HELIOsphere: Beyond the Corona! Starts Today!

Hi Everyone,

We hope this finds all of you healthy and safe.

When we had to cancel HELIOsphere 2020 because of the coronavirus, we were sad.

And, we were bored.

So, this weekend, we bring to you:

HELIOsphere: Beyond the Corona!
(a virtual event)

Join us while we all #StayHome! 

While we had to cancel our in-person event this year, it doesn’t mean we can’t still gather together online for some games, presentations, panels, readings, and lots of music.  It’s free, and open to everyone – please share this with your friends.

The schedule has been included below for your convenience, but please check our website and Facebook event page for the most up-to-date information.

Web: https://www.heliosphereny.org/beyond-the-corona-2/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/721926638715659/

(Also, please help us out by Liking and Sharing our FB event page.)

All-Weekend Gaming

Our resident game master, Galen, who runs our game room and vends out of there, too, will be online much of the weekend at Boardgame Arena and would love it if you joined him for some games!  His username is Galen_Mac_Byrne.  Enjoy! (and Good Luck!)

https://boardgamearena.com/

Also, Mark Sabalauskas, who is running a couple of one-off, no experience necessary RPGs this weekend, is also very kindly keeping a couple tables open on his Discord server for anyone who would like to use it for pick-up games. Enjoy!

https://discord.gg/7qEuYd

Friday, April 3, 2020

6:00 PM
Intro to Online Gaming (panel / discussion)
https://zoom.us/j/303931594

7:00 PM
Great Book, Terrible Movie (panel)
https://zoom.us/j/489143292

8:00 PM
Summer Loraine Russell (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/965493597

8:30 PM – 11:00 PM
Damn the Man, Save the Music (gaming – a one-off tabletop RPG, no experience necessary)
https://discord.gg/7qEuYd

9:00 PM
Types of Horror, with Readings (courtesy of the Horror Writers Association)
https://zoom.us/j/942625756

9:00 PM
Cecilia Eng Concert
https://zoom.us/j/233022016

10:00 PM
Open Filk (Marc Grossman moderating)
https://zoom.us/j/173885609

Saturday, April 4, 2020

11:00 AM
Binge Watching (panel)
https://zoom.us/j/340407407

11:00 AM
John McDaid (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/693133433

12:00 PM
Cathy McManamon (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/718226587

1:00 PM
Roberta Rogow (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/714993988

1:00 PM
So You Want to Build a Puppet… (with Kathleen O’Shea David)
https://zoom.us/j/950561916

2:00 PM
Cheshire Moon (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/224491827

3:00 PM
I Wrote a Thing! Now what… ?  (panel)
https://zoom.us/j/265441882

3:00 PM
Captain Zorikh (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/679809113

4:00 PM
Paul Levinson (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/364110960

4:30 PM
Peter David reads his short story Professor Ironheart: a pulp adventure of epic proportions
https://zoom.us/j/8156907

5:00 PM
Alternate History Adventures (panel)
https://zoom.us/j/688404314

5:00 PM
Glen Raphael (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/884330001

6:00 PM
Carla Ulbrich (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/679501162

7:00 PM
Margaret Davis and Kristoph Klover (a Celtic music concert)
https://zoom.us/j/676263408

7:00 PM
Return to the Stars! (gaming – a one-off tabletop RPG, no experience necessary)
https://discord.gg/7qEuYd

8:00 PM
Isaac Asimov Centennial (panel)
https://zoom.us/j/346828246

8:00 PM
Thee Filk-All-Ins
https://zoom.us/j/562839376

9:00 PM
Mark E. Horning (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/944976791

10:00 PM
Erotic Readings (18+ Only)  (with Cecilia Tan and Laura Antoniou)
https://zoom.us/j/713061211

10:00 PM
Open Filk (Marc Grossman moderating)
https://zoom.us/j/921736392

Sunday, April 5, 2020

11:00 AM
Serial vs. Episodic (panel)
https://zoom.us/j/289169038

11:00 AM
Jela Schmidt (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/167691339

12:00 PM
The Blibbering Humdingers (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/509513330

1:00 PM
The Annual DS9 Appreciation Hour – with Keith DeCandido and Laura Antoniou
https://zoom.us/j/975556571

1:00 PM
Cacophonie (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/780856095

2:00 PM
Rhiannon’s Lark (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/124315726

3:00 PM
Privacy in the Information Age (panel)
https://zoom.us/j/783702055

3:00 PM
Heather Stern (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/579642159

4:00 PM
Drake Oranwood (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/616712120

5:00 PM

Feedback on Beyond the Corona! / Announcements for 2021

https://zoom.us/j/194754149

5:00 PM
Cat Faber (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/839255662

6:00 PM
Faithful Sidekicks (concert)
https://zoom.us/j/672032562

7:00 PM
Come join our Virtual Dead Dog! (BYOB)
https://zoom.us/j/330088616

Looking forward to “seeing” you this weekend!  And please be sure to join us for our Feedback / 2021 Announcement session on Sunday at 5pm.

https://zoom.us/j/194754149

Please stay safe and healthy! We want to see all of you in person next year.

Signing Off,
Liz Crefin, Chair
Catelynn Cunningham, Vice-Chair
& the HELIOsphere 2020 Staff