NESFA events are highlighted like this. Non-NESFA events at the clubhouse are highlighted like this. Extraordinary and exceptional events, dates, and reminders are highlighted like this.
Game and Video days at the Clubhouse have resumed. For now, NESFA and Boskone Business Meetings will remain via Zoom.
Please report any errors, and any relevant events which are not listed but are in or near New England or otherwise of interest to NESFA members, to calendar@nesfa.org.
In addition to the activities listed here, some NESFA members gather at the clubhouse almost every Wednesday evening to work, socialize, and play games (often Dominion). The building is almost always open between 6 pm and 10 pm on Wednesday evenings, and often later. When the weather is inclement, please call 617-625-2311 to make sure that there are people at the clubhouse before showing up.
The dumpster will be emptied every two weeks on Mondays (except on Tuesday when Monday is a holiday).
Please leave a clear path to the dumpster, and plenty of clear space around it on pickup days.
Upcoming dumpster emptying dates are Jul 5, Jul 18, Aug 1.
The clubhouse will be cleaned by professional cleaners on the first Friday of every month until further notice.
Please schedule your activities so as not to interfere with their work.
In 2022, upcoming clubhouse cleaning dates are Jul 1, Aug 5, Sep 2, Oct 7, Nov 4 and Dec 2.
Hugo ballot deadline The Hugo ballot must be received by:
Friday, 12 August 2022, at 2:59am EDT (Thursday, 11 August 2022, at 11:59pm PDT (GMT-7))
Boskone 61 guest suggestions Offer suggestions for the guests of honor for Boskone 61 (2024) at a Saturday night zoom session.
The Somerville Sci-Fi/Fantasy Reading Group Book: War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
This meeting may be held online or may be a hybrid if we return to the Clubhouse.
NESFA Picnic at The Shelter (a covered area with 6 grills and 8 tables) at Larz Anderson Park in Brookline.
Note that neither dogs nor hibachis are allowed in this area.
All fans are welcome. NESFA will provide the basics: hamburgers, hot dogs, buns, condiments, and fire; bring something to share.
There is a link for directions to the park on the same webpage.
Game Day Join us for 12 hours of gaming at the NESFA Clubhouse! Bring your own games to play or play from our collection. Proof of COVID vaccination is required. We are currently wearing masks inside the Clubhouse and snacking off-property or outside under our canopy tent. Attendance will be limited. Send email to gaming-coordinator@nesfa.org to request a seat. At the clubhouse.
Chicon 8 the 80th World Science Fiction Convention, in Chicago, Illinois.
Game Day Join us for 6 hours of gaming at the NESFA Clubhouse! Bring your own games to play or play from our collection. Proof of COVID vaccination is required. We are currently wearing masks inside the Clubhouse and snacking off-property or outside under our canopy tent. Attendance will be limited. Send email to gaming-coordinator@nesfa.org to request a seat. (This is an unusually short gaming session because it is immediately followed by the viewing of the Chicon 8 Hugo Award ceremony.) At the clubhouse.
Hugo Award ceremony – 8PM in Chicago (9PM here) Streaming of the Hugo Awards, 8PM Chicago time. One of the longest Hugo ceremonies lasted 3.5 hours, so the 11PM end time is a loose guess. At the clubhouse.
NESFA Reading Group Book: Carter & Lovecraft by Jonathan L. Howard
This meeting may be held online or may be a hybrid, if we head back to the Clubhouse.
Boskone and NESFA Business Meetings The Boskone meeting will start at Noon. The NESFA business meeting will follow, no earlier than 2PM.
These meetings will be held online.
Deadline for nominations for NESFA Fellowshp
Albacon 2022 in Albany, NY
Game Day Join us for 12 hours of gaming at the NESFA Clubhouse! Bring your own games to play or play from our collection. Proof of COVID vaccination is required. We are currently wearing masks inside the Clubhouse and snacking off-property or outside under our canopy tent. Attendance will be limited. Send email to gaming-coordinator@nesfa.org to request a seat. At the clubhouse.
Capclave in Rockville, MD.
NESFA Reading Group Book: Growing Up Weightless by John M. Ford
This meeting may be held online or may be a hybrid, if we head back to the Clubhouse.
Boskone and NESFA Business Meetings The Boskone meeting will start at Noon. The NESFA business meeting will follow, no earlier than 2PM.
These meetings will be held online.
Astronomicon at RIT Inn and Conference Center, in Rochester, NY
end of daylight saving time 2 am EDT, end of daylight saving time; change clocks backward to 1 am EST.
Philcon 2022 in Philadelphia, PA
Chessiecon 2022 in Timonium, MD
Smofcon 38 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Arisia 2023
Boskone 60
beginning of daylight saving time 2 am EST, beginning of daylight saving time; set clocks forward to 3 am EDT.
Costume-Con 39 in San Jose, CA
MCFI Relaxacon in Dennisport, MA at the Corsair and Cross Rip Hotels
end of daylight saving time 2 am EDT, end of daylight saving time; change clocks backward to 1 am EST.
solar eclipse Totality will be visible in parts of New England (northern Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine), weather permitting
