Dragon Con welcomed Star Trek legend Walter Koenig to the Hilton Salon Friday at 5:30PM for an hour of conversation and reminiscence. Koenig’s friend and Trek Track director, Garett Wang, offered a master class on moderating a panel. The session began unlike any this reporter has ever experienced. Just after his introduction and arrival on stage, Koenig, 88 years old… Read more →
The Trek track took over the Courtland Grand ballroom Friday at 2:30PM to welcome Santiago Cabrera, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, and Michelle Hurd from Star Trek: Picard for a sweeping Q&A. Steve Denham, who moderated the session, facilitated the conversation. The session began with an interesting question about the way in which the actors managed and maneuvered in the “space” of… Read more →
The High Fantasy track kicked off its Friday programming with a 10AM panel in its Marriott track room (L401-403) examining the Conan franchise on film. Moderated by Mel Todd, Milton Davis, Brian D. Anderson, and Violette Meier discussed the film adaptations of Robert E. Howard’s famous barbarian hero. Conan exploded onto the big screen, and popular culture, with 1982’s Conan… Read more →
Along with the rest of Dragon Con 2024, the High Fantasy track launched Thursday, and one of the intriguing highlights of the day occurred in Hyatt International South at 7PM when moderator Jim Wert, Kirsten Z. Cairns (Greendragon), Laura Grabowski, and Willie Jenkins joined more than 200 members to watch the premier episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The… Read more →
Dragon Con welcomed (virtually) 2023 Artist Guest of Honor Julie Bell to the Hyatt Grand Hall C Sunday evening. Moderated by Amanda Makepeace (who got pulled away during the hour to receive an award in her own right) Bell reflected on her life as an artist, her passion for the human form, and the power of nature as inspiration and… Read more →
The “Franchise from a Galaxy Far, Far Away” track welcomed Alex Boland, Jim Griffin, Jean Marie Ward and moderator Ian Boley to the track room in Marriott A706 Sunday at 2:30PM for a session examining the relationship between the Star Wars universe and the modern military. The panel, composed primarily of national defense professionals, focused much of its energy on… Read more →
The Marriott Atrium Ballroom was the place to be Saturday at 5:30PM when Brian Richardson, along with two thousand of his closest Dragon Con friends, welcomed Elijah Wood and Sean Astin to Dragon Con 2023. With members still filing in Wood and Astin took the stage and proceeded to regale the crowd with magical tales of walking, acting, and parenthood…. Read more →
The Alternate and Historical Fiction track hosted a panel organized by a new group at Dragon Con, The Theater and Performing Arts Lovers Group, in the Courtland Grand Macon at 10AM on a quiet Sunday morning. Byrne Harrison, Heather Stringfellow, Max Caracappa, and Courtney Bliss joined moderator Gary Mitchel in a consideration of American history as told from the stage…. Read more →
