The Latest Word - as of 8/19/2019:
Special Events at BSFS Building:
Book Club Meeting at BSFS. Next held August 24, 2019 at 6:30pm. Featured Book: Frameshift by Robert Sawyer. Read and discuss at the meeting or show up and listen. Details contact bookdiscuss at bsfs dot org
Film Night at BSFS September 21, 2019 from 1:00pm-10:30 pm. All three of the Hobbit Movies with breks between. Building opens at 12:00 Noon for early arrivals. Free showing of course. More detailed start times and breaks will be posted later.
Alphabet Soup. Board Gaming. Next held on August 25, 2019 from 12:00 Noon til 5:00pm. Board gaming using the Hal Haag Memorial game collection. For more info contact artb at bsfs dot org.
Digital Gaming Event at BSFS next held September 15, 2019. Play and learn about console and computer games. 2:00 PM till 5:30 PM. For more information contact matthew at bsfs dot org
Tabletop Role-Playing Game Event at BSFS on August 25, 2019 at 1-5pm. We will be rotating through various tabletop Sci Fi RPGs. You are welcome if you love Tabletop RPG's. Premade characters available and we will run as many games as we have players to fill. For more details contact Matthew at bsfs dot org
Anime Social at BSFS. Next held on August 24, 2019 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. This is a day of anime watching, board gaming, manga reading, and just general hanging out. For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org
LARP at BSFS. Live Action Role Playing at BSFS. (On a every other Month schedule) Next on October 5, 2019 from 12:00 Noon to 9:00 PM. Theme-Modern Urban Fantasy as inspired by The Dresden Files. All experience levels are welcome. Characters will be provided. One-time fee of $5 for materials paid at the first session. For details email kmiden at yahoo dot com
See our long range events calendar here.
Borrow and bring back books from our 12,000 item free lending library at any event or meeting at the BSFS Building.
Special Events Sponsored By BSFS Outside BSFS Building:
Exhibit at Highlandtown Arts First Friday walk on evening of September 6, 2019. We will be again using the property of BSFS member Allison Brown instead of the BSFS Building for the exhibit to move us closer to the action. See https://www.highlandtownarts.com/ https://www.highlandtownarts.com/ for details about the Art Walk.
Balticon Planning and BSFS Business Meetings:
The Baltimore Science Fiction Society business and discussion meeting will be held at 8:30pm on September 14, 2019 inside the BSFS Building in the Highlandtown section of Baltimore. For directions see http://www.bsfs.org/bsfsdrct.htm
The Balticon 54 Planning Meeting will be held at 7:00pm on September 14, 2019 inside the BSFS Building. Drop on by and share your ideas about how to improve future Balticons. (or volunteer) For directions see http://www.bsfs.org/bsfsdrct.htm.
Writers Circle at BSFS:
BSFS sponsors a Writing Circle 6:30-8:30pm usually meets every second and fourth Thursday of the month inside the BSFS Building. Near term this means August 22, 2019. This is a SF and Fantasy focused writing group. If you write check it out. At least Seven stories work shopped at this writer's circle have been sold to professional markets in the last three years. For more info contact BSFSEvents at BSFS dot org
