In the science fiction thriller Minority Report, Tom Cruise’ character interacts with a computer via a three-dimensional touch screen interface. Accenture, a global technology and corporate consulting agency, has brought a similar technology to life and installed it at Terminal 3 of Chicago’s O’Hare airport. The high-definition, interactive screen, which is 10 feet wide and […]
The annual Fell’s Point Privateer Day is almost upon us. On August 12, the Broadway Square in Fells Point, a neighborhood of Baltimore, will fill up with privateers, pirates, sailors, wenches and more and people gather to celebrate the maritime history of Fells Point, Baltimore’s original deepwater harbor and ship building Mecca. The event begins […]
To help raise funds for the Orlando Science Center (OSC), the Barnes & Noble Booksellers at 2418 E. Colonial Drive in Orlando, Fla., will be holding a bookfair July 25 through 27, 2006. The festivities include resident science wizard, who will create “a cavalcade of crazy chemical concoctions†on the evening of July 26. “Science […]
The Round Barn Theatre at Amish Acres Historic Farm and Heritage Resort in Nappanee, Ind., celebrates its 20th year of musical theatre this summer, Aug. 1 through Sept. 10. Camelot, the tale of King Arthur and his Knights is one of five musicals to be performed this year. “The curtain rises on Arthur as a […]
The 2006 Halloween season will be the last for Rocky Point Haunted House in Salt Lake City, one of the most recognized commercial haunts in the United States, with about 55,000 people visiting each year. “To have [Rocky Point] end is almost like losing a family member,” said Greg Andersen, co-owner of Solar Shock Pictures […]
Four times a year, hopeful writers and illustrators of speculative fiction and fantasy enter the L. Ron Hubbard Writers & Illustrators of the Future competition. Once a year, the previous year’s winners gather at a gala celebration to be honored and presented with their awards. Last year, the ceremony was held in Seattle at the […]
Next Saturday, July 22, the Orlando Science Center is host “A Pirate’s Night for Me!” For $53 per child and $40 per adult, participants will get to sleep on Dinosaur Island, search for clues in the Black Lagoon and learn how Pirates navigate ships using the stars. The cost includes a treasure map, dinner, snack, […]
If you read the mini article in the latest issue of The Genre Traveler, you’d know that Zorb is a plastic bubble you climb into and roll around in. How would you like to take that experience into space? Well, Bigelow Aerospace, a Las Vegas, Nev., company is working on an inflatable space hotel and […]
Theme parks are a great place for a little science fiction-, fantasy-, and horror-tinged fun. However, they also come with their associated detractions: Long lines, expensive entrance fees and food costs, and, if you have children, the potential for cranky tantrums. Here are some simple tips on how to make theme park trips more fun […]
If you’re going to be in New York soon, you might want to check out a Broadway play. Here are some science fiction, fantasy and horror options now playing. Disney’s Beauty and the BeastI was fortunate enough to see this musical when it was in Los Angeles about nine years back. Tom Bosley (of Happy […]