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 <description>&lt;p&gt;A listing of upcoming SF events in the Boston-area (for a rather broad definition of Boston).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you&amp;#39;re having an SF/Fannish/ ... event in the Boston area, please let us know and we&amp;#39;ll post it here. Send email to &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:webmaster@arisia.org&quot;&gt;webmaster@arisia.org&lt;/a&gt; with the details (plain text or HTML, not MS Word or PDF).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr /&gt;  &lt;!--&lt;h3&gt;2007&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;dl&gt; &lt;dt&gt;August 10-12 2007 - &lt;a href=&quot;http://pi-con.org/&quot; target= &quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pi-Con&lt;/a&gt;, Springfield, MA&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&quot;The biggest science fiction, gaming, and lifestyle convention in the Pioneer Valley.&quot;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dt&gt;October 28th 2007, 1pm - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.501neg.com/images/site-images/frontpage/Halloween-Parade-single.jpg&quot; target= &quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Woburn Halloween Parade&lt;/a&gt;, Woburn, MA&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;The largest Halloween parade in Massachusetts, featuring the 501st (Star Wars costumers and Jabba  the Hutt).  Starts at the Woburn Cinema and heads south along Rt. 38.&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dt&gt;November 9-11, 2007 - Pandemonium Books &amp; Games&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pandemoniumbooks.com/&quot; target= &quot;_blank&quot;&gt; 18th Anniversary Sale&lt;/a&gt;, Cambridge, MA&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;Everything in-store retails at 18% off the normal price. T-shirts are half price.&lt;BR&gt;2pm Saturday - Elizabeth Bear book signing&lt;BR&gt;2pm Sunday - Christopher Golden and Bill Gauthier visit&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dt&gt;November 2-4 2007 - &lt;a href=&quot;http://unitedfancon.com/&quot; target= &quot;_blank&quot;&gt;United Fan Con&lt;/a&gt;, Springfield, MA&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&quot;New England&#039;s Ultimate Pop Culture FanFest&quot;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dt&gt;November 14, 2007 - &lt;a href=&quot;/SusanCooperNov07&quot; target= &quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;Unriddling the World&quot;: Fantasy and Literature&lt;/a&gt;, Cambridge, MA&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&quot;Roundtable discussion about fantasy and literature in books for children and adults&quot;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dt&gt;November 15, 2007 - &lt;a href=&quot;/SusanCooperNov07&quot; target= &quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;Unriddling the World&quot;: Fantasy and Children&lt;/a&gt;, Cambridge, MA&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;Talk presented by Susan Cooper&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dt&gt;December 1, 2007 at 7 pm - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pandemoniumbooks.com/&quot; target= &quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pandemonium Books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;Celebrate the release of the sequel to the critically-acclaimed fantasy novel Orphan&#039;s Tales, &lt;i&gt;In the Cities of Coin and Spice&lt;/i&gt;, with author &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.catherynnemvalente.com/&quot; target= &quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Catherynne Valente&lt;/a&gt; and artist &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skinnywhitechick.com&quot; target= &quot;_blank&quot;&gt;SJ Tucker&lt;/a&gt; as she performs selections from her new CD, Solace and Sorrow: Songs and Readings in Celebration of &lt;i&gt;The Orphan&#039;s Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kaluta.com/&quot; target= &quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Michael Kaluta&lt;/a&gt;&#039;s artwork from the series will also be on display in-store.&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dt&gt;December 7-9, 2007 - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mcfi.org/smofcon/&quot; target= &quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Smofcon&lt;/a&gt;, Boston, MA&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&quot;A convention for science fiction convention-runners who do this for fun.&quot;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dt&gt;December 14, 2007 from noon - 3 pm - &lt;a href=&quot;/a08news_fanrally&quot;&gt;Fan rally in support of the Writers&#039; Guild of America in Cambridge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;There will be a fan rally in support of the Writers&#039; Guild of America in Cambridge on December 14th. Scheduled guests include Joss Whedon, creator of &quot;Buffy the Vampire Slayer,&quot; &quot;Angel&quot; and &quot;Firefly&quot;; Jaime Paglia, co-creator of &quot;Eureka&quot;; and Rob Kutner, writer for &quot;The Daily Show.&quot;  For more information, visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fans4writers.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.fans4writers.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;/dl&gt; &lt;hr&gt;---&gt; &lt;h3&gt;2008&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;dl&gt; &lt;!--&lt;dt&gt;January 18-21, 2008 - &lt;a href=&quot;/&quot;&gt;Arisia&lt;/a&gt;, Cambridge, MA&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&quot;New England&#039;s largest and most diverse science fiction and fantasy convention.&quot;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dt&gt;January 25-27, 2008 - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vericon.org/&quot; target= &quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Vericon&lt;/a&gt;, Cambridge, MA&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&quot;The convention is sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association (HRSFA)&quot;&lt;/dd&gt;--&gt; &lt;dt&gt;February 1-3, 2008 - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.templecon.org/&quot;&gt;TempleCon&lt;/a&gt;, Providence, RI &lt;/dt&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&amp;quot;The Revolutionary New England Gaming Convention&amp;quot;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dt&gt;February 15-17, 2008 - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nesfa.org/boskone/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Boskone&lt;/a&gt;, Boston, MA&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&amp;quot;Boskone is a regional Science Fiction convention focusing on literature, art, music, and gaming &amp;quot;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dt&gt;February 21-24, 2008 - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.totalcon.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Total Confusion&lt;/a&gt;, Mansfield, MA&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&amp;quot;The Largest Game Convention Company in the Northeast United States&amp;quot;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2008.arisia.org/BostonEvents&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <title>Dates and Guests for Arisia &#039;08</title>
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&lt;h1 align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;January 18-21, 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Friday through Monday&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;h3 align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;A FOUR day convention!&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;h3 align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;Hotel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Hyatt Regency Cambridge&lt;/a&gt;, Cambridge, MA&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h2 align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Writer Guest of Honor: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sff.net/people/lauraanne.gilman/&quot; target=&quot;_new&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Laura Anne Gilman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Artist Guest of Honor: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.marrusart.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Marrus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Fan Performer Guest of Honor: &lt;a href=&quot;http://community.livejournal.com/eric_in_elevatr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Eric &quot;in the Elevator&quot; Zuckerman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;The Conchair staff:&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Conchair A&#039;08: September Isdell&lt;br /&gt;
Assistant Conchairs: Jill Eastlake (she&#039;s also A&#039;09&#039;s conchair), Lisa &quot;Jasra&quot; Holsberg and Ben Levy&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:27:35 -0400</pubDate>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:21:49 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Welcome! Stay up to date with Arisia announcements and news</title>
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 <description>&lt;h3&gt;Arisia &amp;#39;08 Announcements&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Click &amp;quot;Read More&amp;quot; to see all of the announcements&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;The &lt;A href= &quot;http://2009.arisia.org/&quot;&gt;Arisia 2009&lt;/A&gt; is live!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/Relaxacon&quot;&gt;Information for Relaxacon &amp;#39;08&lt;/a&gt; - come hang out, and relax on Cape Cod.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;The &lt;A href=&quot;/TribbleBash&quot;&gt;Tribble Bash&lt;/A&gt; raised $700  and the &lt;A href=/SithBall&gt;Sith Ball&lt;/A&gt; raised $800 for their respective charities, making a total of $1500 for Arisia&#039;s Friday night charity events!&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;A href= &quot;/LostFound08&quot;&gt;Lost and Found list&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1/20/08: If you didn&amp;#39;t have a chance to buy the Artist GoH t-shirt, you still can after the con! &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.offworlddesigns.com&quot;&gt;Offworld Designs&lt;/a&gt; is offering the shirt by either phone (800-900-9056) or email (offworldbv at aol dot com). Prices: $20 (S-2X), $23 (3X), $26 (5X if available). The art can be found on page 12 of the Souvenir book.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1/20/08: The convention newsletter (Clear Ether) is online, at  &lt;a href=&quot;/Publications&quot;&gt;http://2008.arisia.org/Publications&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2008.arisia.org/node/6&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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