ConGregate 4/DeepSouthCon 55: Full Schedule

*Gaming Schedule is available on OGRe

(AP) = Audience Participation, (ET) = Experts Talk
Note: Barbara Hambly’s Reading & QandA will be on Sunday at 11am in Suite 215!

2:00pm EDT

Costuming Makes The Character (ET)

What do fantasy characters wear and how does that affect the story? Think of Conan the Barbarian or someone from Dune. Very different characters with a very different appearance. Julian May deliberately gave her characters elaborate costumes so she could see them in subsequent masquerades. Certainly the characters in George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones have a definitive fashion sense. How can writers describe clothing to overcome a reader’s bias about how people should look? How can clothes be used as sign posts to help readers conceptualize a strange world?

Moderators

Cheralyn Lambeth

Media Arts Guest

Cheralyn Lambeth is a professional costume, prop, and puppet builder whose work includes feature films (The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Patriot, Evan Almighty, Leatherheads, The Hunger Games), TV programs (Dinosaurs, Homeland, Outcast), and theater/interactive properties (Sesame Street... Read More →

Guests

Larry N. Martin

Literary Guest

Larry N. Martin is the co-author of the new Steampunk series Iron and Blood: The Jake Desmet Adventures and a series of short stories and novellas: The Storm & Fury Adventures set in the Jake Desmet universe. These short stories also appear in the anthologies Clockwork Universe... Read More →

Friday July 14, 2017 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Victorian A

Costuming, Experts Talk | Writing, Experts Talk

3:00pm EDT

Java & Pros: Timothy Zahn Reading and Q&A

Moderators

Timothy Zahn

Special Guest

Timothy Zahn was born in Chicago in 1951 and grew up in the western suburb of Lombard. He attended Michigan State University in East Lansing, earning a B.S. degree in physics in 1973, and moved on to the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana for graduate work. He earned a M.S... Read More →

Friday July 14, 2017 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Victorian A

Reading, Experts Talk

4:00pm EDT

From Animation to Creation: Blender Workshop (AP)

For anyone interested in getting a start on 3D work, whether for illustration, animation, or game development, Blender presents a powerful tool with an enormous advantage: it’s free! But most people’s initial reaction is that it’s too complicated. Artist John Grigni will help you past that first impression and help you start creating models in 3D. This workshop is intended as an overview of the capabilities of the program, a tutorial on some of the basics, and a gateway to the large online Blender community, sharing tutorials and assets, both free and paid.

Feel free to bring a computer for some hands on practice.

Guests

John Grigni

Artist Guest

John Grigni has been an illustrator and designer for over 25 years. He began using computers for 3D work in the early 90s. He’s provided illustrations for a number of gaming companies, both traditionally and digitally. In 2012 he started Argos Animation, and has been using Blender... Read More →

Friday July 14, 2017 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Victorian A

Workshop, Audience Participation

Equipment Required Projector and Screen

5:00pm EDT

How to Design With Your Users in Mind - User Experience (UX) 101 (AP)

The art and science of getting inside your User’s heads. A one hour workshop introducing the foundations of modern User Experience (UX) Design, geared towards game designers, web designers, app designers, clothing designers, event planners and anyone who wants to create a product or event that people will love.

Moderators

Gopal Metro (Gild the Mourn)

Guitarist/Engineer, Gild the Mourn

Friday July 14, 2017 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Victorian A

Workshop, Audience Participation

6:00pm EDT

Marketing for Newbies (ET)

A common misconception among authors is that your book is your brand. Wrong! YOU are your brand! So…how do you draw attention to your brand and use it to gather sales? Come to this workshop and find out!

Moderators

Chris Kennedy

Literary Guest

A bestselling Science Fiction/Fantasy author, speaker, and small-press publisher, Chris Kennedy is a former naval aviator and elementary school principal. Chris' stories include the Occupied Seattle military fiction duology, The Theogony and Codex Regius science fiction trilogies... Read More →

Friday July 14, 2017 6:00pm - 6:50pm EDT
Victorian A

Workshop, Experts Talk

Equipment Required Projector and Screen
Tags Writing

8:00pm EDT

“Dragons and Griffins and Bears, Oh My!" The Pictish Art of Scotland (ET)

Although there exists no word in Scottish Gaelic for “dragon,” these and many other
magnificent creatures and symbols adorn hundreds of monoliths throughout Scotland.
Author Kim Iverson Headlee, who has been chasing these stones for nigh on two
decades, presents an introduction to this ancient and mysterious art form.

Moderators

Kim Headlee

Literary Guest

Kim Headlee lives on a farm in southwestern Virginia with her family, cats, goats, Great Pyrenees goat guards, and assorted wildlife. People and creatures come and go, but the cave and the 250-year-old house ruins—the latter having been occupied as recently as the midtwentieth century—seem... Read More →

Friday July 14, 2017 8:00pm - 8:50pm EDT
Victorian A

Art, Experts Talk

9:00pm EDT

Steampunk Jamboree (AP)

Familiar tunes, funny fan-fueled lyrics, and a few British Chestnuts, presented for you to sing along with Flabbergast and the Missus in Victorian Music Hall-style. Rated E for Everyone!

Moderators

Mark MacDicken

Performing Artist, Flabbergast the Wizard

Friday July 14, 2017 9:00pm - 9:50pm EDT
Victorian A

Performance

10:00pm EDT

Romance in Genre Fiction (ET)

From Laurell K Hamiliton's Anita Blake's active romantic life to the relationships that bedevil Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden, how do you add romance to genre writing? Do you follow the typical "romance" plot lines? Or do you follow the more typical genre plot? How do you know when you are writing a "romance" novel that takes place in a science fiction/fantasy setting vs a "science fiction" novel with romantic elements?

Moderators

Alexandra Christian

Literary Guest

Alexandra Christian is an author of paranormal romance with a speculative slant. Her love of Stephen King and sweet tea has flavored her fiction with a Southern Gothic sensibility that reeks of Spanish moss and deep fried eccentricity. As one-half of the writing team at Little Red... Read More →

Guests

Melissa McArthur

Literary Guest, Falstaff Books

Melissa McArthur is the founder and president of Clicking Keys Writer Services, a full-service editing, cover design, and layout company based in the upstate of South Carolina. She also serves as an Acquiring Editor for Falstaff Books, and is an accomplished editor and proofreader.Her... Read More →

Linda Robertson

Literary Guest

Linda Robertson is an internationally published author. She won first place in the OSU/Mansfield Florence B. Allen writing competition (2006). Since then, she's earned a cum laude Associate of the Art’s Degree in English and published several novels and short stories. In addition... Read More →

Friday July 14, 2017 10:00pm - 10:50pm EDT
Victorian A

Writing, Experts Talk

10:00am EDT

Nanoscience Inspired by Nature (ET)

Dr. Daniel Herr shares his TEDtalk and answers questions about the future of Nanoscience.
TEDtalks are influential videos from expert speakers on education, business, science, tech and creativity.

Moderators

Dr. Daniel Herr

Science Guest

Dr. Herr is a pioneer in collaborative nanotechnology research, development, manufacturing and innovative supply chain management. He serves as UNC-Greensboro’s professor and Nanoscience Department Chair at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) in Greensboro, North Carolina. He leads a highly collaborative and transdisciplinary team that explores foundational nanoscience platforms and addresses emerging, high impact More-than-Moore (MtM) application opportunities. Current research platforms include nanobioelectronics... Read More →

Saturday July 15, 2017 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
Victorian A

Science, Experts Talk

Equipment Required Projector and Screen

11:00am EDT

Cover Art (ET)

Cover Art can make or break your book. From how it looks online to what part of the story it captures, join our guests as they talk about the nature of cover art.

Moderators

Chris Kennedy

Literary Guest

Guests

Stuart Jaffe

Literary Guest

Stuart Jaffe is the madman behind The Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries, the Nathan K thrillers, The Malja Chronicles, The Bluesman, Founders, Real Magic, and so much more. He trained in martial arts for over a decade until a knee injury ended that practice. Now, he plays lead guitar... Read More →

Larry N. Martin

Literary Guest

Alan Pollack

Artist Guest of Honor

Alan Pollack was born in New Jersey in 1964. Influenced at an early age by artists such as Frank Frazetta and Boris Vallejo, Alan knew that fantasy illustration would be his career of choice. After graduating from high school, he studied at several colleges. At the School of Visual... Read More →

Toni Weisskopf

Special Guest

Toni Weisskopf succeeded Jim Baen as publisher of Baen Books, a leading publisher of sf and fantasy, in 2006. She has worked with such authors as David Weber, Mercedes Lackey, David Drake, Lois McMaster Bujold, Eric Flint, Wen Spencer, Larry Correia, Charles E. Gannon, and many others... Read More →

Saturday July 15, 2017 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
Victorian A

Art, Experts Talk | Featured Guests, Experts Talk

12:00pm EDT

Sit Still, Look Pretty (ET)

Female characters from Rey and Jyn to Wonder Woman and Harlequin are known both for thier beauty but also for thier stregnth. How do these characters "own thier dreams" and move beyond being someone's girlfriend? The damsel in distress. The evil seductress. The tough girl who dies. Why are so many female characters such cookie-cutter archetypes? Why do so many fictional women lack the depth and variety of character of their male counterparts? How can fans and writers work together to create richer stories with more women who don't "Sit Still, Look Pretty."

Moderators

Alexandra Christian

Literary Guest

Guests

Glenda Finkelstein

Literary Guest

Glenda has a wide and varied career as a writer having published song lyrics, human-interest articles, poems, short stories, novels, and screenplays. Her interest in writing was not just a happenstance having a great-grandfather who was a wonderful poet, and aunts and uncles who nurtured... Read More →

Alex Matsuo

Literary Guest

Alex Matsuo is an actor, dramaturg, playwright by day, and a paranormal researcher and author by night. She is the founder of the Association of Paranormal Study, which specializes in private home investigations and consultations. She is the author of The Haunting of the Tenth Avenue... Read More →

Angel Metro (Gild the Mourn)

Maya Preisler

Artist Guest, Geek Life

Maya Preisler has been creating art and telling stories since they were old enough to hold a pen, writing and illustrating their first science fiction novel at age eight. Maya is the proud author of a genre-bending spec fic novel and a short story in Corvid-19. Their artwork graces... Read More →

Saturday July 15, 2017 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Victorian A

Fandom, Experts Talk | TV/Film, Experts Talk | Writing, Experts Talk

1:00pm EDT

Photography Workshop for Photographers (AP)

So you just bought a new camera, but the pictures still do not look quite as professional as you had hoped. Professional photographers James Rippe and Paul Cory will provide some hands on suggestions to help your pictures look more like art, rather than something snapped on your smartphone. Cosplayers will be posing for the workshop attendees, so make sure you bring your camera.

Participants should plan to show up within 10 minutes of the scheduled start time. When we finish with the introductory discussion, the workshop will be mobile to give participants a chance to work in real-con conditions. Actual workshop 2 hours.

Moderators

Paul Cory

Photographer

Paul Cory is a photographer based in Durham, North Carolina. You'll find fine art landscapes and nature, cosplay, portraits, and dancers, light movement artists and fire spinners in his portfolio.

James Rippe

Costuming Guest, 105th Squad

James is a local artist from Durham, NC and holds a BFA from William Paterson University in NJ. James has continued his passion for art with Ripptowne Photography and through cosplay. His first and most well known costume was “Formal Vader”; how Darth Vader would dress for the... Read More →

Guests

Cheralyn Lambeth

Media Arts Guest

Saturday July 15, 2017 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
Victorian A

Workshop

Tags Costuming, Fandom

1:30pm EDT

Make-up For Cosplay (ET)

Having makeup that matches the effort put into your cosplay is important. This panel goes into what it takes to perfect your cosplay by having great makeup to go with it. Panelists will cover beauty makeup, appliance application, special FX makeup, sculpting, molding, casting, and wig styling. They will help you answer your questions about makeup to match your costuming and cosplay. They will also offer tips and tools of the trade to use.

Moderators

Angela Pritchett

Virtual Guest Speaker, Film

Angela Pritchett is an actress, author, musician, costumer, podcaster, and makeup artist. She has been seen in films such as Plan 9, the Porkchop film trilogy, Pig Girl, and many others.Angela is an avid cosplayer and has been making her own costumes for the last seventeen years... Read More →

Guests

Jennifer McCollom

Media Arts Guest

Professional make-up artist, Jennifer McCollom has worked on feature films and television shows. Her film credits include The Hunger Games, Taking Liberty, The Conjuring, Leatherheads, Talladega Nights, The Box, the Oscar nominated June Bug, MAX, The Disappointment Room, Masterminds... Read More →

Daphne Reeder

Costuming Guest, Costuming

Daphne Reeder has been a creative force from a very young age. Beginning at the age of 5, she's been on television programs on WTVI, in plays & stage performances, and modeled, both in front of a camera and on the runway. She has always enjoyed the freedom of dressing up, and became... Read More →

Saturday July 15, 2017 1:30pm - 2:20pm EDT
Victorian A

Costuming, Experts Talk

2:30pm EDT

What's Going on in the Lab? (ET)

From Nanotechnology to Neuroscience, from NASA to Nuclear Engineering, how has science changed and what do we have to look forward to in the 21st Century?

Moderators

Paula S. Jordan

Science Guest, The Wordshop

Paula S Jordan, a former orbit analyst, writes moderately hard, character-driven science fiction, with three stories (so far) in Analog. Her first novel, a present-day alien contact story set in western North Carolina, is nearing completion. Working title: Of Seas and the Stars... Read More →

Guests

Jim Beall

Science Guest

Jim Beall (BS-Math, MBA, PE) has been a nuclear engineer for over 40 years, a war gamer for over 50, and an avid reader of science fiction for even longer. His experience in nuclear engineering and power systems began as a naval officer, shortly after surviving one of Admiral Rickover’s... Read More →

Randall Hayes

Science Guest

Randall Hayes, Ph.D., your friendly neighborhood neuroscientist, co-organizes the Greensboro Science Cafe, where we corner -- ah, informally interview -- a working scientist at Gibb's Hundred Brewing every month, as well as an ongoing science book club at Scuppernong Books... Read More →

Dr. Daniel Herr

Science Guest

Gopal Metro (Gild the Mourn)

Guitarist/Engineer, Gild the Mourn

Stephen J. Simmons

Science Guest

Stephen J. Simmons was raised by a feral pack of English teachers in a tiny hamlet in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York, and went to high school in Albany. He spent twenty-one years in the Navy, both as a nuclear operator on five fast-attack submarines and as an instructor... Read More →

Saturday July 15, 2017 2:30pm - 3:20pm EDT
Victorian A

Science, Experts Talk

Tags Science

3:30pm EDT

The Stages of a Writer's Experience (ET)

Each writer’s learning and career experiences are unique, but might there be similarities in the stages of their progress? Assuming a panel of four writers, each at a different stage of his/her career--say, beginner, moderately published, established, and master--what experiences of learning and success might each have encountered in their careers to date and how might they agree or differ?

Beginner William C Tracy, moderately published Paula Jordan, established Gail Z Martin, and master Timothy Zahn explore the likenesses and differences.

Moderators

Ian J. Malone

Literary Guest

Ian J. Malone is the owner of Sharkflight Publishing and author of THE MAKO SAGA, a space opera trilogy about five college buddies turned interstellar war heroes via beers and a video game. As a graduate of Florida State University, Malone has written in a variety of arenas ranging... Read More →

Guests

Paula S. Jordan

Science Guest, The Wordshop

Gail Z. Martin

Literary Guest

Gail Z. Martin is the author of Vendetta: A Deadly Curiosities Novel in her urban fantasy series set in Charleston, SC (Solaris Books); Shadow and Flame the fourth and final book in the Ascendant Kingdoms Saga (Orbit Books); The Shadowed Path (Solaris Books) and Iron and Blood a... Read More →

William C. Tracy

Science Guest

William C. Tracy is a North Carolina native with a masters and BS in mechanical engineering. He also has a BA in toy design. As such, he has both designed and operated heavy construction machinery (big toys) and is an expert in linkage design and optimization. He has been a Professional... Read More →

Timothy Zahn

Special Guest

Saturday July 15, 2017 3:30pm - 4:20pm EDT
Victorian A

Writing, Experts Talk

4:30pm EDT

Photography Workshop - Posing for Costumers/Cosplayers (AP)

Wondering how to look your best when being photographed? Professional photographers James Rippe and Paul Cory will provide some hands-on suggestions to help your poses look your best. Bring your costume and be ready to smile!

Moderators

Paul Cory

Photographer

Paul Cory is a photographer based in Durham, North Carolina. You'll find fine art landscapes and nature, cosplay, portraits, and dancers, light movement artists and fire spinners in his portfolio.

James Rippe

Costuming Guest, 105th Squad

Saturday July 15, 2017 4:30pm - 5:50pm EDT
Victorian A

Workshop

Equipment Required Projector and Screen

6:00pm EDT

Using Martial Arts in Writing Fight Scenes (ET)

Join our panelists as they speak about using Martial Arts in writing fight scenes. They will talk about the different forms of Martial Arts and how the descriptions of their actions vary in the writing.

(Note: There will be a follow up, hands-on panel, "How to Survive a Horror Story" at 7pm in Provincial.)

Moderators

William C. Tracy

Science Guest

Guests

Kim Headlee

Literary Guest

Dr. Tedd Roberts

Science Guest

Dr. Tedd Roberts (aka Speaker to Lab Animals) claims he was born to wonderful parents, grew up in Texas, attended university then went on to grad school. He is a Professor at a medical school where his research focuses on the drug and radiation effects on hippocampus and memory... Read More →

Saturday July 15, 2017 6:00pm - 6:50pm EDT
Victorian A

Writing, Experts Talk

7:00pm EDT

Green Room

Green Room (Pre-Judging and Waiting)

Guests

Cheralyn Lambeth

Media Arts Guest

Gild The Mourn

Musical Guests, Gild The Mourn

Fairytale Themed Gothic Rock. https://www.youtube.com/user/gildthemourn

Sarah Schambach

Costuming Guest

Sarah (Lunar Rose Costuming & Cosplay) is an award-winning costume maker and blogger from Atlanta, GA. She has been making costumes since diving in head first with a full Tudor court gown at the age of 16. With a particular interest in Tolkien, Star Trek, book-inspired costuming... Read More →

Saturday July 15, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
Victorian A

Room Closed

9:00pm EDT

Radium Girls of Science and Science Fiction (ET)

A nuclear engineer uses many jpg's and videos to trace the history of women in science (especially nuclear) and in science fiction (both characters and authors) from the beginning to the present day.

Moderators

Jim Beall

Science Guest

Saturday July 15, 2017 9:00pm - 9:50pm EDT
Victorian A

Science, Experts Talk

Equipment Required Projector and Screen

10:00pm EDT

The Difficulty of the Medium (ET)

Veteran costumers and cosplayers discuss what mediums (cloth, foam, paint and more!) to use in different projects. Tips, tricks, which are favorites, and which to avoid.

Moderators

Matthew Penick

Costuming Guest

Matthew Penick is a professional costumer and fitness enthusiast, as well as the owner of costume and prop company Ribbons and Rivets, which he founded in 2009. A self-taught leatherworker, he made his first suit of armor in college out of scraps and remnants from the local Tandy... Read More →

Guests

Todd Lacey

Costuming Guest

Todd started his professional acting career at the age of 6 with the well known ‘Edison Players’ in south Florida. With over 40 stage productions under his belt Todd has also worked in commercials and film with some familiar titles as The Abyss, The Three Amigos, The last of... Read More →

Cheralyn Lambeth

Media Arts Guest

Theresa Perlmutter

Costuming Guest

Theresa Perlmutter started out as an artist. Painting and drawing were her prime passions in high school, and when a friend introduced her to her very first comic book, X-Men 97, she knew it was what she wanted to do.In the late 80s and early 90s, she was introduced to costuming... Read More →

Saturday July 15, 2017 10:00pm - 10:50pm EDT
Victorian A

Costuming, Experts Talk

11:00pm EDT

Podcasting/New Media (ET)

So what is podcasting? How did it get its start? And where are the best places to find out more information? What are the best "geeky" podcasts where someone can begin listening?

Moderators

Rich

Fan Guest

To say that I enjoy podcasting and new media would be a gross understatement. My credits include mentions in high school and collegiate papers, newspapers, Podcasting for Dummies, and Advanced Podcasting Tricks. I have been called an innovator, having created the first fandom podcast... Read More →

Guests

Carol Cowles

Fan Guest, Geek Life

Carol Cowles - Carol has long been a fixture of Geek Culture in Charlotte. She has served for several years as the Programming Director for ConCarolinas and worked the Carolina and Arizona Renaissance Festivals for 15 years. She also podcasts – she is Carol the Cat on the weekly... Read More →

Alex Matsuo

Literary Guest

Angela Pritchett

Virtual Guest Speaker, Film

Saturday July 15, 2017 11:00pm - 11:50pm EDT
Victorian A

Fandom, Experts Talk

10:00am EDT

My First Costume (ET)

Everyone had to start somewhere. Join our panelists as they talk about thier first costume, the trials and tribulations thereof, and where it led them. What made them decide to create a costume? What genre did it come from? What challenges did they face in creating that first costume and how did they overcome them?

Moderators

Sarah Schambach

Costuming Guest

Guests

Tom Hutchens

Costuming Guest, Mandalorian Mercs

Tom Hutchens is the founder & CEO of the Mandalorian Mercs Costume Club, and a professional armorsmith. As well as running one of the world’s largest STAR WARS™ fan organizations, Tom is also an accomplished armorsmith and widely regarded as the master of “Mandalorian” style... Read More →

Todd Lacey

Costuming Guest

Jennifer McCollom

Media Arts Guest

Daphne Reeder

Costuming Guest, Costuming

Sunday July 16, 2017 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
Victorian A

Costuming, Experts Talk

11:00am EDT

TV: Episodic vs Story Arc (AP)

It used to be that TV shows were episodic. One Monster per Episode. Now it seems like every story has to be a season long. Do you like it? Do you hate it? Which shows work with the storylines and which don't? And is it too much?

Moderators

Gary Mitchel

Fan Guest

Gary Mitchel is a writer, reviewer, geek blogger, gamer, sf/fantasy fan, comics reader, podcaster and International Man of Mystery (who's too dangerous for the entire country of Canada) currently living near Atlanta. He is co-host, with Deanna Toxopeus, of the Parsec Award no... Read More →

Guests

Carol Cowles

Fan Guest, Geek Life

Barbara deBary-Kesner

Fan Guest

Barbara deBary-Kesner is a Human Systems Integration engineer by day, a masked caped crusader by night… in her dreams. Barbara specializes in GUI design, designing systems with the operator in mind to enhance usability and performance. Most evenings are spent curled on the... Read More →

Sunday July 16, 2017 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
Victorian A

TV/Film, Audience Participation

12:00pm EDT

Are Streaming Shows the Future of TV? (AP)

With some of the best SF and fantasy TV shows coming out on Netflix or Amazon, are regular broadcasts being left behind? Has the quality of genre shows suffered because of it? What is coming on soon on the various streaming channels? How do pay channels affect the fans (ie...Star Trek: Discovery)?

Moderators

Michael D. Pederson

Fan Guest

Michael D. Pederson is the publisher/editor/graphic designer responsible for Nth Degree. Mike began his career as a writer/publisher in 1988 when his SF short story, “Dust Storm,” won first place in a local writing contest. In the 1990s, he wrote and published the Raven comic... Read More →

Guests

Carol Cowles

Fan Guest, Geek Life

Barbara deBary-Kesner

Fan Guest

Gary Mitchel

Fan Guest

Rich

Fan Guest

Sunday July 16, 2017 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Victorian A

TV/Film, Audience Participation

1:00pm EDT

The Science in SF (AP)

Lightsabers, Phasers, faster than light travel...how much real science is in our science fiction? Our panelists talk about the fantastic science in science fiction - how much is currently possible? How much is currently in the works?

Moderators

Jim Beall

Science Guest

Guests

JT "The Enginerd"

Science Guest

JT “The Enginerd” is an all-purpose geek. She obtained her Masters of Science in Engineering Mechanics with a focus in biomechanics from Virginia Tech in 2013. Her research focused on animal locomotion and included the analysis of beetle respiration and helping construct a platform... Read More →

Larry N. Martin

Literary Guest

Gopal Metro (Gild the Mourn)

Guitarist/Engineer, Gild the Mourn

William C. Tracy

Science Guest

Sunday July 16, 2017 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Victorian A

Science, Experts Talk | Writing, Experts Talk

Tags Science

2:00pm EDT

Ghosts of NC and SC (ET)

Join our panelists as they tell you about the ghosts of NC and SC, from our own local haunt “Lydia, The Phantom Hitchhiker” to the famous “Gray Man” and the pirates of Charleston. What ghosts have had their start in the Carolinas?

Moderators

Cheralyn Lambeth

Media Arts Guest

Guests

Tally Johnson

Paranormal

Mr. Johnson is a graduate of Spartanburg Methodist College and Wofford College with degrees in history. He is the author of Ghosts of the South Carolina Upcountry, Ghosts of the South Carolina Midlands, Ghosts of the Pee Dee (all for The History Press) and he also has a story in An... Read More →

Alex Matsuo

Literary Guest

Sunday July 16, 2017 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Victorian A

Fandom, Experts Talk