12:00 AM
12:00 AM
- Gaming DoubleTree - Collinsville - Madison A & B
- Sam 30, 12:00 AM - Dim 1, 12:00 AM | 1 jour
- Feature
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Registration Gateway Center - Rotunda
- 9:00 AM - 11:45 PM | 14 heures 45 minutes
- Admin
- Gaming Gateway Center - Ballroom B & Salon 3
- 9:00 AM - 12:00 AM | 15 heures
- Feature
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Autographs with Van Allen Plexico and Deborah Millitello Gateway Center - Signing Table
- 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Reading / Signing / Art Demo
- Hucksters Room Gateway Center - Center Hall A
- 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM | 8 heures
- Feature
- Paranormal 101: The Basics of Paranormal Research Gateway Center - Ballroom A
- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Other Voices, Alien Shapes Gateway Center - Salon 4
- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Boffer Sword Fighting (Children's) Gateway Center - Salon 5
- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Star Trek Discovery: Our First Thoughts Gateway Center - Salon 6
- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Robotics Team Challenge Gateway Center - Lasalle
- 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 1 heure 50 minutes
- Event
- Moms in Fandom Gateway Center - Illini A
- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Series Reading: Downfalls and Shortcomings Gateway Center - Marquette B
- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Working with an Illustrator Gateway Center - Marquette A
- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Writer / illustrator Jennifer Stolzer and author Ronald R. Van Stockum share their perspectives on the benefits of developing a relationship with a...
- Panel
- Accessories!: Fleshing Out the Details of Your Costume Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Author Readings with Dr. Dan Yezbik, Richard White, and Dr. Mike Phoenix DoubleTree - Collinsville - Madison C & D
- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Reading / Signing / Art Demo
- Hospitality DoubleTree - Collinsville - Clinton A & B & Madison D
- 10:00 AM - 2:30 AM | 16 heures 30 minutes
- Feature
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Art Show Gateway Center - Ballroom B
- 10:30 AM - 3:00 PM | 4 heures 30 minutes
- Feature
- Models & Miniatures Contest Entry Check In Gateway Center - Ballroom B
- 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Feature
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Autographs with Jimmy D. Gillentine and Elizabeth Donald Gateway Center - Signing Table
- 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Reading / Signing / Art Demo
- In Memoriam: An Open Tribute Gateway Center - Ballroom A
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Alternate Religions Gateway Center - Salon 4
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Mask Making (Children's) Gateway Center - Salon 5
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Put on a face! Come make your own creative mask to use with your costume. Do you want to be a hero, a villain, a jester? Come make what you wish to...
- Panel
- Comic Books As Teaching Tools Gateway Center - Salon 6
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Fan Run Conventions: Can They Survive in a World of Corporate Cons? Gateway Center - Illini A
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Where SF Goes - Science Follows Gateway Center - Marquette B
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- SF often predicts future science, though not always correctly. Has it also helped ease the public into acceptance of scientific breakthroughs or h...
- Panel
- Editing: A Diamond in the Rough Gateway Center - Marquette A
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Cat Herding 101 Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Live Model Drawing with John Kaufmann DoubleTree - Collinsville - St. Clair A & B
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- In the Name of Originality: Movie Remakes, Sequels, and Adaptations DoubleTree - Collinsville - Madison C & D
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- So many movies these days are part of something that already exists, either as a sequel, a remake, or an adaptation. Have we had enough of the sam...
- Panel
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Magic Mark and Magical Wanderings in Concert Gateway Center - Mississippian
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 heure
- Filk Concert
- Autographs with Sarah Jude and Brian Katcher Gateway Center - Signing Table
- 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Reading / Signing / Art Demo
- Where is Everybody?: The Rare Earth Hypothesis Gateway Center - Ballroom A
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Fermi's question is part of SETI (the search for extraterrestrial intelligence) and led to the Drake Equation. A variation on this question i...
- Panel
- Charity Auction Gateway Center - Ballroom B
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 3 heures
- The Archon 40 Charity Auction benefits The Challenger Learning Center. The Auction will be preceded by a short talk about the Challenger Learning ...
- Event
- The Art of John Kaufmann Gateway Center - Salon 4
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Duct Tape Armor and Instant Costuming (Children's) Gateway Center - Salon 5
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Wonder Woman: Did DC Finally Hit a Home Run? Gateway Center - Salon 6
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Q & A with Archon 41 Media Guests of Honor Mike Zapcic & Ming Chen Gateway Center - Lasalle
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- The History of Pulp Gateway Center - Illini A
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Major Spacer In The 21st Century Gateway Center - Marquette B
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Writing Modern-Day Monsters Gateway Center - Marquette A
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Cosplay on a Budget Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Quick Fixes for Artistic Mistakes DoubleTree - Collinsville - St. Clair A & B
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Author Readings with Elizabeth Donald DoubleTree - Collinsville - Madison C & D
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Reading / Signing / Art Demo
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
- Mandatory Masquerade Meeting Gateway Center - Center Hall B
- 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM | 30 minutes
- Admin
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- C. S. Marks in Concert (CANCELED: Gary "MoFilker" Hanak Will Fill In) Gateway Center - Mississippian
- 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | 45 minutes
- Filk Concert
- Space Colonies and Planetary Chauvinism Gateway Center - Ballroom A
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Is This Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy?: Are We at the Beginning of a Real-Life Dystopian Future? Gateway Center - Salon 4
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- The First Annual Greater Archon Children's Costume Extravaganza!!! (Trademark Pending) Gateway Center - Salon 5
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Come show off your costume and interact with other characters in this first ever extravaganza. There are no judges and there is no contest, but jus...
- Event
- British TV - Doctor Who, Class, Orphan Black Gateway Center - Salon 6
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Q & A with Seanan McGuire Gateway Center - Lasalle
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Why Cons Die and What We Can Do to Stop It Gateway Center - Illini A
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Major Spacer In The 21st Century: How Did They Do It? Gateway Center - Marquette B
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Crafting the Dark Hero Gateway Center - Marquette A
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- How to Turn a 2-D Image Into a 3-D Costume Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Big Ideas: How to Attack Large Projects DoubleTree - Collinsville - St. Clair A & B
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Author Readings with Cat Greenberg and Walt Boyes DoubleTree - Collinsville - Madison C & D
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Reading / Signing / Art Demo
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Cathy McManamon of Random Fractions in Concert Gateway Center - Mississippian
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 heure
- Filk Concert
- Autographs with Eddie Wilson Gateway Center - Signing Table
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Reading / Signing / Art Demo
- Just How Close is The Technological Singularity? Gateway Center - Ballroom A
- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
- In mathematics, you get a singularity when you divide by zero; in astrophysics it's known as a Black Hole; in our technological society, The Future...
- Panel
- Author Reading with Archon 41 Toastmaster Bryan Thomas Schmidt Gateway Center - Salon 4
- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Reading / Signing / Art Demo
- Rick and Morty: Why We Love It Gateway Center - Salon 6
- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Comic Book Men: The Story Behind the Show Gateway Center - Lasalle
- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- The History of St. Louis Comic Book Fandom Gateway Center - Illini A
- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Stephen King: Is He Leaving Horror Behind? Gateway Center - Marquette B
- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Querying and Pitching: How to Track Down Literary Agents and Publishers Gateway Center - Marquette A
- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Agented bestselling author Cole Gibsen offers tips on how to query and pitch to agents and publishers, including online tools to simplify the proce...
- Panel
- Masquerade Presentation Tips Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Animation 101 DoubleTree - Collinsville - St. Clair A & B
- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Ever wanted to make your own anime or cartoon? Not sure where to start? This panel will give you an overview of the animation process, tools and te...
- Panel
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Inner Darkness Gateway Center - Mississippian
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Trauma is a part of life. As musicians and writers, as artists of all kinds, we have the capability and the opportunity to explore our feelings ab...
- Panel
- Autographs with M.R. Sellars and Cole Gibsen Gateway Center - Signing Table
- 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Reading / Signing / Art Demo
- A Moon City: Competition or Collaboration? Gateway Center - Ballroom A
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Google Lunar XPRIZE and the Moon Village are two different approaches for exploring the Moon and developing a permanent city. “The $30M Google Luna...
- Panel
- Give Me That Old-Time Religion: Why Are We So Fascinated with Magic? Gateway Center - Salon 4
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Dr. Slime's Mad Laboratory (Children's) Gateway Center - Salon 5
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- The Creative Process Behind Magic: The Gathering Gateway Center - Salon 6
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- What goes into the creation of new Magic: The Gathering cards and stories? Wizard's of the Coast Senior Creative Designer Doug Beyer takes you thr...
- Panel
- Character Creation: Perspective of an Artist and a Writer Gateway Center - Lasalle
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Dads in Fandom Gateway Center - Illini A
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- The Mystery of H.P. Lovecraft Gateway Center - Marquette B
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Surviving (and Even Thriving) in a New "Cli-Fi" World" Gateway Center - Marquette A
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- We are facing a hot and harsh future. Come learn about this hot new genre of fiction in a round table discussion with several MidWest authors who h...
- Panel
- Costuming History Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Art Material Snob: What Tools Are You Passionate About? DoubleTree - Collinsville - St. Clair A & B
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- The Unusual Suspects Gateway Center - Mississippian
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 heure
- Filk Concert
- Autographs with Seanan McGuire I Gateway Center - Signing Table
- 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Reading / Signing / Art Demo
- Paranormal Hoaxes: Terrifying Ghost Stories That Are Totally False. Gateway Center - Salon 4
- 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Percy Jackson: Favorite Greek Gods (Children's) Gateway Center - Salon 5
- 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Star Wars' 40th Anniversary Gateway Center - Salon 6
- 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Travel and Conventions: Seeing the World, One Con at a Time Gateway Center - Illini A
- 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Recurring Themes in Speculative Science Fiction Gateway Center - Marquette B
- 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Speculative fiction has become more and more popular in recent years. Come participate in a discussion on themes in spec lit and what's on the hor...
- Panel
- Diversity in Genre Fiction Gateway Center - Marquette A
- 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Fitting Skills for Costuming Every Body Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | 50 minutes
- We all have different bodies with different designs but yet it seems like most sewing patterns are designed for specific body types. Learn how to a...
- Panel
- Comic Book Art DoubleTree - Collinsville - St. Clair A & B
- 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- Art Auction Gateway Center - Ballroom B
- 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 2 heures 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 ...
- Event
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Random Fractions in Concert Gateway Center - Mississippian
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 heure
- Filk Concert
- Autographs with Cathy Hird and John Hornor Jacobs Gateway Center - Signing Table
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Reading / Signing / Art Demo
- Sexism in Science Fiction & Fantasy: Is it Improving? Gateway Center - Salon 4
- 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Propulsion with the Challenger Learning Center (Children's) Gateway Center - Salon 5
- 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Come build a rocket and see how far you can launch it. Maybe it will stick to the ceiling, or maybe it will get all the way to Mars! If you build i...
- Panel
- Q & A with Archon 41 Gaming Guest of Honor Doug Beyer from Wizards of the Coast Gateway Center - Salon 6
- 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Aiming for Kickstarter Glory: Tales from a First Time Game Designer Gateway Center - Illini A
- 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM | 50 minutes
- This panel includes Ethan Weber's story on how he is building his first game, "EvL", into a Kickstarter success. Understand the big picture for wha...
- Panel
- Cosplay Contest (Teen) Gateway Center - Marquette B
- 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Event
- Tips For Writing About Things You Know Nothing About Gateway Center - Marquette A
- 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Okay, we can't know everything about everything. Listen to our experts reveal what they have done to become knowledgeable on a subject or at least ...
- Panel
- The Dark Universe: New Universal Monster Movies Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM | 50 minutes
- This year welcomed the first film from The Dark Universe - the franchise that will eventually offer us remakes of our most beloved classic Universa...
- Panel
- Home Sweet Home: Setting Up Your Workspace DoubleTree - Collinsville - St. Clair A & B
- 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM | 50 minutes
- What does your studio look like? What do you HAVE to have in your work area? What sort of effect does your work environment have on your producti...
- Panel
- Aikido Demonstration DoubleTree - Collinsville - Madison C & D
- 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Aikido is a Japanese martial art founded by Morihei Ueshiba, who is also known as “O’Sensei” which means “great teacher.” It is a comprehensive sys...
- Panel
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- The Future of Humankind Gateway Center - Salon 4
- 6:00 PM - 6:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Lego My Monster (Children's) Gateway Center - Salon 5
- 6:00 PM - 6:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Zombification, But Were Infected Before You Could Ask Gateway Center - Salon 6
- 6:00 PM - 6:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- The Golden Age of Horror Comics Gateway Center - Illini A
- 6:00 PM - 6:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Sex and Controversy in Young Adult Literature Gateway Center - Marquette B
- 6:00 PM - 6:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Promptopolooza Writers Workshop Gateway Center - Marquette A
- 6:00 PM - 6:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Problems and Questions From Young Writers Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 6:00 PM - 6:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Degrees of Degrees: Formal Art Education DoubleTree - Collinsville - St. Clair A & B
- 6:00 PM - 6:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- Our Favorite Board Games Gateway Center - Salon 4
- 7:00 PM - 7:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Writing Scripts for Comic Books Gateway Center - Salon 6
- 7:00 PM - 7:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Comparative Mythology Gateway Center - Illini A
- 7:00 PM - 7:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Asimov: A Beginner's Guide Gateway Center - Marquette B
- 7:00 PM - 7:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Writing Death Scenes Gateway Center - Marquette A
- 7:00 PM - 7:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- I, Robot: Artificial Intelligence Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 7:00 PM - 7:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Visually Vivid: Using Color in Your Art DoubleTree - Collinsville - St. Clair A & B
- 7:00 PM - 7:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
7:20 PM
7:20 PM
- Masquerade & Masquerade Overflow Seating Begins Gateway Center - Center Hall B
- 7:20 PM - 8:00 PM | 40 minutes
- Admin
- Masquerade Overflow Room Gateway Center - Ballroom A
- 7:20 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 heures 40 minutes
- Feature
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- The Archon Masquerade Gateway Center - Center Hall B
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 heures
- Event
- When RPG Designs Go Rogue: How QAGS 3E Became Cinemechanix Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 8:00 PM - 8:50 PM | 50 minutes
- QAGS Second Edition has been delighting con-goers for over a decade, but a few years ago the Hex Games crew decided that it was time for some up...
- Panel
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
- After Masquerade Jam Gateway Center - Mississippian
- 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 1 heure
- Event
- Goodbye to Generic Game Systems, Hello Adaptability Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 9:00 PM - 9:50 PM | 50 minutes
- For years, setting-neutral RPG systems have been called “Generic,” and that’s a pretty good name for them. By attempting to offer a one-size fit...
- Panel
- Dance DoubleTree - Collinsville - Madison C & D
- 9:00 PM - 4:00 AM | 7 heures
- Event
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show Screening Gateway Center - Ballroom A
- 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM | 2 heures
- Event
- Geek Trivia Gateway Center - Marquette B
- 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM | 2 heures
- Do you know everything about pop culture? Love to be right about things? Just want to prove to somebody that memorizing the eye color of the comple...
- Game
- Open Filk DoubleTree - Collinsville - St. Clair A & B
- 10:00 PM - 5:00 AM | 7 heures
- Event