 BSFS MEETINGS & SPECIAL EVENTS
Events in black text are inside the BSFS Building unless specifically noted as off site. Color logos mean outside our building and link to more info. Items in [ ] are not open to general public or need pre-register. For BSFS building directions click here.
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ALL PUBLIC FUNCTIONS INSIDE BSFS BUILDING (with the exception of library organizing committee doing social distance) 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.
July 2020
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• Library Organizing Meeting: From 12:00 Noon to 4 pm. Moved to July 19, 2020 [Due to covid-19 register to volunteer by email eflack at bsfs dot org] Volunteers needed to performing various activities that improves the organization of the bsfs library collection, such as adding current and new books to the digital library website, removing duplicates from the library and sorting through book donations. Stop by to volunteer. Bring your laptop to do web based data entry. Details email eflack at bsfs dot org |
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• Writing Circle 6:30-8:30pm. SF Focused Writing Group. (Teleconference event only. For connection details seeindex.html) For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org |
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• Balticon Planning Meeting 7:00pm (Teleconference event only. For connection details seeindex.html) • BSFS Business Meeting 8:30pm. (Teleconference event only. For connection details seeindex.html) |
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• Alphabet Soup. Board Gaming from 12:00 Noon til 5:00pm. (Canceled)Board gaming using the Hal Haag Memorial game collection. For more info contact artb at bsfs dot org |
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• Film Night at BSFS 8:00-10:30pm. (Canceled) Fun fan films and items our video license allows us to show.  |
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• Digital Gaming Event at BSFS. Play and learn about console and computer games. 2:00 PM till 5:30 PM. (Teleconference event only. For connection details seeindex.html) For more information contact matthew at bsfs dot org • Library Organizing Meeting: From 12:00 Noon to 4 pm. [Due to covid-19 register to volunteer by email eflack at bsfs dot org] Volunteers needed to performing various activities that improves the organization of the bsfs library collection, such as adding current and new books to the digital library website, removing duplicates from the library and sorting through book donations. Stop by to volunteer. Bring your laptop to do web based data entry. Details email eflack at bsfs dot org |
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• Writing Circle 6:30-8:30pm. SF Focused Writing Group. (Teleconference event only. For connection details seeindex.html) For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org |
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• Anime Social at BSFS from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. (Teleconference event only. For connection details seeindex.html) This is a day of anime watching, board gaming, manga reading, and just general hanging out. For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org • Book Discussion Group 6:30pm. Featured Book: Opening Atlantis by Harry Turtledove. (Teleconference event only. For connection details seeindex.html) Details contact bookdiscuss at bsfs dot org • BSFS Social Meeting 8:00pm+ |
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• Alphabet Soup. Board Gaming from 12:00 Noon til 5:00pm. Board gaming using the Hal Haag Memorial game collection. (Canceled) For more info contact artb at bsfs dot org • Tabletop Role-Playing Game Event. 1-5pm. 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 Matthew at bsfs dot org |
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August 2020
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• Library Organizing Meeting: From 12:00 Noon to 4 pm. [Due to covid-19 register to volunteer by email eflack at bsfs dot org] Volunteers needed to performing various activities that improves the organization of the bsfs library collection, such as adding current and new books to the digital library website, removing duplicates from the library and sorting through book donations. Stop by to volunteer. Bring your laptop to do web based data entry. Details email eflack at bsfs dot org |
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• Balticon Planning Meeting 7:00pm (May be Teleconference only) • BSFS Business Meeting 8:30pm. (May be Teleconference only) |
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• Alphabet Soup. Board Gaming from 12:00 Noon til 5:00pm. (Canceled) Board gaming using the Hal Haag Memorial game collection. For more info contact artb at bsfs dot org |
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• Writing Circle 6:30-8:30pm. SF Focused Writing Group. (Teleconference event only. For connection details seeindex.html) For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org |
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• Film Night at BSFS 8:00-10:30pm. (canceled) Fun fan films and items our video license allows us to show. |
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• Digital Gaming Event at BSFS. Play and learn about console and computer games. 2:00 PM till 5:30 PM. (Teleconference event only. For connection details seeindex.html) For more information contact matthew at bsfs dot org |
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 National Aviation Day on Orville Wright's Birthday |
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• Anime Social at BSFS from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. This is a day of anime watching, board gaming, manga reading, and just general hanging out. (Teleconference event only. For connection details seeindex.html)For more info contact anime at BSFS dot org • Book Discussion Group 6:30pm. Featured Book: Ivory Apples by Lisa Goldstein; Details contact bookdiscuss at bsfs dot org (Teleconference event only. For connection details seeindex.html) • BSFS Social Meeting 8:00pm+ (CANCELED) |
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• Alphabet Soup. Board Gaming from 12:00 Noon til 5:00pm. (canceled) Board gaming using the Hal Haag Memorial game collection. For more info contact artb at bsfs dot org |
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• Writing Circle 6:30-8:30pm. SF Focused Writing Group. (Teleconference event only. For connection details seeindex.html) For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org |
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• Tabletop Role-Playing Game Event. 1-5pm. Our Tabletop Roleplaying Games (RPGs) meetup! We will be rotating through various tabletop Sci Fi RPGs. (Teleconference event only. For connection details seeindex.html) 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 Matthew at bsfs dot org |
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September 2020
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• Library Organizing Meeting: From 12:00 Noon to 4 pm. Volunteers needed to performing various activities that improves the organization of the bsfs library collection, such as adding current and new books to the digital library website, removing duplicates from the library and sorting through book donations. Stop by to volunteer. Bring your laptop to do web based data entry. Details email eflack at bsfs dot org |
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• Writing Circle 6:30-8:30pm. SF Focused Writing Group. For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org |
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• Balticon Planning Meeting 7:00pm • BSFS Business Meeting 8:30pm. |
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• Alphabet Soup. Board Gaming 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 |
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• Film Night at BSFS 8:00-10:30pm. Fun fan films and items our video license allows us to show.  |
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• Digital Gaming Event at BSFS. Play and learn about console and computer games. 2:00 PM till 5:30 PM. For more information contact matthew at bsfs dot org |
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• Writing Circle 6:30-8:30pm. SF Focused Writing Group. (Teleconference event only. For connection details seeindex.html) For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org |
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• Anime Social at BSFS from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. This is a day of anime watching, board gaming, manga reading, and just general hanging out. For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org • Book Discussion Group 6:30pm. Featured Book: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. Details contact bookdiscuss at bsfs dot org • BSFS Social Meeting 8:00pm+ |
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• Alphabet Soup. Board Gaming 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 • Tabletop Role-Playing Game Event. 1-5pm. 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 Matthew at bsfs dot org |
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October 2020
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• Library Organizing Meeting: From 12:00 Noon to 4 pm. Volunteers needed to performing various activities that improves the organization of the bsfs library collection, such as adding current and new books to the digital library website, removing duplicates from the library and sorting through book donations. Stop by to volunteer. Bring your laptop to do web based data entry. Details email eflack at bsfs dot org |
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• Writing Circle 6:30-8:30pm. SF Focused Writing Group. For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org |
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• Balticon Planning Meeting 7:00pm • BSFS Business Meeting 8:30pm. |
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• Alphabet Soup. Board Gaming 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 |
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 Indigenous People's Day |
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• Film Night at BSFS 8:00-10:30pm. Fun fan films and items our video license allows us to show. |
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• Digital Gaming Event at BSFS. Play and learn about console and computer games. 2:00 PM till 5:30 PM. For more information contact matthew at bsfs dot org |
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• Writing Circle 6:30-8:30pm. SF Focused Writing Group. For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org |
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• Anime Social at BSFS from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. This is a day of anime watching, board gaming, manga reading, and just general hanging out. For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org • Book Discussion Group 6:30pm. Featured Book: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. Details contact bookdiscuss at bsfs dot org • BSFS Social Meeting 8:00pm+ |
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• Tabletop Role-Playing Game Event. 1-5pm. 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 Matthew at bsfs dot org • Alphabet Soup. Board Gaming 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 |
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November 2020
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• Library Organizing Meeting: From 12:00 Noon to 4 pm. Volunteers needed to performing various activities that improves the organization of the bsfs library collection, such as adding current and new books to the digital library website, removing duplicates from the library and sorting through book donations. Stop by to volunteer. Bring your laptop to do web based data entry. Details email eflack at bsfs dot org  |
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• Alphabet Soup. Board Gaming 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 |
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• Writing Circle 6:30-8:30pm. SF Focused Writing Group. For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org |
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• Balticon Planning Meeting 7:00pm • BSFS Business Meeting 8:30pm. |
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• Digital Gaming Event at BSFS. Play and learn about console and computer games. 2:00 PM till 5:30 PM. For more information contact matthew at bsfs dot org |
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• Film Night at BSFS 8:00-10:30pm. Fun fan films and items our video license allows us to show. |
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• Alphabet Soup. Board Gaming 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 |
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• Anime Social at BSFS from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. This is a day of anime watching, board gaming, manga reading, and just general hanging out. For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org • Book Discussion Group 6:30pm. Featured Book: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. Details contact bookdiscuss at bsfs dot org • BSFS Social Meeting 8:00pm+ |
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• Tabletop Role-Playing Game Event. 1-5pm. 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 Matthew at bsfs dot org |
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December 2020
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• Library Organizing Meeting: From 12:00 Noon to 4 pm. Volunteers needed to performing various activities that improves the organization of the bsfs library collection, such as adding current and new books to the digital library website, removing duplicates from the library and sorting through book donations. Stop by to volunteer. Bring your laptop to do web based data entry. Details email eflack at bsfs dot org |
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• Writing Circle 6:30-8:30pm. SF Focused Writing Group. For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org |
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• Balticon Planning Meeting 7:00pm • BSFS Business Meeting 8:30pm. |
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• Alphabet Soup. Board Gaming 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 |
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• Film Night at BSFS 8:00-10:30pm. Fun fan films and items our video license allows us to show. |
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• Digital Gaming Event at BSFS. Play and learn about console and computer games. 2:00 PM till 5:30 PM. For more information contact matthew at bsfs dot org |
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• Writing Circle 6:30-8:30pm. SF Focused Writing Group. For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org |
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• Anime Social at BSFS from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. This is a day of anime watching, board gaming, manga reading, and just general hanging out. For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org • Book Discussion Group 6:30pm. Featured Book: TBD. Details contact bookdiscuss at bsfs dot org • BSFS Social Meeting 8:00pm+ |
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• Tabletop Role-Playing Game Event. 1-5pm. 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 Matthew at bsfs dot org • Alphabet Soup. Board Gaming 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 |
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