The next MinnStf meeting will be Satuday May 5th starting at 2pm at Scott and Irene Raun's 3928 11th Ave. S., Mpls. Dogs present, smoking outdoors or on the front porch if the weather is bad For further information call Scott or Irene at 612-###-#### Saturday May 5th starting at 1 pm there will be a meeting of the Worldbuilding Society at Arone's, 500 Central Ave. SE, Mpls. the topic will be "Artificial Intelligence". For further information contact Dan Goodman via email at dsgood@visi.cXm or call him at 612-###-#### Sunday May 6th from 1 to 4 pm there will be a MarsCon concom meeting at the Radisson South Hotel 7800 Normandale Blvd., Bloomington For further information contact Marscon via email at 2001info@marscon.oXg or look on the web at marscon.oXg Sunday 6th May starting at 1 pm there will be a Diversicon 9 concom meeting at Dreamhaven Books, 912 West Lake Street, Mpls. For further information email diversicon@sfminnesota.cXm Also on Sunday 6th May starting at approximately 2 pm (just after the Diversicon 9 meeting), there will be a Diversicon 10 concom meeting at Dreamhaven Books, 912 West Lake Street, Mpls. For further information email diversicon@sfminnesota.cXm Friday May 11th starting at 7:30 pm there will be a Minn-StF board Meeting at the home of Scott & Irene Raun, 3928 11th Ave S, Mpls. For further information contact any board member. Friday May 11th through Sunday May 13th is MarsCon at the Radisson South Hotel 7800 Normandale Blvd., Bloomington For further information contact Marscon via email at 2001info@marscon.oXg or look on the web at marscon.oXg Saturday May 12th starting at 1 pm there will be an organizational meeting for the 2002 World Fantasy Convention. DreamHaven Books, 912 W Lake St, Mpls. Refreshments will be served. For futher information call Greg Ketter at 612-###-#### Friday May 18th MISFITS Read the Book/See the movie club will be meeting. This months book and movie is The Color Purple by Alice Walker For further information contact Tim Wick via email at odison@aol.cXm. Friday 18th May and Saturday 19th May are MISFITS movie nights at the Plaza Theater, 1847 East Larpenteur, Maplewood. This months movie is Willow. Tickets are $4 and the shows start at 11:30 pm Friday and Saturday For further information contact the theater at 651-###-#### Saturday May 19th starting 2 pm there will be a Minn-StF meeting at a location not yet determined. For further information or to volunteer to host call Andrew Bertke at 612-###-#### Saturday 19th May from noon to 1 pm. Lyda Morehouse will be signing Archangel Protocol at Uncle Hugo's Bookstore, 2864 Chicago Ave S, Mpls. For further infomation call the store at 612-###-#### Tuesday May 15th is the final preregistration deadline for CONvergence For further information contact CONvergence via email at registration@convergence-con.oXg or look on the web at www.convergence-con.oXg Wednesday May 23rd from 6:30 to 8:00 pm The Speculations Reading series will present Lyda Morehouse at Dreamhaven Books 912 W Lake St, Mpls. For further information call the store at 612-###-#### 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 or you can leave a message after the beep and I will get the message to the appropriate person If you would like to have an event listed on the hotline you can send email to hotline@mnstf.oXg or leave a message after the beep.