Events of Interest
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FEBRUARY 2012

FEBRUARY 3 - FIRST FRIDAY - WesternSFA Quarterly Meeting. 7PM at Bookmans at 8034 North 19th Ave in Phoenix (NWC 19th Avenue and Northern). We will probably meet in the seating area in the music section. . For more info contact us at info@westernsfa.org

FEBRUARY 18 - THIRD SATURDAY - Moon Society Meeting third Saturday of the month, 3: PM at Denny's on the southeast corner of US60 and Rural. For more info contact Craig Porter at portercd@msn.com

FEBRUARY 18 -  THIRD SATURDAY - Open House - Craig and Stephanie's monthly Open House. Conversation, cordials, games, movies, and who knows what else.... 6PM til ?? We will provide something..... WARNING FOR THOSE WITH ALLERGIES - there are cats, turtles and a dog in the house For more info contact Stephanie laetitia@doverkeep.com

FEBRUARY 19 - THIRD SUNDAY  - CopperCon 32 Committee Meeting - 4pm at Denny's at 2360 W Northern Ave (Northern Ave just east of I-17 on the north side of the street) Phoenix, AZ 85021. For more info contact Bob at info@coppercon.org

FEBRUARY 21 - THIRD TUESDAY - CASFS Book Discussion 7PM at the Glendale Public Library, 5959 W. Brown Street, Glendale AZ This month's book: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde  - Synopsis: In Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection. But when someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature and plucks Jane Eyre from the pages of Bront''s novel, Thursday is faced with the challenge of her career. Fforde's ingenious fantasy-enhanced by a Web site that re-creates the world of the novel--unites intrigue with English literature in a delightfully witty mix. For more info contact Randall book@casfs.org

FEBRUARY 24 - LAST FRIDAY - CASFS Meeting - 8PM at Denny's at 2360 W Northern Ave (Northern Ave just east of I-17 on the north side of the street) Phoenix, AZ 85021. Some people show at 7pm for dinner and conversation before the meeting. - For more info contact info@casfs.org

FEBRUARY 25 - SATURDAY - WesternSFA Publication Staff Meeting 1pm at Stephanie's home. Contact info@westernsfa.org for information and directions.

MARCH 2012

MARCH 10 - 11, 2012 - TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS, University of Arizona Campus - Authors scheduled to appear include: T.A. Barron, Terry Brooks, Rebecca Cantrell/Bekka Black, Diana Gabaldon, Chris Marie Green, Kevin Hearne, Robin Hobb, Alice Hoffman, Angela Knight, Gini Koch, Sophie Littlefield, Jeff Mariotte, Dennis McKiernan, Naomi Novik, Weston Ochse, James A. Owen, Aprilynne Pike, Cherie Priest, Adam Rex, Mary Doria Russell, Janni Lee Simner, R.L. Stine, Sam Sykes, Judith Tarr, Vicki Lewis Thompson. For more info http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/

MARCH 17 - THIRD SATURDAY - Moon Society Meeting third Saturday of the month, 3: PM at Denny's on the southeast corner of US60 and Rural. For more info contact Craig Porter at portercd@msn.com

MARCH 17 -  THIRD SATURDAY - Open House - Craig and Stephanie's monthly Open House. Conversation, cordials, games, movies, and who knows what else.... 6PM til ?? We will provide something..... WARNING FOR THOSE WITH ALLERGIES - there are cats, turtles and a dog in the house For more info contact Stephanie laetitia@doverkeep.com

MARCH 18 - THIRD SUNDAY  - CopperCon 32 Committee Meeting - 4pm at Denny's at 2360 W Northern Ave (Northern Ave just east of I-17 on the north side of the street) Phoenix, AZ 85021. For more info contact Bob at info@coppercon.org

MARCH 20 -  THIRD TUESDAY - CASFS Book Discussion 7PM at the Glendale Public Library, 5959 W. Brown Street, Glendale AZ. This month's book: Going Postal by Terry Pratchett  - Synopsis: Suddenly, condemned arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig found himself with a noose around his neck and dropping through a trapdoor into ... a government job?
By all rights, Moist should be meeting his maker rather than being offered a position as Postmaster by Lord Vetinari, supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork. Getting the moribund Postal Service up and running again, however, may prove an impossible task, what with literally mountains of decades-old undelivered mail clogging every nook and cranny of the broken-down post office. Worse still, Moist could swear the mail is talking to him. Worst of all, it means taking on the gargantuan, greedy Grand Trunk clacks communication monopoly and its bloodthirsty piratical headman. But if the bold and undoable are what's called for, Moist's the man for the job -- to move the mail, continue breathing, get the girl, and specially deliver that invaluable commodity that every being, human or otherwise, requires: hope  For more info contact Randall book@casfs.org

MARCH 30 - LAST FRIDAY - CASFS Meeting <><>NOTE Date may change due to Estrella War, check web site for update<><> 8PM at Denny's at 2360 W Northern Ave (Northern Ave just east of I-17 on the north side of the street) Phoenix, AZ 85021. Some people show at 7pm for dinner and conversation before the meeting. - For more info contact info@casfs.org

FUTURE EVENTS

APRIL 6-8 - FRIDAY - SUNDAY - LepreCon 38 - Artist Guest of Honor; Franchesco! Author Guest of Honor, Joe Haldeman; Media GoH, Stephen Furst; Local Artist GoH, Mark Greenwalt; Gaming GoH, Todd VanHooser; Music Artists GoH, Jeff & Maya Bohnhoff. Website: www.leprecon.org/lep38 eMail: lep38@leprecon.org

MAY 11-14, 2012 -- Costume-Con 30 -- Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, Tempe Arizona. An incredible variety of costuming events and workshops are scheduled. For details go to http://costumecon30.com/