So, some of you have been asking me about what Spacevidcast is doing for Yuri’s Night.  Well, here is what I know so far:

I connected with someone who was already running a Yuri’s Night party in Minneapolis.  And their Yuri’s Night just happened to be on the last day of Minicon.  I had heard of Minicon, mostly because I live in Minneapolis.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with Minicon, please let me explain.  Minicon is fan run science fiction convention run by the Minnesota Science Fiction Society, or minnstf. It is held yearly on Easter weekend.  And one of the best things about it is that it is entirely volunteer run!  This year’s guests of honor are: author Karl Schroeder, artist Stephan Martinière, and scientist Seth Shostak.  

Now, at this point we are not sure of our exact set up at Minicon for the weekend, but are pretty sure we will have some sort of booth like area where we can broadcast from.  Trust me: I’m working on getting some face time with Seth.

Then, once Minicon is over, we have Yuri’s Night.  The really nice thing about having the two events linked like that is you can pay for the whole weekend and that will include Yuri’s, or you can just pay for Yuri’s and  you can get into the Con all of Sunday!  

Now here’s the important part:  If you want to buy tickets for Minicon, you really should do it before March 15th 2009.  The prices are as follows:  ages 13-20 $30 for the weekend, and 21+ $44 for the weekend.  Now while this does not include lodging, it does include food and non alcoholic drinks… and Yuri’s!  After March 15th 2009 13-20 will be $35 and 21+ will be $60.  (For those of you wondering the 6-12 crowd is $20 and younger are free no matter what) The other thing to consider are day rates which are: Friday only is $30, Saturday only is $40 and Sunday only is $20.  All information is here:  Minicon 44 Link.  

Please feel free to let me know if you are planning on coming to Minneapolis to go to either the con or Yuri’s Night!   I would love to hang out!  And even if you are not making a physical appearance, you can always join us right here on Spacevidcast.com!