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Friday 4 October, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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  • Reboot, Reboot, Reboot!!
  • Gateway Center - Salon 4
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Have we run out of original ideas? Or are we so stuck in the past that we wish to relive it? Let's talk about what reboots have worked and what hav...
  • Panel
    General
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
  • James Bond Anniversaries!
  • Gateway Center - Salon 6
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • This year is the anniversary of the movies On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Moonraker, Licence to Kill, and The World is Not Enough. How different ...
  • Panel
    Media
  • Creative Streaming for Twitch
  • Gateway Center - Marquette B
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • As a Twitch Affiliate and live streamer since April 2016 I am a seasoned streamer, streaming over 20 hours weekly I know everything from Stream Set...
  • Panel
    MediaGOH
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  • Views of the Afterlife
  • Gateway Center - Salon 4
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • TV shows like The Good Place and Lucifer present nuanced and fresh ideas about the afterlife. Discuss these ideas and other unusual views of the af...
  • Panel
    General
  • Live Action Duck Hunt
  • Gateway Center - Salon 5
  • 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM  | 50 minutes
  • Are you an expert marksman? Come show off your skills with a nerf gun and try and shoot as many ducks as you can. Be careful though, our dog will j...
  • Panel
    Children's Programming
  • Posing for Photography
  • Gateway Center - Marquette B
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Showing off your costume or cosplay can be an extension of your skills. Find out ways to get comfortable in front of the camera, and how to find a ...
  • Panel
    CostumingGOH
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  • Filk Concert: Suspicious Women
  • Gateway Center - Mississippian
  • 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM  | 1 hour
  • The Suspicious Women are Cat Greenberg and Valerie Ritchie of The Unusual Suspects, performing songs of space, mermaids, survival, wonder and more....
  • Filk Concert
    Filk
  • Artist Reception
  • Gateway Center - Ballroom A
  • 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM  | 2 hours
  • Join our Artist Guest of Honor, Mitch Bentley, and fellow professional artists for one of the highlights of the weekend. (2 hours or until food run...
  • Event
    ArtistGOH
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8:00 PM
  • Animation 101
  • Gateway Center - Salon 4
  • 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Ever wanted to make your own anime or cartoon but not sure where to start? Animation Professor/ Animator, Neko Pilarcik-Tellez, will give you an ov...
  • Panel
    Media
  • Archon's Got Talent
  • Gateway Center - Salon 5
  • 8:00 PM - 9:50 PM  | 1 hour 50 minutes
  • So you think you can sing? Come join us for a fun time and your favorite songs. There will be no judges, just come enjoy yourself and pick out your...
  • Panel
    Children's Programming
  • After the Bombs
  • Gateway Center - Salon 6
  • 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • An overview of post-apocalyptic cinema focusing mainly on the 1980s. The presentation will be an introduction to the genre and a rundown of influen...
  • Panel
    Media
  • Hallway Costume Contest
  • DoubleTree - Collinsville - Lobby Foyer
  • 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM  | 2 hours 30 minutes
  • If you would like to enter the contest, come in costume to our photo area in the foyer of the DoubleTree on Friday night between 8:00pm and 10:30pm...
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  • Gunshot Wounds and You
  • Gateway Center - Salon 4
  • 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Are you a author who wishes to make the immediate treatment of a gunshot wound believable in their story? Are you a concerned citizen who wants to ...
  • Panel
    General
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
  • Filk Concert: Ars Arcanum
  • Gateway Center - Mississippian
  • 9:30 PM - 10:00 PM  | 30 minutes
  • A musical journey into the underworld! Collinsville’s own Ars Arcanum will perform selections from their upcoming hard rock concept album, which fo...
  • Filk Concert
    Filk
10:00 PM
10:00 PM

Saturday 5 October, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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  • Preparing for Cosplay Competition
  • Gateway Center - Marquette A
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • Come hear Casey Renee's tips on competing in costume/Cosplay contests, her experiences competing and winning in Cosplay competitions (7 awards unde...
  • Panel
    CostumingGOH
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
  • Film Screening: The Last in Line
  • Gateway Center - Lasalle
  • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM  | 3 hours
  • Twelve seasoned men and women are on the run. They find brief sanctuary in a barn in the middle of an Ardenian forest. Surrounded by enemies on all...
  • Panel
    Media
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
  • Making Costumes for Kids
  • Gateway Center - Marquette B
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Do you struggle to find resources to create costumes for kids? Learn tips and trick for working with patterns for kids and how to translate adult p...
  • Panel
    Costuming
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
  • Performance Seminar
  • Gateway Center - Mississippian
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Will provide a basic understanding of what you need to do and how you need to do it when you are&n...
  • Panel
    Filk
  • LARPing 101
  • Gateway Center - Salon 2
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Do you like playing video games, table top games, and/or hanging out with friends? Not sure what LARPing is or if it's the thing for you? Come to t...
  • Panel
    Gaming
  • The Past is the Present
  • Gateway Center - Salon 4
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Nostalgia is becoming a huge selling point for a lot of companies right now. Disney is remaking the animated classics, clothing stores are reintrod...
  • Panel
    General
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2:00 PM
  • One Shot Performances
  • Gateway Center - Mississippian
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Don't have a full set together but have a single you'd like to perform in public?  Sign up for a One-Shot Performance! 
  • Filk Concert
    Filk
3:00 PM
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  • Warsong Grid
  • Gateway Center - Salon 5
  • 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM  | 50 minutes
  • Capture the Flag! Two opposing teams of three try to bring their opponent’s flag to their own base...
  • Panel
    Children's Programming
  • Focus on Fit: Fitting the Bust
  • Gateway Center - Marquette B
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Learn tips and tricks to help you get a better fit around your bust. Whether you need to enlarge or reduce - learn simple ways to modify patterns a...
  • Panel
    Costuming
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
  • Art Auction
  • Gateway Center - Ballroom A
  • 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM  | 2 hours 30 minutes
  • All artwork with at least three bids goes to auction! The Art Show will remain open for one hour after the auction closes to allow for pick up by b...
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  • Geek Trivia
  • Gateway Center - Marquette B
  • 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM  | 2 hours
  • Test your knowledge of everyone favorite geeky subjects. The geek trivia team is once again bringing you the best pop culture trivia in the city. G...
  • Game
    Gaming
11:30 PM
11:30 PM

Sunday 6 October, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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  • Live Action Duck Hunt
  • Gateway Center - Salon 5
  • 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM  | 50 minutes
  • Are you an expert marksman? Come show off your skills with a nerf gun and try and shoot as many ducks as you can. Be careful though, our dog will j...
  • Panel
    Children's Programming
  • Focus on Fit: The Male Form
  • Gateway Center - Marquette B
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • Guys want to cosplay too! Learn tips and tricks on sewing and fitting the masculine body type. This is a great panel for armor makers too as many t...
  • Panel
    Costuming
  • Creating Compelling Cover Copy
  • Gateway Center - Marquette A
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • This presentation by successful self-published author Dave Schroeder explores the various blurbs, banners, tag lines, testimonials, and more that c...
  • Panel
    Author - Craft
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
  • Writing What You Don’t Know
  • Gateway Center - Salon 1
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Authors write about things they’ve never done all the time, whether it’s killing another person, working in zero gravity or something as “simple” a...
  • Panel
    Author - Craft
  • Storytime with Debbie and Jessica
  • Gateway Center - Salon 5
  • 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM  | 50 minutes
  • Meet Wanda Wizzlewoop and her cat Whiskey, Esmeralda Grunch and her best friend, Tulip, and Cecilia, a kitty looking for a human to train. Listen t...
  • Panel
    Children's Programming
  • Masquerade Show and Tell
  • Gateway Center - Lasalle
  • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM  | 2 hours
  • Come and join the Masquerade contestants for a Costume Show and Tell. Find out about the workmanship and difficulties of wearing this year’s costum...
  • Event
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
  • Doctor, Where's Your Tricorder?
  • Gateway Center - Salon 1
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Some visions of medicine in the future are decried by those in the medical field are scoffed at as “wand-waving,” although other ideas seem more ac...
  • Panel
    Science
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4:00 PM
  • Dead Dog Party
  • DoubleTree - Collinsville - Madison C & D
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM  | 2 hours
  • Bring out your deeeaaad... Bring your party leftovers and get rehydrated at the annual Dead Dog Party! Not ready to go home yet? Come on by for thi...
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