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12:00am PDT

LARP: Graveyard - Sunday Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodTom Bird Open Filking: Chaos PNW BallroomLinnea Thompson

7:00am PDT

Hospitality - Breakfast Room 1555

8:00am PDT

Gaming Mt St Helens

9:00am PDT

Art Show Exhibit Hall across from the main lobby Registration HalseyHelen Umberger Info Desk Hotel Lobby, near the coffee bar

10:00am PDT

Loretta McKibben Reading MadisonLoretta McKibben Story and Song Time with the Mer-People MorrisonOrchid Cavett • Sally Newman • Rachel Phillips • Yl'luria WaterSong Cosplay or Costuming SellwoodAmber Clark • John Lovett • Johanna Mead • Kevin Roche Broadsword Swinging and Etiquette WashingtonA.M. Brosius • Michael Brugger • Mark Chapman • Tristian Spillman Autographs AutographsCrystal Connor • Peter J. Wacks Academia Duellatoria: German Pole Axe Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodMatthew Howden • Heidi Young The Anthropogenic Extinction HawthorneGregory Gadow • Keith Henson • Charlie Stross Copyright: What You Need to Know BroadwayAri Goldstein Indie and Hybrid Authors RooseveltMaya Kaathryn Bohnhoff • Blythe Ayne • Tod McCoy • Jennifer Willis Scifaiku: Haiku LincolnWendy Van Camp Baron Munchausen HamiltonNat Saenz Dealers' Room Exhibit Hall across from the main lobby Fan Tables Ballroom Lobby

11:00am PDT

Art Docent Tours Art ShowJohn Hertz Where Do You Get Your Ideas From? Ross IslandChristian Lipski • L. Pierce Ludke • Robert Plamondon • Lindsay Schopfer Open Crafts/Construction Toy Play Time MorrisonShauna Mckain-Storey Prop-Making 101 SellwoodMark Chapman • Chin Chin • Sandra King NIWA (Northwest Independent Writers Association) Meet & Greet WashingtonContessa Paxton Timmerman • Jeffrey Cook • Ellen Klowden • Kenneth Lett Autographs AutographsNina Kiriki Hoffman • Mike Moscoe • Wendy Wagner Mer People Meet and Greet PoolsideOrchid Cavett Academia Duellatoria: Italian Two-Handed Sword Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodJeff Richardson • Angel Tanner Gear Profiles for Art and Science WeidlerGuy Letourneau Technology of the Tesla Coil 3 Sisters Publishing Coops: The BookView Cafe RooseveltDiana Pharaoh Francis • Shannon Page • Phyllis Irene Radford • Sara Stamey Australian Aboriginals as First Astronomers HawthorneJames Glass GoH: Science Tourism Experiences Jeff/AdamsDavid D. Levine Adapting for Comics LincolnLiz Argall • Anina Bennett • Paul Guinan SFWA Business Meeting BroadwayCat Rambo • James Fiscus Hospitality - Lunch Room 1555

12:00pm PDT

Peter Wacks Reading MadisonPeter J. Wacks Extreme Games MorrisonKyle Engen • Carol Mathewson Mermania 103 PoolsideOrchid Cavett • Sally Newman • Rachel Phillips • Yl'luria WaterSong Twisted History SellwoodAndrea Letourneau • Chin Chin • Flori Lima-Steele • Johanna Mead The 52 Project: Writing a Short Story Every Week for a Year (and Publishing the Best!) WashingtonKenneth Lett • Ellen Klowden Autographs AutographsJason V Brock • William F. Nolan Two Shots: Group Two OregonLinnea Thompson Academia Duellatoria: Introduction to the Bolognese Sword and Buckler System Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodScott Knight • Jeff Richardson Human Speciation in an Interstellar Culture HawthorneHoward Davidson • Hugh S. Gregory • Loretta McKibben • G. David Nordley Replicator Economics Ross IslandElizabeth Adams • Manny Frishberg • Ken Lizzi • John Scalzi How to Get and Keep an Agent LincolnSunni Brock • James Fiscus • Mike Moscoe Is Big Publishing Necessary? RooseveltBlythe Ayne • Stoney Compton • Jim Doty • Tod McCoy Art Auction Mult/Holl Beyond the Mask HamiltonNat Saenz

1:00pm PDT

T-Shirt Costumes MorrisonKyle Engen • Carol Mathewson • Shauna Mckain-Storey • Timothy Storey How to Make Fairy Wings SellwoodTheresa Halbert MemeTown Express WashingtonEmily Brier • Siobhan Ernst How the Hugo Awards Work BroadwayKevin Standlee • David D. Levine • Ben Yalow The Ukrainian Bandura: How Stalin's Henchmen Tried to Destroy a Bardic Tradition OregonJoan Gaustad • Roy Torley Academia Duellatoria: German Longsword Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodMatthew Howden • Scott Knight Sherlock Holmes on Steampunk WeidlerDanielle Nicole Arthun • Flori Lima-Steele • John Lovett • Mac McGowan Tesla Coil Demonstrations 3 SistersDon Anderson Space Travel and Religion HawthorneGregory Gadow • Guy Letourneau • Sean Robinson • Jennifer Willis Geeks and Feminism Ross IslandLiz Argall • Amber Clark • Ari Goldstein • Langley Hyde Someone Else's Universe RooseveltMaya Kaathryn Bohnhoff • Anina Bennett • David Boop • Robert Plamondon

2:00pm PDT

Costume Exchange SellwoodAndrea Letourneau Local Food Sustainability & Community-Building WashingtonEllen Klowden • Liz Argall • Karen Black • A.M. Brosius • Guy Letourneau • Robert Plamondon Whither conventions? BroadwayGene Armstrong • Mir Plemmons • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones • Tom Whitmore Theme Circle: The Odd Corners of Your Songbook Oregon Onion and Orchids Ross IslandLea Rush • Helen Umberger Academia Duellatoria: Swords for Scribes: Arms vs. Armor Swords Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodMatthew Howden • Kim Switzer Post-Apocalyptic Crafts MorrisonKyle Engen • Carol Mathewson • Shauna Mckain-Storey • Timothy Storey

3:00pm PDT

Kitten Kaboodle: Portrayals of Cats and Their People in Popular Culture WashingtonEllen Klowden • Katie Klecker • Flori Lima-Steele • Contessa Paxton Timmerman Closing Ceremonies Mult/HollLea Rush Steampunk In Portland WeidlerStephen Couchman • Julie McGowan • Professor DR Schreiber

4:00pm PDT

Academia Duellatoria: Swords for Scribes: Rapier Fighting Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodMatthew Howden • Kim Switzer

7:00pm PDT

GoH Science : Juno Viewing Party Jeff/AdamsBobak Ferdowsi

8:00pm PDT

Open Filking: Dead Dog OregonLinnea Thompson