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A couple of notes in regards to Downtown Mesa

1. Friday night is 2nd Friday Night Out in downtown Mesa which this month also includes the IMP FEST on MAIN (Independent Music Project FESTival on MAIN St)
  There will be street vendors, food, bands, and possibly a closing down of Main Street.  To get to the  hotel and bypass some of that, turn on 1st Street, one stoplight north of Main St.and head towards Centennial Way.  This works for Country Club, Center St., and Mesa Drive.

2. Dining in Downtown Mesa – There are a number of restaurants in downtown Mesa and nearby the htoel.  This Downtown Mesa  Brochure has information on some of them and other businesses.  We will have some printed copies at the convention.  Note, however, that the Jack in the Box just south of the hotel has closed down.  The Sports Bar across the street from the hotel, Diamond’s Sports Grill is open and has been warned to expect some extra business this weekend.

Masquerade Page is now Live! Details on the LepreCon 36 Masquerade are now live on the website. 

Pre-Reg Membership Deadline - We are keeping open the discounted online registration until Sunday, May 9th at 10 pm.   After that, memberships will only be available at the door.

Particpant Additions and Subtractions – We’ve had a few participants notify us that they cannot make the convention this year including Ian Tregillis, John Jos. Miller, and Nola Yergen-Jennings.  We have a couple of others we’re waiting to hear from on their status.  We do have some additions including Michael A. Stackpole and hopefully some others we will be confirming with this weekend. 

In regards to Ian Tregillis, The Poisoned Pen is making arrangements to get their copies of Ian’s new book signed and they should be available to order sometime soon.

Charity Auction – We’ve got a lot of neat stuff in the Charity Auction, so please check it out.  We have one item in particular that we are very excited about being donated by our Artist Guest of Honor Charles Vess.  It is an original painting used for the Neil Gaiman Blueberry Girl picture book (which you can see a video of like the one done for Instructions).   Being a special item, it will have a starting bid of $300, but we would like to see if go for much more than that.  It is from page 18 in the book, which goes with the text  ”Let her tell stories and dance in the rain, somersault, tumble and run,”  Proceeds from the auction will be split between the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and City of Hope.

Registration – We have extended the $40 pre-reg rate to Sunday, May 7th if you pay online via PayPal.

As a special incentive for those who are pre-registered, we will be having some programming on Thursday night for pre-registered members only. 

At 7:00 pm we will be having a Thursday night edition of the Barry Bard Memorial Movie Previews with movie trailers and movie swag! 

At 9:00 pm, we’ll have a special panel with Artist Guest of Honor Charles Vess and Author Guest of Honor George R. R. Martin focusing on the limited edition of George R. R. Martin’s A Storm of Swords that Charles Vess did the art for.  The book is no longer available from the publisher, but you’ll have a chance to see the art that Charles did for the book.

Hotel Rooms Still Available

We still have rooms available at the Phoenix Marriott Mesa at the convention rate of $99 S/D/T/Q plus tax.  Use the code “leplepa” at their web site or call them at 1-480-898-8300.