New window Print all Photo Op: Screamers Wanted at EMP

Public Invited to Scream for EMP’s Upcoming Exhibition Can’t Look Away:  The Lure of Horror Film

EMP Holds Scream Photo Shoot on July 23 & 26

EMP Museum is currently developing, “Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film”, an exhibition that explores the history, themes, and narratives (among other things) of, well, Horror films. By using the favorite Horror films of our three guest directors – Roger Corman, John Landis and Eli Roth – the museum will explore society’s fascination with the genre.

“Ok,” you might be asking yourself, “this sounds interesting, but why are you telling me this?” Well, we need you to scream for us. Bloody murder-level screaming. Piercing, glass-shattering screaming. And we want to photograph you doing it. And what will we be doing with the photos? Thanks for asking about that!

Guests will enter the exhibit by walking down a spiral staircase where these photos will be lining the walls. Floor to ceiling, hundreds of these images will be displayed. (For reference, check out the image to your left.) We want to give guests a sense of unease by showing people (you) in a state of duress, and more importantly, it is people that look just like them.

Time Requirement and Reimbursement:
All we ask of you is 5-10 minutes of your time, to swing by the museum and scream your head off for us. Bring your husbands, wives, kids (13+ please!), and anyone else you think would make for a good screamer. In return (aside from being immortalized as part of the exhibition) you will each receive 2 guest passes to the museum that can be used at any time, and for the first 25 people that RSVP, we’ll be giving away 2 passes to our Member Preview Party happening Saturday, October 1st. We’re still hashing out the details of the party, but I can tell you there will be costumes (oh, will there be costumes), awesome music, a first look at the exhibit (which is really going to be fantastic) and so much more. It may not be a lot, but we want to show our appreciation for you in any way we can.

Shoot Dates:
Saturday July 23rd from 12-6 PM
and
Tuesday July 26th from 3-7 PM

Hopefully you’ll be able to make it to one of them. For RSVP’ing, please respond to contests@empmusem.org, with the subject line “Scream Photography - Facebook”, and which day you will be able to make it. No need to specify a time, just show up during that window. We will respond with more info about directions and navigating the museum as we get closer to those days.

Thank you all so much for reading and considering this, and we look forward to seeing you scream. :)

REMINDER: Please RSVP for the photoshoots via email to contests@empmuseum.org and include "Scream Photography - Facebook" in the subject line.

SEATTLE – EMP is inviting the public to share their blood-curdling shrieks and screams for a photo shoot to capture images for the museum’s upcoming exhibition, Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film.  The new exhibition examines how horror films provoke fear, and why fans are drawn to the genre.  Select images will be featured in the exhibition which opens on October 2, 2011 at EMP.

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

WHAT:  Scream Photo Shoot at EMP

Members of the public will be asked to give their most bone-chilling scream in front of a camera for a chance to have their photo on display at EMP’s upcoming exhibition Can’t Look Away:  The Lure of Horror Film.  Photo shoot participants must be age 13 years-old and older.

WHEN:  Saturday, July 23 12pm-6pm

   Tuesday, July 26 3pm-7pm

WHERE:  EMP Museum, Level 3

RSVP:  To avoid long lines, it’s recommended that you RSVP to contests@empmuseum.org.

Thank you all so much for reading and considering this, and we look forward to seeing you scream. :)

ABOUT Can’t Look Away:  The Lure of Horror Film

Through a combination of artifacts, interactive installations, and screening rooms, Can’t Look Away:  The Lure of Horror Film explores films from the last 100 years, and is a balance between classics and cult favorites, and domestic and foreign motion pictures.  They include:  Nosferatu (1922), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Les Diaboliques (1955), Rosemary’s Baby (1968), Suspiria (1972),  The Exorcist (1973), Psycho (1973), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Alien (1979), The Shining (1980), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), The Fly (1986), The Thing (1982), and many others.

The exhibition will feature a selection of iconic artifacts from horror films including:

• Alien creature suit from Alien
• Scavenger demon from Constantine
• Jack Torrance’s axe from The Shining
• “Gill Man” mask from Creature from the Black Lagoon
• Bram Stoker’s Dracula manuscript
• Script from Night of the Living Dead

Interactive installations include:

• Scream Booth:  In a soundproof booth, visitors will watch a scene from a horror film and are encouraged to scream on cue.  A camera takes multiple shots, which are displayed outside the booth.
• Horror Soundscapes:  Visitors will be able to explore basic music elements and scoring techniques used in horror film to enhance the sense of suspense and horror.
• Monster Timeline:  A large infographic explores the popular monster archetypes in horror, why they persist into our modern times, and why they resonate.
•  Shadow Monsters:  An installation by visual artist Philip Worthington where visitors can see their projected shadows and watch them morph into monster-like forms.          EMP Museum is currently developing, “Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film”, an exhibition that explores the history, themes, and narratives (among other things) of, well, Horror films. By using the favorite Horror films of our three guest directors – Roger Corman, John Landis and Eli Roth – the museum will explore society’s fascination with the genre.

ABOUT EMP|Museum of Music + Sci-Fi + Pop Culture

EMP is a non-profit organization dedicated to the exploration of creativity and innovation in music, science fiction, and popular culture. EMP combines interpretative, interactive exhibitions with state-of-the-art technologies, and educational programming to offer visitors of all ages a first-hand, multi-dimensional experience of the creative and artistic process.

EMP is housed in a 140,000 square foot Frank O. Gehry-designed building. This spectacular, prominently visible structure has the presence of a monumental sculpture set amid the backdrop of the Seattle Center.

EMP Museum Hours
Summer: May 27, 2011 - September 5, 2011, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Winter:  September 6, 2011 – May 25, 2012, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Tickets
$18 for adults; $12 for youth (ages 5-17), students, $15 military and seniors; free for members and children under 5.

EMP General Information
325 5^th Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109
206-770-2700, main line
206-770-2702, box office
1-877-EMP-SFM1, toll-free
www.empmuseum.org

A new steampunk event with Abney Park

Steam Ball featuring Abney Park is a steampunk inspired music/dance event in Port Angeles, WA and takes place on August 13.  Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, alternate history, and speculative fiction that involves an era where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century—that incorporates prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy.   

Works of steampunk often feature anachronistic technology or futuristic innovations as Victorians may have envisioned them.  This technology may include such fictional machines as those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne or real technologies like the computer but developed earlier in an alternate history.   

Tickets are $20 prepaid and $25 at the door if there are any left.  Event starts at 9pm; doors open at 8pm, no lining up before 4pm.  The address is 622 South Lincoln Street Port Angeles, WA.  Tickets and other information are at nwperformingarts.com.

"Doctor Who" pledge drive this Saturday Evening...

Posted on behalf of Michael Citrak - NWSFS Chair:

Something to do after the NWSFS picnic this Saturday

 

KBTC Doctor Who Pledge Marathon this Saturday 6/18/11 from 6pm to (as late as) 11pm

The biannual "Doctor Who" pledge drive, will remember the late Nicholas Courtney and Elisabeth Sladen with "Robot" and "Terror of the Zygons".   The pledge drive volunteers will be:  The Emerald City Androgums

  

KBTC is a Public Television station
Broadcast, Digital and Cable Channels are:  Comcast 12, Click! 3, Charter 12, DirectTV 28, Dish 8620, Digital 27 (28.1, 28.2 Tacoma), Digital 19 (15.1, 15.2 Centralia), Digital K41KT (Grays River/Lebam)

 

__________________
Michael Citrak
Northwest Science Fiction Society - Chair
www.nwsfs.org

BSG Trivia Night

Posted on behalf of Peggy Gannon:

There's a BSG Trivia Night taking place this Sunday, June 5th @ 7-9 PM.  My theater company hosts regular TV series trivia events, and I thought y'all might be interested in this one. All are welcome!  Full info at www.manaloneproductions.com, and also included below.  Thank you!
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Peggy Gannon
206-778-6006 cl
www.peggygannon.com
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Frak me, it's BSG!

...So say we all...

Hosted by the inimitable Brandon Ryan and his pals at Man Alone Productions. For our 8th episode in the trivia series, we bring you ...

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (BSG, motherfrakkers)

$5/person at the door; or advanced sales here:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/179102

**PRIZES**

The Man Alone & pals have put together some serious frakkin' prize packages; not joke stuff; actual cool things. Bring by yourself or with a team.

**CASH BAR**

Schmeater's bar will be open, so your liquid courage will be ready and waiting when you get there.

**POPCORN BAR**

Free. Yum. Duh.

Come find out:
- Will Peggy reveal herself to be the *final* final (no srsly the last one) Cylon to be revealed?
- Will David still being wearing his Arrested D never nude shorts?
- Will Brandon dream in electric sleep?
All of these questions and more will be uncovered at our next TRIVIA NIGHT!

GOOD HUNTING!

EMP Presents the Costume Design of Battlestar Galactica

Posted on behalf of EMP|SFM:

EMP Presents Outfitting the Fleet: The Costume Design of Battlestar Galactica

In conjunction with its newest exhibition Battlestar Galactica: The Exhibition, EMP will host a special panel discussion with costume designer Glenne Campbell.   Campbell’s design credits include Battlestar Galactica (2003), Caprica, the upcoming Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome as well as many other television and film projects. 

Campbell and her design team will give fans a behind-the-scenes look at the iconic costuming of the re-imagined 2003 series of Battlestar Galactica. From William Adama’s flight suit to Gaius Baltar’s Lab Coat, Campbell will discuss the design process of initial concepts, early renderings, and outfitting actors on set. Battlestar Galactica: The Exhibition curator Brooks Peck will moderate the panel.  The discussion will include an audience Q&A session.

Battlestar Galactica: The Exhibition is currently open at EMP.

What

Outfitting the Fleet:  The Costume Design of Battlestar Galactica featuring designer Glenne Campbell

Date
Saturday, March 26, 2011

Time
2:00 PM

Ticket Info

$5 for EMP members; $10 general public. Tickets on sale now for EMP members and 3/9/2011 for the general public. For more info, visit www.empsfm.org.

Venue
JBL Theater                                                                                                   

EMP
325 5th Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109

ABOUT Battlestar Galactica:  The Exhibition                                                

Organized by EMP and in partnership with Universal Cable Productions and Syfy, Battlestar Galactica:  The Exhibition features three stunning, full-size prop spaceships, iconic costumes, new exhibition films, music and other props from the original and re-imagined series. Battlestar Galactica: The Exhibition is now open to the public and runs through March 4, 2012 at EMP in Seattle.

ABOUT Experience Music Project
Experience Music Project (EMP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the exploration of creativity and innovation in music, science fiction and popular culture. EMP combines interpretative, interactive exhibitions with state-of-the-art technologies, and educational programming to offer visitors of all ages a first-hand, multi-dimensional experience of the creative and artistic process.

EMP is housed in a 140,000 square foot Frank O. Gehry-designed building. This spectacular, prominently visible structure has the presence of a monumental sculpture set amid the backdrop of the Seattle Center.

EMP MUSEUM HOURSWinter hours September 7, 2010 - May 30, 2011, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Summer hours May 31, 2011 - September 5, 2011, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

CONTACT INFO
325 5^th Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109
206-770-2700, main line
206-770-2702, box office
1-877-EMP-SFM1, toll-freewww.empsfm.org

SOCIAL MEDIA

facebook.com/EMPSFM

twitter.com/EMPSFM

youtube.com/empsfm

flickr.com/photos/empsfm/

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery 4th Anniversary Celebration

Posted on behalf of Fantagraphics:

Mark your social calendars in indelible ink! Saturday, December 11 marks the 4th anniversary of the fabulous Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery. To celebrate this auspicious occasion we're once again hosting the season's most festive party featuring amazing music, comix, art, and more!

The evening includes solo music sets by Zak Sally and Mark Pickerel. Zak was a founding member of alternative music legends Low and continues solo music endeavors while publishing great comics with Fantagraphics as well as producing exquisitely crafted small press projects on his own La Mano imprint. He will be joined by Fantagraphics friend Mark Pickerel who began his musical career with the highly acclaimed Screaming Trees and now fronts Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands, in addition to being the proprietor of Seattle pop culture emporium Damaged Goods.

An awesome exhibition of comix art curated by Jason T. Miles and Max Clotfelter, in association with Friends of the Nib, features prominent living legends and emerging cartoonists. "Medieval Thinkers" includes original works by Peter Bagge, Bruce Bickford, D. J. Bryant, Chris Cilla, Max Clotfelter, Eleanor Davis, Kim Deitch, Heidi Estey, Kelly Froh, Justin Green, Gerald Jablonski, Megan Kelso, Jason T. Miles, Nate Neal, Bob Rini, Zak Sally, Dash Shaw, Matt Tamaru, Drew Weing, Jim Woodring, Mary Woodring, Max Woodring, Martine Workman, and Chris Wright. Toldja it was awesome.

All this plus screaming deals on comix, celebrity guests, holiday libations, demented Christmas platters spun by DJ Russ Fallout, and a few surprises makes Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery's 4th anniversary party the place to be on Saturday, December 11. See you all then. More...

When:
Saturday, December 11, 2010
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PST

Where:
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
1201 S. Vale St.
Seattle, WA 91808

http://www.fantagraphics.com/

BSG Screening with Actor Aaron Douglas at EMP

Posted on behalf of EMP|SFM:

NEWS RELEASE: November 3, 2010

EMP|SFM Presents Battlestar Galactica Favorite Episode Screening with Actor Aaron Douglas

 

SEATTLE – On Saturday, November 6, Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum will present a special screening of Battlestar Galactica with cast member Aaron Douglas (Chief Galen Tyrol.) Aaron will introduce his favorite episode of the series (Flight of Phoenix), sharing with the audience his perspectives and experiences from the flight deck of Galactica. After the screening, EMP|SFM curator Brooks Peck will lead a Q&A with the audience. An autograph signing will follow. This event kicks-off the Battlestar Galactica: Favorite Episode series at EMP|SFM.

(Images copyright of their respective owners)

Date: Saturday, November 6, 2010

Time: 2:00 pm

Ticket Info: $5 for EMP|SFM members: $10 for general public. BrownPaperTickets.com

Venue: EMP|SFM JBL Theater, 325 5th Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109

 

Battlestar Galactica: The Exhibition is currently open at EMP|SFM.

 

 

ABOUT EMP|SFM

Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum (EMP|SFM) is dedicated to the exploration of creativity and innovation in popular music and the thought-provoking ideas and experiences of science fiction.

MUSEUM HOURS

Winter hours September 7, 2010 - May 30, 2011, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Summer hours May 31, 2011 - September 5, 2011, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

CONTACT INFO

325 5th Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109

206-770-2700, main line

206-770-2702, box office

1-877-EMP-SFM1, toll-free

www.empsfm.org

 

SOCIAL MEDIA

facebook.com/EMPSFM

twitter.com/EMPSFM

youtube.com/empsfm

flickr.com/photos/empsfm/

NWSFS November Social Outing -- Harry Potter: The Exhibition

Posted on behalf of Jeanine Swanson - NWSFS Vice Chair:

Saturday - 11/20/2010, 6:15 PM – Harry Potter: The Exhibition
 
Please join your fellow NWSFS members for a social outing to Harry Potter: The Exhibition.  Plan to attend the 6:15 PM “showing”.  
 
You can purchase admission at http://ev8.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=HP1011:PSC:HP-615-2:EX-SP,15665&linkID=psc&url=https://ev8.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventList%3FlinkID%3Dpsc  Be sure to log into the web site if you’re a Pacific Science Center member because there is a member discount.   
 
At 5:00 PM, we’ll meet at the south entrance to the Center House so that interested NWSFS members can grab a bite to eat and visit before we visit the exhibit.  We’ll meet at the Pacific Science Center around 5:30 to queue up to enter the exhibit. 
 
Please let me know if you plan to attend so that we can save seating at the Center House.
 
-Jeanine

Upcoming Yasmine Galenorn Book Signing

Yasmine Galenorn Book Signing
Date: Saturday, October 30, 2010 - 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Open House/Meet-and-Greet at The Writers' Cottage in Gilman Village.

The Pacific Northwest Writers Association invites you to an Open House and Book Signing Saturday Oct. 30 at The Writers' Cottage (Suite #8) in Gilman Village.

The Open House, from 3 pm to 6 pm, will feature a number of bestselling Northwest authors. Befitting the Halloween weekend, mystery, thrillers and fantasy will be heavily represented. There also will be complimentary refreshments.

The event is open to everyone.

Authors include:
   * Kevin O'Brian, NY Times bestselling author of The Last Victim,
Killing Spree, and One Last Scream. His latest thriller, Vicious, was
released in May to critical acclaim.
   * Mike Lawson, author of several bestselling thrillers, including
The Inside Ring, The Second Perimeter, House Rules, House Secrets, and
his latest, House Justice.
   * Yasmine Galenorn, author of the NY Times bestselling Otherworld
series, the most recent of which include Demon Mistress, Bone Magic,
and the forthcoming Harvest Hunting.
   * Sheila Roberts bestselling author of Bikini Season, Love In
Bloom, Angel Lane, and On Strike For Christmas, which is being made
into a TV movie.


For more information, call The Writers' Cottage at (425) 673-BOOK (2665).

Witches Ball and Masquerade

Posted on behalf of Michael Stonecastle:

Witches Ball and Masquerade

Time	Tomorrow at 7:00pm - Sunday at 12:00am
Location	Skagit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 500 West Section Street Mount Vernon, WA.
Created By	Angela Beland
More Info	Come one come all, it's a Masquerade and Witches Ball. We are celebrating Samhain (Halloween) and the lives of our loved ones who have passed by having a party! We are honoring life by donating the proceeds of this event to All Breed Rez-Q, to support those who are saving lives. All Breed Rez-Q is an equine and other large animal rescue, in Marysville WA. Please have a look at their web site, http://erahorsehaven.org/ Come in cos...tume, be prepared to shop till you drop with our vendors and dance your shoes off. A raffle is planned, as well as prizes for your creative costumes. Have your photo taken with your friends in front of the veil to the Underworld. Enjoy a copy mailed to you for $3 each or 2 for $5. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. This is an event for adults. We would be happy to see teens 16 and older with an adult. When you think about where you will be spending your hard earned cash, remember you could be helping all the pretty horses live long, happy and healthy lives when otherwise they may not have had that chance. Please contact myself, Angela Beland through FaceBook if you have questions. If you would like to make a donation directly to All Breed Rez-Q, please follow the above link and donate on their site.

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November MFR

 Posted on behalf of Jeanine Swanson - NWSFS Vice Chair:

Thursday, November 11^th at 7:00 P.M. (new time)  -  Flap Jacks Wafflehouse

Please join NWSFS on Thursday, November 11^th (Veteran’s day) at 7:00 P.M. for one of Rogers’s favorite Restaurants, Flap Jacks’s.

The Restaurant is at 13806 First Avenue South in Burien. The phone number is (206) 838-7480.

RSVP to info@nwsfs.org or the hotline at (425) 68-NWSFS. 

Reservations will be confirmed with the restaurant so we will not be able to accept responses later than the evening of November 9^th.

From I-5

Exit 154 to SR 518 to Burien. The 518 freeway turns into a city street. Go past *two* sets of traffic lights (which are to 509 North and 509 South) and the *third* set is at 1st Avenue S. Turn right on 1^st Avenue S. Continue past Fred Meyers and the Kennedy School, Flap Jacks will be on your right. If you pass Jiffy Lube, you have gone too far.

The Seattle-based Northwest Science Fiction Society is one of the largest science fiction groups of its kind in the world. Our members can be found in numerous states plus Canada. Though oriented towards literary forms of science fiction, the interests of our members cover all aspects of the field and we reflect their diversity. Whether you are a reader, dreamer, media fan, professional or just like science fiction in all its forms, there is something for you

NWSFS and Norwescon are part of Science Fiction Northwest (SFN), a non-profit umbrella corporation. The early beginnings of the Northwest Science Fiction Society trace back to the mists of time. Well, to 1976. Greg Bennett with a handful of friends formed NWSFS (pronounced Nizz-Fizz) so that people with an interest in science fiction could meet, have parties, do things together and at the same time provide a pool for the 1981 World Science Fiction Convention Committee.

Celebrity Battlestar Galactica Media Events at EMP

Posted on behalf of EMP|SFM:

Battlestar Galactica: The Exhibition World Premiere

Features Star-Studded Media Events October 22 at Seattle’s EMP|SFM

SEATTLE, WA—Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum’s (EMP|SFM) Battlestar Galactica:  The Exhibition features exclusive star-studded preview events with actors and producers from the shows, three full-size spaceships, costumes, and props from the original and re-imagined series. Battlestar Galactica: The Exhibition opens to the public October 23, 2010 and runs through March 4, 2012 at EMP|SFM in Seattle. The exhibition will be presented on EMP’s third level. Battlestar Galactica will become a traveling exhibition in 2012 after its premiere at EMP|SFM.

MEDIA PHOTO AND INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES (UPDATED) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2010 ALL EVENTS ARE HELD AT EMP½SFM 11:00 a.m. – 1 p.m.    Battlestar Galactica Cast Interviews – JBL Theater Media Q&A with Battlestar Galactica producers and cast: Ronald D. Moore, Edward James Olmos, Richard Hatch, Kate Vernon                                     Battlestar Galactica: The Exhibition Media Tour – Milestones Gallery EMP½SFM curator Brooks Peck gives an exclusive preview tour of the exhibition before it opens to the public             5:30p.m.- 6:00p.m.    Celebrity Red Carpet – EMP Main Lobby Featuring Battlestar Galactica producers and cast: Ronald D. Moore, Glen A. Larson, Edward James Olmos, Richard Hatch, Kate Vernon 7:00p.m.-8:30p.m.     Exclusive Media & Member Preview – Sky Church & Milestones Gallery First look at the exhibition for members, and special presentation with Battlestar Galactica producers and cast To make special arrangements for video, audio, photography or live feeds, please contact Anita Woo at 206-262-3245 or email at anitaw@empsfm.org.

Richard Thieme and Mind Games the science fiction collection at Ada's Nov 6

Richard Thieme
ThiemeWorks
MIlwaukee WI 53217
www.thiemeworks.com

Richard Thieme is the Featured Author in November at Ada's Technical Books in downtown Seattle. He will be reading from his new work of fiction, “Mind Games,” and signing copies of "Mind Games" and "Islands in the Clickstream," a collection of his think pieces on the impacts of technology, at Ada's on Broadway East in Seattle WA on

*SATURDAY NOVEMBER 6 2010 at 4:30 P.M.*

Ada's Technical Books
713 Broadway East
Seattle, WA 98102

Open Circle Theater: H.P. Lovecraft's Pickman's Model

Posted on behalf of Open Circle Theater:

Open Circle Theater brings you its 8th annual production of H.P. Lovecraft with Pickman’s Model.

People have been going missing in Pioneer Square.  Some of them turn up horribly mutilated.  It is the night of the unveiling of the latest and greatest painting by Richard Upton Pickman, Seattle's self-proclaimed "premiere artiste morbid" in a struggling Pioneer Square gallery.  But something is not right.  Following a strangely disturbing and somehow toxic musical performance art piece, the painting, Ghoul Feeding, is unveiled and is met, not with amazement and artistic acclaim, but with terror, physical revulsion, and insanity in all who view it.  All that is, except for Pickman himself who is strangely elated.  Pickman vanishes leaving only questions:  Where is Pickman?  How is this connected to the disappearances?    What has Pickman been doing in a series of mysterious tunnels beneath the Old Seattle Underground?  Vivian Thurber, Pickman's agent, and Danyeris Eliot, a photojournalist, cannot rest until they find out, but what they find out threatens both their lives and their sanity.

WHAT: H.P. Lovecraft’s Pickman’s Model

WHEN: October 15^th through November 13^th, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 4pm

 * OPENING NIGHT IS 100% FREE

PRICE:   $16 at the door / $14 Advance at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/129979

Students/Seniors $3 off at the door

WHERE: Open Circle Theater 2222 2^nd Ave

Directed by John McKenna

Cast- Simon Astor, Marriana de Fazio, Kenna Kettrick, Don MacEllis, Jennifer Pratt, Colin Schreiber


Open Circle Theater
Tickets: 206-382-4250
www.octheater.com
 

NWSFS at KBTC / Volunteers Opportunity: Thursday Sept 9

Posted on behalf of Michael Citrak - NWSFS Chair:

 

Howdy

 

NWSFS has been invited to help out at KBTC Public Television for a pledge evening Thursday, September 9, 2010, from 7:00 P.M. – 10:30 P.M.

 

We'll staff the phones and take pledges for the station.  We need 8 to 10 volunteers to run their pledges....it's always a lot of fun helping out.  I think it's pretty cool seeing the inside of the studio.

 

They will air VIDEO GAMES LIVE and BELLYDANCE SUPERSTARS (It’s a stage show).

Please let me know if you can volunteer, e-mail me: (mcitrak AT comcast DOT net).  The pledge window is 7:00 P.M. – 10:30 P.M.  Getting there by 6:30pm should be enough time for new people to get the quick instructions for taking pledges and learn which buttons to push on the phones. 

KBTC Public Television is a service of Bates Technical College.  

The studio is at their Mohler Campus at:

 

2320 South 19th Street
Tacoma, WA 98405
253.680.7700 

Basic Directions via construction
I-5 to Tacoma
take Hwy 16

then take S. Union Ave exit

turn right on to S. Union Ave

turn right on S. 19th St.

KTBC is on the right in a couple of blocks

Next door to 7-11
 http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/PierceCountyHOV/SR16_WBNalleyValley/Detours.htm

 

Please let me know if you'll be there, so we know to watch the front door to let you in .  No really.

 

For basic Wikipedia info:

• VIDEO GAMES LIVE:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Games_Live
• BELLYDANCE SUPERSTARS  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellydance_Superstars

 

THANKS

__________________
Michael Citrak
Northwest Science Fiction Society - Chair
chair at NWSFS.org
www.nwsfs.org

Battlestar Galactica: The Exhibition, World Premier Weekend (October 22 - 24)

Posted on behalf of Jeanine Swanson- NWSFS Vice Chair:

Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame

Battlestar Galactica: The Exhibition-World Premiere Weekend: Oct. 22-24, 2010 at  Seattle's EMP|SFM

Battlestar Galactica features three stunning, full-size prop spaceships, iconic costumes, new exhibition films, music and other props from the original and re-imagined series. Battlestar Galactica opens to the public Oct. 23, 2010 and runs through March 4, 2012 at EMP|SFM in Seattle.

Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
206.262.3245 | 330 Sixth Avenue North | Suite 200 | Seattle, WA 98109
empsfm.org

To Infinity & Beyond! (Saturday, August 28th)

Posted on behalf of Jeanine Swanson- NWSFS Vice Chair:

The Museum of Flight

To Infinity and Beyond! The Hubble Space Telescope and the Space Shuttle

Saturday, August 28, 2 p.m., Allen Theater

The Hubble Space Telescope is without a doubt the most popular telescope in history. Solar System Ambassador Dr. Ron Hobbs will provide an overview of the beginnings, launch and orbital refurbishment of this icon of human exploration and the Space Shuttle that made it all possible.

The Museum of Flight | 9404 East Marginal Way South | Seattle | WA | 98108 | 206.764.5720
http://www.museumofflight.org/

NWSFS August Social -- Details

Posted on behalf of Jeanine Swanson - NWSFS Vice-Chair :

Please join us Saturday, August 21st at Greg Paddock’s place in Fall City for a NWSFS Social!

We’ll start at 5:00 PM p.m. and continue until around 10 PM. This is a potluck so please bring your contribution of a main dish (occasionally have enough), side dish (rarely have enough), beverage, munchies (usually have enough), or dessert (often have enough, but then really, who could object to too much dessert). Let's start early, so if the weather is good we can enjoy the deck that's half as large as the house!  Bring any folding chairs, tables, and pavilions you have (really, it's a large deck)  There is a small barbecue if anyone wants to use it.

Address: 33517 SE 51st St., Fall City


Directions:

    * Take I-90 east to exit 22, Preston-Fall City.
    * Turn left at the stop sign
    * Turn right at the tee onto Preston-Fall City Road SE (route 203).  
    * After 3.5 miles on, there will by a Y in the road; follow the main route to the right, then take the next right into River View Park.
    * Turn left immediately
    * Follow the main road to the right and up the hill.
    * Continue around and uphill, my place will be on the left, with the house number on a sign in the yard.
    * If you use Google's directions, the house will be on the right.

 
Parking Note:

The first couple of lucky drivers get to drive up the steep driveway and park above the house, the rest can park along the road.  Since the upper parking is not visible from the street, best to walk up and check first.  Note: this is not a very accessible place.  There's the afore-mentioned steep driveway, and both entrances to the house involve gravel and several steps.

Wayward - OPEN on 4th & 5th of July, movie, jazz, and a SHINDIG

Posted on behalf of Wayward Coffehouse:

We will be OPEN on Sunday, 4th of July, from 7 am - 8 pm. We will be OPEN on Monday, July 5th, our regular hours from 630 am - 11 pm. Wayward wishes everyone a safe and memorable Independence Day Weekend!

This Friday is our monthly “First Friday Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Night” and we’re showing one of the most classic sci-fi films of all time: Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Come down to Wayward on Friday night from 9 - 11 pm and settle in with fellow geeks and movie fans for this tale of alien contact. And on Saturday we host our monthly night of jazz with the North End Jazz Quartet from 8 - 10 pm.

PLANNING AHEAD / CHARTY EVENT: One of our biggest events of the year is happening next Saturday, July 10th, from 6 - 10 pm. It’s our annual “Pre Screening Shindig with Vixy & Tony” which helps raise money for Equality Now as part of the worldwide ‘Can’t Stop the Serenity’ fundraising events. And this year we have a very special EXPANDED lineup of entertainment to entice you out to Wayward for the evening! Joining Vixy & Tony with musical performances will be SJ Tucker, Betsy Tinney, and Sunnie. And we’re also hosting a stop on the ‘Murder & Mayhem’ book tour with readings by authors Seanan McGuire and Jennifer Brozek. There will also be a RAFFLE of items donated by the performers with proceeds going to Equality Now. Don’t miss this full evening of live music and entertainment. Wayward donates 20% of the evening’s sales to Equality Now, so come down and enjoy a Mudders Mocha and a Kaylee Ploughman in support of Joss Whedon’s favorite charity!

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FRIDAY, July 2 First Friday Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Night
MOVIE: “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”
9 - 11 pm, no cover
The classic tale of alien contact.

SATURDAY, July 3 LIVE MUSIC: North End Jazz Quartet 8 - 10 pm, no cover
Jazz.


Wayward Coffeehouse, it's better than a plan
Mon-Fri: 630 am - 11 pm / Sat-Sun: 7 am - 11 pm
8570 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle WA 98103
Web: www.waywardcoffee.com
Twitter: WaywardCoffee
Facebook: Wayward Coffee House

Upcoming Browncoat Event

The Seattle Browncoats are currently looking for folks to help with their next showing of Serenity for charity, mostly with set-up, ticket sales, and clean-up afterward.

Here is their itinerary for the event:

• Setup starts by 4pm
• movie @ 5 and ending around 7
• Raffle
• Food
• Music
• then Special Raffle
• Dr. Horrible around 9:30
• Cleanup

The help they're in need of are for the following jobs:

• line monitors,
• ticket sellers,
• will call,
• concessions sellers,
• food assistants,
• door monitors,
• ushers in the theater,
• and new this year -- a talent assistant who can help with the performers (keep them on schedule, etc.).
• We will also need roving raffle ticket sellers,
• and people to monitor the raffle table.
• Some of these positions will not permit you to see the movie, Dr.Horrible, or the performers, but they are essential to keep the event successful.

If you feel you have the time and ability to lend assistance, or wish for ticket information, drop a note to this e-mail address volunteer@cstsseattle.org and gather more details.

THE 5th Annual CTST (Can't Stop The Serenity) Event takes place on July 17th, 2010.

Location:

Wayward Coffee House

8570 Greenwood Ave N. (E. side of the street)

Seattle, WA 98103

(206) 706-3240

Also, please note that volunteering does not grant you free entry; you do still need to purchase a ticket, even if you're helping out.

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Thank You:

Brian Pickett

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Firefly Theme Lyrics:

"Take my love, take my land / Take me where I cannot stand / I don't care, I'm still free / You can't take the sky from me / Take me out to the black / Tell 'em I ain't comin' back / Burn the land and boil the sea / You can't take the sky from me / There's no place I can be / Since I found serenity / But you can't take the sky from me"

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