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| Monday, April 30th, 2012 | 8:29 am
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Boskone 50 Guests of Honor
I'm pleased to announce the following as Guests of Honor for Boskone 50 (February 15-17, 2013 at the Boston Westin Waterfront Hotel): (Author) Guest of Honor - Vernor Vinge Official Artist - Lisa Snellings Special Guest - John Hertz Featured Filker - Heather Dale Hotel reservations should be open shortly once we work out some glitches in the reservation system. -Rick Kovalcik (Chair, Boskone 50) | | Thursday, March 8th, 2012 | 10:19 pm
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Book Drive for the Science Fiction Outreach Project
The NESFA Clubhouse will have even more books than usual for the rest of March. It's the Boston area collection site for books donated to the Science Fiction Outreach Project for next month's massive book giveaway in Chicago. The Science Fiction Outreach Project (SFOP) will put your extra genre books to good use, giving them away to readers next month at C2E2, the Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo. Each book will have a bookmark promoting Worldcon, local conventions, and the groups sponsoring the outreach project. Books donated to the project can be the lure for new fans! MCFI is one of those sponsors, giving SFOP a donation and running a book drive. We're collecting books at the NESFA Clubhouse through Wednesday, March 21st and also at the NESFA Other Meeting at the Hertels on Sunday, March 25th. SFOP's primary sponsor this year is Chicon 7. You are actually donating the books to them, and they are a 501(c)(3) corporation. ( How to donate books in person, by mail, and other 4-part harmony ) | | Sunday, June 12th, 2011 | 11:18 am
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To Boskone 51 & Beyond!
It has come to NESFA's attention that someone has been posting that Boskone 50 will be our last Boskone. *THIS IS NOT TRUE.* There is no plan to discontinue Boskone in the forseeable future. If you find this rumor, squash it! | | Friday, June 10th, 2011 | 9:47 am
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| | Monday, September 6th, 2010 | 7:48 am
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Website issues
The Boskone and NESFA websites have been down since list night due to ISP problems. They should be back up soon. | | Sunday, September 5th, 2010 | 10:11 pm
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Hugo results
Pre-awards intro video (awesome): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uuxzPFrC1w (Lifelode flashes by) Hugo ceremonies results (40% of members voted--highest ever): Big Heart: Merv Binns Campbell: Seanan McGuire Fan Artist: Brad Foster Fanzine: Star Ship Sofa Fan Writer: Fred Pohl Semiprozine: Clarkesworld (Neil Clarke) Pro Artist: Shaun Tan Editor, short: Ellen Datlow Editor, long: Patrick Nielsen Hayden Dramatic, short: Dr Who, The Waters of Mars Dramatic, long: Moon Graphic Novel: Girl Genius (Phil & Kaja Foglio) Related Work: This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is “I”) by Jack Vance (Subterranean) Fiction, Short: “Bridesicle” by Will McIntosh (Asimov’s 1/09) Fiction, Novelette: “The Island” by Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2) Fiction, Novella: “Palimpsest” by Charles Stross (Wireless) Fiction, Novel (TIE): The City & The City by China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK) *and* The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade) | | Sunday, August 8th, 2010 | 7:30 pm
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Picnic! Sunday!
The New England Science Fiction Association fannish picnic is on! We have Picnic site #3 in the Blue Hills Reservation, on the shores of Houghton's Pond in Canton, Mass. Info and directions at the links: http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/metroboston/blue.htmhttp://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/metroboston/maps/houghtonMAP.jpgSunday, August 15, 2010 from 10am till 6pm. Park is open from 7am till dusk. The picnic site is heavily wooded, with huge stone grills and picnic tables. Adjacent to the picnic site are parking and grassy fields. Nearby (five to ten minute walk) are the swimming beach, concession stand, and bathhouse. The entire Blue Hill Reservation is available for anyone who wants to recreate away from the picnic. Please bring stuff to share, and a note with what the food is so that people with restrictive diets can deal with that. Also we will need volunteers to bring common use items, such as charcoal, grills, lighter fluid, condiments, plates, flatware, and so on. Bring bug spray and sunblock, folding chairs if you have them, games to play, and your own fun selves. If anyone has an EZ-up type tent they can bring, that would be very nice. This picnic is open to the entire fannish community in the greater Boston area. There is no rain date, and unless the weather is really bad, plan to go on rain or shine... ANd it looks like shine in the long range forecast. | | Friday, May 21st, 2010 | 9:32 am
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End of an era, beaten by blogs
The last dangerous APA:NESFA collation will be held on Wednesday, June 9 at the clubhouse following the IM mailing. Number 480 will be the final paper issue of APA:NESFA, concluding 40 years of publication. All are welcome to pub a 'zine. Email yours to apa@nesfa.org by noon on June 9th, or bring 50 copies to the clubhouse by 7pm that evening. After the last collation, there will be cake. | | Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 | 5:21 pm
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Frazetta Film in Providence -- canceled
This event has been canceled!From the RISFC: Legendary American fantasy artist Frank Frazetta, passed away this past Monday, May 10th, 2010. Most famous for his illustrations of Conan the Barbarian, Lord of the Rings, and Tarzan, as well as record covers for such artists as Molly Hatchet, Nazareth and Dust, Frazetta dominated the world of Fantasy Art with his images of fierce warriors, helpless princesses, and fantastical creatures set in the most lavish landscapes. Join us at Knight Memorial Library on Wednesday, May 26th at 6pm for a free screening of "Frazetta: Painting with Fire", the 2003 documentary, directed by Lance Laspina, about his life. Knight Memorial Library 275 Elmwood Ave Providence, RI 02907 http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.c fm?curOrg=PROVCOM "Illustrator and comic artist Frank Frazetta is profiled in the documentary film FRAZETTA: PAINTING WITH FIRE. The film explores Frazetta's life, beginning with his boyhood in Brooklyn, where he was born in 1928. Frazetta became an artist for numerous comic books in the 1950s, working for powerhouse publisher DC and assisting Al Capp on the famous "L'il Abner" comic strip. In the 1960s, Frazetta began the work he is most famous for--paperback and magazine illustration, becoming well-known for his paintings of pulp characters like Conan the Barbarian and Vampirella. The bulk of Frazetta's work is in the Conan vein: brawny, enraged warriors and swooning, scantily clad women facing assorted beasties and monsters. FRAZETTA: PAINTING WITH FIRE contrasts the images in Frazetta's work with the artist's own troublesome health, including a stroke so terrible that he was forced to learn to draw and paint with his left hand." (rottentomatoes.com) | | Sunday, May 16th, 2010 | 5:14 pm
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What are you doing tonight?
From our old friend Ed Meskys comes this announcement: Author Robert J. Sawyer: Hugo, Nebula, and Campbell Memorial Award-winning Science Fiction Writer is the guest on The Guerra Show, Sunday, May 16, 2010. Tune in starting at 9 PM Eastern, and bring on those questions for this amazing friendly author. Sawyer ( http://www.sfwriter.com) is the author of Hugo-nominated WWW:Wake and WWW:Watch, which capture how someone with a vision loss utilizes both speech and Braille to access the internet, and show realistically how someone who has no sight copes in everyday society; WWW:Wonder is forthcoming. The books are also available for the blind on audible.com. Sawyer is also the author of Flash Forward, which became a TV series. | | Thursday, April 15th, 2010 | 8:46 pm
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Game Day @ NESFA
NESFA is having a (board & card) game day on Saturday from 2pm on at NESFA, 504 Medford St., Somerville. (Dinner on your own, but there's food locally.) All are welcome. | | Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 | 12:07 am
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Remembering George Flynn
I was in my fan room tonight, looking for pictures from ReinCONation Too in the hope of verifying that a different unnumbered ReinCONation badge would prove to be the one from ReinCONation 4. I didn't find any of my ReinCONation photos, but I did run across a picture I took of George Flynn at Corflu 9 in 1992. I've always liked this picture of George, and I hope his friends in NESFA enjoy it, too. George would have enjoyed my romp through the large tin of convention badges from the last 28 years. His own, of course, were much better organized. | | Monday, August 31st, 2009 | 11:18 pm
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A fanfare please...
Congratulations to all of this year's Pegasus Award nominees, especially: -- Gary McGath. "Mad Scientist's Love Song" is nominated in the Best Classic Filk Song category -- MASSFILC President Paul Estin. "Fluorine Atom" in nominated in the A Little Bit Rock and Roll category and...-- Boskone 47's Featured Filker, Mary Crowell. Mary is nominated in the Best Writer/Composer category. You can listen to snippets of all nominated people and works on the ballot. The winners will be announced in late October at the Ohio Valley Filk Fest. Voting is open to members of the filk community and the rules on the same website as the ballot do a good job of explaining what that means. | 10:47 am
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Informal Picnic on the 7th of September
Our Fearless Leader speaks:The post-Worldcon Labor Day picnic will be held at "The Shelter" at Larz Anderson Park, Brookline, MA from 3 to 7.30pm on 7 September. Park at the Main parking lot on Goddard Avenue. The nearest T stop is Brookline Hills on the Green Line. People should bring their own meat, fish, etc. for cooking. NESFA will supply charcoal, munchies, tonics, paper plates, etc. Remember, Hibachis, etc. are not permitted in the park. Dave Anderson will be posting maps on the NESFA site. Until then, use Google, etc. if you don't know where it is. If you know of any fans who would like to attend, they are most welcome. Remind them to ask people who are members of other clubs, etc. Tony NESFA President ________________________ Current Mood:  bouncy | | Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 | 7:33 pm
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Fan Day at MOS
Please join NESFA at the Boston Museum of Science on Saturday, January 24th. We'll meet at the Mars rover in the lobby at 1pm. We will not be getting discount passes, but there are several members with free exhibit hall passes, or you can get a free pass from you library. (If you're a member, please bring your spare passes, even the expired ones--they're still good.) Featured exhibits included with the exhibit hall pass include Mythic Creatures, and Cliff the Triceratops. The museum closes at 5pm, but you can prolong your day with a 1-hour Omni presentation, Roving Mars--there's a 5pm showing. For more information on the exhibits, visit mos.org. | | Friday, December 12th, 2008 | 9:39 am
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Clubhouse Renovation Continues on Saturday (13 Dec 2008)
Our Fearless Leader writes:
Greetings!
We will continue our work on the renovation of the Barbershop
this Saturday (13 December 2008) at 11 AM.
We have a several jobs lined up, so we'll have work
for all who show up, and we'll provide lunch (probably pizza).
Hope to see you there!
--Tim Szczesuil, NESFA President
See the clubhouse URL, for directions. Current Mood: energetic | | Friday, November 14th, 2008 | 12:53 pm
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Official: November NESFA Business Meeting Moves to Littleton on the 23rd
Due to last minute schedule changes and bereavements, the November NESFA Business Meeting scheduled for this Sunday, November 16th, is rescheduled to the coincide with the Other Meeting at Ann & Tim's house on the following Sunday, November 23rd, starting at 1 PM. We will begin with the Boskone Meeting. I apologize to anyone that is negatively impacted by this decision. --Tim Szczesuil, President Please email president@nesfa.org or info@nesfa.org for directions if needed. | | Friday, October 31st, 2008 | 12:14 pm
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no rest for the wicked (Sat, the First of November)
From the top: Greetings, We'll be continuing our conversion of the barber's room into a additional library space tomorrow starting at 11 AM. Our agenda for the day will be framing the drop ceiling. We should have work for people of all levels of building skill and capacity. There'll be a lot of building supplies, power tools, and people working assiduously, so please take care that you don't injure yourself or others! Anyway, please show up, help out, have fun, and help us decide what we'll be ordering for lunch. All are welcome! -- Tim Szczesuil NESFA President As before, see http://www.nesfa.org/ for directions to the Clubhouse. | | Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 | 4:23 pm
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Clubhouse work session Saturday, 25 Oct, 10AM
Our Fearless Leader has posted: Greetings Deconstructors! Please consider joining us this Saturday, October 25th beginning at 10 AM to help gut the barbershop in our clubhouse building. There will be work for all levels of skills and strength. Protective masks and gloves will be available, but feel free to bring you own implements of destruction. We'll be providing lunch and the usual refreshments. If there is time and energy, we may also install the vent fan in the basement of the blue room. -- Tim Szczesuil NESFA President The Nesfa website (http://www.nesfa.org)has directions for those interested in helping. |
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