Non-Academic Events

February 5-8, 2026: CAPRICON 46

Marriott Chicago O’Hare 8535 West Higgins Road, Chicago, IL Get Directions

Capricon 46: Rise of the Humans, will be held on February 5-8, 2026, at the Chicago O’Hare Marriott (Marriott Chicago O’Hare 8535 West Higgins Road, Chicago, Illinois). For more information, […]

5 Feb
2026

November 7-9, 2025: WINDYCON 51

DoubleTree By Hilton Chicago (Oak Brook, 1909 Spring Road Oak Brook, Illinois 60523) Get Directions

Windycon is Chicagoland’s longest running science fiction convention. Windycon 51 will be held on November 7-9, 2025, at the DoubleTree By Hilton Chicago (Oak Brook, 1909 Spring Road Oak Brook, Illinois […]

7 Nov
2025

Past Events

Chicon 8 (Worldcon 2022)

Worldcon is coming to my home city! Delighted to be both attending and helping to coordinate between the convention and my university!

1 Sep
2022

ORD Camp

320 North Morgan Street

ORD Camp is a two day, invitation-only, gathering of 350 hand picked attendees. It’s a time to collect together the best minds in the midwest and beyond, to spark new […]

24 Jan
2020

Dublin2019 Concert: Sassafrass

Point Square Dublin — 10:30 to 11:20

WH2 – Performance space (Point Square Dublin) Tales from Viking mythology set as close harmony a cappella music narrating the creation of the cosmos, the strife between Odin & Loki, […]

17 Aug
2019

Dublin2019 Kaffeeklatsch

Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) — 17:00 to 17:50

Level 3 Foyer (KK/LB) (CCD)   Follow DUBLIN 2019 – AN IRISH WORLDCON, THE 77TH WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION August 15-19 (@Dublin2019)  

15 Aug
2019

"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.