Hello Skeptitownville! We’re taking our prom out of the building and into your browser this year when we host Skepticon 12: MASKERADE! (Get it? MASKerade??) Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 15th at 9pm CST (or RSVP to this Facebook event) so that you won’t miss out on the coolest, Read more…
Hello Skepticoners! Wow, it’s been a minute or a week or a month or 5 million years (????) since we last chatted. What can we say? Pandemic time makes no sense. We hope you are staying safe and healthy wherever you are. Times are wild and hard and we’re right Read more…
Hello friends! It’s been a minute. We here at Skepticon HQ hope that you are coping as well as you can during this wild and weird time that we are in. Today is #GivingTuesday and that means tons of nonprofits are asking for donations to help keep their worlds spinning. Read more…
HELLO SKEPTIFANS! It’s been a minute and wow, just so many things have happened *gesticulates vaguely at everything around them* We’ve done some thinking, and due to the recent Covid-19 wildness, we’re taking Skepticon 12 remote! What does this mean? We’re partying ONLINE! MATRIX STYLE! As we migrate our programming Read more…
Hello Skepticoners, After Skepticon, 11 we put out the call for feedback on how we can improve the event for next year. By far the most significant point of criticism we received was the scheduling of Skepticon coinciding with the anniversary of the death of Mike Brown. Unfortunately, when we Read more…
Dear Skepticoners, Thank you so much for attending and supporting us this year! It was so so so great to see all of your faces. A brand new attendee mentioned that it was like walking into a giant family reunion and we couldn’t agree more. We hope you’re traveling home Read more…
OMG, Skepticonites! SKEPTICON 11 IS FINALLY HERE!!!!! Here are some important things to know: Parking is $5 per day for attendees not staying in the hotel. Get a ticket when you enter the parking garage, then make sure to get a sticker for your ticket. That sticker is what gets Read more…
Hey there, Skepticondlers! You know who we adore? You! Our attendees! So we do our best to make you all comfortable and as happy as possible. Here are some ways we’re doing that: Quiet Room — There will be a quiet room available for when you need a moment away Read more…
Howdy, Skepticonites! Team Skepticon loves all our attendees, but it makes us super happy when you pre-register for the con. It helps us figure out how many things to buy, like badges and lanyards and merchandise, and makes other planning so much easier. But even now, 2 days before the Read more…
Skepticon Attendees! The big day is almost here, and there’s so much to tell you all! Yeah, I know I was supposed to tell you all this in my promised blog posts, but when you see how flipping fantastic the Prom centerpieces are, you’ll understand why blog posts have been Read more…