Finley’s Smokehouse adjacent to the Lansing Ramada will not reopen as a restaurant, but will go to strictly catering. They say the business has been headed in that direction, but the COVID-19 pandemic was a major factor in this decision.
Virtual MW*C 40 kits are still available!
Hold your own virtual MediaWest*Con 40 at your house! (Please observe social distancing standards)
Kit includes:
MW*C 40 T’shirt (please specify size — M, XL, XXL, XXXL — we are sold out of L)
Pinback MW*C 40 badge (use a Sharpie to write your name)
MW*C 40 DIY Program Book
Color Postcard-Size Mini Poster
All this for $15 plus $7.75 Flat Rate shipping, while supplies last!
Via PayPal to mediawestcon@aol.com (please include size and mailing address)
Make checks payable to MediaWest*Con and mail to MW*C 40, 200 E Thomas St, Lansing MI 48906-4047 (please include size and mailing address)
Makeup your own schedule of events and put them in the DIY Program Book.
Suggested events: Binge your favorite SF shows and movies, perform dramatic readings of fanfic, art show on your refrigerator, dress up for Masquerade, decorate your bedroom door, act out favorite scenes with action figures – use your imagination!
Send us photos of your virtual MW*C 40 for posting on the MW*C website!
Have fun while sequestered at home! Stay safe!
Celebrate with a virtual MW*C 40 kit!
Kit includes:
MW*C 40 T’shirt (please specify size — M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL)
Pinback MW*C 40 badge (use a Sharpie to write your name)
MW*C 40 DIY Program Book
Color Postcard-Size Mini Poster
All this for $15 plus $7.75 Flat Rate shipping, while supplies last!
Via PayPal to mediawestcon@aol.com (please include size and mailing address)
Make checks payable to MediaWest*Con and mail to MW*C 40, 200 E Thomas St, Lansing MI 48906-4047 (please include size and mailing address)
Hold your own virtual MediaWest*Con 40 at your house! (Please observe social distancing standards)
Makeup your own schedule of events and put them in the DIY Program Book.
Suggested events: Binge your favorite SW shows and movies, perform dramatic readings of SW fanfic, art show on your refrigerator, dress up for Masquerade, decorate your bedroom door as Hoth, act out favorite scenes with SW action figures – use your imagination!
Send us photos of your virtual MW*C 40 for posting on the MW*C website!
Have fun while sequestered at home! Stay safe!
Happy Mayday!
If you don’t have a Maypole, celebrate with a virtual MW*C 40 kit!
Kit includes:
MW*C 40 T’shirt (please specify size — M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL)
Pinback MW*C 40 badge (use a Sharpie to write your name)
MW*C 40 DIY Program Book
Color Postcard-Size Mini Poster
All this for $15 plus $7.75 Flat Rate shipping, while supplies last!
Via PayPal to mediawestcon@aol.com (please include size and mailing address).
Make checks payable to MediaWest*Con and mail to MW*C 40, 200 E Thomas St, Lansing MI 48906-4047 (please include size and mailing address).
Hold your own virtual MediaWest*Con 40 at your house! (Please observe social distancing standards)
Make up your own schedule of events and put them in the DIY Program Book.
Suggested events: Binge your favorite SF shows and movies, perform dramatic readings of fanfic, art show on your refrigerator, dress up for Masquerade, decorate your bedroom door, act out favorite scenes with action figures – use your imagination!
Send us photos of your virtual MW*C 40 for posting on the MW*C website!
Have fun while sequestered at home! Stay safe!
For those of you who will miss not having MediaWest*Con 40 in Lansing this year, we offer a DIY MW*C 40 kit!
Kit includes:
MW*C 40 T’shirt (please specify size — M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL)
Pinback MW*C 40 badge (use a Sharpie to write your name)
MW*C 40 DIY Program Book
Color Postcard-Size Mini Poster
All this for $15 plus $7.75 Flat Rate shipping, while supplies last!
Via PayPal to mediawestcon@aol.com (please include size and mailing address)
Make checks payable to MediaWest*Con and mail to MW*C 40, 200 E Thomas St, Lansing MI 48906-4047 (please include size and mailing address)
Hold your own virtual MediaWest*Con 40 at your house! (Please observe social distancing standards)
Makeup your own schedule of events and put them in the DIY Program Book.
Suggested events: Binge your favorite SF shows and movies, perform dramatic readings of fanfic, Art Show on your refrigerator, dress up for Masquerade, decorate your bedroom door, act out favorite scenes with action figures – use your imagination!
Send us photos of your virtual MW*C 40 for posting on the MW*C website!
Have fun while sequestered at home! Stay safe!
We were sorry to hear Tom Barber, age 70, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, died April 4, 2020, of COVID-19 and heart failure at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital.
Tom was an avid reader and preferred science fiction and fantasy works. While at Eastern Michigan University he was a member of their science fiction club, Waldo and Magic, and one of the founders of the science fiction convention ConClave, Inc.. He was also actively involved with the University of Michigan’s science fiction club, the Stilyagi Air Corps, and their convention, ConFusion. Tom participated in various science fiction conventions all over the country, volunteering, running departments, and selling t-shirts. He was also a member of the organization the Dorsai Irregulars, who provide staffing services to many different conventions. The Dorsai became an extended family to Tom, and he treasured them. He served as their Quartermaster for many years.
We are also sorry to report long-time MW*C attendee and fan writer Anne Elizabeth Zeek died April 9, 2020 at Maimonides Hospital, Brooklyn, of complications from COVID-19.
Please stay at home if you can, and practice social distancing if you must go out until the pandemic is over. We can’t afford to lose any more fen.
Don’t forget the deadline for Fan Q nominations is April 15!
Links to online nomination forms for both Print and Published Online categories on the MW*C website (www.mediawestcon.org).
Hurry!
With many of us stuck at home, perhaps it’s a good time to catch up on or review fanfic from last year and make nominations for the 2020 Fan Quality Awards.
Nominations can be made online in both print and published online categories (see links at www.mediawestcon.org).
Fan Q nomination deadline is April 15.
We are very sad to report Barb Gompf died Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in the Bennington Glenn Nursing Center. Barb was a long-time MW*C attendee and Staff member. She will be missed.
For those who would like to make a memorial contribution in Barbara’s memory are asked to consider Friends of Cardington, P.O. Box 152, Cardington, OH 43315 or your local Humane Society.
To send a memory of Barbara or to send a condolence to the Gompf Family please visit gompffh.com.
MW*C 40 memberships that were paid via PayPal have now been refunded (one had to be sent by mail — apparently it’s cheaper to mail a check to Canada than what PayPal charges).
All refund checks have now been mailed. If you expect a refund and have not received it by Feb. 29, please let us know at mediawestcon@aol.com. Thanks.
