ConGregate 11: Full Schedule

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**** The temperature in the con spaces varies greatly from room to room. Bring layers! ****

2:30pm EDT

Teens & Tweens: Our Favorite Magical Worlds

Friday July 11, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT

Reynolda (Marriott)

From Fantasy Realms to Magical Schools to Fallen Kingdoms, lets discuss our favorite magical worlds. What worlds do we love to imagine ourselves inhabiting and which ones do we want to stay far far away from.

Friday July 11, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Reynolda (Marriott)

Teens & Tweens

4:00pm EDT

Teens & Tweens: Camp Halfblood

Friday July 11, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Reynolda (Marriott)

Join a group of teens and tweens as we discuss "Uncle Rick's" popular Camp Half-Blood Series - from the books to the TV Series. (We won't mention the movie...)

Friday July 11, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Reynolda (Marriott)

Teens & Tweens

5:30pm EDT

Teens & Tweens: Heartstopper Graphic Novels and Netflix Series

Friday July 11, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT

Reynolda (Marriott)

Ask Hannah

Friday July 11, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Reynolda (Marriott)

Teens & Tweens

7:00pm EDT

Room Closed

Friday July 11, 2025 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT

Reynolda (Marriott)

Friday July 11, 2025 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Reynolda (Marriott)

Room Closed

10:30am EDT

Teens & Tweens: Children of the Con

Saturday July 12, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am EDT

Reynolda (Marriott)

Come join a couple "kids" who've grown up the con-circle. What have they learned and how you can help your "kids" manage the con life.

Hannah, Abby, Darcy?

Saturday July 12, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Reynolda (Marriott)

Teens & Tweens

1:30pm EDT

Teens & Tweens: How Spicy is too Spicy?

Saturday July 12, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT

Reynolda (Marriott)

Join Tweens & Teens and their parents as we discuss how spicy is too spicy for younger readers?

Saturday July 12, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Reynolda (Marriott)

Teens & Tweens

3:00pm EDT

Teens & Tweens: Summer Reading Lists

Saturday July 12, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

Reynolda (Marriott)

Starting about 6th Grade, schools start giving students summer reading lists - lets discuss the common denominators on these lists and which are the ones you would recommend students read.

(Insert Sample list from Guildford County

Saturday July 12, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Reynolda (Marriott)

Teens & Tweens

4:30pm EDT

Teens & Tweens: The Hunger Games

Saturday July 12, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT

Reynolda (Marriott)

With the new movies, and new books - how is the world of Panem expanding and growing? What parts do fans enjoy and which ones do they hate?

Saturday July 12, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Reynolda (Marriott)

Teens & Tweens

6:00pm EDT

Teens & Tweens: Dragons are a Girl's Best Friend?

Saturday July 12, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT

Reynolda (Marriott)

Let's talk dragon's - Wings of Fire & Fourth Wing - what do they have in common? What makes Dragon's cool? And are they replacing Unicorn's as young lady's mythical creature of choice?

Speakers

Meri Elena

Literary Guest

I am a North Carolina speculative fiction writer, mostly of dark fantasy and paranormal, but I don't really color inside the lines. I published my first short story when I was fourteen, and my mom insisted I use a pen name. I took some creative license with my actual first and middle... Read More →

Saturday July 12, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Reynolda (Marriott)

Teens & Tweens

10:00am EDT

Teens & Tweens: Something about Video Games?

Sunday July 13, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT

Reynolda (Marriott)

Sunday July 13, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Reynolda (Marriott)

Teens & Tweens