Overview Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Participant Schedules

16 FRIDAY
we’ll talk about some anime and manga options that you can finish
in days or weeks, not years. Morgana Santilli (m), Hanna Lee
Rubin Abramowitz, Zachary Clemente
10 Shabbat Services Faneuil (3W)
Sponsored by CHABAD of Mars* and in conjunction with the
Tremont Street Shul/Temple Beth Shalom, Cambridge, MA:
Egalitarian Kabbalat Shabbat (Friday Night) Services at Arisia.
All in Hebrew (prayerbooks with transliterations provided) Lots
of Singing! All are welcome! Kids welcome too. A quick kiddush
and shared challah will be provided immediately after the service.
*The CHavurah Acting to Bring Arisia Davening. Not affiliated
with Chabad Lubavitch.
11 For Pity’s Sake, Just Ask Your Question Burroughs (3E)
We’ve all been to that panel. We’ve probably all been that person.
What’s the difference between someone who is truly awkward
and doesn’t understand what they’re doing, and someone who
totally understands and wants to be the center of attention as
long as possible? At what point does the moderator need to step
in and politely guide the question to its end? But primarily, what
am I, as a fan, doing that drags a panel down, and what can I do
to recognize and alleviate that kind of thing? Michelle Wexelblat
(m), Woodrow Hill, Meredith Schwartz, Hildy Silverman, Eric
Zuckerman
12 Game with the Designers: slash (2hr 45min) Independence (3E)
g slash: romance without boundaries is a card-based party game
in which players compete to create the best romantic fan fiction
pairing using their favorite characters from pop culture, history,
and literature. Each round, a matchmaker judges the best pairing,
but players can sway the crowd if their choice didn’t win the
round! Glenn Given (m), Daniel Brian, Meg McGinley
13 Groundhog Day (Rifts) (4hr 30min) Harbor I (3E)
g Set in the post-apocalyptic world of Rifts, you and your companions
will travel to the ruins of a North American pre-Rifts city
to retrieve an important artifact. Sounds like a straight-forward
task, but things are never that simple on Rifts Earth. Play as a
Juicer, a Glitterboy, a practitioner of magic, or one of several
other classic Rifts characters. Branden Loizides
14 Hanbi (30min) Harbor I (3E)
g Hanabi is a cooperative game for 2–5 players of all ages. The
players are collaboratively building a Japanese fireworks display.
You’re a team of pyrotechnicians that have mixed up all of your
carefully arranged fireworks moments before the show is to begin.
You must work together with your teammates to unscramble the
fireworks so the show can go on. Taylor Heffernan
15 Arisia First Night Social Paine (2W)
So you’ve arrived at Arisia early. CONGRATULATIONS! Now
what? Don’t sit in your room waiting for the fun to start. Come
out and connect with old friends and make some new ones.
Attendees will have the option to participate in ice breakers and
compete in games for fun and exciting prizes.
16 Open Play Time (2hr) Webster (2W)
k Meet other kids and the Fast Track crew as we warm up for the
weekend.
17 Supergirl! Marina 1 (2E)
Although not (as of yet) connected to the rest of the TV DC Universe,
the new Supergirl show is both a hit, and a blast to watch.
We’ll talk about the first half-season of the show, what it means to
have a positive female hero on the small screen as a headliner, and
how the creators are reinterpreting a familiar mythos through an
amazing new lens. We’ll also discuss the verve Melissa Benoist
brings to the title role, and the dual roles played so well by Laura
Benanti. Gordon Linzner (m), Crystal Huff, Cassandra Lease,
Adam Lipkin, Sharon Sbarsky
18 Thrown with Great Force: Classics We Won’t Finish Marina 2 (2E)
This is a panel for all of you who didn’t finish LotR; everyone who
needed to self medicate through Infinite Jest, exiled Frankenstein
to the frozen wastes, or wanted to flush the Foundation. What
did you fail to finish, which ones do you feel guilty about not finishing,
and which ones do not make you feel any twinge of guilt
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