The Albuquerque Browncoats are proud to present: Can’t Stop The Serenity 14 (CSTS 14) 14th Annual Worldwide Charity Screening & Party marks the 11th Anniversary of CSTS in Albuquerque! Celebrate “Independent’s Day” Sat, July 6th, 2019 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 Short … Continue reading Can’t Stop the Serenity 14 (ABQ’s 11th Anniversary) →

Programming: Two Local Authors on “Climate Fiction” (Cli-Fi)…  Albuquerque science fiction authors Lauren C. Teffeau and Sarena Ulibarri will be discussing Climate Fiction and Solarpunk; plus reading from some of their works, and talking about DreamForge and upcoming projects. Teffeau is the author of Implanted, which was released last August, and contributed to The Change anthology and DreamForge.  Ulibarri is the editor of Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers, and is the Editor-in-Chief … Continue reading ABQ SF Society: Cli-Fi →

Trespassers at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, July 12-13 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Orson Oblowitz – 2019 – 88m.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation!  Door prizes from Dark Room Horror!  $8.00 general / $6.00 students Starring Angela Trimbur (THE FINAL GIRLS), Janel Parrish (PRETTY LITTLE LIARS), Fairuza Balk (THE CRAFT), Jonathan Howard (WORLD WAR Z), and Zach Avery! Two couples, each working through relationship issues, rent a … Continue reading “Trespassers” invade Guild Cinema →

Trespassers at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, July 12-13 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Orson Oblowitz – 2019 – 88m.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation!  Door prizes from Dark Room Horror!  $8.00 general / $6.00 students Starring Angela Trimbur (THE FINAL GIRLS), Janel Parrish (PRETTY LITTLE LIARS), Fairuza Balk (THE CRAFT), Jonathan Howard (WORLD WAR Z), and Zach Avery! Two couples, each working through relationship issues, rent a … Continue reading “Trespassers” invade Guild Cinema →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, July 15, 2019, 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 2019 book for discussion is The Calculating Stars: Lady Astronaut Book 1 by Mary Robinette Kowal (we’re using the 2018 trade paperback from Tor Books).  This book won the Nebula & Locus Awards, and is a Finalist … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

Creepshow at the Guild Cinema Saturday, July 20 – 10:30 pm only Directed by George A. Romero – 1982 – 120m.  All Seats $10.00 A DARK ROOM HORROR SPECIAL!  DOOR PRIZES COURTESY OF BUBONICON 51 A compendium of five short but terrifying tales contained within a single full-length feature, this George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead) film conjures scares from traditional bogeymen and portents of doom.  Creepshow … Continue reading “Creepshow” at Guild Cinema →

Shaun of the Dead – 15th Anniversary – at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, July 26-27 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Edgar Wright – 2004 – 100m.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation! $8.00 general / $6.00 students Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 51! There comes a day in every man’s life when he has to get off the couch…and kill some zombies. When flesh-eating zombies are on the hunt … Continue reading “Shaun of the Dead” @ Guild Cinema →

Shaun of the Dead – 15th Anniversary – at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, July 26-27 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Edgar Wright – 2004 – 100m.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation! $8.00 general / $6.00 students Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 51! There comes a day in every man’s life when he has to get off the couch…and kill some zombies. When flesh-eating zombies are on the hunt … Continue reading “Shaun of the Dead” @ Guild Cinema →

505 Steampunk Society Tea Party Social The 505 Steampunk: Society of Brass and Stream is having a Tea Party Social 1:00-3:00 pm Sunday, July 28, at Swiss Alps Bakery, 3000 San Pedro NE (northeast corner of San Pedro and Candelaria). For more information, contact —  https://www.meetup.com/505-Steampunk-Society-of-Brass-and-Steam/

Meeting Date / Location: Saturday, August 3, 2019, 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 2019 graphic novel for discussion is Bingo Love Volume 1 by Tee Franklin (author) and Jenn St. Onge/Joy San (artists).  [Image Comics 2018]. 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!  Time for the Bubonicon 51 preview of the schedule and the t-shirts (with art from Greg Spalenka).   Plus A Visit from an ABQ Author!  The preview of Bubonicon 51 won’t take up our whole club time, so local author Reese Hogan (who has written for Fiction Vortex) will tell us about her new novel from Angry Robot, Shrouded Loyalties – a military sci-fi adventure. Shrouded Loyalties is described … Continue reading ABQ SF Society – Con Preview & Hogan →

Blade Runner – “The Future Is Now” film series – at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, August 9-10 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Ridley Scott – 1982 – 117m.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation! $8.00 general / $6.00 students.  Screening sponsored by Bubonicon 51 – and we’ll bring door prizes, too! Tribute Screenings for Rutger Hauer, who died July 19, 2019! Blade Runner is a 1982 neo-noir science fiction film … Continue reading “Blade Runner” @ Guild Cinema →

Blade Runner – “The Future Is Now” film series – at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, August 9-10 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Ridley Scott – 1982 – 117m.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation! $8.00 general / $6.00 students.  Screening sponsored by Bubonicon 51 – and we’ll bring door prizes, too! Tribute Screenings for Rutger Hauer, who died July 19, 2019! Blade Runner is a 1982 neo-noir science fiction film … Continue reading “Blade Runner” @ Guild Cinema →

505 Steampunk Book Club Meeting The 505 Steampunk Society of Brass and Stream will have their next Book Club meeting 1:00-3:00 pm Sunday, August 11, at Holiday Dance Studio, 5200 Eubank Blvd NE (southeast corner of Eubank & Spain in the Promenade Plaza – behind Godfather’s Pizza). The book for the August 2019 meeting is Clementine by Cherie Priest. For more information, go to  —  https://www.meetup.com/505-Steampunk-Society-of-Brass-and-Steam/

RiffTrax Live presents The Giant Spider Invasion An Epic Big Bug Film Celebration for Late Summer! Screening 7:00 pm Thursday, August 15, at the Regal Winrock, Century Rio, & Regal Cottonwood. Encore Presentation 7:30 pm Tuesday, August 20 – again at the Regal Winrock, Century Rio, & Regal Cottonwood… The Giant Spider Invasion, one of the most popular MST3K movies ever, is coming to a Theater near you along with … Continue reading RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion →

New Mexico Comic Expo 2019 The first New Mexico Comic Expo, organized by the folks over at Age of Comics, runs Friday, August 16-Sunday, August 18, at the ABQ Convention Center downtown. Friday’s hours are 2:00-8:00 pm, Saturday is 11:00 am-7:00 pm, and Sunday is 10:00 am-5:00 pm ($30.00 Friday-only to $85.00 for all three days, VIP including kick-off party $165.00). Guests include actors Jason Momoa (Sun only), Elijah Wood … Continue reading New Mexico Comic Expo 2019 →

Time for Bubonicon 51’s Gofers (volunteer workers) to get organized! 7:30 PM Friday, August 16, 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, so park around back.  [Doors open at 7:15 pm since we have to set up the Activity Room.] If … Continue reading B’con 51 Volunteers (Gofers) Meeting →

New Mexico Comic Expo 2019 The first New Mexico Comic Expo, organized by the folks over at Age of Comics, runs Friday, August 16-Sunday, August 18, at the ABQ Convention Center downtown. Friday’s hours are 2:00-8:00 pm, Saturday is 11:00 am-7:00 pm, and Sunday is 10:00 am-5:00 pm ($30.00 Friday-only to $85.00 for all three days, VIP including kick-off party $165.00). Guests include actors Jason Momoa (Sun only), Elijah Wood (Sat & … Continue reading New Mexico Comic Expo 2019 →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, August 19, 2019, 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 →

RiffTrax Live presents The Giant Spider Invasion An Epic Big Bug Film Celebration for Late Summer! Screening 7:00 pm Thursday, August 15, at the Regal Winrock, Century Rio, & Regal Cottonwood. Encore Presentation 7:30 pm Tuesday, August 20 – again at the Regal Winrock, Century Rio, & Regal Cottonwood… The Giant Spider Invasion, one of the most popular MST3K movies ever, is coming to a Theater near you along with the mighty … Continue reading RiffTrax Live Encore: Giant Spider… →

Bubonicon 51 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! It all … Continue reading Bubonicon 51 begins →

Luz at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, August 23-24 – 10:30 pm only (When you’re done with Bubonicon for the day, consider “Luz”) Directed by Tilman Singer – 2019 – 70m – German/Spanish with English subtitles.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation!  Door prizes from Dark Room Horror!  $8.00 general / $6.00 students “Every frame of this debut feature will enrapture you and every sound will make you shudder with … Continue reading “Luz” at Guild Cinema →

Luz at the Guild Cinema Friday & Saturday, August 23-24 – 10:30 pm only (When you’re done with Bubonicon for the day, consider “Luz”) Directed by Tilman Singer – 2019 – 70m – German/Spanish with English subtitles.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation!  Door prizes from Dark Room Horror!  $8.00 general / $6.00 students “Every frame of this debut feature will enrapture you and every sound will make you shudder with … Continue reading “Luz” at Guild Cinema →

This is the end, my only 51st con, the end… Bubonicon 51 ends approximately 5:00 pm after Closing Ceremonies.  (Programming starts at 10:00 am.) Long Live, Bubonicon 51!  Let the planning for Bubonicon 52 begin… (By the way, Bubonicon started in 1969 – the same summer as the Apollo 11 Moon landing.) Th-th-that’s all, folks!  Thank you so much.

Carnival of Souls at the Guild Cinema Saturday, August 31 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Herk Harvey – 1962 – 84m.  All Seats $10.00 A DARK ROOM HORROR SPECIAL!  DOOR PRIZES COURTESY OF BUBONICON 51 Mary Henry (Candace Hilligoss) ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church … Continue reading “Carnival of Souls” @ Guild Cinema →