Event Archive

An archive of previous and past events.

DISCON III PANEL: Why Won’t You Stay Dead?!?

Washington DC at the Omni Shoreham Hotel — 5:30pm EST to 6:30pm EST

Why Won’t You Stay Dead?! Characters have come back from the dead so often in superhero comics that it’s become a running joke, sometimes cheapening the impact of the death […]

18 Dec
2021

DISCON III: Kaffeeklatsch with Ada Palmer

Washington, DC at the Omni Shoreham Hotel — 7:00pm EST to 7:50 EST

Kaffeeklatsch with Ada Louise Grace Palmer Advance signup is required to attend this session. Signup sheets will be at the Info Desk starting 12-24 hours before the Kaffeeklatsch begins. Suite […]

18 Dec
2021

DISCON 3 (WorldCon 79)

Omni Shoreham Hotel

Worldcon, or the World Science Fiction Convention, is the annual gathering of science fiction and fantasy fans, writers, artists, musicians and other creators from across the globe. DisCon III is […]

15 Dec
2021

November 12-14: WINDYCON

70 Yorktown Shopping Center, Lombard, IL 60148

Ada Palmer is the Toastmaster for Windycon 47, celebrating the Urban Fantastic this year. Urban Fantasy is a subgenre wherein urban elements feature strongly in the narrative. Many examples feature fantastic elements […]

12 Nov
2021

Balticon 55

The Baltimore Science Fiction Society will hold Balticon 55 as a free virtual convention Memorial Day weekend, May 28-31, 2021. Balticon is the Maryland Regional Science Fiction and Fantasy convention put […]

28 May
2021

Who Has The Power to Change History?

Join the Chicago Women’s Alliance (CWA) for a presentation from Dr. Ada Palmer. “Who Has the Power to Change History: Virtual Reality Simulations” will focus on the structures of virtual […]

15 May
2021

"Warm, generous, and inviting," Inventing the Renaissance provides a witty and irreverent journey through the fantasies historians have constructed about the supposed Dark Ages and golden Renaissance, and exposes the terrible yet often tender reality beneath.