Con†Stellation 2017 Programming Schedule

The final Con†Stellation is over 🙁

😀↪︎ But, join us for Not-A-Con 2018!! ↩︎😀
😀↪︎ To be held 19–20 October ↩︎😀

We will be transforming the Con†Stellation pages into a history site
Please bear with us as that transition will take some time

Con†Stellation XXXV: Horologium (The Clock)

13–15 October 2017——Huntsville, Alabama

GoH: Mary Robinette Kowal

Artist GoH: David O. Miller

MC: Toni Weisskopf

Click here for additional info in the Guests heading of the main page

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• Convention Registration opens at noon on Friday, on the 2nd floor near the hotel restaurant & bar
• There is a Parlor and a 3-section Ballroom (Redstone/Marshall/Athens) on the 1st floor that will be used for:
  • Gaming (Athens)
  • Meet The Guests event Friday night (Redstone/Marshall)
  • Readings (Redstone or Marshall)
  • General programming (Redstone or Marshall)
  • KandyKlatches (Parlor)—sign up at Convention Registration
• There is a 3-section Ballroom (Huntsville/Madison/Decatur) and a separate 2-section Ballroom (Twickenham/Albany) on the 2nd floor that will be used for:
  • Main programming (Madison/Decatur)
  • Art Show (Huntsville)
  • General programming (Twickenham)
  • Dealers Room (Albany)
• The Con Suite is on the 5th floor, Room 525
• Room 625 will be used for certain parties
• The prefunction area outside Twickenham/Albany will be used for:
  • Author Table
  • Art demonstrations
• Tables outside the bar will be used for the Spades Tournament—sign up before the Tournament at Convention Registration

	Room
	2nd Floor				1st Floor				6th Floor	2nd Floor
Time	Madison/Decatur	Twickenham	Albany	Huntsville	Redstone	Marshall	Parlor	Athens	Room 625	Author Table	Other
Friday
5P-6P	Rock and Roll: The New Madrid Fault System	The Well-traveled Writer	Dealers Room Opens at 2P	Art Show Opens at 2P			KandyKlatch—Les Johnson	Game Room Opens at 12N
6P-7P	Opening Ceremony		Dealers Room Open	Art Show Open			Kenetic Sand/Slime Lab (Chemistry)	Game Room Open
7P-8P	Schmoozing 101	Carousel Dragons and Trips to Mars Via Automobile: Genre Influences in Historic Fairground Art	Dealers Room Closes at 8P	Art Show Closes at 8P	Meet the Guests			Game Room Open		Author Table: Hoch
8P-9P	Year in Space	Readings: Huntsvile SF Writers Group & Cake Appreciation Society			Meet the Guests (continued)			Game Room Open		Author Table: Allen
9P-10P	The Future of Convention Art Shows	Cake Appreciation Society Readings (continued)			Reading—Stephanie Osborn		KandyKlatch—Stanley Schmidt	Game Room Open	Beer and Pizza Party (9P until ?)
10P-11P	E-Publishing, Indie Publishing, POD, Oh My	Nuclear Follies			The Golden Age of Gaming Discussion			Game Room Open	Beer and Pizza Party (continued)		Spades Tournament (1st round begins)
11P-12M	Adult Toys of the Future (Adult Audience Only)	Fashion and SF						Game Room Closes at 12M
	Room
	2nd Floor				1st Floor				6th Floor	2nd Floor
Time	Madison/Decatur	Twickenham	Albany	Huntsville	Redstone	Marshall	Parlor	Athens	Room 625	Author Table	Other
Saturday
10A-11A	T-Shirt Retrospective	Year in Science	Dealers Room Opens at 10A	Art Show Opens at 10A	Elements of an Award Winning Short Story	Reading—Stanley Schmidt	Puppets (Art)	Game Room Opens at 10A			Gay and Mather Art Demo
11A-12N	T-Shirt Retrospective (continued)	Science for Writers	Dealers Room Open	Art Show Open	Combat in SF—Weapons and Strategy	Reading—Mary Robinette Kowal	KandyKlatch—Mark Maxwell	Game Room Open			Gay and Mather Art Demo (continued)
12N-1P	Mark Maxwell Slide Show	Crafting Stories with Strong Endings	Dealers Room Open	Art Show Open	Reading—Orson Scott Card			Game Room Open Game: Inn Fighting—Taylor S Hoch		Author Table: Osborn & Howell	Gay and Mather Art Demo (continued)
1P-2P	Baen Slide Show	Fan Films with Dan Thompson	Dealers Room Open	Art Show Open	Reading—Taylor S Hoch			Game Room Open		Author Table: Osborn & Howell
2P-2:30P	Baen Slide Show (continues)		Dealers Room Open	Art Show Open				Game Room Open
2:30P-4P	Guest of Honor Speeches		Dealers Room Open	Art Show Open				Game Room Open
4P-5P	History Influences in SF	Pictionary	Dealers Room Closes at 5P	Art Show Closes at 5P	The Winston Science Fiction Series	Reading—Les Johnson	Catapults—Spaghetti Towers (Engineering)	Game Room Open		Author Table: Osborn & Hoch
5P-6P	Fan Guests: Con†Stellation Memories	Extinct—TV Series Pilot			Blending Genres in Writing	Reading—David Drake	KandyKlatch—Mary Robinette Kowal	Game Room Open Game: Fluxx—Wes Yahola
6P-7P		Extinct Q&A + Future Writing Projects—Card & Johnston			Delivering Exposition	But That's Impossible	KandyKlatch—David O Miller	Game Room Open
7P-8P	Art Auction	Name That Title—Emoji Edition (begins 7:30)			NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writers Month)			Game Room Open		Author Table: Osborn
8P-9P	Art Auction (continued)	Name That Title—Emoji Edition (continued)			NaNoWriMo (continued)		KandyKlatch—Stephanie Osborn	Game Room Open
9P-10P	Movie Premier: Teleios				Urban Legends/Modern Myth	Concert—Taylor S Hoch (length TBD)	Making Chainmail with Bryan Jones	Game Room Open	Moon Princess Party (9P until ?)
10P-11P	Movie Premier: Teleios (continued)	Lovecraftian Horror Discussion			Reading—Wes Yahola		Making Chainmail with Bryan Jones (continued)	Game Room Closes at 12M	Moon Princess Party (continued)
	Room
	2nd Floor				1st Floor				6th Floor	2nd Floor
Time	Madison/Decatur	Twickenham	Albany	Huntsville	Redstone	Marshall	Parlor	Athens	Room 625	Author Table	Other
Sunday
10A-11A	David O. Miller Digital Art Demo	YA SF—Young Adult SciFi	Dealers Room Opens at 10A	Art Show Opens at 10A	1st Floor rooms not used on Sunday					Author Table: Yahola
11A-12N	Roundtable—My Favorite Ending	Gaming Art	Dealers Room Open	Art Show Open
12N-1P	Roundtable—My Favorite Ending (continued)	Year in Movies	Dealers Room Open	Art Show Open
1P-2P		Mass Autographing Session	Dealers Room Closes at 2P	Art Show Closes at 2P
2P-3P	Closing Ceremony