The Latest Word - as of 8/15/2022:
WE ARE OPENING MORE EVENTS AT THE BSFS BUILDING FOR FULLY VACCINATED FOLKS WITH MASKS OPTIONAL AT THIS TIME.
Special Events at BSFS Building: (Online and In-Person for the Fully Vaccinated and Masks Optional During COVID Times)
Book Club Meeting at BSFS: Next held August 27, 2022 at 7:30 PM. Featured Book: Neptune's Brood by Charlie Stross, a book involving future banking. In-person at the BSFS Building and by Zoom (only use this zoom link for book club, for other zoom meetings use proper links below) at https://zoom.us/j/94129016253?pwd=LzRMVEZmVGtnUi9jOUc3MnFOcHFHQT09
Meeting ID: 941 2901 6253 Passcode: 041896
Film Night at BSFS: On August 20, 2022 at 7:00 PM+ (building opens at 6:00 PM for early folks) with fun fan films and Professional productions our license allows. This month a double feature of the 1959/1963 parody of the smallest nation on Earths victory over the superpowers of the day. Our license gives us the right to show pro productions, but we are not supposed to advertise on the web but can distribute fliers--so to see the info on the pro films we are screening Click here and use the password "movie" on the pdf file that opens.
Sunday Tabletop Role-Playing Game Event at Online: Tabletop Role-Playing Game Event. On Hiatus in July and August, back in September. On Discord only at https://discord.gg/5U3s2YzPzQ To participate by Discord you do need to register for Discord if you have never done so before, but the process is fairly easy. Our Tabletop Roleplaying Games (RPGs) meetup! We will be rotating through various tabletop Sci Fi RPGs. You are welcome if you love Tabletop RPG's. We will be running for all levels and will have premade characters available. We will run as many games as we have players to fill. For more details contact mike at bsfs dot org
Anime Social at BSFS: Returns August 27, 2022 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the BSFS Building. Items to be screened include Yurei Deco episode 1-3 @ 2pm. In the cyber city Tom Sawyer, society revolves around earring “Love,” akin to receiving likes on social media. @ 3:30pm, we’ll be watching Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer episodes 1-3. Yuuhi is chosen as Beast Knight to save the world from a mage and his giant space mallet. And continuing our long watch with episodes 5-6 of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’s Train arc. For more details email anime at bsfs dot org
Thursday Night Board Gaming at BSFS: Continuing on Thursday, 09/01/2022 at 6:30 PM and going to 10:30 PM come on down for a night of in-person SF and Fantasy theme board gaming which will continue on every first Thursday of the month. For info email matthewsands at bsfs dot org (Library open of course during this event like at all in-person events)
See our long range events calendar here.
Borrow and bring back books from our 15,000 item free lending library at any event or meeting at the BSFS Building.
Special Events Sponsored By BSFS Outside BSFS Building:
Balticon Planning and BSFS Business Meetings:
These meetings this month will be in-person and teleconference by Zoom. Come on down and meet in person! You need to be completely vaccinated to attend in person at BSFS, but if you prefer a mask please wear. If you lack vaccination then pleaseattend by zoom) To attend by Zoom using your computer use link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88616075406?pwd=YmF1aDhPZzVYR2NjdzBYdGZ0aStpZz09
Passcode: 930363
Meeting ID: 886 1607 5406
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 US (Washington DC), +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago), +1 929 205 6099 US (New York), +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma), +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston), +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
Meeting ID: 886 1607 5406 Passcode: 930363
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/ac59gxWAiW
To attend in person see our directions page at https://www.bsfs.org/bsfsdrct.htm
The Baltimore Science Fiction Society business and discussion meeting will be held at 8:30pm on September 10, 2022. Drop on by in-person or on Zoom to share ideas, watch us warp traditional parliamentary rules, hang out etc., see above.
The Balticon 56 Planning Meeting next held September 10, 2022 at 7:00 PM. Drop by in-person or on Zoom and share your ideas about how to improve the next and 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 08/25/2022 and 09/08/2022. Participants prefer to stay on zoom for now. 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 (see Zoom phone numbers above for dial in at need)
For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org