The SOBSFic Con Schedule!
Earlier, we gave you a sneak peek at our tracks for SOBSFic Con, the epic Black Speculative Fiction convention coming June 17-18, 2016. Then, we presented the Youth Track.
Now, we give you a look at the Programming. And yes, it is a Blacktastic, fun-filled two days packed with all the Steamfunk, Sword and Soul, Afrofuturism, Afroretroism, Rococoa and Black Speculative Fition you can stand…and then some!
Check it out:
Friday, June 17, 2016 [Vending starts at 10am]
12pm
Media – SF&F Shorts
Screening Room
2pm
Media – SF&F Feature #1
Screening Room
2pm
Children – Afrikan Music and Movement
Panel Room 1
Teens – Video Games We Love
Panel Room 2
We Want the Funk: Afrofuturism in Music
Panel Room 3
Reading Octavia Butler and LA Banks
Panel Room 4
4pm
Children – Create Your Own Comic Book
Panel Room 1
Teens – Teens Talk to Authors
Panel Room 2
Media–SF&F Shorts
Screening Room
Black Southern Folklore in Horror Literature
Panel Room 3
The Pinnacles and Pitfalls of Self Publishing
Panel Room 4
6pm
Teens – Steamfunk Style
Panel Room 1
African-Centered Worldbuilding
Panel Room 2
Afrofuturism and Literature
Panel Room 3
Black Craft and Consciousness in Comic Books
Panel Room 4
8pm
The Mahogany Masquerade
Saturday, June 18, 2016 [Vending starts at 10am]
10am
Children and Teens – Hair Braiding
Panel Room 1
Horror on the Black Hand Side
Screening Room
Traditional Arms, Armor and Martial Arts of Africa
Panel Room 2
Author Interviews and Readings #1 (4 authors; 30 minutes each)
Panel Room 3
Marketing Black Speculative Media to the Masses
Panel Room 4
12pm
Dark and Stormy: Black Horror Film Screening
Screening Room
Children – Story Time
Panel Room 1
Teens – We Love Anime
Panel Room 4
Indigenous African Martial Arts Workshop
Panel Rooms 2 and 3
2pm
Ki-Khanga: The Sword and Soul Roleplaying Game Tournament
Screening Room
Children – Black Speculative Trivial Pursuit
Panel Room 1
Teens Talk to Authors
Panel Room 2
Author Interviews and Readings #2 (4 authors; 30 minutes each)
Panel Room 3
Steamfunk, Dieselfunk and Rococoa: The Remixing of Black Histories and Heroes
Panel Room 4
4pm
Children and Teens – Magic Show
Screening Room
The Big, Beautiful, Black Roundtable!
Panel Room 1
6pm
The Pauline Hopkins Award for Achievement in Black Speculative Fiction / Closing Ceremonies
Screening Room
8:30pm: Vending Room Closes
Check back often for more updates and check out the SOBSFic Con Website for more details.
