The Latest Word - as of 2/22/2021:
Congradulations to the 2021 Compton Crook Award Finalists: Architects of Memory by Karen Osbourne; Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis; Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart; Docile by K.M Szpara; Nameless Queen by Rebecca McLaughlin; The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
ALL PUBLIC FUNCTIONS INSIDE BSFS BUILDING ARE CANCELED FOR NOW TO AVOID POSSIBLE SPREAD OF COVID-19 VIRUS. WE WILL REVIEW RESUMING PUBLIC EVENTS AT BSFS AS WE GO ALONG. SOME BALTICON AND BSFS MEETINGS ARE TELECONFERENCE SEE DETAILS BELOW.
Special Events at BSFS Building: (Or Online during Virus Times)
Book Club Meeting at BSFS. Next held February 27, 2021 at 6:30 PM as ZOOM Teleconference. Featured Book: Jurasic Park by Michael Crichton. By Teleconference as Zoom Meeting. Join Zoom Meeting at https://zoom.us/j/94129016253?pwd=LzRMVEZmVGtnUi9jOUc3MnFOcHFHQT09
Meeting ID: 941 2901 6253 Passcode: 041896
Alphabet Soup. Board Gaming event on (CANCELED-SEE ABOVE) from 12:00 Noon til 5:00pm. Board gaming using the Hal Haag Memorial game collection. For more info contact artb at bsfs dot org
Film Night at BSFS. (CANCELED-SEE ABOVE) from 7:00pm-10:00 pm.
Tabletop Role-Playing Game Event at BSFS. Next held February 28, 2021 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM will meeting on the Discord server at https://discord.gg/VGHpxwu You do need to register for Discord if you have never done so before, but the process is fairly easy. For more info before the event contact BSFSEvents at bsfs dot org
Anime Social at BSFS. Next held on February 27, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. This is a day of anime watching and just general hanging out normally, but due to the virus this will be a watch party on the discord server. We’ll be watching non-traditionally animated anime. We’ll start at 2 pm with episodes 1-15 (they’re only 5 minutes long) of the claymation anime Extra Olympia Kyklos. At 3:30pm we’ll watch the artistry of wuxia in the form of glove puppetry by viewing episodes 1-3 of Thunderbolt Fantasy. Finally, at 5 pm we will start the first two episodes of our viewer selected anime. So far GATE is in the lead.
Come join us! Go to the Discord Server at https://discord.gg/VGHpxwu and select from the available channels #wach-parties. You do need to register for Discord if you have never done so before, but the process is fairly easy. For more info or suggest titles for the future contact anime at BSFS dot org
See our long range events calendar here.
Borrow and bring back books from our 12,000 item free lending library at any event or meeting at the BSFS Building. (when we are back open post virus)
Special Events Sponsored By BSFS Outside BSFS Building:
None scheduled due to virus distancing.
Balticon Planning and BSFS Business Meetings:
These meetings in March are to be teleconference only events. To join using your computer use link https://zoom.us/j/97614691479?pwd=aDJscVhySGJ5TUpOZTNXRXBTaHJadz09
Passcode: 463191
Or iPhone one-tap : US: +13017158592,,97614691479#,,,,*463191# or +19292056099,,97614691479#,,,,*463191#
Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 929 205 6099 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 6833
Webinar ID: 976 1469 1479 Passcode: 463191
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/ac59gxWAiW
The Baltimore Science Fiction Society business and discussion meeting will be held at 8:30pm on March 13, 2021 as a teleconference only event, see above.
The Balticon 55 Planning Meeting will be held at 7:00pm on March 13, 2021 as a teleconference only event, see above. Drop in and share your ideas about how to improve future Balticons. (or volunteer)
Writers Circle at BSFS:
BSFS sponsors a Writing Circle 6:30-8:30pm usually meets every second and fourth Thursday of the month inside the BSFS Building, however, near term this means teleconference only by zoom on 2/25/2021 and 3/11/2021 and 03/25/21. This is a SF and Fantasy focused writing group. If you write check it out. At least Seven stories work shopped at this writer's circle have been sold to professional markets in the last three years. This is a recurring meeting so any Writer's Circle meeting use:
Join Zoom Meeting at https://zoom.us/j/91064908740?pwd=TENjZ25HenRNOHhtcHFaRlZnOGE3dz09
Meeting ID: 910 6490 8740
Passcode: 805110
For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org
