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Con of Futures Past
Cedar Rapids Doubletree - October 16-18, 2015
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Thursday
, October 15
Barnes & Noble
6:30pm •
Barnes & Noble Author Signing
Friday
, October 16
3rd floor Balcony
5:00pm •
The Gathering
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
12:00pm •
ICON Art Exhibit 'Out of this World' at the CR Museum of Art
Exhibit B-Art
2:00pm •
Art Show
Exhibit B-Art Show Court
5:00pm •
ICON 40 Docent Art Show tour
Exhibit B-Dealers Hall
2:00pm •
Dealer's Hall
Exhibit C
9:00pm •
Wylde Nept
Exhibit C Lounge
5:00pm •
Teen Lounge
Room #302
4:00pm •
Mindbridge Game Library and Video Gaming
Room #304
4:00pm •
24-hr Game Room
Room #310
6:00pm •
How to enjoy your first CON
9:00pm •
Harassment in Fandom and Life
10:00pm •
Elements of Cosplay Design
11:00pm •
What are you reading?
Room #314
9:00am •
Paradise ICON
8:00pm •
Mature Themed Gaming
Room #315
1:00pm •
DreamCON III
6:00pm •
Genre Rules for Book Covers
9:00pm •
Fandom from a Teen's Perspective
10:00pm •
All Things Outlander
11:00pm •
Geek 101: Married to a Geek
Room #316
6:00pm •
Author Reading and Q&A: Bill Johnson
9:00pm •
Author Reading and Q&A: Gregga J. Johnn
10:00pm •
Author Reading and Q&A: Adam J. Whitlatch
11:00pm •
Author Reading and Q&A: Dylan R.E. Moonfire
Room #319
1:00pm •
DreamCON III
6:00pm •
All Things Avengers
9:00pm •
All Things Doctor Who
10:00pm •
Groundbreaking theories driving future technology
11:00pm •
Fan Fiction 101
Room #503
7:00pm •
Karaoke
Room #517
9:00pm •
ConSuite
Room #519
9:00pm •
ConSuite
Taft A
7:00pm •
ICON 40 Opening Ceremonies, TICC
9:00pm •
Prop Build 101
10:00pm •
Return to the Planet of the Zines, part 1
11:00pm •
Story Creation Improvisation
Taft A/B Lobby
2:00pm •
Registration
9:00pm •
Registration
Taft B
7:00pm •
ICON 40 Opening Ceremonies, TICC
9:00pm •
Everything I learned about writing, I learned from...
10:00pm •
Monster Creation
11:00pm •
I won't grow up!
Saturday
, October 17
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
10:00am •
ICON Art Exhibit 'Out of this World' at the CR Museum of Art
11:00am •
Docent Tour with Sarah Clemens, 'Out of this World' at the CR Museum of Art
2:00pm •
Docent Tour with Sarah Clemens, 'Out of this World' at the CR Museum of Art
Exhibit B-Art
10:00am •
Art Show
Exhibit B-Art Show Court
10:00am •
Cartooning with Uncle Denny
11:00am •
Art in About an Hour (or two..)
1:00pm •
Artists Scribble -N- Sign
2:00pm •
Coloring with Auntie Sue
3:00pm •
ICON 40 Docent Art Show tour
Exhibit B-Dealers Hall
10:00am •
Dealer's Hall
Exhibit C
10:00am •
Author Meet & Greet
3:00pm •
Costume Central/Masquerade practice
5:00pm •
Masquerade
8:00pm •
Dance Class
9:00pm •
Dance your socks off!
Exhibit C Lounge
8:00am •
Teen Lounge
Room #302
10:00am •
Mindbridge Game Library and Video Gaming
Room #310
12:00am •
Evening with Wolfie B. Bad (18+)
10:00am •
RPG Games 101
11:00am •
Closed Mindbridge Meeting
12:00pm •
Public Mindbridge Meeting
2:00pm •
The Reality of Truth in Fantasy Fiction
3:00pm •
Cosplay Makeup
4:00pm •
Animals as plot devices
5:00pm •
Writing the opposite sex in fiction
6:00pm •
Your art questions answered.
8:00pm •
Getting over Writer's block
9:00pm •
From Beyond: Tales from Poe and Lovecraft
10:00pm •
Cosplay Accessories
11:00pm •
The Mile-long Bookshelf
Room #314
9:00am •
Paradise ICON
9:00am •
Paradise ICON - Lecture by Joe Haldeman
1:00pm •
Paradise ICON - Lecture by Ann Leckie
2:00pm •
Paradise ICON - Lecture by Tamara Jones
5:00pm •
Open Hands-on Fanzine Workshop
8:00pm •
Mature Themed Gaming
Room #315
9:00am •
Kaffeeklatsch with Glen Cook
10:00am •
Cosplay is not Consent
11:00am •
How to Grow Your Own Mustache
1:00pm •
Blurred Lines
2:00pm •
Star Trek Renegades: Continuing the Journey of Star Trek
3:00pm •
Blogging Roundtable
4:00pm •
What's your Origin Story
5:00pm •
What Makes a Good Book Significant Other?
7:00pm •
Is there such a thing as being 'well read' in this day?
8:00pm •
Meet Sarah Clemens
9:00pm •
Marvel versus DC
10:00pm •
Zombies!!
11:00pm •
British Invasion
Room #316
12:00pm •
Author Reading and Q&A: Beth Hudson
1:00pm •
Author Reading and Q&A: Anna Kathryn Davis
2:00pm •
Author Reading and Q&A: Jim C. Hines
3:00pm •
Author Reading and Q&A: Lettie Prell
4:00pm •
Author Reading and Q&A: Jed Quinn
6:00pm •
Author Reading and Q&A: Joe Haldeman
7:00pm •
Author Reading and Q&A: Sarah Prineas
8:00pm •
Author Reading and Q&A: Gregory Frost
9:00pm •
Author Reading and Q&A: Aaron Bunce
Room #319
10:00am •
Is Pluto a planet?
11:00am •
Back to the Future…Science & Technology
12:00pm •
Human Rights and the influence of Science Fiction/Fantasy
1:00pm •
David Gerrold Unplugged
2:00pm •
Research for Writers
3:00pm •
Trials of writing a strong (and good) female protagonist
4:00pm •
Development of a Faith System Within Science Fiction & Fantasy
5:00pm •
The Philosophy of Trek
6:00pm •
Because... Science!
7:00pm •
Rebuilding the Destroyed World
8:00pm •
Can I use that?
9:00pm •
No, it's MY story!
10:00pm •
Back to the Future…Time Travel
11:00pm •
Open Filking
Room #503
7:00pm •
Karaoke
Room #517
8:00am •
ConSuite
Room #519
8:00am •
ConSuite
Taft A
12:00am •
Witchhunt
10:00am •
(Re)Discovering Zine Making
11:00am •
Return to the Planet of the Zines, part 2
12:00pm •
Guided Improv
1:00pm •
Self-defense workshop (ages 13+)
3:00pm •
Body Painting
6:00pm •
Charity & Art Auction
9:00pm •
The Ghost Outside of Us
11:00pm •
Humor behind the scenes
Taft A/B Lobby
9:00am •
Registration
Taft B
10:00am •
Adaptation of epic series for T.V.
11:00am •
Rusty Hevelin Collection Update: Pulps, Fanzines, and Science Fiction Books
1:00pm •
Charity Organizations Lunch and Learn
2:00pm •
Visioning: Back to the Future
3:00pm •
ICON 40th Anniversary
4:00pm •
Guests of Honor Interview
5:00pm •
eBook Cover designs
7:00pm •
Fencing Demonstration by the Iowa City Fencing Group
8:00pm •
Paradise ICON Rapid-Fire Readings
10:00pm •
Round Robin: An On-the-Spot Storytelling Adventure
11:00pm •
Steampunk in mainstream society
The Orchard
11:00am •
Blood Drive
Sunday
, October 18
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
12:00pm •
ICON Artist Meet & Greet, 'Out of this World' Museum Exhibit, CRMA
12:00pm •
ICON Art Exhibit 'Out of this World' at the CR Museum of Art
Exhibit B-Art
10:00am •
Art Show: artwork pick-up
10:00am •
Art Show
Exhibit B-Dealers Hall
10:00am •
Dealer's Hall
Exhibit C
10:00am •
Tales from the Gazebo
11:00am •
Amtgard
1:00pm •
DAGOBAH Galaxy Bowl
2:00pm •
Designing a Magic System
3:00pm •
ICON 40 Closing Ceremonies
Exhibit C Lounge
8:00am •
Teen Lounge
Parlor Room, 16th Floor
8:45am •
Benefactor Brunch with Guests of Honor
Room #302
10:00am •
Mindbridge Game Library and Video Gaming
Room #310
10:00am •
Fantasy Makeup
11:00am •
Writing and Worldbuilding
12:00pm •
All Things Middle-Earth: A Lord of the Rings Fan Chat
1:00pm •
Comics and Reality
2:00pm •
How did we do?
Room #314
9:00am •
Writer's Workshop
2:15pm •
Bulwer-Lytton/Vogon Poetry
Room #315
10:00am •
Media Tie-In Writing
11:00am •
Self-publishing 101
12:00pm •
How to 'Responsibly' Binge a Fandom
1:00pm •
When are you a full-time writer?
2:00pm •
Writing + a 9 to 5 job: How to Create Balance
Room #316
10:00am •
Author Reading and Q&A: Ann Leckie
11:00am •
Author Reading and Q&A: Rachel Eliason
12:00pm •
Author Reading and Q&A: Patty Templeton
1:00pm •
Author Reading and Q&A: Dennis W. Green
2:00pm •
Author Reading and Q&A: Bill Albert
Room #319
10:00am •
All Things Supernatural
11:00am •
Comics 101
12:00pm •
Writing Inspiration
1:00pm •
All Things Harry Potter
2:00pm •
How do I use that?
Room #517
8:00am •
ConSuite
6:00pm •
Dead Dog Party
Room #519
8:00am •
ConSuite
6:00pm •
Dead Dog Party
Taft A
12:00am •
Chocolate Ceremony
10:00am •
Want to Play a Theremin?
11:00am •
Fold Scope
12:00pm •
Leatherworking 101, tools, materials, and techniques
1:00pm •
Return to the Planet of the Zines, part 3
2:00pm •
Kitchen Table Science
Taft A/B Lobby
9:00am •
Registration
12:00pm •
ICON41 Pre-registration
Taft B
12:00am •
Chocolate Ceremony
10:00am •
MidAmerican 2016 Kansas City, What's the Scoop?
11:00am •
Whose CON is it anyway?
12:00pm •
From Fringe to Dominance: Science Fiction in Film, TV, Books, and Comics
1:00pm •
Iowa's Rarest Movies - a silent film fest
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Barnes & Noble
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
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