SAG-AFTRA Strike Ends
The Los Angeles Times and Variety are both reporting that SAG-AFTRA’s negotiating committee has approved a tentative agreement with the studios and declared an end to its longest strike ever. As of 12:01 am Thursday (Pacific Time, probably), actors are free to return to work and to promote all their previously struck work at your local convention.
The contract still has to be voted on by SAG-AFTRA’s board and then by its general membership, which will happen in the next week or so.
SAG-AFTRA’s strike information site has not yet been updated.
Correction on WSFS Business Meeting Videos
Regarding last week’s item on the videos of the WSFS Business Meeting from the Chengdu Worldcon, Kevin Standlee says:
Actually, the WSFS Business Meeting video was official — I was videographer as well as deputy presiding officer — but we did not know that there would be simultaneous translation until we turned up on the day, and therefore there was no provision for combining it with the video that we took. However, I've been informed that the convention did record both sets of translation and when they have an opportunity to do so (it may take a while) that they hope to try to produce a version that includes the translations. This would ideally see both a Chinese-language and English-language version of the meetings.
In Brief
Site selection has opened for Westercon 77, to be held in 2025 if possible, with no bids filed. It is still possible for a write-in campaign to win. The deadline for voting is 6:00 pm Pacific time on November 20.
GalactiCon 2023 (Denver, Colorado, November 24-26) has added Mason Alexander Park, Jesse James Keitel, and Ming Chen as guests.
Ohayocon 24 (Columbus, Ohio, January 19-21) has added Helen McCarthy as a guest.
Norwescon 46 (Seatac, Washington, March 28-31) has added Kate Alice Marshall as a Guest of Honor.
Trek Long Island (Hauppauge, New Jersey, May 31-June 2) has added Kitty Swink, Ethan Phillips, Natalia Nogulich, and Conrad Coates as guests.
Event Calendar
Weekend of November 10-12
Novacon 52, Buxton, UK
TusCon 50, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Windycon 49: Adventure is Out There!, Oak Brook, Illinois, USA
OryCon 43: Phoenix Rising, Portland, Oregon, USA
OmegaCon Fall 2023 (relaxacon), Siren, Wisconsin, USA
New England Crime Bake 2023: deadactually (mysteries), Dedham, Massachusetts, USA
Steampunk November, Venus, Texas, USA
Vermont Steampunk Expo, Essex Junction, Vermont, USA
Howloween: The Nightmare BeFur Christmas (anthropomorphic), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Hexcon (gaming), Trondheim, Norway
Mythic Con (gaming), Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Save Against Fear (gaming), York, Pennsylvania, USA
Compass Games Expo Fall 2023, Meridien, Connecticut, USA
Spielewelt in Bielefeld (boardgames), Bielefeld, Germany
EuroQuest 2023 (Eurogames), Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Phantasm 33rd (RPGs), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
The Long Con (RPGs), Longview, Texas, USA
Arcade Expo, Houston, Texas, USA
TORG Gaming Expo 2023 (video games), Columbus, Ohio, USA
Oni-Con XX (anime), Galveston, Texas, USA
Animaine 11: I Died and was Reincarnated as the Animaine Mascot?! (anime), South Portland, Maine, USA
Animaga (anime), Melbourne, Australia
Nishicon (anime), Eindhoven, Netherlands
Anime Iwai: Horizons, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
anime expo chibi, Ontario, California, USA
Rocky Mountain Con X (comics), Denver, Colorado, USA
Thought Bubble (comics), Harrogate, UK
Motor City Comic Con, Novi, Michigan, USA
Grit City Comic Show, Tacoma, Washington, USA
Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Twin Tiers Comic-Con, Horseheads, New York, USA
Weekend of November 17-19
Philcon 2023, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
CONjuration (fantasy), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Dragonsteel 2023 (Brandon Sanderson works), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
LIL-CON 7 (gaming), Lockport, New York, USA
Con-Densed (gaming), Worthing, UK
DAU Barcelona (gaming), Barcelona, Spain
BGG.CON (gaming), Dallas, Texas, USA
Meeple-A-Thon (gaming), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
U-Con (gaming), Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
Dragonsteel 2023 (gaming), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Gridcon 4 (boardgames), Taunton, UK
Free Play Florida (retro video games), Lakeland, Florida, USA
SNAFU Con (anime), Reno, Nevada, USA
Kumoricon (anime), Portland, Oregon, USA
Colossalcon North (anime), Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA
Anime NYC, New York City, New York, USA
Anime Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Anime Town Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, USA
Naiccon 2023 (media), Nairobi, Kenya
Heroes Dutch Comic Con, Utrecht, Netherlands
Memphis Comic & Fantasy Convention, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Weekend of November 24-26
Westercon 75/Loscon 49: Enchanted Loscon, Los Angeles, California, USA
Imladris XXI, Kraków, Poland
ChamBanaCon 52: The Final Fannish Family Reunion (relaxacon), Normal, Illinois, USA
Consequences P: Passionate Consequences (gaming), Christchurch, UK
GobbleCon (gaming), Burlingame, California, USA
LFG Canberra (boardgames), Griffith, Australia
Asian Board Games Festival 2023, Singapore
De Bello Ludico (wargaming), Bracciano, Italy
Anime Festival Asia, Singapore
Anime Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Akimatsuri (anime), Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Milan Games Week & Cartoonomics (media/gaming), Milan, Italy
Stars of Time Comic Con, Weston-super-Mare, UK
Fan Expo San Francisco (media), San Francisco, California, USA
GalactiCon 2023 (media), Denver, Colorado, USA
Chicago TARDIS (Doctor Who), Lombard, Illinois, USA
Starbase Indy: The Past is Prelude (Star Trek), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Weekend of December 1-3
Smofcon 40 (con-running), Providence, Rhode Island, USA and online
TeslaCon: The Curse of Anubis & the Arcane Mystery Machine (steampunk), Middleton, Wisconsin, USA
Midwest Furfest: Snow Days (anthropomorphic), Rosemont, Illinois, USA
Dragonmeet (gaming), London, UK
PAX Unplugged (tabletop gaming), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Shorehammer (miniatures gaming), Ocean City, Maryland, USA
Emerald Con (Pathfinder & Starfinder RPGs), Bellevue, Washington, USA and online
Otaku U II (anime), Livonia, Michigan, USA
Wintercon (media), New York City, New York, USA
GalaxyCon Columbus (media), Columbus, Ohio, USA
Geek Days Lille (media), Lille, France
Abilene Comic Con, Abilene, Texas, USA
Comic Con Okinawa, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan
L.A. Comic Con, Los Angeles, California, USA
Abilene Comic Con, Abilene, Texas, USA
CCXP 23 (media), São Paulo, Brazil
For the Love of Sci-Fi 2023 (media), Manchester, UK
Weekend of December 8-10
XXVII Mereth Aderthad (Tolkien), Zaragoza, Spain
Cosplay Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
FURUM 2023: Con Space (anthropomorphic), Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Midwest GameFest, online
Everwinter (miniatures gaming), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Cayden’s Ascension 4723 (Pathfinder and Starfinder RPGs), online
29 Manga Barcelona (anime), Barcelona, Spain
Yama-Con: 11th Century (anime), Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA
Anime Wonder Festival, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Anime Frontier, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Ocean City Comic Con, Ocean City, Maryland, USA
Maui Comic Con, Wailuku, Hawaii, USA
Comic Con Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Tokyo Comic Con, Tokyo, Japan
Raptor Con 2023 (media), Evansville, Indiana, USA
RADP 28 (Disney theme parks), Walt Disney World, Florida, USA
Coda
The urgent problem of lycanthropy in space (Scientific American, hat tip: Money Stuff)
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