Minicon30 Program
FRIDAY
- 3:00 pm
- Potato Science Experiments - Plaza 2
- War is Bad, Peace is Good - Plaza 1
- 4:00 pm
- The Scholar's Approach to Media Fandom - Atrium 4
- 5:00 pm
- The Language of Literary Criticism - Plaza 2
- Star Trek Technology - Atrium 4
- Autographs: Jody Lee, Mark W. Tiedemann, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Eleanor Arnason - GB Foyer
- 6:00 pm
- Star Trek vs. The TV Universe - Atrium 4
- 7:00 pm
- Opening Ceremonies - Grand Ballroom
- Sedar - Atrium 3
- 7:30 pm
- Shockwave - Grand Ballroom
Here's the script
- 9:00 pm
- Shakulantera: A Play about Elves - Edina
- The Myth of Myth - Plaza 1
- So I Wrote the Book, So What? - Atrium 3
- True Lies - Plaza 3
- Visions of Cyberspace - Sofitel Salon 1
- Kids' Gaming - Gaming
- Kirk is Dead! Long Live Picard! - Atrium 4
- Sketch Comedy by Trans Iowa Canal Company - Grand Ballroom
- Reading by Mark Shepherd - Atrium 1
- Dwarves/Dwarfs in Tolkien & Lewis - Plaza 2
- 10:00 pm
- Don't Give Up Your Day Job - Plaza 3
- Guilty Pleasures - Plaza 2
- Running A Small Convention - Atrium 3
- Someday My Prints Will Come - Plaza 1
- X-Philes - Atrium 4
- What's Wrong with the Publishing Industry - Sofitel Salon 1
- Reading by Jane Yolen - Atrium 1
- Regency Dance - Bloomington
- 11:00 pm
- Best of SF&F Teen Novels - Plaza 3
- Gender Bending - Plaza 1
- Is the Space Program Going to Fade Out - Sofitel Salon 1
- Tattoo One: Body Art in Fiction and Real Life - Atrium 3
- UFOs and Government Conspiracy - Edina
- Concert: Dandelion Wine and Decardent Dave Clement - Grand Ballroom
- Reading by Emma Bull - Atrium 1
- Midnight
- Vampires on a Bed of Rice - Atrium 4
- Arabian Nights - Grand Ballroom Foyer
- Chocolate Ceremony - Edina
SATURDAY
- 10:00 am
- The Care and Feeding of the Creative Process - Sofitel Salon 2
- Obscure British TV Shows - Atrium 4
- Self-Publishing: From Desktop to Vanity Press - Atrium 3
- Taping your Convention 101 - Bloomington
- Toys in Space with the L-5 Society - Plaza 3
- Fan Faire - Poolside
- Bronze Casting Slide Show - Sofitel Salon 1
- Reading by David Perlman - Atrium 1
- Autographs: David Prill, Joel Rosenberg, Allen Steele, John M. Ford - GB Foyer
- 11:00 am
- Battlefield Electronics in the 21st Century - Plaza 1
- Getting Up There - Atrium 3
- What an Aspiring Author Needs to Know - Sofitel Salon 2
- The Fantastic Art of Jody Lee - Atrium 4
- Star Trek News and Views - Atrium 4
- Reading by L.A. Taylor - Atrium 1
- Creating Languages for Other Cultures - Plaza 2
- Noon
- Artists' Jam - Edina
- Best of SF&F Picture Books - Plaza 2
- Fixing the Publishing Industry - Sofitel Salon 2
- How to Design a Costume Presentation - Bloomington
- The Message is a Mess - Atrium 3
- Pros, Cons & Fans on the Information Superhighway - Plaza 1
- Aliens in Trek: Cardassia and the Dominion
- Children's Juggling Workshop - Plaza 3
- Robert Forward Slide Show - Sofitel Salon 1
- Reading by Mark W. Tiedemann - Atrium 1
- 1:00 pm
- The Creation of Magic - Plaza 2
- How to Draw a Barbarian - Edina
- Inventions that Changed the Course of History - Plaza 1
- Prozac is our Friend - Atrium 3
- Origami Workshop - Plaza 3
- Reading by Terry Garey - Atrium 4
- Star Trek Revival Meeting - Atrium 4
- Dr. Who Regenerates - Sofitel Salon 2
- Masquerade Orientation - Bloomington
- 2:00 pm
- Artists in a Bunch - Edina
- The Fine Art of SF&F - Sofitel Salon 1
- Celebrity Picture Book Reading - Atrium 3
- Costuming on a Budget - Bloomington
- Getting the Location Right - Plaza 1
- My Sense of Wonder Just Got Run Over - Plaza 3
- Script Writing for Fannish Audiences - Plaza 3
- Reading by Steven Brust - Atrium 4
- H.G. Wells' Time Machine - Sofitel Salon 2
- Reading by Eleanor Arnason - Atrium 1
- Autographs: Robert Forward, Robert Cornett, C.J. Mills - GB Foyer
- 3:00 pm
- Books as Bricks - Plaza 3
- How to be a Starship Captain - Atrium 4
- Making up Klingon is Hard to Do - Bloomington
- Magic Show - poolside
- War for the Oaks, The Movie: Status Report 3 - Atrium 5
- Reading by Brooks Peck - Sofitel Salon 2
- Reading by Joel Rosenberg - Atrium 1
- Freewheeling Speculation on Minicon 31 - Plaza 1
- Poetry Reading - Atrium 3
- Filk Sing - Plaza 2
- 4:00 pm
- Good Writers and the People who Don't Red Them - Sofitel Salon 2
- The Right Stuff - Edina
- Make Your Own Puppet - Plaza 2
- Klingon Dating Game - Atrium 4
- Homoerotica in SF&F - Plaza 3
- Missing Scenes from Star Wars - Sofitel Salon 1
- Reading by Allen Steele - Atrium 1
- 5:00 pm
- Reading by David Prill - Atrium 1
- Autographs: Amy Thomson, Mark Shepherd, Patricia Wrede, L.A. Taylor, Kara Dalkey - GB Foyer
- 6:00 pm
- Masquerade - Grand Ballroom
- 7:00 pm
- The Quest for Literary Respectability - Atrium 3
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Mars - Plaza 2
- SF Writing Groups - the 1995 Scene - Atrium 1
- 8:00 pm
- Gay and Lesbian Characters - Plaza 1
- Real Life and High Fantasy - Atrium 3
- The Wheels of If Go Round and Round - Plaza 2
- Art Auction - Atrium 4
- Star Trek Fashion Show - Poolside
- 9:00 pm
- Babylon Five: Lord of the Rings Retold? - Plaza 2
- The Nature of Evil in SF&F - Plaza 1
- Why isn't There More SF in our SF Bookshelves - Atrium 1
- Bedtime Stories with Jane Yolen - Atrium 3
- Physics X - Edina
- 10:00 pm
- Aliens Among us I - Plaza 2
- Clashing Symbols - Atrium 1
- Ask Dr. Mike - Edina
- Terminator: A Feminist View - Plaza 1
- 11:00 pm
- Alternate Sexuality Themes in SF&F - Plaza 1
- Multicultural Diversity in Star Trek - Plaza 2
- Men in Tights II - Atrium 3
- Dance Band: Cats Laughing - Grand Ballroom
- R.O.G. Ceremony - Atrium 1
- Midnight
- Tattoo Too: Acquiring Body Art - Atrium 3
- Beth Eastman Memorial Pun-el- Plaza 1
- CD Release Party: Boiled in Lead - Grand Ballroom
SUNDAY
- 10:00 am
- Build a Castle/Space Station - Plaza 2
- Multicultural/Multi-Species Religious Ceremony - Atrium 4
- Investment for the Future - Plaza 3
- Dragon Making 101 - Plaza 1
- 11:00 am
- Best of SF&F Children's Novels - Bloomington
- Men: Can't Live With Them, Can't Get a New Operating System - Atrium 4
- Small Press: Alive & Kicking or Suicidal? - Plaza 3
- Galactic Gourmet VI - Atrium 4
- Clowning Workshop - Plaza 2
- Reading by C.J. Mills - Atrium 1
- Noon
- Con-Going with Kids - Atrium 3
- Style vs. Style - Plaza 3
- Magic Workshop - Plaza 2
- The Work of Vernor Vinge - Edina
- The Straightening of Hollywood - Atrium 4
- Reading by Amy Thompson - Atrium 1
- 1:00 pm
- Illustration Workshop for Kids - Plaza 3
- Raising Children in Fandom - Atrium 3
- Reincarnation in Literature - Plaza 2
- What Do I Read Next? - Plaza 1
- Is Time Travel Possible in Our Lifetimes? - Bloomigton
- Reading by Robert Cornett - Atrium 1
- The Fiction of Robert Forward - Atrium 4
- 2:00 pm
- Aliens Among Us II - Plaza 2
- Dangerous Visions Revisited - Atrium 3
- Ethics on the Information Superhighway - Plaza 1
- Fat, Feminism and Fandom - Plaza 3
- Win, Lose or Draw - Grand Ballroom
- Christian Fandom: A Special Interest Meeting - Atrium 3
- Masquerade Postmortem - Bloomington
- Autographs: Vernor Vinge, Steven Brust, Jane Yolen, David Perlman - GB Foyer
- 4:00 pm
- Closing Ceremonies