Doxacon Seattle weekly digest (August 25-31)

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Like many of you, we’re excited for Pax West is this weekend, with Rose City Comic Con & BrickCon the following weekend – ’tis the season for conventions in the Pacific Northwest! But we’re also eagerly preparing and looking forward to Doxacon Seattle 2025 “Extasis: Escaping Reality in Pursuit of Truth”. Visit our guidelines page …

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Doxacon Seattle weekly digest (August 11-17)

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This last week we sent out a newsletter about our annual board meeting – we’d love for you to join us and make your voice heard! Everyone who has ever attended a Doxacon Seattle event is welcome and eligible to vote – we will be considering whether and how to amend our bylaws, which define …

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Doxacon Seattle weekly digest (August 4-10)

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We were delighted last week to be part of Dungeons and Deacons with Advent Anglican. The next session will be on October 3rd – we’re looking forward to it! In the meantime, the 2024 Dragonflight GameCon is coming up at the Bellevue Hilton from August 16-18. And of course, work continues as we prepare for …

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Doxacon Seattle weekly digest (July 21-27)

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Another week of summer ahead of us – and this one at manageable temperatures! We hope you’re having a wonderful time with family, friends, or (as some of us prefer!) enjoying peace & quiet in solitude. Whatever the case, you might enjoy these few bits of geek trivia to carry you through. July 21 – …

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Doxacon Seattle 2025: Our Clergy Keynote!

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It is our great pleasure to announce that Reece Friesen will present our Clergy Keynote at Doxacon Seattle 2025! Reece Friesen is a pastor, speaker, writer, comic book artist, and all around creative type who lives with his wife Rachel and their five daughters in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. As the scribe and artist behind …

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Doxacon Seattle weekly digest (July 13-20)

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While we’re actively working on plans for Doxacon Seattle 2024, there are still plenty of conventions going on in our region! This weekend will be KuroNekoCon (July 19 to July 21), held at the Spokane Convention Center – they’ve got a neat comeback story post-pandemic and are quickly growing. Even if you can’t make it, …

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Doxacon Seattle weekly digest (July 6-13)

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With the National Weather Service predicting temperatures in the 90s, we hope you are keeping cool and drinking plenty of water this week! Hopefully their predictions prove true and we see things start to return to normal over the next couple of days. In the meantime, here’s some geek trivia to distract you! July 6 …

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Doxacon Seattle weekly digest (June 30 – July 5)

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Happy Independence Day! We hope that you all are enjoying plenty of rest, relaxation, and time with family today. As you may have read in last week’s announcement, we have a lay keynote speak for Doxacon Seattle 2025: S.K. Ehra. Learn more about her at her website https://skehra.com/ and on Instagram (skehra_author) – we’re excited …

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Doxacon Seattle 2025: Help Us Build a Con!

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We are now accepting proposals for programming at Doxacon Seattle 2025! Our theme for 2025 is “Extasis: Escaping Reality in Pursuit of Truth”—a theme which lends itself to many genres and expressions of fandom. This is our tenth anniversary as an event and we’re hoping to build a spectacular program. For that, we need YOUR …

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Doxacon Seattle 2025: Our Lay Keynote!

We’re delighted to announce that S.K. Ehra will present our Lay Keynote for Doxacon Seattle 2025! S.K. Ehra is an author of fantasy, horror, and all that lies between. When not reading or writing, she can be found wandering the woods and, while skittish, is friendly when approached. Her latest novels are the dark fairy …

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