Cross-posted on Skepchick. Meet Skepchicks, Freethought Bloggers, and tons of special guests at SkepchickCon, the science and skepticism track of CONvergence, a sci-fi/fantasy conference held July 4-7 in the Minneapolis area. If you register by May 15, you pay only $60. That’s it. Sixty bucks gets you access to four freaking days of panels, cosplay, multiple nightly themed parties, interacti... »
Cross-posted from Skepchick. This week’s post is going to be a quick rundown rather than the usual list of featured events because new events plug-in + sitewide technical difficulties = I’m drunk. I know, I know. You look forward to that list every week. It’s an unending series of dramatic cliffhangers, an unfolding mystery. What will happen next? And WHERE?! It’ll be okay.... »
Cross-posted on Skepchick.org. The week ahead is a busy one for conferences, from Reasonfest 3 in Kansas, Lobby Day and Secular Summit in DC, the first ever South Dakota Conference of Reason, the Philadelphia Science Festival, and the International Festival of Science Documentary Films in the Czech Republic, featuring Rebecca! You’ll find some great talks going on as well, including one in C... »
X-posted at Skepchick.org. So, I am not doing the featured events this week, which will no doubt give this kid yet another reason to cry. But I have a good reason! I’m snowed in and watching a Buffy marathon. We are in the process of revamping our calendar to embed maps and images, categorize events, make everything searchable, place all events on a world map, and give groups their own pages... »
Originally posted at skepchick.org. The Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism (NECSS) starts tomorrow, with great speakers and mini-events, including a live SGU, a science/improve mashup with George Hrab, Steve Novella, and others. Meet Rebecca, Eugenie Scott, Jon Ronson, Julia Galef, and many more special guests. Or if you’re in the Midwest, join me and Teen Skepchick Kate Donovan at Ske... »
Cross-posted with Skepchick.org. This week, we’ve got Easter and April Fools’ Day back-to-back. [Insert plethora of obvious jokes here.] As usual, events are all over the map, from the spring opener of egg hunting season to celebrations of the Flying Spaghetti Monster for the Pastafarian pirates among us. But I admit that this posts subtitle is a false dichotomy. You have many more cho... »
Cross-posted at Skepchick. All over the globe, many of your favorite scientists, skeptics, and atheists are appearing live: in Texas, you can meet Surly Amy at the American Atheists Convention in Austin; Stephen Hawking in Houston; Hemant Mehta and Seth Andrews in Canyon and Houston; Australian atheist singer-songwriter Shelley Segal in Houston and San Antonio. Hemant will also be giving a talk in... »
Cross-posted on Skepchick.org. This weekend we’ve got several big events going on, including Atlanta Poly Weekend and the Skeptics of OZ conference (OZ as in Kansas, not Australia). One of the speakers is our very own Teen Skepchick and Queereka writer Lux Pickel. Plus, freethinkers all over are getting involved in positive ways through charity events and participation in community St. Patrick’s D... »
Cross-posted on Skepchick.org. South by Southwest is going to be particularly awesome this year, with Rebecca on a panel with Gawker’s Adrien Chen and Slate’s Farhad Majoo, It’s Reddit’s Web. We Just Live In It, and Nicole (aka the Noisy Astronomer) along with Pamela Gay, Fraser Cain, and Scott Lewis of CosmoQuest hosting talks, Google Hangouts, activities, demonstrations, and star parties. You ca... »
If you’re in the area, check out Chicago Skepticamp this weekend and meet Skepchick’s Jamie Bernstein and Kate Donovan (of Teen Skepchick and Freethought Blogs). Next Thursday, lucky Ohioans have the opportunity to hear Neil deGrasse Tyson speak at Wright State. The rest of the Neil fan club will have to content themselves with their Neil meme collections. But the Midwest is not the only happening... »
