About Minicon 54
What is Minicon and who is running it.
Minicon is Minneapolis's longest running science fiction convention! We hope you'll join us this year. You'll be in the company of about 700 other fans of not only science fiction, but fantasy, horror, anime, gaming, music, and many other pursuits.
Minicon features panel discussions, readings, signings, costuming, films, gaming, an art show, a dealers' room, kids' programming, a teen lounge and teen programming, a science room, music, a consuite and bar, room parties, and various other special events. For all that, most people say they don't come for what we have scheduled, but because they want to hang out with others like them in a place that feels like home.
If you haven't been to Minicon before, you might not be familiar with our breed of convention. This is not a "show" where you are paying to get in and then paying again to get autographs, and again for food, etc. Our registration fee covers all of the con features … once you're in, you're in. (Ok, we'll admit that the t-shirts are extra.) It is primarily a participatory event where fans bring the fun to each other, not one where we primarily line up events to entertain you. Sure, there will be entertainment, but with the exception of the guests of honor, it is all fans (who have paid the same as you for their membership) entertaining fans because they enjoy it.
Minicon 54 will be April 19-21, which, as usual, is Easter weekend.
Convention Committee
The convention committee (or concom) are the people that organize and run the convention. Anybody can help out on the committee as long as you're willing to put in the work to put on a great convention. If you'd like to help, please email chaREMOVEir@miniconTHIS54.mnstf.org.
- Chairs
- Emily Stewart & Kevin Austin
- Art Show
- Terry Hughes
- Badges
- Bill Crist
- Bar
- Susan Philbrook (head) & Brian Lundgren
- Bozo Bus Tribune
- Thorin Tatge
- Code of conduct
- Eric Forste (head), David Dyer-Bennet, Beth Friedman, Lydy Nickerson, Victor Solberg, Katie Clapham, Magenta Griffith
- Consuite
- Hershey Harris
- Costume contest
- Marty McConnell
- Dealer's room
- Terry Hughes
- Electronic PR delivery
- David Dyer-Bennet
- E-mail address handler
- Matt Strait
- Film room
- Michael Kingsley
- Gaming
- Matt McMillan
- Green Room
- Karen Cooper, Sharon Kahn
- Guest Liaison
- Rick Snyder (head), Tanya Brody, Tom Hogan
- Hotel Liaison
- Aaron Vander Giessen (head) & Diane Stewart
- Insurance
- Emily Stewart
- Logistics
- James Porter
- Medallion Hunt
- Jason Spitzer
- Music
- Beth Kinderman
- Next Gen/Teen Room
- Alton Jennie
- Ceremonies
- Toni Brust
- Party Liaison
- Don Stremski & Sharla Stremski
- Programming
- Emily Stewart
- Publications
- Sharla Stremski
- Photography
- David Dyer-Bennet
- Pre-registration
- Clay Harris
- Registration/Info table
- Carol Kennedy
- Rumpus Room (kids' programming)
- Bonnie Somdahl
- Science Room
- Ben Huset
- Social Media
- Aaron Vander Geissen
- Treasurer
- Matt Strait
- Volunteers
- Sharon Kahn
- Web Master
- Joe Pregracke