Overview Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Participant Schedules

68 SUNDAY
521 Masquerade (4hr) Grand B (1W)
e The 27th annual Arisia Masquerade. Come watch the entrants
perform short vignettes to show off their costumes, and see if
your pick matches that of the judges.
522 Masquerade (4hr) ArisiaTV
t Watch the Masquerade from the comfort of your hotel room.
8:30pm
523 The Silent Hand: Hollywood & The Big Two Bulfinch (3W)
DC Comics is now DC Entertainment, and New York has become
Hollywood. Marvels films have taken off, and their lack of control
over the X-Men and the Fantastic Four have had ramifications in
their lineup and publication history. What effects has Hollywood
has on our venerable Big 2 universes? Ed Fuqua (m), Bob Chipman,
Alisa Kwitney Sheckley, Troy Minkowsky, Dan Toland
524 Worldbuilding for Games Douglas (3W)
There’s nothing like running a game in a world of your own creation.
The construction of your setting can make or break your
campaign. Our experts share their experiences, best practices,
and common pitfalls for creating a world that will give your players
an experience they’ll never forget. Jonathan Woodward (m),
Mr. Ferguson, Percival, Victor Raymond, Carolyn VanEseltine
525 Designing Things That Don’t Exist Faneuil (3W)
We are always trying to depict the alien, but how far do you have
to go to be truly out of this world? When you can’t draw from a
model, how do you create a believable fantasy creature or technological
object? Are there software tools that can help? What
artistic techniques help convince the viewer you were there?
What in the natural order can you change? Are there rules you
should never break? Catt Kingsgrave-Ernstein (m), Scott Lefton,
Max Martelli, Lee Moyer, Nightwing Whitehead
526 Teen Unconference Hale (3W)
Come join your fellow teens and talk about whatever you want!
Drop by the scheduling board on Friday evening between 3pm
and midnight, outside Commonwealth Ballroom C, to suggest
topics—then look for the schedule posted on the boards, scattered
around Arisia, and on social media starting Saturday morning!
#arisiateens
527 The Hunger Games Burroughs (3E)
With part two of Mockingjay, the big-screen adaptation of The
Hunger Games has finished its run. We’ll look back on the series
as a whole, evaluating it both as it relates to the books of Suzanne
Collins and as a standalone set of films. How has the range of
different directors and writers (as well as the casting choices,
which have leaned very heavily towards whitewashing the cast)
helped shape the franchise, and what affect has the series had on
the state of YA filmmaking? Mary Catelynn Cunningham (m),
Randee Dawn, Sarah Smith, Heather Urbanski
528 Open Singing [song circle] Paine (2W)
i Come listen and/or make music in this unthemed song circle.
All types of music are welcome. Time permitting, everyone who
wishes to lead a song will have at least one opportunity to do so.
David Weingart (m), Alan Whitbread
529 How We Learn Marina 1 (2E)
How does the human mind absorb, retain, and recall information?
What psychological and biological processes are involved?
Does one learning method work for all, or do some learning styles
suit certain types of people better? Susan Weiner (m), Paul Estin,
Carl Fink, Sharone Horowit-Hendler, Nalin Ratnayake
530 The Future of Disability in Literature Marina 2 (2E)
ST:TNG was famously critiqued for having a bald captain. “Won’t
the cure for baldness be discovered by then?” Roddenberry
replied, “By the 24th century, no one will care.” Most SF novels,
if they include disabled characters at all, focus on a cure narrative.
For the most part, the disabled seem not to exist. Let’s talk
about SF with universal access, visible disabled characters, and
societies that don’t force a cure and choose instead to accommodate
everyone, regardless of disability. Tegan Mannino (m), Nalin
Ratnayake, JoSelle Vanderhooft, Tanya Washburn
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