The Traveling Circus and Snake-Handling Show* rides again!: seanan

The Traveling Circus and Snake-Handling Show* rides again!

It's time once again to descend upon San Francisco once again, bringing music, chaos, and the excitement of a book release party with us! This time, we're actually not going to be at my beloved Borderlands Books, although they will be selling books at the event: thanks to an opening in the Variety Preview Room Theatre, we're going to be trashing someone else's house for a change! The party begins this coming Saturday at 6:00 PM, at...

The Variety Preview Room Theatre
Hobart Bldg., 1st Floor (use the entrance next to Citibank on Market St.)
582 Market Street @ 2nd and Montgomery
San Francisco, CA 94104

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE.

Delicious cupcakes! Free popcorn, for that circus feeling! A cash bar, including a signature cocktail designed just for us, The Snakehandler! Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff rocking the house! And this time, I'm not the only author who's going to be taking her turn in the ring. That's right: I have guests. Sarah Kuhn, awesome author of the geek rom-com One Con Glory, will be joining the fray, as will Amber Benson, whose latest Calliope Reaper-Jones adventure, The Golden Age of Death, dropped just two weeks ago.

Three authors. A lot of music. Plenty of sugar. Accessible booze. NOW HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY?

I thought so.

Seating at the Preview Room is limited, so please show up early. We are a kid-friendly circus, although there will probably be swearing (I'm planning to show up, I swear a lot). The doors will open at 6:00 PM to allow for getting drinks and books, meeting people, and generally relaxing into the night; the Circus takes the stage at 7:00 PM. A full schedule for the evening will be posted Friday.

One note from the management:

"Don’t Drive—Seriously. Parking sucks in this area. Take BART or MUNI downtown, as we are directly adjacent to the Montgomery Street BART/MUNI station! Street parking ($3.50 per hour/coins or meter card, no charge cards) is metered 7 days a week til 6PM. If you have to drive, we suggest parking at the Folsom St. Garage at 3rd & Folsom (cheapest), across from Moscone Center."

See you Saturday!

(*No snakes will be present at the event, which is a shame, because I like snakes. They're our huggy friends.)

kay_gmd

March 6 2013, 17:10:05 UTC 4 years ago

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Looking forward to it. I can see we're likely going over book budget this month. :-)

Just started the book! I liked the timing on the short story release. I finished it just in time to start reading the book.

seanan_mcguire

March 7 2013, 18:09:01 UTC 4 years ago

Hooray!

See you there. :)

ohari

March 6 2013, 17:59:26 UTC 4 years ago

I love that you swear a lot. :)
Have fun out there!

March 7 2013, 18:09:22 UTC 4 years ago

We will!

megotelek

March 6 2013, 18:56:08 UTC 4 years ago

Ohh, I so wish I could come! But alas, I made plans with my family that I absolutely cannot get out of.

Have a fantabulous time, and I'll make sure to clear my schedule for the next shindig!

March 7 2013, 18:10:04 UTC 4 years ago

We will miss you!

dragonsong

March 6 2013, 19:48:12 UTC 4 years ago

If you're ever in central Kansas for some reason, I will totally try to bring snakes to you. :P

I actually did a snake program for the local rec center today, and our six foot bullsnake crawled into my shirt and seemed like she was going to try to unhook my bra. Snakes: gettin' fresh with the ladies since Adam and Eve.

March 7 2013, 18:10:39 UTC 4 years ago

Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakes.

Yes good.

vixyish

March 6 2013, 20:27:49 UTC 4 years ago

Now with LAST-MINUTE BONUS VIXY! <3

vincentursus

March 7 2013, 02:05:56 UTC 4 years ago

I've been spending too much time on facebook. This comment had me looking for the 'Like' button.

idancewithlife

March 7 2013, 05:44:15 UTC 4 years ago

Yea!!!!!

March 7 2013, 18:11:11 UTC 4 years ago

A VIXY HAS JOINED OUR PARTY.

groblek

March 6 2013, 20:31:13 UTC 4 years ago

As kay_gmd said, we'll be there. We've been keeping our March schedule as flexible as possible in the hopes of a Traveling Circus show. I may have been checking your website and the Borderlands event schedules a bit obsessively over the past couple of months. :) I'm not familiar with either of the other two authors, something I expect will be fixed after the party. This is part of why we dumped a chunk of our tax refund into the book budget. :)

We will of course be bringing the mini-human, who can now talk moderately coherently. Thank you for making these events kid-friendly! We'll do our best to make that continue to seem like a good idea. In general, we've been very pleased with how welcoming the filk community in particular and fandom more broadly has been to Josh.

March 7 2013, 18:11:32 UTC 4 years ago

I'm so glad!

And yay Josh! I have a birthday present for him.

dornbeast

March 6 2013, 21:07:44 UTC 4 years ago

(*No snakes will be present at the event**, which is a shame, because I like snakes. They're our huggy friends***.)

**...in an official capacity. Unofficial snakes will either be the result of actions of people who are not part of the show, or acts of God which manage to turn this event into a Syfy Saturday night movie.

*** but not bitey friends.

(These added footnotes are completely unofficial, and exist for entertainment only.)

March 7 2013, 18:11:42 UTC 4 years ago

Hee hee hee.

acelightning

March 6 2013, 23:35:16 UTC 4 years ago Edited: March 6 2013, 23:37:24 UTC

I'd LOVE to be there! I'd be overjoyed to meet you! Furthermore, cupcakes are wonderful, popcorn has been one of my favorite foods since I had enough teeth to eat it, and I'd be fascinated to know what goes into a Snakehandler :-)

I like snakes, too. They are beautiful, the way their muscles work is fascinating, and they don't think like mammals at all.

Alas, all this wonderfulness is happening in San Francisco, and I'm in New Jersey. I can't even afford a taxi to the airport, let alone a plane ticket :-(