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"Mankind will reach maturity on the day it learns to value diversity—of life and ideas. To be different is not necessarily to be ugly; to have a different idea is not necessarily to be wrong. The worst thing that could happen is for all of us to look and think and act alike." Gene Roddenberry

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Friday, November 8
 

6:00pm CST

Hobby Hobby!!
Friday November 8, 2024 6:00pm - 7:00pm CST
Hunt
 What are your hobbies besides science fiction?
Moderators
MS
Speakers
TO
avatar for Clif Flynt

Clif Flynt

President, Noumena Corp
I'm a techie nerd. Unix/Linux user since the early '80s and programmer since the early '70s. I also write filks, humorous fiction (Well, I think it's humorous), and play guitar. My renewed interest in writing fiction led me to studying how to write well which led to Editomat (www.editomat.com... Read More →
JB
CT
Friday November 8, 2024 6:00pm - 7:00pm CST
Hunt
  General, Panel

7:00pm CST

Opening Ceremonies
Friday November 8, 2024 7:00pm - 8:00pm CST
Riverview Ballroom
Join us at Windycon's monumental 50th anniversary opening ceremonies, where we celebrate "infinite diversity in infinite combinations" in homage to Star Trek's timeless message. Amidst the excitement, we proudly unveil our distinguished guests of honor, each a luminary in their own right. From trailblazing authors to visionary artists, our lineup embodies the essence of imagination and innovation that has defined Windycon throughout its illustrious history. Prepare to be captivated as we honor our past, embrace our present, and explore the boundless horizons of the future, all while embracing the mantra of "infinite diversity in infinite combinations" alongside our esteemed guests.
It's a great place to meet the Chairs, meet our great guests, and hear a bit about our plans for the weekend!
Friday November 8, 2024 7:00pm - 8:00pm CST
Riverview Ballroom
  General

8:00pm CST

Memorial
Friday November 8, 2024 8:00pm - 10:00pm CST
Hunt
Friday November 8, 2024 8:00pm - 10:00pm CST
Hunt
  General

9:00pm CST

Moebius Theater
Friday November 8, 2024 9:00pm - 11:00pm CST
Riverview Ballroom
Moebius Theatre returns to the Windycon stage with the world premier of a new play by Charles W. Ott III, Nowheresville.
It's a romantic comedy set... somewhere. This is the first new play from Moebius in some time and we're looking forward to it!
Speakers
CO
DL
PP
PS
BS
ER
RR
Friday November 8, 2024 9:00pm - 11:00pm CST
Riverview Ballroom
  General, Panel

10:00pm CST

Origins of Playing Cards and Tarot
Friday November 8, 2024 10:00pm - 11:00pm CST
York
Join us for a discussion and slide show focused on the early evolution and development of playing cards and tarot, and how they became the gaming systems known today.

Speakers
KD
LD
HR
Friday November 8, 2024 10:00pm - 11:00pm CST
York
  General, Panel
 
Saturday, November 9
 

10:00am CST

Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations
Saturday November 9, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am CST
Riverview Ballroom
What does it mean today?
Moderators
avatar for Vlad Stockman
Speakers
avatar for Paul Hahn
avatar for Christopher English
avatar for RhymesWithCamer

RhymesWithCamer

Hi!I'm Tamara (rhymes with camera).I'm just a reader who loves to gab about scifi/fantasy stuff.
Saturday November 9, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am CST
Riverview Ballroom
  General

10:00am CST

Letters of the Rainbow
Saturday November 9, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am CST
York
Join in a discussion about LGBTQ+ representation in media.
Moderators
avatar for Llewella Forgie

Llewella Forgie

Llewella Forgie is an award-wining author who creates stories of tenacious women battling injustice and creating their own happily-ever-after.  Her current work-in-progress is a pentalogy that takes place in Europe in 1802.  France is planning to invade, people with psychic powers... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Malda Marlys

Malda Marlys

Malda Marlys teaches science just outside Chicago and writes the sort of speculative fiction that requires too many qualifiers for the normal flow of conversation. Fortunately the SFFH umbrella is wide (and kind of spooky and full of brass fittings and snakes). Eir short fiction has... Read More →
ML

Megen Leigh

Artist GOH
avatar for Lisa Moe
Saturday November 9, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am CST
York
  General, Panel

11:00am CST

Artist Improv Painting Demonstration
Saturday November 9, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
Hunt
Enjoy this rare opportunity to observe an accomplished artist at work
Speakers
ML

Megen Leigh

Artist GOH
Saturday November 9, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
Hunt
  General, Panel

12:00pm CST

Did COVID-19 Kill Printed Program Books?
Saturday November 9, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm CST
Hunt
Are printed programs a thing of the past?
Moderators
DS
Speakers
DM
BF

Bill Fawcett

Special Guest, Bill Fawcett & Associates
Saturday November 9, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm CST
Hunt
  General, Panel

2:00pm CST

50 Years of Windycon
Saturday November 9, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CST
Riverview Ballroom
Where Did We Come From? How Did We Get Here? Where Are We Headed?
Moderators
avatar for Vlad Stockman
Speakers
BL
JD
DD
DG
avatar for Austin Regan

Austin Regan

Vice Chair, Windycon
AP
Saturday November 9, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CST
Riverview Ballroom
  General

2:00pm CST

Hypnosis Show
Saturday November 9, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CST
Hunt
Professional hypnosis demonstration with master hypnotist Lee Darrow
Speakers
LD
Saturday November 9, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CST
Hunt
  General

3:00pm CST

Xenoarchaeology Road Show
Saturday November 9, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm CST
York
Experts from the Xenoarchaeology Foundation analyze and discuss artifacts from around the universe. Audience is invited to bring their own unusual artifacts for the archaeologists to analyze at this interactive session.
Moderators
avatar for Jody Lynn Nye

Jody Lynn Nye

Special Gusets; Moderator
Jody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as ‘spoiling cats.’ When not engaged upon this worthy occupation, she writes fantasy and science fiction books and short stories.Before breaking away from gainful employment to write full time, Jody worked as a file clerk, book-keeper... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Chris Gerrib

Chris Gerrib

Chris Gerrib admits to being a bit obsessed with Mars, but in a healthy way – all three books of his Pirate Series are set on Mars. Chris lives in the Chicago suburbs and still has a day job in IT. He holds degrees in history and business from the University of Illinois and Southern... Read More →
BF

Bill Fawcett

Special Guest, Bill Fawcett & Associates
BJ
Saturday November 9, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm CST
York
  General, Panel

4:00pm CST

Up Close Magic Show
Saturday November 9, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm CST
Hunt
Up close magic and sleight of hand performed before your eyes
Speakers
LD
Saturday November 9, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm CST
Hunt
  General

4:00pm CST

Phandemonium Book Club
Saturday November 9, 2024 4:00pm - 6:00pm CST
Oakbrook Ballroom 3 & 4
We will be discussing A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Everyone is always welcome to join our discussion - even if they haven't finished (or even read) the book!
Moderators
DH
Saturday November 9, 2024 4:00pm - 6:00pm CST
Oakbrook Ballroom 3 & 4
  General, Panel

7:00pm CST

Diversity: Does it Matter?
Saturday November 9, 2024 7:00pm - 8:00pm CST
Hunt
Is corporate diversity sincere or do they just not want to be sued? Let's discuss these lofty questions.
Moderators
avatar for Chris Barkley

Chris Barkley

(Foreign) Correspondent, File770.com
Chris M. Barkley is a fan activist from Cincinnati, Ohio. He has been active in sf fandom for over 47 years and has attended over 200 conventions, including 31 World Science Fiction Conventions.He has also been a Convention Chair (Cinclave in 1986) a radio talk show host and producer... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Lisa Moe
GS
avatar for Alexis Craig
Saturday November 9, 2024 7:00pm - 8:00pm CST
Hunt
  General, Panel

7:00pm CST

Wanderverse - Adventures Improvised
Saturday November 9, 2024 7:00pm - 9:00pm CST
Riverview Ballroom
This is the first of two shows this weekend from the Wanderverse a live-action improvisational sketch comedy RPG where you are an essential NPC (that's non-player character, if you're not familiar with the abbreviation. The "essential" part means that the adventurers should not kill you if they'd like to succeed). As audience members, you get to interct tieh their Digital Participation Software to directly influence the outcome of the heroes' journey,
Saturday November 9, 2024 7:00pm - 9:00pm CST
Riverview Ballroom
  General, Panel

8:00pm CST

Real Life Middle Earth & Beyond
Saturday November 9, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm CST
Hunt
Before CGI many SF and fantasy TV/movies were filmed in real places. Where are these places and what is it like to visit them?
Moderators
avatar for David Hankins

David Hankins

Author, Lost Bard Enterprises
I am the award-winning author of Death and the Taxman about the Grim Reaper trapped in an IRS agent's dying body. He must regain his powers before he dies and faces judgment for his original sin. (Join me Sat at 10:00 for a reading of the first chapters!).My short stories have appeared... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for K. M. Herkes

K. M. Herkes

Author, Dawnrigger Publishing
I write books, tell tales, and generally spin stories in as many ways as I can. I also like to sing but not on stage, dance but rarely when anyone is watching, and take many pictures of my cat.
BJ
TO
Saturday November 9, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm CST
Hunt
  General, Panel

9:00pm CST

Spooky Stories
Saturday November 9, 2024 9:00pm - 10:00pm CST
Butterfield
Put on your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and come listen to a number of spooky stories before bedtime! (Not recommended for younger children.)
Moderators
CB
CT
Saturday November 9, 2024 9:00pm - 10:00pm CST
Butterfield
  General

10:00pm CST

Fan Fic Erotica
Saturday November 9, 2024 10:00pm - 11:00pm CST
Butterfield
A boon or bane to society?
Moderators
avatar for Tiffany Voltz

Tiffany Voltz

Fandom additict. Fanfiction connoisseur. Professional napper. 
Speakers
JY
avatar for Malda Marlys

Malda Marlys

Malda Marlys teaches science just outside Chicago and writes the sort of speculative fiction that requires too many qualifiers for the normal flow of conversation. Fortunately the SFFH umbrella is wide (and kind of spooky and full of brass fittings and snakes). Eir short fiction has... Read More →
avatar for Alexis Craig
Saturday November 9, 2024 10:00pm - 11:00pm CST
Butterfield
  General, Panel
 
Sunday, November 10
 

10:00am CST

The SCA Eats
Sunday November 10, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am CST
York
Old world foods cooked old world ways
Speakers
avatar for Clif Flynt

Clif Flynt

President, Noumena Corp
I'm a techie nerd. Unix/Linux user since the early '80s and programmer since the early '70s. I also write filks, humorous fiction (Well, I think it's humorous), and play guitar. My renewed interest in writing fiction led me to studying how to write well which led to Editomat (www.editomat.com... Read More →
avatar for Llewella Forgie

Llewella Forgie

Llewella Forgie is an award-wining author who creates stories of tenacious women battling injustice and creating their own happily-ever-after.  Her current work-in-progress is a pentalogy that takes place in Europe in 1802.  France is planning to invade, people with psychic powers... Read More →
Sunday November 10, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am CST
York
  General, Panel

11:00am CST

Modern Censorship
Sunday November 10, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
Kent
If you never offend anybody can you truly get your point across?
Moderators
avatar for Llewella Forgie

Llewella Forgie

Llewella Forgie is an award-wining author who creates stories of tenacious women battling injustice and creating their own happily-ever-after.  Her current work-in-progress is a pentalogy that takes place in Europe in 1802.  France is planning to invade, people with psychic powers... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Lisa Moe
avatar for Barbara Gregorich

Barbara Gregorich

I'm the author of nearly 200 books on various topics, prime among them the subject of women in baseball. For my research and writing on the history of women in baseball I was recently honored wit the SABR Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award. I've also written mystery... Read More →
DS
Sunday November 10, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
Kent
  General, Panel

12:00pm CST

1984 or 2024
Sunday November 10, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm CST
Hunt
With the changing education system, children are no longer learning cursive or "negative" events. Are we raising the future to be ignorant and malleable?
Moderators
avatar for Malda Marlys

Malda Marlys

Malda Marlys teaches science just outside Chicago and writes the sort of speculative fiction that requires too many qualifiers for the normal flow of conversation. Fortunately the SFFH umbrella is wide (and kind of spooky and full of brass fittings and snakes). Eir short fiction has... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Llewella Forgie

Llewella Forgie

Llewella Forgie is an award-wining author who creates stories of tenacious women battling injustice and creating their own happily-ever-after.  Her current work-in-progress is a pentalogy that takes place in Europe in 1802.  France is planning to invade, people with psychic powers... Read More →
GS
avatar for Ryan Francis

Ryan Francis

Ryan Francis is a multi-talented cartoonist and animator who likes to draw animals with swords.After spending time in college learning to draw for money, Ryan tackles the day to day arrangements of projects, commissions, and ventures where he must draw like a mad lad.
Sunday November 10, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm CST
Hunt
  General, Panel

1:00pm CST

Filling Our Rosters: Strategies & Ideas for Increasing Organizations Memberships
Sunday November 10, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm CST
Windsor
Strategies & ideas for increasing organizations memberships.
Moderators
avatar for Chris Gerrib

Chris Gerrib

Chris Gerrib admits to being a bit obsessed with Mars, but in a healthy way – all three books of his Pirate Series are set on Mars. Chris lives in the Chicago suburbs and still has a day job in IT. He holds degrees in history and business from the University of Illinois and Southern... Read More →
Speakers
MS
JY
Sunday November 10, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm CST
Windsor
  General, Panel

1:00pm CST

Wanderverse - Adventures Improvised
Sunday November 10, 2024 1:00pm - 3:00pm CST
Riverview Ballroom
This is the second of two shows this weekend from the Wanderverse, a live-action improvisational sketch comedy RPG there you are an essential NPC (that's non-player character, if you're not familiar with the abbreviation. The "essential" part means that the adventurers should not kill you if they'd like to succeed). As audience members, you get to interact with their Digital Participation Software to directly influence the outcome of the heroes' journey.

Since this is improvisational, the second show will be entirely different from the first... except for the cast. They will keep the cast...
Sunday November 10, 2024 1:00pm - 3:00pm CST
Riverview Ballroom
  General, Panel

3:00pm CST

Closing Ceremonies
Sunday November 10, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm CST
Riverview Ballroom
All good things must come to an end so now it's time for Closing Ceremonies. There will be one last chance to see our guests, the presentation of awards, and some information on the plans for Windycon 51 from our incoming Chair.

As we draw the curtains on Windycon's extraordinary 50th anniversary, our hearts are filled with gratitude for the memories shared and the bonds formed. But fear not, for the adventure continues! Mark your calendars and join us in anticipation for Windycon 51 next year. Together, let's embark on another thrilling voyage through the realms of speculative fiction, where new tales await and old friends reunite. Until then, may the spirit of Windycon live on, guiding us through infinite worlds and endless possibilities.
Sunday November 10, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm CST
Riverview Ballroom
  General
 
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