Clear Ether
The Official Arisia Newsletter
Sunday 19 Jan 2020 edition

Changes

Current Events in Comics
Sun 10:00 AM | Stone
This panel has been cancelled

Ask a Maker
Sun 10:00 AM | Faneuil
Drew Van Zandt will not be at this session

Trains in Space
Sun 10:00 AM | Marina 4
Andy Rosequist will not be on this panel

The Knitting Circle Meetup
Sun 11:30 AM | Lewis
This session has been cancelled. There is drop-in crafting starting at 4pm in Stone

Superhero Costuming
Sun 11:30 AM | Alcott
Jonathan ‘Johnny C’ Earnest will not be on this panel

Chantey Sing
Sun 11:30 AM | Bulfinch
Frederic Jennings will not be at this session.

The State of Microcontrollers
Sun 11:30 AM | Faneuil
Drew Van Zandt will not be at session.

Monsters in the Elevator [Fast Track]
Sun 1:00 PM | Hancock
Jason Wiser will be hosting a game of “Monsters in the Elevator”

Proper Pronouns Matter
Sun 1:00 PM | Douglas
Andy Rosequist will not be on this panel

Daemons and Dust: the Fiction of Philip Pullman
Sun 2:30 PM | Marina 4
Mink Rose will not be at this session

Lighting It Up: Adding Sparkle to Your Projects
Sun 2:30 PM | Faneuil
Drew Van Zandt will not be at this session

The Nice and Accurate Ineffability of Good Omens 
Sun 5:30 PM | Otis
Gabriel Valdez will not be at this session

Fanfiction from Fandom to Fandom
7:00 PM | Faneuil
Cassandra Lease will not be on this panel. Shoshana Traum will be moderating

Talking Cats and Political Rabbits
Sun 7:00 PM | Douglas
Gabriel Valdez will not be at this session

Story Pitch Challenge
Sun 10:00 PM | Otis
Cassandra Lease will not be on this panel

Introduction to Kink (18+)
10:00 PM | Marina 1
Marzell Barker will not be on this panel. Abigail Keenan will be moderating

Calling All Volunteers!

Any amount of time you can volunteer is appreciated. No shift is too short!
Visit the Volunteers Desk in the Lobby!

Food Trucks 

Outside near Registration 11 am - 4:30 pm
Bon Me 
Chik Chak

Blood Drive Stats

110! units of blood donated
73 units donated to Mass General Hospital
37 units donated to Children’s Hospital
Heinlein Society thanks you 17 years of dedication to this cause.

Registered Attendees
As of 10 pm Saturday
2945

Gaming

Mind’s Eye Society: Werewolf LARP
Sun 2:30 PM - 4hr - Lewis (3E)
The GMs have requested that the game be set to 18+ for organizational reasons

Mind’s Eye Society: Vampire LARP
Sun 7:00 PM - 4hr - Lewis (3E)
The GMs have requested that the game be set to 18+ for organizational reasons

Open Parties
Check out these themed parties happening this evening! This is not an exhaustive list!
Check standing sign boards throughout the con for details and other parties.

407 - House of Toast

Fundraiser Update 

Total Raised Today
as of 7 pm
$2,020.14
We still need
$4,301.31
Including matching funds

Please visit the table near the Dealers Room to donate.
You can also donate at: corp.arisia.org/donate

Last year’s Guest of Honor Elizabeth Leggett has donated a limited edition print of “The Tower”, one of her newest works. It’s on auction now; proceeds will go toward the settlement fund.

The auction is in the Art Show and closes at 6 pm TODAY!

Come to Boskone!

Join Boskone at the Westin over Presidents Day Weekend!
Use discount code “ArisiaB57” for $5 off the current $60 general adult membership. Good through Jan 21.

Other current rates:
$25 — Children
$35 — Young Adult (18-25) 
$50 — Active Military

Register at boskone.org

Guest of Honor
Kim Stanley Robinson

Young Adult Fiction Guest
Holly Black

Official Artist
Eric Wilkerson

Musical Guest
Cheshire Moon

Hal Clement Science Speaker
Jon Singer

NESFA Press Guest
Jim Burns

MLK Book Donations

There will be a Martin Luther King Service Project to benefit 826 Boston, a literacy & writing charity which works gratis with under-served Boston Public Schools students. They publish and sell books of their students’ writing.

It’s not too late to donate online! We still need some requested books.

Visit myregistry.com and search for “826 Boston”.

A book donation box will also be at the MLK Observance on Monday.

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