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Thursday
, July 10
Hearn B-C-D (Marriott)
TBA •
Signings
Marriott Bar
8:00pm •
Informal Kickoff Cocktail Party: Meet the Lifeguards of Geek Summer Vacation
Friday
, July 11
Bethabara (Marriott) - Room can get COLD!!!
2:00pm •
Alakazam...It's Love!
3:30pm •
Panel TBD
5:00pm •
Unveiling Genetics: Healing, Innovating, and Exploring Ancestral DNA
7:00pm •
Room Closed
8:00pm •
The Creative's Paradox
9:30pm •
Time is Fleeting - 50th Anniversary of Rocky Horror Picture Show
Corpening (Marriott)
2:00pm •
Open Gaming
Hearn A (Marriott)
7:00pm •
Opening Ceremonies: Geek Summer Vacation!
8:30pm •
The Idiot Box visits ConGregate Comedy Show
Moravian (Marriott)
2:30pm •
Women in Film (need to change time)
4:00pm •
What Film Festivals Really Want (And What They Absolutely Don’t!)
5:30pm •
So, You Made a Movie… Now What?
7:00pm •
Room Closed
8:00pm •
Wonderful Movies with Wonderful People
Piedmont (Marriott)
2:00pm •
Exploring the Enchantment: The Enduring Allure of Fairies in Fantasy Realms
3:30pm •
Geeks & Mental Health
5:00pm •
Who Needs an Agent Anyway?
7:00pm •
Room Closed
8:00pm •
Readings Hour Fri (5 people)
9:30pm •
Oh Those Summer Nights: Fantasy and Erotica - 18 & Up
Reynolda (Marriott)
2:30pm •
Teens & Tweens: Our Favorite Magical Worlds
4:00pm •
Teens & Tweens: Camp Halfblood
5:30pm •
Teens & Tweens: Heartstopper Graphic Novels and Netflix Series
7:00pm •
Room Closed
Salem (Marriott)
2:00pm •
Belly Dance in Speculative Fiction and Media
3:30pm •
Nevermore Academy: What's Next for Wednesday Addams in Season Two?
5:00pm •
Costume in Crisis
7:00pm •
Room Closed
8:00pm •
Appreciation for Audio Dramas
9:30pm •
Ya Canna Change the Laws of Physics
ta-Winston (Marriott) (temporary layout)
2:00pm •
PDLS: Opening Ceremonies/Welcome/What to know
3:30pm •
PDLS: Creating Reader Engagement
5:30pm •
PDLS: 21 Days to a Novel
7:00pm •
Room Closed
TBA
8:00pm •
PDLS: Writer's Mingle
Terrace 1 (Embassy Suites)
2:30pm •
Con Survivalism 101
4:00pm •
LARP SET UP - ROOM CLOSED
5:00pm •
World of Darkness LARP
Terrace 2 (Embassy Suites)
2:30pm •
Top 10 Geeky Summer Beach Reads
4:00pm •
Home Recording: The Best Tools
5:30pm •
Decoding Slang: The Revenge of Gen X
7:00pm •
Room Closed
8:00pm •
"And They Called Me Mad!" The Worst Ideas of Mad Scientists, Supervillains, and Other People Who Should Have Known Better
10:00pm •
Room Closed
Terrace 3 (Embassy Suites)
2:30pm •
Online Media for Love or Money?
4:00pm •
Summer Blockbusters!
5:30pm •
Holo and Hampson Read Each Other's Works
7:00pm •
Room Closed
9:00pm •
This One Time at Con (or Con Stories on the Rocks... or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love That Stupid Panel with the Con Stories!)
10:00pm •
Room Closed
Saturday
, July 12
Bethabara (Marriott) - Room can get COLD!!!
10:00am •
Secret History and Alt-worlds
11:30am •
Small Press Publisher Roadshow (Sol, Prospective Press)
1:00pm •
Falstaff Books Roadshow and Books Extravaganza
2:30pm •
Baen Books Traveling Roadshow and Prize Patrol
3:30pm •
Don't Hide from the Hide - Leather Working
4:00pm •
MV Media and Mocha Memoirs RoadShow
5:30pm •
Queer Press Road Show (Golddust Publishing and Space Wizard Science Fantasy Books)
7:00pm •
It Was A Dark And Stormy Night
8:30pm •
1985: The Year in Horror!
Corpening (Marriott)
9:00am •
Open Gaming
1:30pm •
D&D Short & Sweet - An Intro Festival
Hearn A (Marriott)
10:00am •
DJ McGuire Presents the Goldsmiths’ Gambit
11:30am •
Gray Rineheart in concert
1:00pm •
GOH Interview: Milton Davis
3:00pm •
The Return of the Costume Contest
5:00pm •
Alexandra Higgins in Concert
6:30pm •
Chuck Parker in concert
8:00pm •
Auction Set up
9:00pm •
Auction Viewing
9:30pm •
Charity Auction in support of the Winston-Salem Rescue Mission
Moravian (Marriott)
10:00am •
Film Festival
6:00pm •
Hold for Film Festival Awards
8:00pm •
Emotional Support Demon - Ask Me (Us) Anything!
Piedmont (Marriott)
9:30am •
Workshop: Beat the Summer Heat - How to make your make-up last
11:30am •
Workshop: Basic Pattern Making
1:30pm •
Pre-judging for Costume Contest/Green Room
4:30pm •
Workshop: Let's Make a World: Discuss Worldbuilding & Then Make One Together!
6:30pm •
Presentation: Viruses vs the Immune System
8:00pm •
Readings Hour Sat (5 people)
9:30pm •
Let's Go to Camp Blood! - 45th Anniversary of Friday the 13th
Reynolda (Marriott)
10:30am •
Teens & Tweens: Children of the Con
1:30pm •
Teens & Tweens: How Spicy is too Spicy?
3:00pm •
Teens & Tweens: Summer Reading Lists
4:30pm •
Teens & Tweens: The Hunger Games
6:00pm •
Teens & Tweens: Dragons are a Girl's Best Friend?
Salem (Marriott)
9:00am •
Caftans and Caffeine
10:30am •
Presentation: LiDAR - Science Fiction and Science Reality
12:00pm •
What I wish I knew when I started...(Self-publishing)
1:30pm •
Development Mindset for Writers
3:00pm •
Bridging the Gap: Empowering Women for a Diverse STEM Future
4:30pm •
Unconventional Storytelling Tools
6:00pm •
Weird Science: Unexpected Ways to Put Science in Science Fiction
7:30pm •
Romero's Legacy - 40 Years of Day of the Dead/20 Years of Land of the Dead
9:00pm •
Hazbin Hotel & Helluva Boss
ta-Winston (Marriott) (temporary layout)
9:00am •
PDLS: Plotting
11:00am •
PDLS: Business One w/John Hartness
1:30pm •
PDLS: How to Write Urban Fantasy w/ Gail Z. Martin
3:30pm •
PDLS: Advanced Characterization
5:30pm •
PDLS: Crisis Clinic
Terrace 1 (Embassy Suites)
9:30am •
Mutant Mayhem - 25 Years of Fox's X-Men
11:00am •
Fictional Fashion
12:30pm •
Communicating Science - Part 1 (The Panel)
1:30pm •
Communicating Science - Part 2 (The Presentations)
3:00pm •
I'm Gonna Pop Some Tags - Thrift Shop Magic
4:00pm •
LARP SET UP - ROOM CLOSED
5:00pm •
World of Darkness LARP:
Terrace 2 (Embassy Suites)
9:00am •
Interdisciplinary Interactions: Engineering Subsets and Essential Skills for Success
10:30am •
Shaping Modern Fantasy: Diverse Voices and Challenging Conventions
12:00pm •
Arcane Carolinas: Winston-Salem's Ghosts of the Gilded Age
2:00pm •
A Scoundrels Interview - Timothy Zahn and Michael A Stackpole
3:30pm •
"Back in My Day" - OG Con Stories from 25+ years ago
5:00pm •
Plants and Fungi in Horror
6:30pm •
Sci-Fi Court!
8:00pm •
Pro-Wrestling: It’s a Fandom Too!
10:00pm •
Room Closed
Terrace 3 (Embassy Suites)
9:00am •
1985: The Year in Science Fiction
10:30am •
Did We Watch the Same Thing?
12:00pm •
Science Fiction Movies that Nobody Considers Science Fiction
1:30pm •
Toe-Tapping Terror: Where Music & Horror Meet, from Sinners to Suspiria
3:00pm •
It wouldn't be Summer w/o JAWS...
4:30pm •
Classic Reboots: She-Ra, He-Man, Voltron and the one that started it all MLP
6:00pm •
Wedding and Reception
8:00pm •
Doctor WHOrror?
10:00pm •
Room Closed
Sunday
, July 13
Bethabara (Marriott) - Room can get COLD!!!
10:00am •
Summer Vacation in Other Realms
11:30am •
Cowabunga! 35th Anniversary of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie!
1:00pm •
DON’T COME TO THIS PANEL!
2:00pm •
Con in Review
Corpening (Marriott)
9:00am •
Storymasters Tales (Game Session)
9:00am •
Open Gaming
Hearn A (Marriott)
10:00am •
Playing Make-Believe - World Building
11:30am •
Writer vs Author
1:00pm •
Summer Camp Sing a Long
Moravian (Marriott)
10:00am •
What's Going on in the Lab?
11:30am •
LiveStreaming in 2025 and Beyond
1:00pm •
Gods, Myths, and Otherworlds: The Fusion of Mythology in Speculative Narratives
Piedmont (Marriott)
10:00am •
Readings Hour Sun (5 people)
11:30am •
Workshop: Basic Leather Working 101 (fee)
Reynolda (Marriott)
10:00am •
Teens & Tweens: Something about Video Games?
Salem (Marriott)
10:00am •
AI in Star Trek
11:30am •
Science Fiction and Fantasy in Musicals
1:00pm •
Comfort Reads when the World is on Fire
ta-Winston (Marriott) (temporary layout)
9:00am •
PDLS: Finding the Story
11:00am •
PDLS: Business Two
1:30pm •
PDLS: Making the Next Draft the Best
Terrace 1 (Embassy Suites)
10:00am •
Aliens and Hurtful Stereotypes
11:30am •
Writing for the Body: Engaging the Readers' Senses
1:00pm •
Crazy Online Media Mistakes to Avoid
Terrace 2 (Embassy Suites)
10:00am •
Value of a Critique Group
11:30am •
Summer of '75 - Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy in Film and TV
1:00pm •
My First Costume - Getting Started in the Magic of Building Your Own Costumes
Terrace 3 (Embassy Suites)
10:00am •
HIdden Disney: Metaphors within the Disney World
11:30am •
Empowering Creativity: Open Source Tools for Independent Artists and Creators
1:00pm •
Andor as the New Star Wars
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Hearn A (Marriott)
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Salem (Marriott)
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, July 10
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, July 11
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, July 12
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, July 13
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