CONvergence 2024

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CONvergence 2024

Sherry Merriam

Iridescent Care Collaborative
Counselor & Psychotherapist
Minneapolis, Minnesota

https://iridescentcare.com/

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Sherry L.M. Merriam, MA, LPCC, is a licensed psychotherapist practicing in Minneapolis, MN, specializing in counseling Misfits and Sensitives: Geeks, Pagans, practitioners of BDSM/Kink, Non-monogamous/Polyfolk, and other underserved members of our greater tribe since 2009. Sherry is also the owner of Iridescent Care Collaborative. Sherry has been a practicing Witch and Unitarian Universalist since 1996.

12:00pm CDT

GPS Auction Online Bidding CONvergence Merchandise Hyatt 2 Minnehaha Registration Hyatt 2 St. Croix

3:00pm CDT

Volunteers & Information Table Hyatt 2 Greenway J

9:00am CDT

Gaming Front Desk Hyatt 4 Great Lakes

10:00am CDT

Accessibility & DEI Table Hyatt 2 Lobby Overlook Registration Hyatt 2 St. Croix Volunteers & Information Table Hyatt 2 Greenway J

12:00pm CDT

Book Swap Hyatt 6 Promenade Alcove CONvergence Merchandise Hyatt 2 Minnehaha

12:30pm CDT

Renaissance Dance Lessons Hyatt 6 Gymnasium Terran Revenge Fleet: Helldivers Edition (13+) Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A2a It's Not My Job to Teach You Hyatt 2 Greenway BCDE Keep On Keeping On Hyatt 2 Northstar B

2:00pm CDT

Radio Play Auditions Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters C Sword of Air Hyatt 4 Cedar Lake Accessibility & DEI Table Hyatt 2 Lobby Overlook Art Show Hyatt 2 Northstar A Artist Alley Hyatt 1 Exhibit Hall B Dealers Room Hyatt 1 Exhibit Hall Fan Tables Hyatt 1 Exhibit Hall Promenade ConFABulous and CONsole Room Hyatt 4 Lake Minnetonka Dungeons & Dragons (movie) Fan Panel Hyatt 2 Greenway BCDE Queer--What Does It Mean? Hyatt 2 Northstar B

2:30pm CDT

Shadowed Temple Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A2h

3:00pm CDT

ConSuite Hyatt 2 North Woods

3:30pm CDT

Scout Investigations (13+) Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A2f Parallel Worlds Hyatt 2 Northstar B Welcome to CONvergence Hyatt 2 Greenway I What Makes a Good Antihero? Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters B

4:00pm CDT

Sensory Break Room Hyatt 4 4101

4:30pm CDT

Hyde & Seek (13+) Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A2h

5:00pm CDT

Hobby Swap aka "Buy Nothing CONvergence" Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters C GPS Charity Auction Hyatt 2 Greenway A Exploring Yourself Through RPGs Hyatt 1 Lakeshore A It's OK to Be Bad Hyatt 2 Greenway FGH DeejayNeko's Convergence Kick Off Dance Party Hyatt 2 Regency Room

6:00pm CDT

Photo Meetup: Fantasy / D&D Greenway Stairs Big Fun Radio Funtime Hyatt 1 Nicollet Ballroom

7:00pm CDT

John Wick Fan Panel Hyatt 2 Greenway BCDE Opening Ceremony Hyatt 1 Nicollet Ballroom Rian Vellichor Hyatt 2 Regency Room

8:00pm CDT

BYOB: Bring Your Own Buds! Silent Dance Party 2024 Hyatt 6 Gymnasium

8:30pm CDT

Crafting Circle Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters C Care and Keeping of the Con Goer Hyatt 4 Lake Minnetonka Glorifying a Galaxy Far Far Away Hyatt 2 Greenway BCDE

9:00pm CDT

Last Year in Nerd-dom Trivia Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A1 Space Lounge Hyatt 4 Great Lakes C

10:00pm CDT

CONvergence Does JackBox Hyatt 2 Greenway FGH Late Night Music Circle Hyatt 4 Lake Minnetonka

11:30pm CDT

Open to It Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters B Stranger Things Fan Panel Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters D

8:00am CDT

Book Swap Hyatt 6 Promenade Alcove ConSuite Hyatt 2 North Woods

9:00am CDT

Gaming Front Desk Hyatt 4 Great Lakes

9:30am CDT

Crafting Circle Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters C Scout Investigations (13+) Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A2f Blood Drive DoubleTree Outdoors Allergy Restricted Diets Hyatt 2 Northstar B Everyone's a Leader: Embracing Advocacy in Fandom Hyatt 2 Greenway BCDE How to Volunteer Hyatt 2 Greenway I Octavia Butler Fan Panel Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters B

10:00am CDT

Art Show Hyatt 2 Northstar A Artist Alley Hyatt 1 Exhibit Hall B Dealers Room Hyatt 1 Exhibit Hall Fan Tables Hyatt 1 Exhibit Hall Promenade GPS Charity Auction Hyatt 2 Greenway A Volunteers & Information Table Hyatt 2 Greenway J

11:00am CDT

Be an EXTRA in an Independent Film! Hyatt 4 Lake Minnetonka Space Lounge: Dance Dance Evolutions: Just-One-Hour-Rave Hyatt 4 Great Lakes C CONvergence Merchandise Hyatt 2 Minnehaha Building a World for a Character and a Character for a World Hyatt 1 Lakeshore A The Wachowskis and Their Impact Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters B Beth Kinderman & the Player Characters Hyatt 2 Regency Room

12:00pm CDT

On the Maze's Edge (13+) Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A2h

12:30pm CDT

Terran Revenge Fleet: Helldivers Edition (13+) Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A2a Dating "Different" Hyatt 2 Greenway BCDE What Genre Did I Just Write? Hyatt 2 Greenway I What Makes a Good Game System? Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters B It's a CONspiracy: Everyone's Involved! Hyatt 2 Northstar B Star Trek: The Next Improvisation Hyatt 1 Nicollet Ballroom

2:00pm CDT

Shadowed Temple Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A2h Sword of Air Hyatt 4 Cedar Lake Busting Viking Myths Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters D Getting Started on a Budget Hyatt 1 Lakeshore A Representation and Why It Matters Hyatt 2 Northstar B I'll Be Home For Kahless: A Very Klingon Christmas Movie Hyatt 2 Greenway BCDE The Wordslinger Reading Hour Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A1

3:00pm CDT

Photo Meetup: DC Universe Greenway Stairs

3:30pm CDT

Star Surveys: A Trek/Wars Game Show Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A1 Writers Meetup Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters C Good Omens, Season 2 Fan Panel Hyatt 2 Greenway FGH Professionalism and Neurodiversity Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters B Wig Styling 101 Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters D

4:00pm CDT

Photo Meetup: Star Trek Greenway Stairs Sensory Break Room Hyatt 4 4101

5:00pm CDT

Radio Play Auditions Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters C Story Slam Sign-Up Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A1, Table 1 T-Shirt Modification Hyatt 4 Great Lakes B CONvergence Events Open Meeting Hyatt 4 Lake Minnetonka Preparing for Your Death Hyatt 1 Lakeshore A Wig Styling 201 Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters D Cirque de Bienvenue Hyatt 1 Nicollet Ballroom Reverend Matt's Monster Science Hyatt 5 Lake Superior Full Color Futures: T. Aaron Cisco Reads Excerpts Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A1 Meet and Greet - Naomi Kritzer Hyatt 1 Exhibit Hall Signing Table B

6:00pm CDT

Photo Meetup: Good Omens / Sandman Greenway Stairs

7:00pm CDT

Negocios Infernales, an Infernal Salon Hyatt 2 Northstar B Judging a Book by Its Cover Hyatt 2 Greenway BCDE Klingon Drag Queen Story Hour Hyatt 2 North Woods Promenade Reverend Matt's Monster Science: Monstrolympics Hyatt 1 Nicollet Ballroom The CONvergence Story Slam Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A1

8:00pm CDT

Sing-A-Long Karaoke Hyatt 6 Gymnasium

8:30pm CDT

Crafting Circle Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters C DS9: Past Tense - A Generation Later Hyatt 2 Greenway BCDE Healthy Coping Mechanisms for Mental Health and Neurodiversity Hyatt 2 Northstar B Monster Loving and Queerness Hyatt 1 Lakeshore A Storytelling Without Stories Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters B

9:00pm CDT

Space Lounge Hyatt 4 Great Lakes C He-Man Is the Devil: A Satanic Panic Tale Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A1

10:00pm CDT

Late Night Music Circle Hyatt 4 Lake Minnetonka Shanties, Work Songs, & Sea Songs: a Nerdy Singalong Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters D

11:30pm CDT

Dance Hyatt 1 Nicollet Ballroom Star Wars Has a Problem with Slavery Hyatt 1 Lakeshore A Nerdlesque: Into the Burly-Verse (18+) Hyatt 2 Regency Room Space Lounge: Dissociate Hyatt 4 Great Lakes C, Table 1

8:00am CDT

Book Swap Hyatt 6 Promenade Alcove ConSuite Hyatt 2 North Woods

9:00am CDT

Gaming Front Desk Hyatt 4 Great Lakes

9:30am CDT

Scout Investigations (13+) Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A2d

10:00am CDT

Art Show Hyatt 2 Northstar A Artist Alley Hyatt 1 Exhibit Hall B Dealers Room Hyatt 1 Exhibit Hall Fan Tables Hyatt 1 Exhibit Hall Promenade GPS Charity Auction Hyatt 2 Greenway A Volunteers & Information Table Hyatt 2 Greenway J

11:00am CDT

CONvergence Merchandise Hyatt 2 Minnehaha It's Not About You Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters D Sympathy for the Devil Hyatt 2 Greenway FGH Writing for Multiple Media Hyatt 2 Greenway BCDE Ravenscroft Musicke Guild Hyatt 2 Regency Room Naomi Kritzer Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A1

12:00pm CDT

Shadowed Temple Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A2g

12:30pm CDT

Radio Play Rehearsal Hyatt 2 Northstar B Terran Revenge Fleet: Helldivers Edition (13+) Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A2a How to Be an Ally Hyatt 2 Greenway BCDE Lisa Freitag Hyatt 2 Regency Room Elected Officials Unveil the Power of Geek Leadership Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters D Carlos Hernandez and C.S.E. Cooney Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A1

1:00pm CDT

Photo Meetup: Marvel Greenway Stairs

2:00pm CDT

Crafting Circle Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters C Photo Meetup: Star Wars Greenway Stairs Press Your Luck Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A1 Sword of Air Hyatt 4 Cedar Lake #SaveMyShow Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters D Biology for Writers Hyatt 2 Greenway I Guys, Let's Talk Hyatt 2 Greenway FGH Scott Keever Hyatt 2 Regency Room Radio Play Performance Hyatt 2 Northstar B

3:30pm CDT

Nate Bucklin Hyatt 2 Regency Room Dawn of the Fictional Vampire Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters D Meet and Greet - T. Aaron Cisco Hyatt 1 Exhibit Hall Signing Table B

4:00pm CDT

Sensory Break Room Hyatt 4 4101

5:00pm CDT

Photo Meetup: Baldur's Gate Greenway Stairs Poetry Slam Sign-Up Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A1, Table 1 Power of Storytelling Hyatt 2 Greenway BCDE Religious Trauma and Its Impact Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters D Vagrants: An Old-West Mystic Play Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A1

6:00pm CDT

Animal Crossing Museum Quest Hyatt 6 Gymnasium

7:00pm CDT

Mega Panel Hyatt 2 Greenway FGH The CONvergence Poetry Slam Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A1

8:30pm CDT

Crafting Circle Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters C Baldur's Gate 3 Fan Panel Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters B Gus The Bardic Troubadour Hyatt 2 Regency Room

9:00pm CDT

Dance Hyatt 1 Nicollet Ballroom Space Lounge Hyatt 4 Great Lakes C

10:00pm CDT

Late Night Music Circle Hyatt 4 Lake Minnetonka Smash or Pass Hyatt 2 Greenway BCDE Adult Themes in RPGs Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters B Monsters of Sex Hyatt 2 Greenway FGH Big Fat Quiz of Geekdom Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A1 The Dregs Hyatt 2 Regency Room

8:00am CDT

Book Swap Hyatt 6 Promenade Alcove ConSuite Hyatt 2 North Woods

9:00am CDT

CONvergence Merchandise Hyatt 2 Minnehaha Gaming Front Desk Hyatt 4 Great Lakes

10:00am CDT

Artist Alley Hyatt 1 Exhibit Hall B Dealers Room Hyatt 1 Exhibit Hall GPS Charity Auction Hyatt 2 Greenway A Volunteers & Information Table Hyatt 2 Greenway J

11:00am CDT

Ribbons at the End of the Universe Hyatt 6 Gymnasium Art Show Hyatt 2 Northstar A Gaylaxians Book Discussion Update Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters C Loki Season 2 Fan Panel Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters D The Creative Continuum, The Superteam of Arts Disciplines Hyatt 2 Greenway FGH

12:00pm CDT

Shadowed Temple Hyatt 4 Great Lakes A2h Sword of Air Hyatt 4 Cedar Lake Sensory Break Room Hyatt 4 4101

12:30pm CDT

Crafting Circle Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters C Spinning Art Yarn Hyatt 4 Great Lakes B But Where Do I Shelve It? Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters D Gender Fluid Representation in Genre Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters B How to Become a Panelist Hyatt 4 Lake Minnetonka I Know It's Terrible But I Love It Anyway Hyatt 2 Greenway FGH

2:00pm CDT

Ghost Hound Hyatt 4 Lake Harriet Found Family in SF/Fantasy Hyatt 4 Boundary Waters B What's Your Comfort Media? Hyatt 2 Greenway FGH

2:30pm CDT

Beyond the Barrier: The Journey of Diverse Voices in Media Hyatt 1 Nicollet Ballroom

3:30pm CDT

Dungeons & Dragons: 50th Anniversary Hyatt 2 Greenway BCDE Evolution of Storytelling Hyatt 1 Lakeshore A OK...I'm Done Hyatt 2 Greenway FGH

5:00pm CDT

Closing Ceremony Hyatt 1 Nicollet Ballroom