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Friday Concerts

Alexander James Adams
Grand 3, 4-6 p.m.

Creede Lambard
Evergreen 1&2, 7 p.m.

Kirby Krackle
Evergreen 1&2, 8 p.m.

A Little Knight Music
Evergreen 1&2 ,9 p.m. And follow them on Twitter:

Alexander James Adams - #folk #bardic #filk
Creede Lambard - #filk #banjo
Kirby Krackle - #geekrock #rock
A Little Knight Music - #filk

Open mic night at the Winking Skeever

nwcMUSIC, the geekmusic festival of NWC, is holding its first open mic on FRI night at 10pm. Follow the final concert with YOU on the very same stage! ALL GENRES WELCOME; 1-2 songs or 8 minutes, whichever is shorter and how long the queue. No prizes here; just a chance in front of a audience to see what it's like on stage. Don’t forget: open lk at 11 pm!

JEEVES ENCOURAGES YOU TO VOLUNTEER!

VISIT OUR LOUNGE IN OLYMPIC 2! PRIZES! COMFY CHAIRS! FOOD!

LAST MINUTE PROGRAMMING CHANGES

PRO CANCELLATIONS:

Jason Bulmahn
Patricia MacEwen
Mary Rosenblum
Ken Scholes

CANCELLED:

Future Forensics - Friday, 10 am, Evergreen 1&2
Preserving our Geek Heritage, Friday, 1 pm, Evergreen 1&2

ADDED for FRIDAY:

Ryan K. Johnson is now on the Adaptations for TV panel at 5 pm CAS 6
Irene Radford reads The Fall, a short story from the anthology “The River”, edited by Alma Alexander. 5:30 pm CAS 1
Evan Peterson reads The Cutting Room Floor Poems in the voice[s] of Frankenstein's monster. A live poetry performance. Rated PG 6pm, CAS 1

CHANGES:

Changing Star Wars 7 pm in CAS 6 New moderator: Amber Clark

VOLUNTEER EVENT

today at 3 PM in VOLUNTEERS, OLY 3! Strawberry shortcake and prizes! Need a reason to volunteer? The daily party is a good one!

Want a Special Ribbon?

For a $1 or more dona on to NWC charities, you get a sticker with the NWC QR code, and a ribbon that says “Show Me Your Stamp.” See Becky Citrak in the Volunteers Lounge, OLY 3!

Correction:

The Venus Transit will be on June 5th from 3PM to Sunset!

QotD:

“What happens at Norwescon comes back in 20 years and calls you Daddy.”

Maxi’s Lounge

is open for Norwescon members age 21+ on Friday and Saturday night. Remember to bring your photo ID along with your membership badge. Please note that the 14th floor of the tower is closed to people under 21 as of 8 p.m. on Fri. and Sat. night.

PARKING NOTICE

Jeeves wishes to remind a endees that they should park only in undesignated spots. Violators may be towed and the tickets are expensive. Don’t be penny-wise and pound-foolish!

FILKFEST

Today is FILKFEST. Filk was the first form of Geekmusic, and if you have no idea what that is, come learn at WHAT THE FRAK IS FILK? at Noon followed by a workshop at 2 pm in the Salon (bring instruments or voice!), with guests Alexander James Adams and Kidsfilk on the way down to evening concerts, an open mic for geekmusic, and overnight Open Filk. You've heard about it, you've been confused by it, find out what it's about all day today!

QUERY JEEVES

is the daily newsletter of Norwescon 35. Articles from the membership are greatly desired. The deadline for each issue is 10 pm the night before. Submission boxes are located at Registration, the Con Office, and Hospitality, or you may email Jeeves at zine@norwescon.org. Your editrix is Katrina Marier with ad hoc assistance from the Publications Team!

GOH SPOTLIGHT

Steven Baxter

GoH Autograph Session, 10-11 am in Grand 2
Steven Baxter Q & A, 2–3 pm in Evergreen 3&4

Bridget Landry

GoH Autograph Session, 10-11 am in Grand 2
Cassini at Saturn, 11- Noon in Grand 3
The Importance of Abby, 4-5 pm, in Evergreen 3 & 4

John Picacio

GoH Autograph Session, 10-11 am in Grand 2
The Art of John Picacio, Noon – 1 pm in Grand 3

Sheila Gilbert & Betsy Wolheim from DAW Books

GoH Autograph Session, 10-11 am in Grand 2
What's New from DAW, 3-4 pm in Evergreen 1 & 2

Overheard:

“If you are going to have your brain sucked at con, wouldn’t you rather a friend did it?”

Guidebook

Norwescon has partnered with Guidebook, http://guidebook.com/g/nwc2012/ to provide our online con schedule. If you have a smartphone (iPhone, Android, Blackberry, or web-enabled devices), just visit the above URL to install the app and download guide! You can also go directly to http://m.guidebook.com/1128/ to browse through our entire schedule day-by-day!

PARTY LISTINGS

Dirty Deeds Raido Room 5374 Open THURS, FRI, & SAT Wet
The Geek Out of Rassilon Room 5161 Open FRI Dry

THE MASTERMIX CAFÉ RETURNS

The mysterious NWC veteran DJ TOX2MUCH returns, bringing the MasterMix Café back for one event, tonight from 9 pm -2 am at Maxi’s. 21+ with ID and badge. A retro swing through fannish faves all night long. The hits, the mixes, the surprises, the talking – it’s all there! Including “Experiment in Terror.” Featuring special grown-up Movie Preview swag t-shirts – only available tonight at Maxi’s! The more you drink, the better he sounds.

CASCADIA'S ALLEGEDLY GOT TALENT!

Have you heard about nwcMUSIC's SAT afternoon produc on of Cascadia's Got Talent!? Come bring your stupid human tricks, and perform them before our audience and team of celebrity drunks...err, judges! If you survive the Gong, you can win one of our allegedly fabulous, by which we mean terrible, prizes! Signup forms and rules are at Info, curtain goes up 3 pm SAT up in the Salon.

MOVIE PREVIEWS

Who Cares About Titles...or Quality? Join us today at 1 pm in Grand 3. Biggest picture, sound, and egos galore! So much to talk about— movies, TV, theme parks, the works! Come early as the SWAG is fab!

GAMING NEWS

Settlers of Catan added from open to close.
Earthdawn demos added: 9-1 PM on FRI, 1-3 PM on SAT, 4-7 PM SUN
Talisman added, 7 PM—Midnight on FRI
Distance Loons added 1-5 PM FRI, 1-5 PM on SAT
Earthdawn demos added 8:30-Noon on SUN, 1-4 PM on SUN
UNCONFIRMED RUMORS ABOUT THE APPEARANCE OF GAMES BASED ON AN ELDER GOD ARE STRICTLY UNFOUNDED.

Overheard:

“Do it to me, I want my head to.”

John gave me $5 for a ding dong!

Guy’s meat; be it subtle, be it strong, it’s something you can always rely on.

Do You Have A CLUE?

Well the play CLUE @ the con. Find out who got murdered, by which weapon, and in which

John Picacio: A Song of Ice and Fire

A Special Offer for Norwescon Members

Our Artist Guest of Honor John Picacio is making available to Norwescon members very limited edition prints of his artwork from the 2012 George R.R. Martin: A Song of Ice and Fire Calendar. These prints debuted just last weekend at World Horror and we are the next to take advantage of this amazing opportunity.

These five amazing prints are printed on archival paper from the renowned company of Hahnemuhle, who have been making paper since 1584. There will only be 100 of each print produced, each print is signed and numbered, and the most extraordinary thing about owning one of these prints is that John created each print myself, by hand.

Come by and check out Eddard Stark, Jon Snow and Ghost, Sansa Stark and the Hound, Bran Stark, and Melisandre -- any of which would make a wonderful addition to your collections.

Norwescon 35 Zine #1 4/6/12