April Geek About Town!
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Emerald City Comicon – Why I’m Excited (and Why I’m Not)
Written by GeekGirlCon Copywriter Sarah “SG-1” Grant
Emerald City Comicon is coming up this next weekend, March 27-29, at the Washington State Convention Center! It’s a 3 day celebration of comics, writers, artists, collectibles, cosplay, fandom-related merchandise, and of course, all those FANS.
From the ECCC home page
I have been extremely excited to attend ECCC for the past five years; though I’ve been in Seattle for almost 10 years, I didn’t hear about it until 2011, and I showed up on the first day and bought my weekend pass on site. That doesn’t happen anymore; all of the passes were sold out in early February this year, and I’m pretty sure they were sold out for last year’s show as well. I’ve been a “buy it early!” kind of girl for most of my life, so I bought this year’s pass the day they went on sale back in September.
Join us at Emerald City Comicon!
Join GeekGirlCon and Julie Caitlin Brown!
Are you attending Emerald City Comicon? GeekGirlCon will have tons of staff and volunteers at the convention — and we’d really like to meet you! In fact, there are two great opportunities to connect with us.
Discussion with Julie Caitlin Brown
The amazing team at Emerald City Comicon invited us to moderate a discussion with Julie Caitlin Brown, a “geek girl” extraordinaire who played Na’Toth on Babylon 5 and who is now a producer, musician, and convention agent for several actors, including Katee Sackhoff and Christopher Judge.
The panel discussion with take place Friday, March 30, from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. in Room 4C1-2. Jennifer K. Stuller, GeekGirlCon’s Programming Creative Director, and Susie Rantz, GeekGirlCon PR Manager, will lead this discussion with Brown. We’ll be talking about how her acting career got started, her current projects, and some of her own geeky passions.
Are there any questions you’d like us to ask? Leave them in the comments below.
GeekGirlCon Meet-up
We are also hosting a GeekGirlCon meet-up on Saturday, March 31, from noon to 2 p.m. The wonderful staff at The Living Room (a bar just blocks away on Capitol Hill) have opened their doors just for us! Come eat some yummy grub and enjoy tasty drinks and good company.
Whether you are attending Emerald City Comicon or just looking for a fun way to connect with geeks on the weekend, we hope you’ll join us! Stop by for a few minutes before heading to another panel, or join us for all two hours! We’ll even have prizes for best cosplay.
Details
Date: Saturday, March 31
Where: The Living Room Bar (1355 E. Olive Way, Seattle)
Time: 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Who: Anyone (age 21 or older) who supports geeky women
Cost: While we would love to pay for everybody, we just don’t have that kind of cash lying around. Your entry is covered, and we’ll have limited food platters available, but you’ll be responsible for any drinks you order!
RSVP: We do have space constraints to keep in mind and strongly encourage those of you interested in coming to this meet-up to RSVP on Facebook, or by emailing Susie Rantz at pr@geekgirlcon.com.
Walking Directions and Map
The Living Room bar is only a half-mile to the northeast of the Washington State Convention Center, which is located on the corner of 8th Ave and Pike Street.
When you head outside the door, take a right to head east on Pike Street toward 9th Avenue (if you’re heading up hill and over the highway, you’re going the right direction!).
Turn left onto Melrose Avenue.
Turn right onto E Olive Way.
The Living Room is on the left at 1355 E Olive Way.
GeekGirlCONTEST: Your Chance to go Back to the Future!
Are you ready to go Back to the Future? The folks at Emerald City Comicon and SIFF are bringing Back to the Future back to the big screen — and Christopher Lloyd will be in attendance!
Christopher Lloyd and his DeLorean from Back to the Future
That’s right, if my calculations are correct, on Saturday, March 31, the eclectic and electric “Doc Brown” will be with us one more time. Doc set his time coordinates for the SIFF Cinema at Uptown. Before the screening at 9:00 p.m., he’ll lead a procession of over two dozen DeLoreans. Two dozen. Did you know that many even existed?
Tickets are sold out, but we’ve got great news! GeekGirlCon has a pair of tickets for one of our lucky geeky followers.
Want to win them? Leave a comment below letting us know where you would go with your own DeLorean. We’ll select a winner at random from the comments. Be sure to include a working email; it won’t be displayed, but we’ll need it to notify you if you win!
To enter this GeekGirlCONTEST, you must leave a comment before Friday, March 2 at 11:59 p.m. PST.
We’ll notify the randomly chosen winner by email on Saturday. In Doc’s famous words, “Saturday night, we’re sending you Back to the Future!” Good luck to all of you!
UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who participated. Please view the screenshot below to see who won a pain of Back to the Future tickets! Since we had so many comments, we will also be giving away GeekGirlCon stickers to 15 randomly selected commenters (second screenshot). Congrats to everyone!
