Registration Opens: 4:00 pm | Art Show Opens: 4:00 pm* | Exhibit Hall Opens: 4:00 pm* | Movie Room Opens: 8:00 pm

Opening Ceremonies: 7:00 pm

Art Show Closes: Midnight* | Exhibit Hall Closes: Midnight*

Registration Closes: Midnight

*Art Show and Exhibit Hall open to the public today only from 8 to midnight

 

 

GENTLEMEN, START YOUR CONVENTION!! Art Show, Movie Rooms and Exhibit Hall quietly opens to members only. Hope to see you there!
 

INNAUGURATION OF THE PLEASURE DOME Kick off Xanadu Las Vegas at our opening ceremony Friday evening! Get wound up and ready to party; meet the committee and discover what Xanadu Las Vegas has planned for you!!
 

OPENING THE FLOODGATES Xanadu Las Vegas opens to the public 4 hours/tonight only! This locally publicized event should be a boon to exhibiters, so be there and be ready to sell!
 

 

Registration Opens: 10:00 am | Art Show Opens:10:00 am | Exhibit Hall Opens: 10:00 am | Movie Room Opens: 10:00 am

Panels Begin: 10:00 am | Short Film Festival: 3:00 pm

Art Show Closes: 8:00 pm | Exhibit Hall Closes: 6:00 pm

Registration Closes: 8:00 pm

 

CRANK IT UP! Art Show, Movie Room, Panels and Exhibit Hall Opens to members only.

 

MAKING TIME FOR FAIRIES! "Fantasy Photography Demonstration" What really goes into a fantasy photograph? Xanadu Las Vegas is honored to have internationally renown artist and photographer Joseph Corsentino demonstrate his technique for creating some of the most stunning fantasy art you'll find anywhere! Come watch him work his magick as he sets up and shoots live models and Photoshops the images right in front of your eyes!
 

WOMEN IN MOVIES and TV "The Panel with Women in the Title". Join fan favorite Toni Blair exploring the distaff side of the motion picture and television industry.
 

AN HOUR WITH ROBERT J. SAWYER "New Scientist" calls Rob's work "scientifically plausible and ethically important." He is a frequent science commentator for Discovery Channel Canada and CBC Newsworld; has over 400 radio and TV appearances to his credit, including Rivera Live with Geraldo Rivera, Canada A.M., W-Five, and National Public Radio's Science Friday; and has been quoted in page-one stories in both USA Today and The Ottawa Citizen.
 

JOE VISKOCIL "Blow Me Up, Blow Me Down". Meet and greet the Oscar winning pyrotechnician on "Star Wars", "Terminator" and all your favorites! You'll be blown away by his video presentation.
 

HIGH TEA WITH THE BIG THREE "Meet the guests, panelists and artists". Take a break and meet our guests and "Hight Noon" tea in a casual atmosphere with your pinkie up.
 

PODCASTING 101 "On Becoming a Pod Person". Clonepod, the leaders in podcasting and internet publishing will take you step by step through the process of podcast creation; from it's history through practical applications. Next up is a demonstration of the latest equipment where they will pass out a flash fiction story and give members of the audience an opportunity to be recorded and vote on the best three readers who will not only win promo items, but one person will have the opportunity to read a full length story later on during the convention.
 

TOM SAFER'S CARTOON SPECTACULAR You'll laugh till blood shoots from your nose at the animated antics of your favorite cartoon characters. As one of the leading exponents of animated programming, Tom Safer has assembled a wonderful assortment of animated entertainment to keep you on the verge of wetting your pants for hours.
 

J. KENT HASTINGS "Closing the Loop". Radical recycling for Earth and other space settlements. J. Kent Hastings shares his thoughts about applying the technology of enclosed habitat experiments such as the biosub in Australia to everyday life on earth and in space.
 

AN HOUR WITH ROBERT J. SAWYER "Learning to Write". Is it possible to learn how to write? Aren't writers workshops just the blind leading the blind? What should you look for in a creative-writing course? Will you learn more about writing by reading the dozen or so good books out there on how to write SF, or read a dozen true classic novels such as "To Kill a Mocking bird " and "The Catcher in the Rye"?
 

BROM "The Art of Brom". Fan favorite gothic artist presents his awesome display of art, from mayhem to mystical!
 

DANI & EYTAN KOLLIN "Collaborative Writing in Science Fiction" (How to avoid strangling your writing partner so that his eyes remain firmly in their sockets). Be there as this well-known writing team answer the age old question: "How do you write with someone else?" Even Robert Sawyer and David Hartwell couldn't resist asking.
 

CINEMA XANADU Whenever You're Ready C.B. Welcome to the Xanadu Las Vegas Independent Film Festival! What do Scorcese, Lynch, DePalma, Cronenberg, Lucas and Spielberg have in common? They all started making Short films! Check out the new crop of aspiring filmmakers taking on the Hollywood Machine with this fine collection of Independent features and short films. You'll get a chance to vote for your favorite and be there at the Xanadu Award Ceremony as the best short films in the realm of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror take home the trophy!

 

 

Registration Opens: 10:00 am | Art Show Opens:10:00 am | Exhibit Hall Opens: 10:00 am | Movie Room Opens: 10:00 am

Panels Begin: 10:00 am | Art Show Closes: 2:00 pm | Art Auction Begins: 12:30 pm