Saturday February 17th at 2:00 pm there will be a MinnStf Meeting at the home of Linda Lounsbury, 3832 1st Ave. S., Mpls. There will be cats present, and there is no smoking. This meeting is also the first board of directors nomination meeting. For further information contact Linda at 612-###-#### Friday February 16th MISFITS Read the Book/See the movie club will be meeting. This months book and movie is Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle. For further information contact Tim Wick via email at odison@aol.cXm. Friday February 16th and Saturday February 17th are MISFITS movie nights at the Plaza Theater, 1847 East Larpenteur, Maplewood. The movie is Forbidden Planet. Tickets are $4 and the shows start at 11:30 pm. For further information contact the theater at 651-###-#### Saturday the 17th there will be a meeting of the Worldbuilding Society at Arone's, 500 Central Ave. SE, Mpls. the topic will be "Prediction Perils: How to keep your fictional futures from being unintentionally funny". For further information contact Dan Goodman via email at dsgood@visi.cXm or call him at 612-###-#### Sunday February 18th from 1 to 4 pm there will be a Marscon concom meeting and programming subcommitte breakout session at the Radisson South Hotel, 7800 Normandale Boulevard in Bloomington. For further information contact Marscon via email at 2001info@marscon.oXg, via postal mail at MarsCon, P.O. Box 600458, Saint Paul, MN 55106 or look on the web at marscon.oXg Saturday February 24th starting at 1 pm there will be a Minicon concom meeting at Dreamhaven Books, 912 West Lake Street, Mpls. This will also be the Minicon 36 Progress Report mailing party part one. For further information contact David Dyer-Bennet via email at dd-b@dd-b.nXt or call him at 612-###-#### Saturday February 25th starting at 1 pm will be the Minicon 36 Progress Report mailing party, part two at Dreamhaven Books, 912 West Lake Street, Mpls. For further information contact David Dyer-Bennet via email at dd-b@dd-b.nXt or call him at 612-###-#### Sunday February 25th from 2 to 5 pm there will be a meeting of the Ladies Sewing Circle and Terrorist Society at Alexa Kelley's, 6541 Golden Valley Road #203, Golden Valley. No pets, no kids, no smoking. All sorts of fiber arts are welcome; sewing, spinning, crochet etc. For further information contact Alexa at 763-###-#### Wednesday February 28th from 6:30 to 8 pm the Speculations Readings Series will present Eleanor Arnason at Dreamhaven Books, 912 West Lake Street, Mpls. For further information contact Eric Heideman via email at eheideman@qwest.nXt or call him at 612-###-#### Saturday March 3rd starting at 2 pm there will be a Minn Stf meeting at Toad Hall, 3444 Blaisdell Ave. S., Mpls. This will be the return of the dessert party. For further information call Geri Sullivan at 612-###-#### Saturday March 3rd starting at 7 pm will be MISFITS Karaoke night at the Radisson South Hotel, 7800 Normandale Boulevard, Bloomington. For further information email karaoke@misfit.oXg Further information about the Minnesota Science Fiction Society can be found on the web at www.mnstf.oXg or you can write to Minnesota Science Fiction Society PO Box 8583, Lake Street Station, Minneapolis, MN 55408