Events
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Start: 2:00 pm
Come commune with your inner fantasy fan, or gaming geek, with journalist and pop culture maven Ethan Gilsdorf, author of the travel memoir/pop culture narrative Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms (Globe Pequot). This exploration and celebration of fantasy and gaming subcultures begins in his own geeky teenage past and ends in our online gaming future as he asks game-players and fantasy fans—old, young, male, female, able-bodied, disabled—what attracts them to fantasy worlds. We'll start with a 'geek trivia contest'—with prizes—to test the audience's knowledge of things Tolkien, Harry Potter, D&D, and more. Prizes will also be given to anyone arriving in costume as their favorite fantasy character/creature. "Gilsdorf is an engaging and personable guide. Like many who will pick up his book, he's got one foot squarely in the real world, the other in the fantasy one. This is a journey well worth taking." - Booklist.
Start: 4:30 pm
From one pop culture realm to another we go with this visit by esteemed Gothicist Jillian Venters, who will be joined by her friend, Lambda Award-finalist author (Cottonmouth Kisses) and spoken word artist Clint Catalyst, for some lessons from Ms. Venters' enlightening book, Gothic Charm School: An Essential Guide for Goths and Those Who Love Them (HarperCollins). AKA "The Lady of the Manners," Jillian Venters is an expert, informed authority on things Goth. Together with Clint Catalyst (clintcatalyst.com)—who has received numerous awards for his writing and performing—we're talking good fun. For these first darker days of the year, this should be apt ... gothically engaging.
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