03.28.12 // Come watch Batgirl at Central Cinema with GeekGirlCon
It’s time for another awesome TV Dinner at the Central Cinema with Batgirl! That’s right, on Wednesday, April 4th at 7:00 p.m. GeekGirlCon and the Central Cinema bring you a bat-tacular night of caped crusading.
Details and cheat codes:
Date: Wednesday, April 4th
Where: Central Cinema (1411 21st AVE, Seattle)
Time: 7:00 PM
Who: All ages
Cost: $5 (goes toward your food voucher)
TV Dinner at the Central Cinema located in Seattle’s Central District at 21st Avenue and East Union Street. If you’ve never been to a TV Dinner before, here’s how it works: you pay just $5.00 and it gets you a TV Dinner food voucher to secure your seat. Then order up some snacks and cash in your voucher with your waiter against your tab. Easy!
Contact Kelly at specialevents@geekgirlcon.com with questions or for more information on this event. To find out more about the Central Cinema, visit http://www.central-cinema.com/.
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03.27.12 // Halo Game Principal Engine Programmer Corrinne Yu joins GeekgirlCon’12
Corrinne Yu
We are excited to announce that Corrinne Yu, one of the Kotaku Top 10 Most Influential Women in Games and Principal Engine Architect for Microsoft’s popular Halo video game, will be appearing as a guest at GeekGirlCon ‘12, happening at The Conference Center in downtown Seattle, August 11-12, 2012. Passes are on sale now!
Corrinne Yu brings fantastic experience in technology and video game programming. Yu currently programs lighting and facial animation, and develops new technology for Halo 4. She is a founding member of Microsoft’s Direct3D Advisory Board and continues to review the designs of new iterations of Direct3D. She has also been interviewed on Tech with Tina for MSDN’s Channel 9.
GeekGirlCon Creative Programming Director Jennifer K. Stuller commented, “We are thrilled to have Corrinne Yu joining as a guest for GeekGirlCon ‘12. She brings a great perspective as a leader in video game programming and technology.”
Halo 4 Screenshot
Read our press release or guest page for more information. And stay tuned for even more exciting guest announcements soon!
Don’t forget to buy your passes now! GeekGirlCon ‘12 will be happening at The Conference Center in downtown Seattle, August 11-12, 2012.
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03.25.12 // Call For Exhibitors!
Photo by Amir Rosenblatt
Show off your wares at GeekGirlCon!
GeekGirlCon is accepting exhibitor applications for GeekGirlCon ‘12. If you have goods, creations, or information that GeekGirlCon fans would love to browse–or buy–at the con, we want to hear from you.
Become a part of GeekGirlCon! Vendor spaces are $85 and artist tables are only $45.
Whether you are a vendor, artist, or organization having a table or booth at GeekGirlCon is a great investment. In our first year, we proved that our fans are smart, funny, educated, and sophisticated consumers of geek culture. So many of last year’s vendors are clamoring to come back and space will fill up fast!
Contact Kris at vendor@geekgirlcon.com for more information. Completed applications are due to Kris by May 1, 2012.
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03.23.12 // Spread the Word about GeekGirlCon in Your Community!
GeekGirlCon needs your help to reach the geeks in your community! Our social media team is full of awesome and reaches a lot of our fans over the interwebs, but those geeks who spend more time at the comic shop, lab, or gaming table than the computer will miss out on all the GeekGirlCon news.
You can help us reach these unplugged geeks by printing this full-color flier and hanging it or handing it out in areas with a high presence of geeks. It’s simple and easy!
1. Print the page in color or black and white on 8.5 x 11 inch white copy paper
2. Trim or cut into quarter sheets.
3. Drop some off in your favorite places in your community. (Please get permission from each establishment before hanging or distributing!)
If you are feeling a bit more ambitious than handing out fliers, contact Jex, our Volunteer Coordinator at volunteer@geekgirlcon.com, about other opportunities to promote GeekGirlCon.
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03.19.12 // First Set of Guests Confirmed for GeekGirlCon 2012!
We are happy and excited to announce our first wave of guests for GeekGirlCon ‘12, happening at The Conference Center in downtown Seattle, August 11-12, 2012. Passes are on sale now!
Returning guests include Jane Espenson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, and Warehouse 13), who is also bringing along the cast of her hit webseries Husbands, Trina Robbins (The Brinkley Girls, Forbidden City, Chicagoland), Greg Rucka (Keeper, Queen & Country, Whiteout), Gail Simone (Women in Refrigerators List, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman), and Jen Van Meter (Hopeless Savages comics and graphic novels).
We also have two new guests, both from Seattle: M.J. McDermott (Seattle Meteorologist and Geek Girl) and Purple Reign (Seattle Activist and Superhero).
“We are delighted that some of our favorite guests enjoyed GeekGirlCon ‘11 so much that they are returning for 2012,” said Creative Programming Director Jennifer K. Stuller, “and I am excited to bring two fabulous Seattle guests to their first GeekGirlCon!”
Read our press release or guest page for more information. And stay tuned for even more exciting guest announcements soon!
Don’t forget to buy your passes now! GeekGirlCon ‘12 will be happening at The Conference Center in downtown Seattle, August 11-12, 2012.
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03.13.12 // Bring out your Dice! Or Awesome Ideas! Calling for Tabletop Gaming & Workshops at GeekGirlCon ‘12
The GeekGirlCon Gaming Department is now taking submissions for tabletop gaming demos and workshops for GeekGirlCon ‘12 on August 11 & 12 at the Conference Center, at 8th & Pike in downtown Seattle.
Workshops: Hands-On, Drop-In, Fun, Interactive
Do you have a great idea for a drop-in workshop or class that you would love to see at the next GeekGirlCon? Would you like to host or lead a workshop or class? Workshops and drop-in classes are great opportunities for fun, quick, and casual interaction. Example workshops include painting miniatures and hero/villain mask-making (back by popular demand).
Bring your imagination and send your workshop ideas and proposals to gaming@geekgirlcon.com.
Tabletop Gaming: Demo Your Games!
Are you a game publisher, creator, or distributor looking for a great venue and enthusiastic audience to demo your game? GeekGirlCon ‘12 has an awesome tabletop gaming space for your card, RPG, board, or other games. Tabletop gamers range from new and casual to lifelong and serious players, so all levels of complexity or involvement are welcomed.
Tables are currently available for Saturday or Sunday (or both). Reserve your table(s) soon by contacting gaming@geekgirlcon.com for more information.
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03.12.12 // See Ladyhawke with GeekGirlCon at the Central Cinema
Ladyhawke is a love story for the ages. By day she is a hawk, and he is a human. Then by night, she is human, and he is a wolf. Lovers torn apart by a wicked, jealous Bishop and destined to find their way back to each other. Awww…
Join GeekGirlCon at the Central Cinema on Wednesday, March 14 at 7:00 p.m. for this 1985 classic fantasy tale starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Rutger Hauer, and Matthew Broderick. Movie is PG-13 with a running time of 121 minutes.
Details and cheat codes:
Date: Wednesday, March 14th
Where: Central Cinema (1411 21st AVE, Seattle)
Time: 7:00 PM
Who: All ages (Film is rated PG-13)
Cost: $6 advance, $8 day of show
Contact Kelly at specialevents@geekgirlcon.com with questions or for more information on this event. To find out more about the Central Cinema, visit http://www.central-cinema.com/
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03.8.12 // Come Play Board Games with Dragonflight and GeekGirlCon on Sunday March 11th
The best days are made of kittens and rainbows and board games! Come to AFK Tavern on Sunday, March11, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. and test your board game mettle with Dragonflight and GeekGirlCon. Game play is FREE, and the event is for all ages and skill levels.
Dragonflight is a community organization dedicated to promoting all manner of gaming from board and card games to LARP to computer games throughout the Pacific Northwest. Since 1980, Dragonflight Conventions have been a mainstay of the northwest convention scene and game community. GeekGirlCon and Dragonflight are teaming up to bring you the best in board games to hone your skills and have a blast doing it.
GeekGirlCon is happy to partner again with AFK Tavern for another great event. AFK Tavern is a self-proclaimed gaming tavern, so it is a perfect fit for food and fun. Browse the menu or ask your server about customer faves, but don’t miss out on ordering yourself some tasty treats.
Details and cheat codes:
Sunday, March 11, 2012
12:00 p.m to 4:00 p.m.
AFK Tavern in Everett, Washington (1510 41st Street)
All ages
Game play is FREE!
Fun and new friends are FREE!
(Food is not free or paid for by GeekGirlCon or our partners. Remember to tip your servers!)
Please contact Kelly at SpecialEvents@geekgirlcon.com with any questions.
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02.17.12 // Submit Programming for GeekGirlCon 2012!
Are you a professional in a geeky industry? Do you run your own geeky business? Can we learn from you about the history of women in gaming? Do you have a unique perspective to share about being a woman in the sciences, horror, comics, television, film, robotics, costuming, or stunt industries? Are you an artist or illustrator? A pop culture “herstorian” or cultural critic?
GeekGirlCon will feature informative and entertaining programming on topics ranging from geek lifestyle issues, to the sciences to popular culture. We are seeking engaging and thought-provoking proposals from professionals for panels and presentations on topics such as, but not limited to:
· Geeky parenting and dating
· Women in science, math, engineering, and technology
(STEM)
· Women in robotics
· Women characters and creators in comic books, literature, film, and television
· Pop culture scholarship
· Women in gaming
(Tabletop, Board, Console, PC)
· Women in horror
· Diversity in genre – including race, ethnicity, class, gender, ability, sex and sexuality
· Crafty or geeky businesses
· Cosplay
or Crossplay
· Women in Stunt Work
· Women writers (and men writing great geeky female characters)
· Women artists and illustrators
· Women in science fiction and fantasy
· Fandom and community
· Women’s history in geeky popular culture, science, and technology
· Women in Anime/Manga
· Women in Pop Culture Publishing
· YA authors with Strong Female Protagonists
· Geek Girl Pioneers in Fandom and Community
· Documentary filmmakers
· Web series producers
· Geeky Charities
· Women mentoring each other and our geeky little sisters
· Hackers and Programmers
· LED/Tech Fashion
· Steampunk
To be considered for acceptance proposal submissions must reflect the mission of the convention – to promote, celebrate, educate, mentor, encourage and empower the female geek – and should make an effort towards inclusivity.
We are interested in presentations, screenings, readings, workshops, mentoring sessions, and round table discussions from women and men in geeky professions. These topics should be addressed with a women-centric and woman-positive focus and with attention to issues of diversity.
GeekGirlCon is committed to representing women geeks of all ages, races, sexual orientations, gender identities, creeds, physical and mental abilities, and familial statues. Proposals must reflect a commitment to this as well.
Submissions are open until March 15th. If you are interested in proposing a panel or presentation please fill out this form: http://www.geekgirlcon.com/con/propose-a-panel/
P.S. Just have an idea, but don’t want to be a part of programming yourself? Tell us about it in the Programming Suggestion Box!
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02.10.12 // Announcing GeekGirlCon 2012!
Join us for our second annual convention, GeekGirlCon 2012!
Chase Masterson in the vendor room at GeekGirlCon 2011. Photo by Amir Rosenblatt.
GeekGirlCon ’12 will take place August 11th and 12th, 2012 at the Conference Center in downtown Seattle, WA. We are super excited to bring you another convention focused on the female geek. We’ll have programming, panels, games, exhibits, and more. So come and celebrate geeky women with us. From the scientist to the manga-addict, we have a little bit for everyone. All geeks welcome!
2-Day ($35) and Saturday or Sunday only ($20/each) passes available. Kids ages 5-10 are $5 and kids under 4 are free with an adult pass.
See you there!
The GeekGirlCon Staff