Capricon 30 - Celebration

February 11, 2010 - February 14, 2010

Reports

Event Descriptions - Sorted by Date/Time

(NOTE: All events are subject to last minute changes. Please check back often.)

Block Party 1

Time: Thursday - 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: Join us for a massive build-a-thon with Lego bricks galore. Block heads of all ages welcome!

Do You Still Believe in the Future?

Time: Thursday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Adult
Location: Birch B
Panelists: Michael D'Ambrosio, Dermot Dobson (M), Butch Honeck, Jim Plaxco
Description: They say the "Golden Age of Science Fiction" is thirteen and when you're thirteen all sorts of things are possible in the future.  Now that you've grown up, chronologically, if nothing else, do you still view the possibilities of the future the way you did when you hit that golden age? Is it possible to retain that hope and optimism or are humans naturally cynical?

I Write SF, but I'm a Techno-Idiot

Time: Thursday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Birch A
Panelists: Richard Chwedyk (M), Fred Pohl, Gene Wolfe
Description: Just because an author writes science fiction doesn’t mean they allow it into their lives. From the extreme of Harlan Ellison™ still using a manual typewriter or Ray Bradbury refusing to learn to drive, what Luddite tendencies plague today’s otherwise sophisticated science fiction author?

Music Trivia

Time: Thursday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Game
Track: Event
Location: Ravinia A, Ravinia B
Panelists: Laura Dombrowski (M)
Description: Think you know the theme song to Firefly, or True Blood? Remember the songs from shows 30 years ago? Think you can answer them? Come find out what you know and what you remember at our Music Trivia contest. It will be fun for everyone and you might go away humming one of those old ditties.

Midwinter Faire

Time: Thursday - 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Event
Location: Lake Michigan A
Description: It’s time to start the celebration! There will be pizza, games, events, and more for your enjoyment. It’s a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and make some new ones!

Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 1-5 [BD] [FUN]

Time: Thursday - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: Syaoran, a young man called upon to save his fated, the princess Sakura. Her memory has been shattered, the very essence of her soul sent adrift across the universe. With fellow travelers Kurogane and Fai, a warrior and a wizard, an epic quest begins. One of danger and mystery.

Up (2009) – Animated Feature ( 96 minutes)

Time: Thursday - 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Category: Film
Track: Media
Location: River C
Description:

Voices by: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger
Directed by Peter Docter and Bob Peterson – Rated PG

 

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and now in his 78th year he launches his house into the sky via thousands of balloons. Right after liftoff he discovers he has a stowaway in the form of an over optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. This hilarious journey takes you into a lost world with the least likely duo on Earth.

(Also showing Sunday at 10:15am.)

Mix and Match SF

Time: Thursday - 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Birch B
Panelists: Brian Babendererde, Richard Chwedyk, Michael D'Ambrosio (M)
Description: Science fiction and fantasy often adopt the styles of other genres. This panel looks at such strange mixes as space westerns, paranormal romances, and fantasy mysteries to help you stretch your reading dollar.

Spider Robinson and Robert Heinlein

Time: Thursday - 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Birch A
Panelists: David Abzug, Walt Boyes, Erik V. Olson (M), Spider Robinson, Curtis Taitel
Description: Spider Robinson has long acknowledged his debt to Robert Heinlein.  In 2006, Robinson was able to pay this debt back when he collaborated with Heinlein on Variable Star. This panel looks at the two authors' similarities and differences.

What Makes the Best Hall Costumes?

Time: Thursday - 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Elm
Panelists: Liz Gilio, Kerri-Ellen Kelly (M), delphyne woods
Description: Hall costumes, which can be worn around the convention and inspected, follow a different set of rules than display costumes, which are worn during the masquerade, but not necessarily off stage.  What goes into making a hall costume that will make people chase you down to look at the details?

Star Trek (2009) (126 minutes)

Time: Thursday - 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Description:

Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Bruce Greenwood

Directed by J.J. Abrams - Rated PG-13

 

In this prequel, we meet James T. Kirk, Spock, Bones, Uhura and the rest of group who will become the famed crew of the Enterprise. This film follows the early days and struggles of the team on their first mission out of Starfleet Academy.

(Also showing Saturday at 6:00pm.)

Are you the Traitor

Time: Thursday - 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Round
Game Masters: Heather McConaha (M)
Description: It's the moment of truth in your quest to destroy the Evil magic Key. Your band of adventurers faces two Wizards: an Evil Wizard who wants to use the key to unlock evil powers, and the Good Wizard who has the ability to destroy it. The problem is, the Evil Wizard has disguised himself to look exactly like the Good Wizard, so who do you give the Key to? Choose quickly: one of your trusted Guards is secretly a Traitor - and next round that Traitor might be you!

Cat Returns (7+) [GHI] (8:05pm)

Time: Thursday - 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: In an imaginative and lighthearted tale, a young schoolgirl saves the life of a noble cat and is rewarded with a shocking proposal of marriage - to the Cat King's son - and a fateful journey to the extraordinary Kingdom of Cats!

Opening Ceremonies

Time: Thursday - 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Event
Location: Ravinia A, Ravinia B
Description: Welcome to Capricon 30: Celebration!  Join us as we kick off this year's event and get some idea of what to expect, meet our GoHs, and meet the people who make it all possible.

Spooks

Time: Thursday - 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Red Cafe
Game Masters: John "Shadowcat" Ickes (M)
Description: You don't have to outrun the monsters . . . if you can outrun your friends.

Card Game 3 + Players

The Stars are Right

Time: Thursday - 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Red Round
Game Masters: Adam Miller (M)
Description: Summon the Great Old Ones, who will shower you with power beyond your dreams. Or perhaps they'll eat you. Or both.

Celebrating Local Artists

Time: Thursday - 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Art
Location: Birch A
Panelists: Alice Bentley (M), Walt Boyes, Curtis Taitel
Description: Home to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, our city has produced a plethora of great SF artists, from J. Allen St. John to Randy Broecker. Come and learn about the rich artistic heritage of Chicago and learn which current artists call our city home.

How to Read Tarot Cards

Time: Thursday - 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Elm
Panelists: Lee Darrow, Rana George, Kerri-Ellen Kelly, Deirdre Murphy (M), delphyne woods
Description: Let's face it, cups, swords, staves and coins are so much cooler than diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs.  But each of those means something different, and when you add in the trumps, Tarot just blows regular cards out of the water.  Come and learn what the suits and trumps really mean and how they can tell you what to expect.

How to Throw a Party at a Convention

Time: Thursday - 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Birch B
Panelists: Peter Heltzer (M), Dave McCarty, Terrence Miltner
Description: Evenings at Capricon are the time to party, but just like everything else at a con, you can throw a party and not just attend one. Learn from some of Capricon's past party mavens how to pick the right theme, carry the right food and drink, and walk out with the coveted best party prize.  Begin planning your party for Capricon 31.

Howlin' Beagle

Time: Thursday - 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Filk
Location: Botanic Garden A
Panelists: Daniel Gunderson
Description: Howlin' Beagle plays an eclectic mix of popular and folk music, from the Rolling Stones to Bob Dylan.  Whatever they're playing on a given night, they're always entertaining.

Cowboy Bebop Movie: Knocking On Heaven's Door (15+) [SON] (9:20pm)

Time: Thursday - 9:30 PM to 11:30 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: It's just another day when they are after a bounty on Mars, when a strange event unfolds. After a devastating explosion on a highway an unknown disease begins to spread among the people. As the local government sets the highest bounty ever in the history on the head of the culprit it's time for Spike and friends to enter the action.

Are You a Werewolf

Time: Thursday - 10:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Round
Game Masters: Heather McConaha (M)
Description: A game of paranoia, deception and mob rule.

Gamer ( 2009) ( 95 minutes)

Time: Thursday - 10:00 PM to 11:30 PM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Description:

Gerard Butler, John Leguizamo, Alison

Directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor - Rated R

 

Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player from a game called "Slayers" looks to regain his independence while taking down the game's mastermind.

(Also showing Saturday at 4pm.)

Open Filk (Thu)

Time: Thursday - 10:00 PM to 2:00 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Filk
Location: Botanic Garden A

District 9 (2009) ( 112 minutes)

Time: Thursday - 11:30 PM to 1:30 AM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Description:

Jason Cope, Sharito Copley, David James

Directed by Neill Blomkamp - Rated R

 

An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions in South Africa suddenly find a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.

(Also showing Saturday at 8:00pm.)

Dragonaut: The Resonance 1-4 (14+) [FUN]

Time: Thursday - 11:30 PM to 1:00 AM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: With a deadly asteroid hurtling towards Earth, human Dragonauts and their dragon companions come together to create a formidable fighting force. Caught in the middle of this race against time are Jin, a young flyboy, and Toa, a lady-dragon with an amazing set of intergalactic battle skills.

Desert Punk 1-4 (15+) [FUN] (1:10am)

Time: Friday - 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: Enter a decimated world deep within the desert, where a less-than-noble hero fights for less-than-noble causes. A world where war is a way of life, sarcasm is mode of communication, and the unexpected is always on the menu.

Spring Carnival

Time: Friday - 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: Spring is in the air and the buds are blooming. Come try your luck with carnival games, or make some springtime crafts.

Aria the Animation 1-4 [NOZ]

Time: Friday - 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: Akari Mizunashi age 15, has left everything behind to travel to a sparkling planet covered in water, Aqua. More than anything, Akari wants to be an "undine" - a female gondolier who navigates the canals of the Aquan city of Neo-Venezia.

Monsters vs. Aliens ( 2009) Animated Feature (94 minutes)

Time: Friday - 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Description:

Voices by: Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd

Directed by Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman - Rated PG

 

When a meteorite from outer space hits a young girl and douses her with the alien liquid Quantonium it turns her into a 48 foot monster. She is taken to a secret government compound where she meets a ragtag group of monsters also rounded up over the years. This crew of reluctant heroes is asked to save the earth from the evil alien Gallaxhar.
(Also showing Sunday at Noon.)

Summer Games

Time: Friday - 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: Come try our tests of skill and games of luck and enjoy crafts to celebrate the Summer season.

All ages welcome

Carcassonne

Time: Friday - 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Round
Game Masters: John "Shadowcat" Ickes (M)
Description: Build cities, farms, and roads in this game of world building.  Board Game 2-6 Players

Bamboo Blade 1-4 [FUN] (11:40am)

Time: Friday - 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: It didn't take long for Tamaki's lightning reflexes to catch the eye of Kendo instructor Toraji. Unfortunately, this sword-wielding prodigy is a serious anime addict, so it'll be a challenge to get her to step away from the television and into the dojo.

Harvest Festival

Time: Friday - 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: Time to celebrate all things Autumn! Come craft and play games of luck and tests of skill and complete your leaf collection.

Land of the Lost ( 2009) ( 101 minutes)

Time: Friday - 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Description:

Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride

Directed by Brad Silberling - Rated PG-13

 

On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant and a redneck survivalist. In this alternate universe, the trio makes friends with a primate named Chaka who is their only ally in a world full of dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures. They are trying to make it back to our world in one piece in this funny adventure.

(Also showing Saturday at 10:00am.)

Reading: Gene Wolfe

Time: Friday - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Botanic Garden A
Panelists: Gene Wolfe

Brother Guy Discusses The Heavens Proclaim

Time: Friday - 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Botanic Garden B
Panelists: Br. Guy Consolmagno (M)
Description: Brother Guy discusses his newly published coffee-table book The Heavens Proclaim, a new book on celebration. As seen on TV!

2012: Are the Mayans Right?

Time: Friday - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Birch A
Panelists: Patricia Sayre McCoy, Kevin Spencer (M), Bill Thomasson, delphyne woods
Description: The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar is set to end on December 20, 2012.  Many people have taken this to mean the end of the world despite the fact that nothing happened when the last Long Count Calendar ended on September 18, 1618.  Why are some people convinced this ending is different?  And why did the Mayans need a calendar that tracked for nearly four centuries?

Homeopathic Remedies: Fact or Fiction?

Time: Friday - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Medical
Location: Willow A
Panelists: Trista Gunderman, Dr. John D. Nikitow (M), Dr. Michael Unger
Description: Homeopathy is just one of many "alternative" medicines, treating diseases with a series of dilutions.  Is this a legitimate treatment?  If it is, what can mainstream doctors learn from its techniques?  If it isn't, does it do harm or merely have a placebo effect?

Judging a Book by Page 119

Time: Friday - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Birch B
Panelists: Peter Heltzer, Helen Montgomery (M), Jody Lynn Nye, Leane Verhulst
Description: They say you can judge a book by its cover. Can you judge it by reading only page 119? Join us and find out.

Phandemonium Book Club: Very Bad Deaths, by Spider Robinson

Time: Friday - 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Willow B
Panelists: Dave McCarty (M)
Description: Phandemonium hosts a discussion of guest of honor Spider Robinson's 2004 novel Very Bad Deaths.  Come and discuss this dark departure from Robinson's lighter fare.

Reading: Tim Vaulato

Time: Friday - 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Botanic Garden A
Panelists: Tim Vaulato

What's Happening North of the Border?

Time: Friday - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Science
Location: Elm
Panelists: Carolyn Clink, Robert J. Sawyer, Marah Searle-Kovacevic (M), Alex von Thorn
Description: Our very large neighbor to the North (no, not Wisconsin-Canada) has a vibrant science fiction scene, from the authors to the fans to the number of science fiction films and television shows that are made there.  Some of our Canadian members will tell you what is happening in Canada in these post Anticipation days. Eh?

Winter Games

Time: Friday - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: Come try our tests of skill and games of luck and enjoy crafts to celebrate the Winter season.

All ages welcome

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra ( 2009) ( 135 minutes)

Time: Friday - 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Description:

Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols

Directed by Stephen Sommers - Rated PG-13

 

A military unit known as Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity (G.I.JOE) uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos. This action packed adventure takes us from the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps. Go Joe!

(Also showing Saturday at 10:00pm.)

Heroic Age 1-4 [FUN] (1:20pm)

Time: Friday - 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: Long ago, the advanced Tribe of Gold vanished from the vast universe. In the void left by their departure, the tyrannical Tribe of Silver ascended to rule, forcing mankind - the Iron Tribe - to the brink of extinction. Now humanity wanders the cosmos in search of a savior.

Munchkin Quest

Time: Friday - 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Red Round
Game Masters: Adam Miller (M)
Description: Kill the monster, grab the treasure, stab your buddy. That's what it's all about. Now, Munchkin comes to the boardgame.

Board Game 2-6 players

Celebrating the Greatest Heroes in SF and Fantasy

Time: Friday - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Birch B
Panelists: Brian Babendererde, Trista Gunderman, Kevin Spencer, Tim Vaulato (M)
Description: They stand above the genre like colossi of Rhodes.  James T. Kirk, Frodo Baggins, Hiro Protagonist.  Who are the heroes that define science fiction and fantasy?  What makes readers and viewers able to relate to them, or even just want to be like them?  Come and discuss the Good Guys and perhaps find new books and movies to enjoy.

E-Readers: The Greening of Books

Time: Friday - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Willow B
Panelists: Walt Boyes (M), Chris Gerrib, Kathryn Sullivan, Curtis Taitel
Description: Discussion and Demos - bring your reader to show it off!

Eric Coleman Concert

Time: Friday - 2:30 PM to 3:15 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Filk
Location: Botanic Garden A
Panelists: Eric Coleman
Description: When he's not performing with Toyboat, Eric Coleman has been known to do a bit of singing and guitar playing on his own.  We've persuaded him to step out and perform some of his original material for us here.

History and Evolution of Religion

Time: Friday - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Willow A
Panelists: Deirdre Murphy, Patricia Sayre McCoy (M), Lawrence Watt-Evans
Description: Every religion changes over time.  The Catholic Church allowed priests to marry up until 1054.  The destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem caused many religious practices to change.  What causes religions to evolve? What makes it more difficult for some religions to evolve? And what happens when a religion changes too quickly (or slowly) for its followers?

Match Game

Time: Friday - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Event
Location: Botanic Garden B
Panelists: Laura Dombrowski (M), Peter Heltzer, Dave McCarty, April Voecks
Description: You might remember the show from the 70's and 80's. Come and possibly be lucky enough to have a chance to match our panelists in filling in the blank.  Our winners will receive prizes.

Nuclear Fission or Fusion or ???: What Will Power our Future?

Time: Friday - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Science
Location: Elm
Panelists: Jim Landis, Pat Nuccio, Jim Plaxco (M), Isabel Schechter
Description: Wind...Water...Coal...Steam...Oil.  Over the centuries our fuel choices have changed as we've found more effective alternatives.  At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the most effect alternatives, nuclear fission, carries a strong negative, and fusion isn't ready for prime time.  What advances will fuel sources see in the next 50 years? 100 years?  Will we ever run out of fuel?

Searching for Weirdness in the Vaults of Life Magazine

Time: Friday - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Birch A
Panelists: Bill Higgins
Description: Searching for weirdness in the vaults of Life magazine. Puppets, Jetpacks, Ballet on the moon?

Sweetheart's Hour

Time: Friday - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: Come share warm fuzzies and make heart shaped cards, tissue paper flowers, and make some jewelry too. Swap sweetheart candies with your chums.

Ninja Burger

Time: Friday - 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Red Cafe
Game Masters: Marinda Darnell (M)
Description: Now you can join the elite Ninja Burger delivery team! You will learn to deliver tasty burgers and fries anywhere. You will bring honor to your franchise. Failure is not an option.

Card Game 3-6 Players

Samurai 7 1-4 [BD] [FUN]

Time: Friday - 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: In this story based on Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, villagers set out to hire samurai to protect them from the bandits who are starving their village.

Debbie Gates Concert

Time: Friday - 3:15 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Filk
Location: Botanic Garden A
Panelists: Debbie Gates
Description: Debbie Gates has performed for years with Wild Mercy, but for those times when she's not out gigging with the rest of the band, she's assembled a fine repertoire of filk and folk that's enjoyable on any occasion.  Come on by and enjoy!

Lord of the Fries

Time: Friday - 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Cafe 1
Game Masters: Frances Moritz (M)
Description: Welcome to Friedey's, the Fast Food Restaurant of the Damned!

Card game 2-5 players

Art Show Docent Tour with GoH Lucy Synk

Time: Friday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Art
Location: Ravinia C
Docent: Lucy Synk
Description: You may know what you like, but when you're shown the art by someone who knows what to look for, whole new vistas can open up, even in paintings you don't personally appreciate.

Bill Roper's Other Concert

Time: Friday - 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Filk
Location: Botanic Garden A
Panelists: Bill Roper
Description: Originally, this was Bill's only concert.  But when Spider and Jeanne couldn't make it to the con, Bill was the emergency backup replacement for that slot.  The good news is that Bill's been writing music so quickly lately, that he shouldn't have any trouble doing two entirely different sets for you.  Come by and we'll find out what he pulls out of his hat.

Blowing in the Wind

Time: Friday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Botanic Garden B
Panelists: Richard Chwedyk, Dina Krause (M), Neil Rest, Bill Thomasson
Description: What happened to the 60's activists? Will their legacy impact the future of the planet?

Celebrate Conventions: Any Given Weekend

Time: Friday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Fandom
Location: Birch B
Panelists: Valli Hoski, Dave McCarty (M), Isabel Schechter, Curtis Taitel
Description: Where's it at, who's got it and where can I get a good tuna fish sandwich? There are some excellent conventions all over the country (and all over the world). Come to this panel to hear about other conventions you may be interested in attending and share your experiences of remote conventions you've enjoyed!

Deluxe Illuminati

Time: Friday - 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Round
Game Masters: John "Shadowcat" Ickes (M)
Description: They're all around us. Secret conspiracies are everywhere, and where can you find the only truth? Certainly not in the game of Illuminati. Fnord.

Card Game

Evil vs. Good: What Makes a Better Story? Evil or Good Winning the Day?

Time: Friday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Willow A
Panelists: Rachel Cohan, Chris Gerrib (M), Paul McComas, Kevin Spencer, Joy Ward
Description: At its most basic, a conflict has a good side (our side) and an evil side (their side).  Traditionally, story-telling has the good side come out on top, but is that all there is?  Can the evil side win and still provide a story that speaks to the reader?  What are the strengths and weaknesses of letting the evil side win?  What are some of the classics that focus on Evil Victorious?

Face painting techniques

Time: Friday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Art
Location: Willow B
Panelists: Deirdre Murphy

Film Roast ( 90 minutes)

Time: Friday - 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Panelists: Dawn Kuczwara, Greg Williams
Description:

Rated PG-13 / R / Blue (at times)

Don’t miss our annual film roast of a classic surprise B movie!  Greg and Dawn return to “Celebrate” one of the Worst / Best movies of 1981.  30 Years in the making….this is a can’t-miss-classic of Capricon!

Fun with Food: Taste of Capricon

Time: Friday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Kerri-Ellen Kelly, Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: Come sculpt wacky creations with marshmallows, gummies and other edible substances. Build a Treats-A-Pizza or just nibble the goodies.  Who says you shouldn't play with your food? Not us!

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: Science Edition

Time: Friday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Science
Location: Birch A
Panelists: David Abzug, Tonya Foust, Jer Lance, Jim Landis (M), Jody Lynn Nye
Description: From polywater to lawsonomy to n-rays, the march of science has been littered with discarded ideas that seem humorous, misguided, or even sinister to our modern, enlightened sensibilities.  Come and learn about the disproven theories that couldn't stand the light of day, and speculate on which modern theories might join them on the dustheap of history.

Koffeeklatch with Author GoH Robert J. Sawyer

Time: Friday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: GOH
Location: Elm
Author: Robert J. Sawyer
Description: You don't have to drink coffee, tea, coffiest, klava, or klah to participate. Join one of your favorite Guests of Honor for an intimate round table discussion. Space is limited, so sign up at the Info Desk.

D-Gray Man [BD] (14+) [FUN] (4:40pm)

Time: Friday - 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: Darkness is moving in, and young exorcist Allen Walker is humanity’s greatest hope against the forces lead by the dread Millennium Earl. Allen has an eye cursed to see evil in its truest form and blessed with an arm to slay soul-devouring demons.

Art Warneke Concert

Time: Friday - 4:45 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Filk
Location: Botanic Garden A
Panelists: Art Warneke
Description: Art Warneke is one of the strongest male vocalists in Milwaukee's filk community and he's got excellent taste in his choice of the music that he covers, so it's always a treat to hear him sing.  Drop in for a cup of coffee and a spot of filk.

AD&D;, 1st Edition

Time: Friday - 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Red Cafe
Game Master: Lex Dunning

Battle Tech

Time: Friday - 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Blue Table
Game Masters: Alex Kaempen (M)
Description: Come Play the classic game of big robot combat.

War Game 2 + Players

Magic Tournament

Time: Friday - 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Cafe 2
Game Masters: Jim Fortas
Description: Come and play Magic the Gathering

A Celebration Of Bad Films

Time: Friday - 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Media
Location: Birch A
Panelists: Br. Guy Consolmagno, Lee Darrow, Paul McComas (M), Lawrence Watt-Evans
Description: They are the films you claim never to have seen, but when they come on cable, you can't turn away.  You might even have a copy on DVD hidden behind the more sociably acceptable porn.  What movies make Plan 9 From Outer Space look like a masterpiece of plotting, character, and special effects?

Block Party 2

Time: Friday - 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: Join us for a massive build-a-thon with Lego bricks galore. Block heads of all ages welcome!

Ethics of Genetic Testing

Time: Friday - 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Science
Location: Birch B
Panelists: Dr. Lisa Freitag, Eileen Maksym, Dr. John D. Nikitow, Dr. Bob Passovoy (M), Dr. Michael Unger
Description: Now that we've mapped the human genome, what ethical questions are starting to arise?  Should people be tested for genetic deviations?  What good will that do them?  How can that knowledge be used or abused by doctors or insurance companies?

Intro to the Con

Time: Friday - 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Fandom
Location: Willow A
Panelists: Helen Montgomery, Leane Verhulst
Description: Welcome to Capricon! Ask our panelists any questions that you have about the  convention, where things are and what the convention is all about. This is an  ideal panel for new attendees who have never been to Capricon before or who have  never been to a science fiction convention.  Ask them questions about whether just reading or watching SF makes you a fan or is it the social aspect of gathering at a con or participating in a blog that makes you one.

Job Networking: Have You Been Laid Off? Is Your Firm Hiring?

Time: Friday - 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Elm
Panelists: Walt Boyes (M), Lucy Synk, delphyne woods
Description: We know the job market stinks. Whether you believe we have yet to bottom out or are in the midst of a recovery, it doesn't really matter if you still need a job.  Come and discuss job hunting techniques and perhaps get the all important lead for your next job.

Phandemonium Book Club: Short Stories, by Frederik Pohl

Time: Friday - 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Willow B
Panelists: Jerry Gilio (M)
Description: Phandemonium hosts this discussion of several short stories that appeared in guest of honor Frederik Pohl's 2005 collection The Platinum Pohl.  Come and discuss "The Merchants of Venus," "The Meeting," "The Greening of Bed-Stuy," "Fermi and Frost," and "The Gold at the Starbow's End."

 

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince ( 2009) ( 153 minutes)

Time: Friday - 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Description:

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint

Directed by David Yates – Rated PG

 

In Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts he finds a Potions book, which used to belong to the very mysterious Half-Blood Prince. Harry finds that the Half-Blood Prince's ancient scribbles written in the margins give him great advice on how to improve on his Potions work, and also teach him a few helpful spells along the way. Harry will have to put these spells to good use in the wake of Lord Voldemort’s return.

(Also showing Saturday at 1:30pm.)

Munchkin Bites

Time: Friday - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Red Round
Game Masters: Tonya Foust (M)
Description: The Munchkins are now vampires . . . and werewolves . . . and changelings. Bash through the haunted house and slay the monsters. The OTHER monsters. You can't slay your fellow munchkins, but you can curse them, send foes at them, and take their stuff. Of course . . .

Card Game 3-6 players

Ghost in the Shell 2.0 [BD] [MAN] (6:20pm)

Time: Friday - 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: Set in a re-imagined Hong Kong at a time when cyberspace is expanding into human reality, the story follows top cyberwarrior Major Motoko Kusanagi as she hovers on the border of total immersion in the digital world. For this 2.0 release, all the original animations have been re-produced with latest digital film and animation technologies.

Birthday Party and Wizard Rock Concert

Time: Friday - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Event
Location: Ravinia A, Ravinia B
Description: Capricious turns 30.  Come and join us in celebrating his milestone with music and cake. Yes, there will be lots of cake! The cake will be followed by a concert with a Wizard Rock (Harry Potter) band - Dreary Inferi!

Fannish Health Issues

Time: Friday - 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Medical
Location: Elm
Panelists: Dermot Dobson, Phyllis Eisenstein, Dr. Bob Passovoy, Dr. Michael Unger (M)
Description: Obesity, Diabetes, Myopia, Trimethylaminuria.  Fans, especially as fans age, have a variety of medical problems that require attention.  Although doctors can help in many cases, fans also need to learn to take better care of themselves, whether through diet, exercise, or simply listening to their bodies. Come and learn how you can become a healthier and happier fan.

Jack Sparrow's Beach Party

Time: Friday - 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: Arrrrrgh! Come dance with the pirates, make some sandy crafts, and sing-along with the parrots.

Massage Therapy: Relief for Stress and Pain Remediation

Time: Friday - 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Adult
Location: Willow B
Panelists: Leesa Almgren (M), Lee Darrow, Liz Gilio
Description: Even if a massage doesn't cure the underlying cause of the pain, it can certainly alleviate pain caused through tension.  Come and learn what massage therapy can do for you and why it is more than just a backrub.

Spirited Away [GHI]

Time: Friday - 7:45 PM to 10:00 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: A young girl, Chihiro, is trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world.

Are you the Traitor (2)

Time: Friday - 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Round
Game Masters: Heather McConaha (M)
Description: It's the moment of truth in your quest to destroy the Evil magic Key. Your band of adventurers faces two Wizards: an Evil Wizard who wants to use the key to unlock evil powers, and the Good Wizard who has the ability to destroy it. The problem is, the Evil Wizard has disguised himself to look exactly like the Good Wizard, so who do you give the Key to? Choose quickly: one of your trusted Guards is secretly a Traitor - and next round that Traitor might be you!

Burn In Hell (Chicago Edition)

Time: Friday - 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Cafe 1
Game Masters: Brooke Wievel (M)
Description: Each player tries to assemble the tastiest combinations (called "Circles") of history's sinners. Collect groups of Mass Murderers, Cannibals, or even Clerics . . .

Card Game 2-6 Players

Chez Geek

Time: Friday - 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Red Round
Game Masters: Tonya Foust (M)
Description: Beer. Nookie. Roommates. Just another Friday night at Chez Geek, the fun new card game that lets you set up house with your friends - for as long as you can stand them.

Card Game 3- 8 players

The Way the Future Was (with Boskone)

Time: Friday - 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Birch A, Birch B
Panelists: Fred Pohl, Robert J. Sawyer, Gene Wolfe

Anime: Giving Voice To Animated Characters

Time: Friday - 8:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Elm
Panelists: Brian Babendererde, Alice Bentley (M), Rana George, Daniel Levin, D'Andre Williams
Description: There is a lot that goes into creating a successful anime character.  Not only must the look be right for what the character does, but the voice must also match.  In same cases, this is obvious, you wouldn't want James Earl Jones to provide the voice of Sailor Moon, but what type of girl's voice do you want?  How do you determine what vocal qualities will make an anime character an instant classic?

Slumber Party 1

Time: Friday - 8:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: Come party with the DJ in her PJs for games galore and mega munchies.

If you snooze you lose!

Watchmen ( 2009) ( 163 minutes)

Time: Friday - 8:30 PM to 11:30 PM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Description:

Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earle Haley

Directed by Zach Snyder – Rated R

 

In this Graphic Novel adventure, set in an alternate 1985 America, superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society. A masked vigilante named Rorschach reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion to get to the bottom of a plot designed to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes.

Red Dragon Inn

Time: Friday - 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Red Cafe
Game Masters: Adam Miller (M)
Description: You and your adventuring companions have spent all day slogging through the Dungeon, killing monsters and taking their stuff. Now you're back in town, healed up, cleaned up, and ready to party at the Red Dragon Inn.

Card Game 2-4 Players

The Gong Show

Time: Friday - 9:30 PM to 11:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Event
Location: Botanic Garden B
Panelists: Mike (Ciggy) Cyganiewicz, Dennis Dombrowski, Laura Dombrowski
Description: Can you spoon the theme to True Blood?  How about tap dance to the theme from Buffy the Vampire Slayer?  Express yourself interpreting the life of Data or even sing the Ballad of Jayne? If you think you have any talent, or even if you don't, come and perform for the judges at the Gong Show. You might get gonged or you might win, either way you will have fun and probably have something hit your funny bone, too.

Are You a Werewolf (2)

Time: Friday - 10:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Round
Game Masters: Heather McConaha (M)
Description: A game of paranoia, deception and mob rule.

Castle Cagliostro [MAN] (9:50pm)

Time: Friday - 10:00 PM to 11:30 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: In this classic Lupin III film, Lupin breaks into Castle Cagliostro to rescue the unwilling bride-to-be of the Count and in the process stumbles upon the key to finding the lost fortune of the Cagliostro clan.(Directed by Hayao Miyazaki)

Coarse Language in SF

Time: Friday - 10:00 PM to 11:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Adult
Location: Elm
Panelists: Rachel Cohan, Michael D'Ambrosio, Doug Drummond, Jessica Merrick, Isabel Schechter, Greg Williams (M)
Description: Isaac Asimov used to write "unprintable" as an epithet.  Battlestar Galactica invented the word "Frak."  Modern authors tend to be much saltier in their use of language.  How do you tell when you've gone too far? Should there be a rating system letting people know books have adult language?

Euchre 101 (How to Play Euchre)

Time: Friday - 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Willow A, Willow B
Panelists: Tim Dinan, Helen Montgomery, Ruth Palileo
Description: The Capricon Euchre Tournament has been going strong for many years now, and we also have the bimonthly Euchre Club. We know that some of you have never learned to play before now, but want to be one of the cool players like us! All levels of player, from complete novice to "I learned a long time ago" are welcome to join our expert Euchre players and learn from the best!

Open Filk (Fri)

Time: Friday - 10:00 PM to 3:00 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Filk
Location: Ravinia A, Ravinia B

Twittering SF: Summarize Your Favorite SF/F Book As a Twitter Post

Time: Friday - 10:00 PM to 11:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Birch B
Panelists: Br. Guy Consolmagno, Lee Darrow, Dawn Kuczwara (M), Erik V. Olson
Description: Bks R just way 2 long. Authors seem 2 think they need 2 include verbs & nouns & things.  R panelists summarize their favrit bks in 140 ch.

What Technical Advances Will be Accepted by the General Population?

Time: Friday - 10:00 PM to 11:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Science
Location: Birch A
Panelists: Alice Bentley, Dermot Dobson, Jim Rittenhouse (M)
Description: Are there certain kinds of technical advances that are more likely to be accepted by the general population than others?

Euchre Tournament - Friday

Time: Friday - 11:00 PM to 2:00 AM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Willow A, Willow B
Description: The 8th Annual Euchre Tournament. Bring a partner and get ready to play some cards. Don't have a partner? Don't worry, we'll find you one - for the game only - anything else is your own responsibility. And remember, this is a friendly game. Weapons policy will be strictly enforced at the euchre tournament.

El Cazador de la Bruja 1-5 (17+) [FUN] (11:40pm)

Time: Friday - 11:30 PM to 1:45 AM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: Ellis is an amnesiac with a bounty on her head, and Nadie's trigger finger is the only thing keeping her friend from falling into the wrong hands. At the dusty border crossroads where ancient spirits and modern science meet, a storm of conspiracy is brewing low in the desert sky.

Excalibur ( 1981) (140 minutes)

Time: Friday - 11:30 PM to 2:00 AM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Description:

Nicol Williamson, Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Gabriel Byrne, Liam Neeson

Directed by John Boorman - Rated R

   

Director John Boorman brilliantly recreates the timeless myth of Arthur. Young Arthur rises to become king of Camelot after extracting the sword Excalibur from its stone. After adventures, romance, and war Arthur falls from power with the kingdom's decay.  One of the Best Fantasy films of that year and some of the best sword work of all time!

Str.A.In.: Strategic Armored Infantry 1-4 (17+) [FUN]

Time: Saturday - 1:45 AM to 3:30 AM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: In a time of war, Sara Werec yearns to follow her brother Ralph into the stars and take up the Union cause in their endless fight against the Deague. On the eve of Academy graduation, Sara loses everything when Ralph commands a Deague assault force in a surprise attack against the school.

Lollipop Oooza Music Festival

Time: Saturday - 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Daniel Gunderson, Chazz Spengler (M)
Description: Join us for our junior jam session. Bring your own instrument or enjoy an array of percussion choices as we explore musical mayhem. Make a joyful noise and catch the rhythm.

All ages welcome.

Assault On The Moon

Time: Saturday - 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Science
Location: Ravinia B
Panelists: Br. Guy Consolmagno, Bill Higgins (M)
Description: Chasing lunar water with a new generation of lunar spacecraft. Scientists have long theorized that the Moon could harbor reserves of water.  Recent use of robot probes has indicated that they were correct.  But is there enough?  Are we seeing the beginning of a new Moon Race?

Battle Tech (2)

Time: Saturday - 10:00 AM to 1:00 AM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Blue Table
Game Masters: Alex Kaempen (M)
Description: Come Play the classic game of big robot combat.

War Game 2 + Players

Cat Returns (7+) [GHI]

Time: Saturday - 10:00 AM to 11:15 AM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: [See Thursday 8:05pm for synopsis]

Chicago of Tomorrow

Time: Saturday - 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Birch A
Panelists: Walt Boyes, Richard Chwedyk (M), Phyllis Eisenstein, Chris Gerrib
Description: In this interactive panel event, the panelists and audience discuss the changes they would like to see in Chicago (both realistic and pie in the sky) over the next twenty years. The panelists will address the various suggestions and look at their feasibility.

Land of the Lost (2009) ( 101 minutes)

Time: Saturday - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Description:

Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride

Directed by Brad Silberling - Rated PG-13

 

(See description from Friday at 11:30am.)

Mental Health Treatment: How Far Have We Really Come?

Time: Saturday - 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Medical
Location: Elm
Panelists: Dr. Lisa Freitag, Kelley Higgins, Helen Montgomery (M), Becky Thomson, Joy Ward
Description: Although we may not put our "lunatics" in asylums any more, there is still a stigma attached to mental illness. Even the act of seeing a psychiatrist or psychologist is enough to raise some people's eyebrows.  How close are we to being an enlightened society when it comes to mental health and what steps can we take to remove the stigma?

Reading: Robert Sawyer

Time: Saturday - 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Botanic Garden A
Reader: Robert J. Sawyer

Royal Coronation

Time: Saturday - 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: Come craft with us for a make & take of all the royal accessories fit for a young king or queen. Find your inner prince or princess and we'll help budding monarchs create tiaras and wands, crowns and swords.

For ages 3 and up

The Critical Gap Between Film and Text

Time: Saturday - 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Media
Location: Birch B
Panelists: Brian Babendererde, Bob Blackwood (M), Paul McComas, Patricia Sayre McCoy
Description: Do critics and reviewers who examine the written word have a different set of assumptions than those who look at film?

Toon: Capricious Birthday Massacre

Time: Saturday - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Cafe 2
Game Masters: John "Shadowcat" Ickes (M)
Description: Klang-Irons, & Catgirls & Geeks oh my.  Capricious is having a birthday, and it has been invaded by TOONS.

Role Playing Game 2 - 8 players

Autographing: Fred Pohl

Time: Saturday - 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Autograph Table
Author: Fred Pohl

Cartoon Frag

Time: Saturday - 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Round
Game Masters: Frances Moritz (M)
Description: Bugs Bunny shoots Stitch with the missile launcher.  Cartoon Frag is a computer game without a computer. It's a "first-person shooter" on a tabletop; up to six can play playing some of their favorite cartoon characters.

Greed Quest

Time: Saturday - 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Red Cafe
Game Masters: Tonya Foust (M)
Description: Greed is Good . . . and there's treasure to be won, so what are you waiting for? Three to six players race to the bottom of the dungeon to grab The Hoard. Now all you have to do is get out with it . . . but everyone else is between you and the exit.

Reading: Jody Lyn Nye

Time: Saturday - 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Botanic Garden A
Reader: Jody Lynn Nye

Case Closed Movie 3: The Last Wizard of the Century [FUN]

Time: Saturday - 11:15 AM to 1:00 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: A phantom thief is on the loose, and his explosive capers are knocking out lights all over town! His target is a priceless Russian heirloom that people are literally dying to get their hands on.

Art Show Docent Tour with delphyne woods

Time: Saturday - 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Art
Location: Ravinia C
Description: You may know what you like, but when you're shown the art by someone who knows what to look for, whole new vistas can open up, even in paintings you don't personally appreciate.  Hugo Award winning artist delphyne woods will shepherd you around the Capricon art show and tell you how great kitties with wings done in crayon on toilet paper are.

Celebrating the Greatest Villains in SF and Fantasy

Time: Saturday - 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Ravinia B
Panelists: Alice Bentley (M), Dave McCarty, Kathryn Sullivan, Tim Vaulato
Description: From Snidely Whiplash to Darth Vader, the villains are frequently the most interesting characters in science fiction and fantasy.  What draws us to them?  Are they more nuanced than the heroes?  Is it our hidden desire to break the rules? Or is it that black capes are the height of fashion?

Dramatic Readings from the Weekly World News: 2009 in Review

Time: Saturday - 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Elm
Panelists: Helen Montgomery (M)
Description: In 2007, the Weekly World News stopped publishing their print edition. They thought it would stop us…but they were WRONG! Come join us for much silliness, laughter, and bad puns as we bring you the best of this year's online stories from "The World's Only Reliable Newspaper."

Fairy Queen's Garden Party

Time: Saturday - 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: Come join our garden party for our friends from faerieland! Enjoy snacks and treats, games and crafts for you and your favorite teddy bear, doll, or imaginary playmate.
You'll have a faerie good time!
All ages welcome

International, National, and Local SF Awards

Time: Saturday - 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Willow B
Panelists: Doug Drummond (M), Valli Hoski, Neil Rest, Jim Rittenhouse
Description: You've probably heard about the Hugo and Nebula Awards, but there are a slew of other awards presented every year, from the Golden Duck, given out by Chicago's own SuperConDuckTivity, for Children's SF to the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for gender bending SF.  Come and learn about lesser known awards and discover a whole new range of award winning books and stories to fill your reading hours.

ISFiC Meeting

Time: Saturday - 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Fandom
Location: Willow A
Description: An open board meeting for ISFiC, the parent organization that runs Windycon, Picnicon, ISFiC Press, and the ISFiC Writers Contest.  If you want to have any input, feel free to stop by.  If you attended Windycon, you're an ISFiC member.

Olympiad

Time: Saturday - 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Event
Location: Botanic Garden B
Panelists: Mike (Ciggy) Cyganiewicz, Laura Dombrowski
Description: Join your fellow conventioneers in contests designed to test your skills and your funny bone.

The Right Stuff: Heroes and Heroines

Time: Saturday - 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Birch B
Panelists: Rachel Cohan, Michael D'Ambrosio, Leonard Krol, Mary Mascari
Description: Do they have common characteristics or backgrounds that help them win the day?

9 (2009) Animated Feature (79 minutes)

Time: Saturday - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Description:

Voices by: Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, Crispin Glover

Directed by Shane Acker - Rated PG-13

 

(2009, 79 min.) The animated feature is set in a post-apocalyptic world where rag dolls band together to survive. A rag doll named 9 happens upon a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. 9 convinces the others that they must stand and fight to survive and in doing so they learn the very future of civilization may depend on them.

Autographing: Robert J. Sawyer

Time: Saturday - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Autograph Table
Author: Robert J. Sawyer

Climate Change: Local Effects (with Boskone)

Time: Saturday - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Birch A
Panelists: Dermot Dobson, Jim Landis

Killer

Time: Saturday - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Cafe 1
Game Masters: Marinda Darnell (M)
Description: Killer is a live roleplaying game . . . of assassination. Watch your back. Someone IS after you.  Please come by the gaming room for full details.

Revolution

Time: Saturday - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Cafe 2
Game Masters: John "Shadowcat" Ickes (M)
Description: Blackmail the printer. Threaten the innkeeper. Bribe the priest. Welcome to Revolution!

Board game 2-4 players

Algorithmic Art: Where Art Meets Math

Time: Saturday - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Science
Location: Ravinia A
Panelists: Jim Plaxco
Description: A brief history of algorithmic art and a look at some of the tools available today to those interested in its pursuit.

Are There Such Things As Supergerms?

Time: Saturday - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Medical
Location: Willow A
Panelists: Dr. Bob Passovoy, Bill Thomasson (M), Dr. Michael Unger
Description: Are supergerms just media hype or are there actually pathogens that will adapt so quickly that there is no way for medical science to eradicate, or even treat, the illnesses they cause? Is there a limit to what medicine can achieve or will we defeat these germs before they wipe out the human race?

Autographing: Nye

Time: Saturday - 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Autograph Table
Panelists: Jody Lynn Nye

Carol Ferraro and Barisha Letterman Concert

Time: Saturday - 1:00 PM to 1:45 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Filk
Location: Botanic Garden A
Panelists: Carol Ferraro, Barisha Letterman
Description: Barisha and Carol have been singing together in harmony for years and have written a lot of fine filk songs.  If you haven't heard them before at Capricon or elsewhere, here's your chance to catch them live!  (And since they're still working on their album, it may be a while before you can catch them pre-recorded...)

Hidden Religion in SF/F

Time: Saturday - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Birch B
Panelists: Br. Guy Consolmagno (M), Eileen Maksym, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Gene Wolfe
Description: Authors don’t have to create religions in their stories to infuse the narrative with religious motifs, there are more subtle ways to bring beliefs and their religious convictions into a story in ways the reader might not even realize.

Lemony Snicket's Writer's Workshop

Time: Saturday - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Kerri-Ellen Kelly, Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: Come craft with us for a book building make & take. Color, stencil, stamp and sticker a story to create your own book to take home with you.

For ages 3 and up

Literary and Cinematic Dystopias

Time: Saturday - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Elm
Panelists: Bob Blackwood, Alex Eisenstein, Paul McComas (M), Jim Rittenhouse, Joy Ward
Description: While we would all love to live in the perfect world, imperfect worlds are much more interesting. From 1984 to Children of Men, science fiction authors and filmmakers are constantly warning us about the follies of policy and human nature.  Who has done this the best and how well do their warnings work?

Munchkin Quest (2)

Time: Saturday - 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Red Round
Game Masters: Adam Miller (M)
Description: Kill the monster, grab the treasure, stab your buddy. That's what it's all about. Now, Munchkin comes to the board game.

Board game 2 - 6 players

Phandemonium Book Club: FlashForward, by Robert J. Sawyer

Time: Saturday - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Willow B
Description: Phandemonium presents a book discussion of Robert J. Sawyer's 1999 novel FlashForward, the basis for the hit television show of the same name.

Rental Magica 1-4 [NOZ]

Time: Saturday - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: Destroying supernatural monsters, dispelling dark magic, it's all in a day's work for the mages of Astral. However, after the mysterious disappearance of the company president, his son Itsuki Iba begrudgingly fills in, but Itsuki's unfamiliarity with magic could spell bad news for Astral.

Snow Goons

Time: Saturday - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Lobby
Panelists: Helen Montgomery, Erik V. Olson
Description: Time to head outside and play in the snow! Join us as we romp through the snow drifts and create stunning (and by stunning, we mean...well, twisted!) works of snow art, a la Calvin and Hobbes. In the event of uncooperative weather, we will meet in Calahan's Crosstime Saloon (Consuite) instead and have hot cocoa!

The Best in On-line Comics

Time: Saturday - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Birch A
Panelists: Alice Bentley (M), Mike Cole, Deb Kosiba
Description: Every day, you can spend hours looking through comics on-line...not just the ones that also appear in your newspaper, but original content from the likes of xkcd, Dork Tower, Order of the Stick, and more. Come to this panel to learn where to get your daily laughs, many of which may be tailored specifically for the fannish crowd.

Zombie Ninja Pirates

Time: Saturday - 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Round
Game Master: Matthew Duhan

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince ( 2009) (153 minutes)

Time: Saturday - 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Film
Track: Media
Location: River C
Description:

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint

Directed by David Yates – Rated PG

(See description from Friday at 6:00pm.)

 

Amy McNally Concert

Time: Saturday - 1:45 PM to 2:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Filk
Location: Botanic Garden A
Panelists: Amy McNally
Description: Fiddler Amy is incredibly talented.  Not only does she play well-known material well, but she also has been known to play along wonderfully on songs that she's hearing for the first time.  The rest of us are still trying to figure out how she does it -- when we're not just enjoying listening to her play.

Ninja Burger (2)

Time: Saturday - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Red Cafe
Game Masters: Tonya Foust (M)
Description: Now you can join the elite Ninja Burger delivery team! You will learn to deliver tasty burgers and fries anywhere. You will bring honor to your franchise. Failure is not an option.

Card Game 3-6 Players

SPANC

Time: Saturday - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Cafe 1
Game Masters: Marinda Darnell (M)
Description: Gather your crew of space pirate amazon ninja catgirls (aka SPANC), and embark on Capers to gather Loot and Toys, all illustrated by Phil Foglio!

Card Game 2-4 Players

Art Show Docent Tour with Mike Cole

Time: Saturday - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Art
Location: Ravinia C
Docent: Mike Cole
Description: You may know what you like, but when you're shown the art by someone who knows what to look for, whole new vistas can open up, even in paintings you don't personally appreciate.

Family Feud

Time: Saturday - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Event
Location: Ravinia B
Panelists: Mike (Ciggy) Cyganiewicz, Laura Dombrowski, Frank Rodriguez, Greg Williams
Description: Come watch the Star Fleet Red Shirts vs. the Klingons in the battle of the ages, using words instead of weapons.

Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid 1-4 [BD] [FUN] (2:40pm)

Time: Saturday - 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: To Sousuke Sagara, undercover high school student and member of the mercenary group Mithril, life in Tokyo seemed the same as always. But underneath the promising exterior spin the wheels of a conspiracy that threatens to destroy the peace.

Goodbye 10, Hello 11

Time: Saturday - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Media
Location: Birch B
Panelists: Valli Hoski, Kathryn Sullivan (M), Lucy Synk, Curtis Taitel
Description: Although it is hard to believe now, David Tennant had his detractors when he took over the iconic Time Lord role from Christopher Eccleston.  What does Matt Smith need to do in order to be deemed a success?

Icky Sticky Goopfest

Time: Saturday - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Chazz Spengler (M)
Description: Let's make a mess! Come have fun creating and exploring the properties of Oobleck, slime, moonsand and other yucky messy things your parents don't appreciate.

Ages 4 and up

New Authors You Should Know

Time: Saturday - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Elm
Panelists: Fran Juergensmeyer, Patricia Sayre McCoy (M)
Description: Panelists look at authors who have burst onto the scene in the last half decade and discuss why these authors are having success and how the internet is making their appearance different from the successful authors of earlier eras.

Phandemonium 101 & Meet the Candidates

Time: Saturday - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Fandom
Location: Willow B
Description: Learn about Phandemonium - the parent corporation for Capricon and then beat...I mean, meet the candidates for the Phandemonium Board. Ask them questions to  find out the meaning of life, the universe and everything

The Golden Age of 2010

Time: Saturday - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Ravinia A
Panelists: Br. Guy Consolmagno, Phyllis Eisenstein (M), Bill Higgins, Fred Pohl, Bill Thomasson
Description: What would SF pioneers think of the world today?

The Great Luke Ski Concert

Time: Saturday - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Filk
Location: Botanic Garden A
Panelists: Luke Ski
Description: If you haven't already run into The Great Luke Ski, then you may not know that he's a filk rapper and a regular contributor to the Dr. Demento Show.  If you have run into Luke, then you know that he's relentlessly funny and puts on a unique show complete with props and costumes.  Come early, because it's always a packed house!

The Non-Fiction Library All SF Fans Should Have

Time: Saturday - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Willow A
Panelists: Elizabeth Anne Hull (M), Todd Johnson, Leonard Krol
Description: Sure, you have Foundation and Neuromancer on your shelves, but what non-fiction books should you also have? History, Science, Sociology, Psychology ... the panel runs through the gamut of the Dewey Decimal System to fill out your shelves.

Watching a Novel Unfold

Time: Saturday - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Birch A
Panelists: kT FitzSimmons, Joe Karpierz, Dave McCarty (M), Robert J. Sawyer
Description: Rob Sawyer and fans discuss the differences between reading FlashForward and watching the television series. What changes had to be made and how do the readers feel about those differences?

Autographing: Watt-Evans, Babendererde

Time: Saturday - 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Autograph Table
Author: Brian Babendererde, Lawrence Watt-Evans

A Look Back At The Earliest Capricons

Time: Saturday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Fandom
Location: Ravinia A
Panelists: Alice Bentley (M), Dina Krause, Phoenix, Neil Rest, Joseph Stockman
Description: Some of the people who were there at the beginning talk about Capricon I (the con, not the movie). Hear old stories of those days of long ago.

Autographing: Eisenstein, Sullivan

Time: Saturday - 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Autograph Table
Author: Phyllis Eisenstein, Kathryn Sullivan

Block Party 3

Time: Saturday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: Join us for a massive build-a-thon with Lego bricks galore. Block heads of all ages welcome!

Gamer (2009) ( 95 minutes)

Time: Saturday - 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Category: Film
Track: Media
Location: River C
Description:

Gerard Butler, John Leguizamo, Alison

Directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor - Rated R

(See description from Thursday at 10:00pm.)

 

Games for Non-Gamers

Time: Saturday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Games
Location: Birch B
Panelists: David Abzug (M), Marnie Gucciard, Terrence Miltner
Description: Even if you don't have the time or inclination to get into role-playing games, you can still be a gamer, whether it is Fluxx, Blink, or Scattegories.  Come and learn fun games and realize that anyone can game.

ISDC: The International Space Development Conference

Time: Saturday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Science
Location: Willow B
Panelists: Jim Plaxco (M), Tom Veal
Description: The International Space Development Conferences is coming to Chicago on Memorial Day weekend this year. Come learn what this professional conference has to offer and learn how you can attend at a discount.

Newest Movies: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Time: Saturday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Media
Location: Willow A
Panelists: Bob Blackwood (M), Alex Eisenstein, Mary Mascari, Leane Verhulst
Description: The Lightning Thief, The Wolfman, Hot Tub Time Machine, Alice in Wonderland.  Science fiction and fantasy films are hitting the local cineplex at an astonishing rate.  Which ones will be worth the cost of admission and popcorn and which ones will you eventually be watching on cable with the curtains drawn?

Science Fiction vs. Science Fictional

Time: Saturday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Ravinia B
Panelists: Dr. John D. Nikitow, Jody Lynn Nye, Robert J. Sawyer (M)
Description: There are some novels and films that are science fictional, even if they aren't science fiction. For instance, Jules Verne wrote Around the world in 80 Days to prove that someone living in 1873, but many people would consider it science fiction, even though nothing in the book is. What makes a work without science fiction in it seem science fictional?

SF Artist Pictionary

Time: Saturday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Art
Location: Elm
Panelists: Mike Cole, Lucy Synk, Tim Vaulato, delphyne woods
Description: Fan and pro artists draw words from a hat and the audience has to guess what they are trying to illustrate.

Society for Creative Anachronism

Time: Saturday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Event
Location: Botanic Garden B
Description: Learn about the study of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and find out about fighting, fencing, archery and numerous arts and crafts from these eras. 

Spider Robinson Reading

Time: Saturday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Birch A
Panelists: Spider Robinson
Description: When your guest is unable to attend, bring the con to your guest.  Spider Robinson will be attending Capricon remotely to read via the magic of computer technology.  Come hear Spider's works in his own voice.

Talisman

Time: Saturday - 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Round
Game Masters: John "Shadowcat" Ickes (M)
Description: Talisman takes you on a journey through magical lands, as you endeavor to reclaim the Crown of Command. Each turn will see your hero advancing, battling, gaining knowledge and power necessary to defeat the guardians lurking between the Portal of Power and the Valley of Fire.

Board Game 2-6 players

Tom Smith Concert

Time: Saturday - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Filk
Location: Botanic Garden A
Panelists: Tom Smith
Description: You may have heard that Tom Smith is the World's Fastest Filker.  He's also funny.  Really, really funny.  Except when he's being really, really serious.  Either way, he's really, really good.  Come by and see why.

Spice and Wolf 1-4 (14+) [FUN] (4:20pm)

Time: Saturday - 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: Lawrence, a traveling merchant searching for profit, finds a girl with the ears and tail of a wolf asleep in his cart. Her name is Holo - a harvest goddess with an untamed beast lurking inside who longs to return to her beloved northern home.

Magic Tournament (Sat.)

Time: Saturday - 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Cafe 2
Game Masters: Jim Fortas
Description: Come and Play Magic the Gathering

Alien Landing Party

Time: Saturday - 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: The Aliens have landed! Build bug-eyed monsters, aliens and wacky animal creations with Playdoh, MoonSand and other fun materials.

For ages 3 and up

Innovations in Medical Products from SF/Fantasy

Time: Saturday - 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Medical
Location: Elm
Panelists: Lee Darrow, Dermot Dobson, Dr. Lisa Freitag (M), Liz Gilio
Description: Biomedical scanners, machines that can map our bodies in three dimensions, supervaccinations that offer disease immunity...what innovations in the medical field come for suggestions first appearing in science fiction and what ideas from SF might still inspire a new generation of medical advances?

Lost Wax Casting

Time: Saturday - 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Art
Location: Willow A
Artist: Butch Honeck
Description: Come see a slide show on how bronze casting is done, starting with a wax casting to a finished product.

Manned visit to Mars: Round Table Discussion

Time: Saturday - 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Science
Location: Birch A
Panelists: Br. Guy Consolmagno, Jim Plaxco, Bill Thomasson (M)
Description: Is it worth sending a man to Mars as opposed to unmanned probes?

On the Internet No One Knows You're a Dog!

Time: Saturday - 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Willow B
Panelists: Chris Gerrib (M), Trista Gunderman, Jer Lance, Becky Thomson
Description: The internet offers an unprecedented level of anonymity. While many users revel in the ability to be whomever they want at different times, others feel that people hiding behind anonymity is one of the problems with the internet.  Is there, should there, be a compromise between the forces of anonymity and those who want users to take responsibility for their posts?

The Bluebeard Show

Time: Saturday - 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Ravinia B
Panelists: Bluebeard (M)
Description: It goes like this, see, it's a talk show.  Bluebeard will interview people, get some performers, do a few short skits and answer emails.  That kind of talk show.  No kilt flying up, no profanity (or at least a very strong effort to avoid it) and no goat wrestling.  Basically a family friendly show that all you cool cats can enjoy even if there are some whipper snappers about.  It will be funny and somehow non-offensive.  Bluebeard Promises!

Bubble Juggler

Time: Saturday - 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Event
Location: Botanic Garden B
Description: The weirdest thing Hoban Washburne ever saw was a world where they juggled goslings.  We don't have goose juggling, but we do have bubble juggling.  Be amazed!  Be very amazed!

Chicago in 2012 Bid Meeting

Time: Saturday - 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Fandom
Location: Birch B
Description: Chicago is once again hoping to bring Worldcon to our doorsteps in the year 2012. This means that the voting to decide the site will happen later this year! Come to this panel to learn more about the bid and how you can help.

Evangelion, Neon Genesis: 1.01 You Are (Not) Alone [FUN]

Time: Saturday - 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: Tokyo-3 still stands after most of civilization was decimated in the Second Impact. Now the city endures the ceaseless onslaught of the deadly Angels, bizarre creatures bent on eradicating the human race. To combat this strange and ruthless enemy, the government agency NERV constructs a fleet of towering humanoid machines - the Evas.

Reading: Joy Ward

Time: Saturday - 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Botanic Garden A
Panelists: Joy Ward

Star Trek ( 2009) ( 126 minutes)

Time: Saturday - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Description:

Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Bruce Greenwood

Directed by J.J. Abrams - Rated PG-13

 

(See description from Thursday at 7:30pm.)

Bookstores Through the Years

Time: Saturday - 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Elm
Panelists: Alice Bentley, Greg Ketter, Dina Krause (M)
Description: What economic and social trends allow independent bookstores to thrive?  What is the future of the big-box stores?  If they go belly-up, what will take their place?

Casper's Costume Party

Time: Saturday - 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: Dress up and spark the night spooktastic with some haunted happenings, creepy crafts and fiendish fun.  We'll have dress-up trunks filled with all kinds of costumes for fun and games.

All Ages welcome

Is SF/Fantasy a Dying Genre or Just Evolving?

Time: Saturday - 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Willow A
Panelists: Brian Babendererde, Rachel Cohan, Jody Lynn Nye (M), Kathryn Sullivan, Gene Wolfe
Description: A round table discussion which focuses on whether science fiction and fantasy are continually evolving or if the genres are in the process of dying out, and, if they are, what is causing their extinction.

Oh God, I'm A Gamer

Time: Saturday - 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Games
Location: Willow B
Panelists: David Abzug (M), Heather McConaha, Terrence Miltner, Isabel Schechter
Description: Whether you have shelves full of every edition of Dungeons and Dragons or simply carry a deck of playing cards with you, you might be a gamer.  What does it mean to be a gamer? How can you share your pastime with people who don't think they are gamers? And what other games should you begin to play?

Origin: Spirits of the Past [BD] [FUN]

Time: Saturday - 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: A young boy named Agito enters a forbidden sanctuary where a glowing machine resides. This machine preserves a young girl named Toola, who has a mission entrusted to her from the past. Three-hundred years into the future, the Earth's environment has been ruined by the interference of mankind and the forest has come to life and is at constant war with man.

Art Auction

Time: Saturday - 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Art
Location: Ravinia A
Auctioneers: Dr. Bob Passovoy, Lucy Synk, Greg Williams
Description: Bid for artwork at this fun and lively event where the auctioneers not only try to get your money, but your sanity too!

Bill Roper Concert

Time: Saturday - 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Filk
Location: Ravinia B
Panelists: Bill Roper

District 9 (2009) ( 112 minutes)

Time: Saturday - 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Description:

Jason Cope, Sharito Copley, David James

Directed by Neill Blomkamp             - Rated R

 

(See description from Thursday at 11:30pm.)

Munchkin Cthulhu

Time: Saturday - 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Red Round
Game Masters: Brooke Wievel (M)
Description: Munchkins have hacked their way through dungeons, kung fu temples, starships, haunted houses, and super-foes. Now they face their greatest challenge – Cthulhu! Will they survive? Will they retain their sanity? Will they . . . level up?

Card Game 2-6 players

Cancelled TV Shows You Should Love

Time: Saturday - 8:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Media
Location: Birch B
Panelists: Michael D'Ambrosio, Bill Higgins, Phoenix, Jim Rittenhouse, delphyne woods (M)
Description: From Firefly to The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. to Wonderfalls, there are many shows that existed for less than a season but are available on DVD. What are some of these flops that you should know about and watch with the sadness of knowing there will never be any more episodes?

Religion and Science: At Odds?

Time: Saturday - 8:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Birch A
Panelists: Br. Guy Consolmagno, Phyllis Eisenstein, kT FitzSimmons (M), Gene Wolfe
Description: Although some religious groups are opposed to the theory of evolution, others don't have a problem with it.  Is this opposition the result of simple misunderstanding, a firm tenet of belief, or something else? What is really meant when a scientist talks about a theory?  What does a non-scientist hear when that word is said?

Slumber Party 2

Time: Saturday - 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: Come party with the DJ in her PJs for games galore and mega munchies. 

If you snooze you lose!

This Is Not Your Mother's Urban Fantasy

Time: Saturday - 8:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Elm
Panelists: Fran Juergensmeyer, Deirdre Murphy, Kathryn Sullivan (M)
Description: A decade ago, urban fantasy referred to stories in which faerie and magic crept into our own world. Now, urban fantasy is its own publishing subgenre and tends to deal with vampires, and ghoulies, and things that go bump on the darkened city streets. Where did this change come from?

Cowboy Bebop Movie: Knocking On Heaven's Door (15+) [SON] (9:10pm)

Time: Saturday - 9:00 PM to 11:30 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: [See Thursday 9:20pm for synopsis]

Klingon Karaoke

Time: Saturday - 9:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Botanic Garden B
Panelists: Frank Rodriguez
Description: As this will be the last year for Klingon Karaoke, we're going out in style with Live Band Karaoke this year. So if you've never made it before, this will be the year that you WANT to attend. Live Band Karaoke lets you rock out with your Klingon out. Be sure that you attend this historic event.

Red Dragon Inn (2)

Time: Saturday - 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Red Cafe
Game Masters: Adam Miller (M)
Description: You and your adventuring companions have spent all day slogging through the Dungeon, killing monsters and taking their stuff. Now you're back in town, healed up, cleaned up, and ready to party at the Red Dragon Inn.

Card Game 2-4 Players

Toyboat Concert

Time: Saturday - 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Filk
Location: Ravinia B
Panelists: Eric Coleman, Daniel Gunderson
Description: Toyboat (say that five times fast) is the first hard rock filk band that we've run into. Playing a mix of classic filk and their own compositions, Toyboat (Toyboat, Toyboat, Toyboat, Toyboat) is not just a band, it's an experience. Sometimes, it's a frightening experience, but that's why we like them so much.

Are You a Werewolf (3)

Time: Saturday - 10:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Round
Game Masters: Heather McConaha (M)
Description: A game of paranoia, deception and mob rule.

Evolution of Vampirism: A Roundtable Discussion

Time: Saturday - 10:00 PM to 11:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Adult
Location: Birch B
Panelists: Walt Boyes, Tonya Foust, Fran Juergensmeyer (M), Lawrence Watt-Evans
Description: There was a time that vampires were dark, evil creatures who viewed humans as cattle.  Now they are as likely to spend pages upon pages sympathizing with their food sources.  How did this change take place and, despite the current popularity of vampires, is it a good change for the royalty of the undead?

G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra ( 2009) ( 135 minutes)

Time: Saturday - 10:00 PM to 12:15 AM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Description:

Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols

Directed by Stephen Sommers - Rated PG-13

 

(See description from Friday at 1:30pm.)

How to Read Palms: Palmistry Demonstration

Time: Saturday - 10:00 PM to 11:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Elm
Panelists: Lee Darrow (M), Jody Lynn Nye, delphyne woods
Description: Since ancient times, the Indians, Chinese, Roma, and other cultures have believed that the lines crisscrossing your palm could reveal information about your future. This demonstration will allow you to have your palm read by practicing chiromancers who are members of Capricon. Do you hold your future in the palm of your hand?

Open Filk (Sat)

Time: Saturday - 10:00 PM to 3:00 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Filk
Location: Ravinia B

Euchre Tournament - Saturday

Time: Saturday - 11:00 PM to 2:00 AM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Willow A, Willow B
Description: The 8th Annual Euchre Tournament. Bring a partner and get ready to play some cards. Don't have a partner? Don't worry, we'll find you one - for the game only - anything else is your own responsibility. And remember, this is a friendly game. Weapons policy will be strictly enforced at the euchre tournament.

Fullmetal Alchemist Movie: The Conqueror of Shambala [BD] [FUN] (11:20pm)

Time: Saturday - 11:30 PM to 1:00 AM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: It is 1923 in Munich. Two years have passed since Edward Eric's sacrifice ripped him out of his world and into ours. In that time, Ed's continued research into rocketry has allied him with Alphons Heiderich, a fellow researcher who oddly resembles Ed's brother.

Raiders of the Lost Ark ( 1981) ( 115 minutes)

Time: Sunday - 12:15 AM to 2:15 AM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Description:

Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman

Directed by Steven Spielberg – Rated PG

 

The Classic Adventure movie! Archeologist Dr. Indiana Jones is a respected college professor who wears a leather jacket and brown fedora and carries a whip, in his action-loaded, thrilling film set in the 1936, during the rise of the Third Reich. Jones battles snakes (why did it have to be snakes?), Nazis, and supernatural forces from Nepal to Cairo to rescue the Ark of the Covenant.

Baccano 5-8 (17+) [FUN] (1:05am)

Time: Sunday - 1:00 AM to 2:45 AM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: A mafia turf war is raging on the mean streets of the Big Apple. But this caper ain't about a simple gangland brawl. It's about hoods who can't seem to die proper after catching a bullet or five between the eyes. Sadistic hit-men and the dames they love, mad bombers going boom, monsters going bump, and soul sucking alchemists bootlegging an elixir of eternal life.

Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino OVA (17+) [FUN]

Time: Sunday - 2:45 AM to 3:30 AM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: The girls of the Social Welfare Agency are no ordinary children. They are the grizzly remains of human wreckage pieced back together with cybernetic implants and trained to kill by the government.

Chrononauts The Gore Years

Time: Sunday - 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Cafe 1
Game Masters: John "Shadowcat" Ickes (M)
Description: The card game of time travel.

2-6 players

Critter Crunch

Time: Sunday - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Event
Location: Botanic Garden B
Panelists: Ian Wincentsen, Peter Wincentsen, Jeff Wincentsen (M)
Description: The robots are attacking!  Fortunately, only each other.  Come to Critter Crunch, plunk down your credits, and take the helm behind monstrous killer robots and a battle to the death or disability.

Spycraft

Time: Sunday - 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Round
Game Master: Lex Dunning

The Stars are Right (2)

Time: Sunday - 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Red Round
Game Masters: Adam Miller (M)
Description: Summon the Great Old Ones, who will shower you with power beyond your dreams. Or perhaps they'll eat you. Or both.

Battle Tech (3)

Time: Sunday - 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Blue Table
Game Masters: Alex Kaempen (M)
Description: Come Play the classic game of big robot combat.

War Game 2 + Players

chicago-sf.org Book Discussion

Time: Sunday - 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Birch A
Description: After orcs rob a purportedly impregnable bank in cyberspace, the security of the international order is in peril. Join chicago-sf.org's reading group for their February discussion selection: Halting State by Charles Stross. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Dark and Stormy Planet Contest Reading

Time: Sunday - 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Elm
Panelists: Mike (Ciggy) Cyganiewicz, Laura Dombrowski (M)
Description: Yes, once again it is back. The bad writing contest. It's the opening sentences to worst stories never written, by you!  The winners along with the other entries will be read Sunday morning.  Drop off your stories at Convention Operations during the con.  The stories will be judged on Saturday night.
Judges Gladly Accept Bribes!

Heinlein's Undying Hand

Time: Sunday - 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Birch B
Panelists: David Abzug, Phyllis Eisenstein (M), Fred Pohl, delphyne woods
Description: While many authors’ books go out of print almost immediately after they die, Heinlein’s have managed to remain in print and continue to have a massive, devoted following (including Capricon 30 GoH Spider Robinson). What is it about his books that inspires such a devotion? Even the sucky ones?

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Presents News from Cassini

Time: Sunday - 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Ravinia A, Ravinia B
Panelists: John Vittallo
Description: The Cassini spacecraft is sending all sorts of interesting data about Saturn.  This presentation, direct from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will bring you up to date on Saturn, its incredibly complex ring system, and the myriad moons orbiting it, including Titan.

Launch Party

Time: Sunday - 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Chazz Spengler (M)
Description: The sky is the limit when you come craft with us and build rocket ships and paper airplanes. Use your imagination and recycled materials to design and decorate your starship or fold your way to a better flier.

Spirited Away [ GHI]

Time: Sunday - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B
Description: [See Friday 7:45pm for synopsis]

Up ( 2009) Animated Feature (96 minutes)

Time: Sunday - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Description:

Voices by: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger
Directed by Peter Docter and Bob Peterson – Rated PG

 

(See description from Thursday at 6:00pm.)

Battle Cattle

Time: Sunday - 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Red Cafe
Game Masters: Frances Moritz (M)
Description: The hilarious game of cow-to-cow combat, is now a card game. America's finest beefsteak puts on armor, grabs the big guns, and goes at it hoof and horn. It includes six full-color cow cards, 110 full-color playing cards, and short, easy rules. Fast, fun, quick to learn . . . and your foes are hamburger.

Card Game 2-6 players

Chez Cthulhu

Time: Sunday - 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Green Cafe 1
Game Masters: John "Shadowcat" Ickes (M)
Description: Bring the horror of Lovecraft's Mythos right into your apartment . . . as if the leftovers from the Pizza with Absolutely Everything weren't bad enough. Work your job – will you be a Morgue Janitor, a Sanitarium Guard, or a Gravedigger? Buy things to give you Slack, like a comforting Straitjacket . . . or some Friendly Tentacles to make your day a little brighter. Invite people over to your room . . . and sacrifice them! And Nookie . . . don't forget the Nookie. Preferably without the Ectoplasmic Slime.

Card Game 2-6 players

Munchkin

Time: Sunday - 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Category: Game
Track: Games
Location: Lake Michigan A - Red Round
Game Masters: Tonya Foust (M)
Description: Card Game 2-6 players

Reading: Kathryn Sullivan

Time: Sunday - 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Botanic Garden A
Panelists: Kathryn Sullivan

Build A Beast Balloon Fun

Time: Sunday - 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Chazz Spengler (M), John Wardale
Description: Use your imagination and our balloons to make a bubbly beastie.  Come see a menagerie of inflatable animals and fantastic creations by the creative John Wardale.  From ninja turtles to the Starship Enterprise, his designs are sure to blow your mind.

All ages welcome.

Best Books of 2009

Time: Sunday - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Birch B
Panelists: Elizabeth Anne Hull, Joy Ward
Description: What novels were published in 2009 that you really should read?  The Empress of Mars? Finch? The Mystery of Grace? Our panelists not only tell you what their favorite books of the year were, but also discuss what they liked about them. And come with your own suggestions.

Destiny vs. Free Will

Time: Sunday - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Birch A
Panelists: Robert J. Sawyer, Gene Wolfe
Description: Is it more comforting to know your future is already set or that you are free to succeed or screw up on your own?

Job Networking: How to Use Technology to Search for a Job

Time: Sunday - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Elm
Panelists: Michael Brian Bentley (M), Peter Heltzer, Dawn Kuczwara
Description: The internet provides a whole new area to network when looking for a way to buy those collectibles, books, or just to go see the latest movie.  How can you use your time cruising the web to increase your chance of landing that lucrative job?

Monsters vs. Aliens ( 2009) Animated Feature ( 94 minutes)

Time: Sunday - 12:00 PM to 1:45 PM
Category: Film
Track: Other
Location: River C
Description:

Voices by: Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd

Directed by Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman - Rated PG

 

(See description from Friday at 10:00am.)

Phandemonium Board Meeting & Election: All Welcome

Time: Sunday - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Fandom
Location: Ravinia A, Ravinia B
Description: Welcome to the Open Phandemonium Board Meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend this annual meeting of Capricon's parent organization. All attending convention members will have the chance to vote for two new board members to replace those who are retiring, and hear other such business as may come before the board -including any business YOU want to bring to them.

Reading: Deirdre Murphy

Time: Sunday - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Botanic Garden A
Panelists: Deirdre Murphy

Requests

Time: Sunday - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Category: Anime
Track: Media
Location: River B

Mad Hatter's Tea Party

Time: Sunday - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Young Fan
Location: Third Floor
Panelists: Kerri-Ellen Kelly, Colleen Spengler (M)
Description: We're all mad here, mad you know!  Come have a harum scarum top-toffing time at our Mad Hatter's Tea Party!  I hear the doormouse likes karaoke.

Clean Cups!

Reading: Richard Chwedyk

Time: Sunday - 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Book
Location: Botanic Garden A
Panelists: Richard Chwedyk

Lost Futures: Where Did the Flying Cars Go?

Time: Sunday - 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Other
Location: Birch A
Panelists: Leonard Krol (M), Kevin Spencer, Lawrence Watt-Evans
Description: The science fiction of yesteryear promised us many things, from flying cars to portable communications devices.  Why didn't these happen?  Did some of them happen but in a way that we don't even recognize them as the real life descendents of our promised science fiction gizmos?

The Art of Astronomy

Time: Sunday - 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Science
Location: Ravinia A, Ravinia B
Panelists: Jim Plaxco
Description: A look at the history of astronomical art.

Closing Ceremonies

Time: Sunday - 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Category: Panel-Event
Track: Event
Location: Ravinia A, Ravinia B
Description: All good things must come to an end and that includes Capricon 30, the best Capricon you'll attend in 2010.  But come to Closing Ceremonies to help us ring out the old con and usher in the new when the Cap31 chair gives a hint of what will happen when we convene in 2011.