabin-in-the-city-registration-186962900067 November 9, 7 PM: James P Lenfestey presents "Seasons of the Urban Coyote: Howlings on Family, Community, and Search for Peace & Justice." You can read more about the event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/james-p-lenfestey-presents-seasons-of-the-urban-coyote-registration-187890644977 November 10, 7 PM: Dave Nimmer presents "The Home Stretch: North of 80 - One Step at a Time." You can read more about the event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dave-nimmer-presents-the-home-stretch-registration-189911419167 November 11, 7 PM: Kyle Lucia Wu presents "Win Me Something" in conversation with lara Mimosa Montes. You can read more about the event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kyle-lucia-wu-presents-win-me-something-registration-190603027787 Some news about Gaylaxicon-run events: November 9, 7 PM --North Country Gaylaxians Book Club—Topic: Maze-born Trouble, Zoom Discussion with author Ginn Hale https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87354556307?pwd=bXlYTWxyZ0RhYmphS3QvWGdZTkxDdz09 Meeting ID: 873 5455 6307 • Passcode: 112889 The Twin Cities’ chapter of the Gaylactic Network. topic: Due to Covid-19 pandemic, this meeting will be conducted online via Zoom Meeting • December 14: Tove Jansson & her Moomins (The Moomin books) Check us out on Facebook under North Country Gaylaxians https://www.facebook.com/groups/196936024304/visit ncgaylaxians.org, join the mailing list for regular gaming together notices; or FFI: 651-307-4239; d-lena@umn.edu • On November 20, at 1:30 PM, The Rivendell Discussion Group will discuss T. Kingfisher’s A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, as the topic. The book is a fun read, and this year’s winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s books. A link to the Zoom discussion session will be posted on the Facebook event and at the Rivendell webpage at www.rivendellergroup.com, just before the meeting. It’s also available in the local, monthly Smoke from the Last Homely Hearth, free upon request from d-lena@umn.edu. November 28, 1:30 PM. Second Foundation discussion of The fiction of Edgar Allan Poe, especially his SF. The SF’ers have resumed in-person meetings at Parkway Pizza, 4359 Minnehaha Parkway in Minneapolis, but they will maintain an online Zoom discussion as well. Link to follow on their Facebook page. For further information, contact Eric eheideman@dhzone.com, 612-721-5959 • Or David at 651-307-4239. November 6, all day: CONFABULOUS NEWS a note about ConFABulous from chairperson Donald Kaiser: Due to the steady increase in COVID Delta Variant cases in Minnesota and on consultation with my Convention Committee, we are changing ConFABulous 2021 to a free, one-day virtual convention on Saturday, November 6 2021. FFI: REGISTER TODAY To participate in ConFABulous, complete a brief FREE registration. Registration for the event is required to give you full access to the event. Gives you full access to the event panels. Lets us know the number of attendees joining us for our virtual event. Gives you access to gaming and discussion Zoom events. Allows you to donate to the convention to help ensure that ConFABulous can continue in the future. Your donation is tax deductible. Allows you to register for RPG games once the schedule is published. PREVIOUS REGISTRANTS For those who have previously registered for ConFABulous 2020 or 2021, we will be offering the following options: Carry your registration over to ConFABulous 2022 (October 14-17, 2022 at the Crown Plaza Aire, 3 Appletree Square in Bloomington, MN) Request a refund at info@confabulous.org PARTICIPATE IN PANELS Panels will be streamed live to the ConFABulous YouTube channel. Attendees viewing the channel will be able to participate by adding questions and comments in the live video chat. Our full schedule for the day will be available on our website PROGRAMMING page and on our Facebook page and event once it is finalized. Panels will run for one hour with 30-minute breaks between, except for a 60-minute break for dinner. JOIN AN RPG ConFABulous will have scheduled roleplaying events which will happen using Zoom or our Discord Channel. We will be send an announcement of our full schedule of roleplaying games once it is finalized. It will also be listed on our website GAMING page. At that time, you will be able to register for RPG events on the Eventbrite registration page. OTHER ACTIVITIES Other activities will be announced soon. Please join us on November 6, 2021. Don Kaiser, Chair, ConFABulous Minn-STF meetings are theoretically planned to happen on the 6th and the 20th at 4 PM, most likely through Discord. You can join the Minn-STF server here: https://discord.gg/6DtyTGmb (this link will expire on the 10th). November birthdays:November: 1: Jane Freitag 2: Don Fitch 4: Kara Dalkey 6: Jack Targonski 11: Marty Helgesen 23: Steven Brust Since these don't come out exactly on the first of each month, I'm gonna start including next month's early birthdays up to the 5th as well. Here's December's: 2: Martin McClure 3: Lynn Anderson 4: Jerry Corwin, Felicia Herman, Anne Gay That's all for this month. I don't have a good outro, so... here's a nonogram! 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