Nebula Awards(R) Weekend

2000 Nebula Awards® Weekend

Rough & Ready Schedule

Times of featured Broadway shows are listed for informational purposes only. Separate arrangements must be made to attend them!

Panels will also be scheduled at the Crowne Plaza hotel for Saturday afternoon

FRIDAY May 19

7:30 pm -- 8:30 pm
** Mega Book Signing.
Barnes & Noble superstore on Union Square (33 East 17th Street).
Signing authors should get to the store by about 7:15 and go up to the 4th floor.

8:00 pm
Rent, Nederlander Theatre, 208 West 41st Street (off Seventh Avenue).

10:00 pm
Blue Man Group: Tubes, Astor Place Theatre, 434 Lafayette Street.

Approx 10:00 pm (tentative)
SFF Net / SFWA Suite (Crowne Plaza Hotel, Room 3727)
** The Invisible Man: The Sci Fi Channel/USA Networks is organizing an advance screening of their brand-new series The Invisible Man.

SATURDAY May 20.

9:00 am -- 11:00 am
** SFWA Business Meeting
At the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The meeting room is 2 escalators up from the main level, next to the banquet hall.

11:30 am (start gathering right after the business meeting)
Tour of the theatre district, led by author Josepha Sherman.
A chance to stretch your legs between the business meeting and the banquet, enjoy the spring weather, and learn about the historic Broadway theatres, all in the vicinity of the hotel. If we're lucky, we'll get a peek inside the New Victory, the New Amsterdam, or the Belasco (which is haunted!). Group size is limited to about 20.

[1:00 pm or 2:00 pm ... SFWA Board of Directors Meeting]

1:45 pm -- 4:30 pm: Copenhagen (show starts 2 pm; no late seating)
Royale Theatre, 242 West 45th Street.

2:00 pm -- 4:00 pm
Tour of Central Park and environs, led by author and editor Gordon Linzner.
Further opportunity to stretch your legs and take the air before the evening's festivities. Gordon is a professional tour guide, and this should be a wonderful walk. (Central Park is only about ten blocks from the hotel.)

6:00 pm
** Awards Banquet and Cocktail Reception
At the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
6:00 -- 7:00 pm: Cocktail party
7:00 -- 11:00 pm: Dinner and presentation of the Nebula Awards®, Grand Master, Author Emeritus, and Service to SFWA Awards.

Immediately Post-Banquet:
Sarah Zettel will be doing cell-phone call-ins to the West Coast bookstores that are hosting Nebula signings that night. Also look for the SCIFI.COM folks, who will be running an online chat, and say hello to the virtual audience. Jim Freund will be recording the awards event for his long-running New York City-based science-fiction radio show, Hour of the Wolf, and he'll be very happy to chat with you.

** 11:00 pm -- 2:00 am: Post-awards party.

SUNDAY May 21

10:00 am -- 11:00 am
SFF Net / SFWA Suite (Crowne Plaza Hotel, Room 3727).
** The Possible Future: A special preliminary screening of The Possible Future by filmmaker Eric Solstein. No signup required. Eric Solstein has already spent two years in collecting rare films, stills, and artwork, as well as interviewing the leading writers in science fiction, in his effort to create the first authoritative documentary history of the twentieth century's most important literary genre. While The Possible Future is still over a year away from completion, Eric would like to share some of the exciting material he has gathered as well as give Nebula Weekend attendees an opportunity to provide feedback on this important project.

Afternoon TIME TK
Tour of the Financial District and historic downtown Manhattan, led by Nebula nominee Constance Ash. This walking tour will end at the South Street Seaport, where there are shops, museums, and restaurants. The itinerary is flexible, depending on interest, but can cover anything from Water Street to Canal Street, including the very oldest parts of the city.

Afternoon TIME TK
A group visit to the brand-new Rose Center for Earth and Space and Hayden Planetarium. Group size is limited. Contact Laura Anne Gilman, lauraanne.gilman@sff.net.

2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Rent, Nederlander Theatre, 208 West 41st Street (off Seventh Avenue).

3:00 pm: Copenhagen (show starts 3:00 pm; no late seating)
Royale Theatre, 242 West 45th Street.

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