Go for a morning stroll with some of your favorite authors, artists, and editors. Get out for an hour in the fresh air for a healthy—but leisurely—one-mile walk and some good conversation. Every morning (Fri 9/3 through Mon 9/6), 9-10AM, beginning from the sidewalk in front of the Hyatt (Peachtree St. entrance).

FRIDAY:
Practice Lap – Join us to get the “lay of the land.” Some of our Saturday, Sunday, and Monday Stars may join us.

SATURDAY:

• Kate Baker – Podcast Director for multiple …
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Last year, Dragon*Con partnered with the Georgia Aquarium to give all of our convention goers a little something extra. We are excited to be able to continue the tradition again this year with another special “after-hours” evening experience.

All five of the Georgia Aquarium main exhibits will be available, and video highlights of previous Dragon*Con events will be projected in the atrium during this unique experience. The food court and cash bars with signature Dragon*Con themed cocktails will …

A number of this years’ Hugo Award nominees will be at Dragon*Con. Join them for breakfast to listen to this years’ results come in live, direct from the Hugo Ceremony in Melbourne, Australia!

• Lou Anders – 4-time Hugo-nominated editor; 2010 nominee for Best Editor, Long Form
• Kate Baker – Podcast director for the twice nominated Clarkesworld; 2010 nominee for Best Semiprozine
• Eugie Foster – 2009 Nebula Award winner; 2010 nominee for Best Novelette
• Farah Mendlesohn 2005 Hugo Award winner; 2010 nominee for …
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Please give blood at Dragon*Con! Last year we had more than 2,400 people sign up to donate. This year we’re aiming to register 3,200 donors.

Donors must be 17 years old or older, or 16 with parental consent, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds, and be in good health. A photo ID is also required. Everyone who donates will receive a Dragon*Con souvenir T-shirt as a thank …

Attending Dragon*Con 2010? Have a Twitter account? Come meet fellow con-going
“tweeple” behind the avatars! Fri (9/3) 5PM, Lobby Conversation Nooks (Hil).

For more info visit the Facebook event page.

The official 2010 selections and the preliminary screening blocks are now up at the Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival website.

Looking for something crafty to do? Come by and make a card, or build your own bead necklace, or even just get a temporary tattoo. All for fun and all for free. Samples posted in the track room. See you there! Sat (9/4), 11:30 AM, 707 (M)

Single Ladies and Gents, come find love at Dragon*Con! Sponsored by SW@D*C, but open to all fandoms! Get there early! 18+ Fri (9/3) 10PM, L401-403 (M).

This year, the beneficiary of the annual Dragon*Con Charity Auction will be the Georgia Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America.

Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that can cause damage to any part of the body. In some ways, lupus represents an allergic reaction by the body in which the immune system sees the body’s own healthy tissues and cells as foreign and attacks them. It is an …

Dragon*Con is not selling memberships via Ticketmaster this year.

Memberships will be available through the Dragon*Con office until September 1, 2010. After that time, memberships will only be available on-site in the Georgia Hall of the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel.

All tickets purchased between August 25, 2010, and September 1, 2010, will be available at a special will-call desk in the Capital Ballroom of the Sheraton on Sept 2, 2010.