Hugo & Nebula Award-nominated NM author Rebecca Roanhorse Talks and Signs Her Debut Novel at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe. Taos author Rebecca Roanhorse will be in Santa Fe on June 26 to talk about and sign her debut novel, Trail of Lightning: The Sixth World Book 1.  She will be joined in conversation by Santa Fe author Emily Mah. Celebrating the release of Rebecca Roanhorse?s apocalyptic novel … Continue reading Rebecca Roanhorse in Santa Fe →

The 2nd Duke City Comic Con takes place June 29-July 1, 2018, at Hotel Albuquerque. Guests include Dirk Benedict (Battlestar Galactica, The A-Team), Garrick Hagon, Michael Copon, Tom Kane, wrestler Billy Gunn, artists Andy Kuhn and Franchesco, and more. Hours are 4-8 pm Friday, June 29 * 10 am-6 pm Saturday * 11 am-5 pm Sunday Kids 6-13 years $5.00 / Kids Under 5 years are Free At The Door … Continue reading Duke City Comic Con 2 →

Hairspray 3oth Anniversary Celebration at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, June 29-30 – 10:30 pm only Directed by John Waters – 1988 – 92m.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness special 3oth Anniversary presentation!  Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 50! The Turnblads’ (Divine, Jerry Stiller) plus-size daughter (Ricki Lake) rocks a segregated TV dance show in 1960s Baltimore.  Funny as heck and a good message to boot (!), this is … Continue reading 30th Anniversary “Hairspray” @ Guild →

The 2nd Duke City Comic Con takes place June 29-July 1, 2018, at Hotel Albuquerque. Guests include Dirk Benedict (Battlestar Galactica, The A-Team), Garrick Hagon, Michael Copon, Tom Kane, wrestler Billy Gunn, artists Andy Kuhn and Franchesco, and more. Hours are 4-8 pm Friday, June 29 * 10 am-6 pm Saturday * 11 am-5 pm Sunday Kids 6-13 years $5.00 / Kids Under 5 years are Free At The Door … Continue reading Duke City Comic Con 2 →

Hairspray 3oth Anniversary Celebration at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, June 29-30 – 10:30 pm only Directed by John Waters – 1988 – 92m.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness special 3oth Anniversary presentation!  Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 50! The Turnblads’ (Divine, Jerry Stiller) plus-size daughter (Ricki Lake) rocks a segregated TV dance show in 1960s Baltimore.  Funny as heck and a good message to boot (!), this is … Continue reading 30th Anniversary “Hairspray” @ Guild →

Meeting Date / Location: Saturday, July 7, 2018, at 7:00 pm Location is Jason’s Deli, 2105 Louisiana Blvd NE (northwest corner of Louisiana & America’s Parkway – across from Bubonicon’s hotel), Albuquerque, NM The July 2018 graphic novel for discussion is Curse Words Vol 1: The Devil’s Devil by Charles Soule, artwork by Ryan Browne [Image Comics 2017]. WE ARE OPEN to new people!  Come join us in a graphic … Continue reading ABQ Graphic Novel Book Club →

New Mexico authors Jeffe Kennedy & Minerva Spencer will be celebrating the release of their latest books, Prisoner of the Crown: Chronicles of Dasnaria Book 1 and Dangerous: Outcasts Book 1, respectively, with a chat and signing Sunday, July 8! In Kennedy’s first Dasnaria fantasy, “In icy Dasnaria, rival realm to the Twelve Kingdoms, a woman’s role is to give pleasure, produce heirs, and question nothing. But a plot to … Continue reading Jeffe Kennedy & Minerva Spencer signing →

Programming: Summertime…and the Living Is Easy!  Summer Film Time!  We’ll screen a warm-weather genre film from 1959 – with music, dancing, teen heroes, fast cars and a giant monster guest!  Plus a couple of cartoon shorts, of course. And the Summer issue of ASFacts will be on hand (deadline 7 pm Mon, July 9). Newcomers are welcome with a $1.00 contribution to help pay our rent… Remember, no outside food … Continue reading ABQ SF Society – Summer Film →

Revenge at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, July 13-14 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Coralie Fargeat – 2018 – 108m.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation!  Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 50! Debut director Coralie Fargeat announces her stunning arrival, painting a crimson canvas of hypnotic beauty and bloody retribution in this razor-sharp feminist subversion of the revenge-thriller. Jen (fearlessly embodied by Matilda Lutz, Rings) is enjoying a … Continue reading “Revenge” @ Guild Cinema →

The Albuquerque Browncoats are proud to present: Can’t Stop The Serenity 13 (CSTS 13) 13th Annual Worldwide Charity Screening & Party marks the 10th Anniversary of CSTS in Albuquerque! Celebrate “Independent’s Day” Sat, July 14th, 2018 at the KiMo Theatre – 6:00 pm – 11:30 pm Tickets are $10.00 each 5:00 pm Doors Open, Shiny Shopping and Raffles 6:00 pm Pre-Show 7:30 pm Serenity (The Big Damn) Movie Starts 9:30 pm … Continue reading Can’t Stop the Serenity 13 (ABQ’s 10th Anniversary) →

Revenge at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, July 13-14 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Coralie Fargeat – 2018 – 108m.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation!  Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 50! Debut director Coralie Fargeat announces her stunning arrival, painting a crimson canvas of hypnotic beauty and bloody retribution in this razor-sharp feminist subversion of the revenge-thriller. Jen (fearlessly embodied by Matilda Lutz, Rings) is enjoying a … Continue reading “Revenge” @ Guild Cinema →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, July 16, 2018, at 7:30 pm Location is Jason’s Deli, 2105 Louisiana Blvd NE (northwest corner of Louisiana & America’s Parkway – across from Bubonicon’s hotel), Albuquerque, NM The July 2018 book for discussion is Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal – Bubonicon 60 co-Guest of Honor (we’re using the 2017 trade paperback from Tor). While places at which we’ve met stay open later, we’d … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

Science Fiction author S.M. Stirling will be celebrating the release of the first book in his new alternate history series, Black Chamber: A Novel of an Alternate World War, with a chat and signing Saturday, July 21! In Stirling’s new book, “The first novel in a brand-new alternate history series where Teddy Roosevelt is president for a second time right before WWI breaks out, and on his side is the … Continue reading S.M. Stirling signing event →

Planet of the Apes 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, July 27-28 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – 1968 – 115m.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness & Bubonicon 50 special 5oth Anniversary presentation!  Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 50!  And original limited-edition poster by Soto.  All Seats Just $6.00 Screenplay by Rod Serling.  Starring Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter, Roddy McDowall, and many … Continue reading 50th Anniversary “Planet of Apes” @ Guild →

Planet of the Apes 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, July 27-28 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – 1968 – 115m.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness & Bubonicon 50 special 5oth Anniversary presentation!  Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 50!  And original limited-edition poster by Soto.  All Seats Just $6.00 Screenplay by Rod Serling.  Starring Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter, Roddy McDowall, and many … Continue reading 50th Anniversary “Planet of Apes” @ Guild →

Meeting Date / Location: Saturday, August 4, 2018, at 2:00 pm Location is Lomas-Tramway Public Library, 908 Eastridge Dr NE (just off the southwest corner of Lomas & Tramway), Albuquerque, NM The August 2018 graphic novel for discussion is Reborn Vol 1 by Mark Millar, art by Greg Capullo [Image 2017]. WE ARE OPEN to new people!  Come join us in a graphic novel discussion. Contact Information: Send the club … Continue reading ABQ Graphic Novel Book Club →

Programming: It’s a 2-in-1 Month!  (Possibly 3-in-1…)  Time for the Bubonicon 50 preview of the schedule and the t-shirts (with art from Eric Velhagen).  It’s also possible a Vote on the 2019 Con Chair(s) will be needed – If so, current club voting rules will apply.  Plus A Visit from an ABQ Author!  The preview of Bubonicon 50 won’t take up our whole club time, so local author Lauren C. … Continue reading ABQ SF Society – Con Matters & Teffeau →

Time for Bubonicon 50’s Gofers (volunteer workers) to get organized! 7:30 PM Friday, August 17, in the Activity Room of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa Ave NE (home of the Albuq SF Society) Enter Through the Northside Door (back of church). St. Andrew locks up their courtyard at 5:00 pm these days, so park around back. If you would like to donate 5-16 hours during the Bubonicon 50 weekend … Continue reading B’con 50 Volunteers (Gofers) Meeting →

How To Talk To Girls At Parties at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, August 17-18 – 10:30 pm only Directed by John Cameron Mitchell – 2018 – 103m.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation!  Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 50! From the raucous dual imaginations of fantasy laureate Neil Gaiman (American Gods, Coraline) and glam-rock multi-hyphenate John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus) comes the electrifying and … Continue reading Gaiman’s “How To Talk” @ Guild Cinema →

How To Talk To Girls At Parties at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, August 17-18 – 10:30 pm only Directed by John Cameron Mitchell – 2018 – 103m.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation!  Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 50! From the raucous dual imaginations of fantasy laureate Neil Gaiman (American Gods, Coraline) and glam-rock multi-hyphenate John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus) comes the electrifying and … Continue reading Gaiman’s “How To Talk” @ Guild Cinema →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, August 20, 2018, at 7:30 pm Location is Jason’s Deli, 2105 Louisiana Blvd NE (northwest corner of Louisiana & America’s Parkway – across from Bubonicon’s hotel), Albuquerque, NM There is No Specific Book for August. Instead, we will go round the circle and each person will recommend 2-4 books they have read in the last 12 months (outside of the book group’s selections). While places … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

Jean Cocteau Cinema Presents John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal on August 22! SANTA FE, N.M. — Authors and friends John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal join us for a discussion on the writing process followed by a Q & A and book signing! Scalzi, known for his science fiction writing and the bestselling Old Man’s War series, and Kowal, a puppeteer and Hugo award-winning novelist, both create fictional classics … Continue reading Scalzi & Kowal in Santa Fe! →

RiffTrax Live presents Krull A Sci-Fi Epic Celebration for Late Summer! Thursday, August 23 – 7:00 pm only at the Century Rio, Century Downtown & Regal Winrock. Encore presentation 12:55 pm Saturday, August 25 (during Bubonicon 50). For the first time in this or any other galaxy, the RiffTrax crew is delighted to take on the sci-fi fantasy classic Krull. Directed by Peter Yates, who also made Bullitt, The Dresser, … Continue reading RiffTrax Live: Krull →

Bubonicon 50 is here! Pre-Registered folks can pick up their badges & packets 1:00-2:30 pm (before everyone else)… Registration opens at 3:00 pm for the sale of passes… The Dealers Room opens at 3:00 pm… First programming is at 4:00 pm, and the Art Show opens then, too… Con Suite open at 5:00 pm… ABQ Browncoats charity screening of Doctor Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog in evening, plus the late-night charity auction! … Continue reading Bubonicon 50 begins! →

This is the end, my only 50th con, the end… Bubonicon 50 ends approximately 5:00 pm after Closing Ceremonies.  (Programming starts at 10:00 am.) Long Live, Bubonicon 50!  Let the planning for Bubonicon 51 begin… (By the way, our 50th anniversary technically is in 2019… 1969-2019.) Th-th-that’s all, folks!  Thank you so much.