Chi-Fi 2015 has ended

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Chi-Fi 2015

7:00pm CDT

The Secret Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes - BartitsuLIMITED E - Spire Parlor, 6th Floor Cirque Du Swing! F - Water Tower Parlor, 6th Floor

8:30am CDT

Giving Proof D - Clark 5, 7th Floor

10:00am CDT

Geek My Kid: Building the Perfect Geek B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor Improvised Star Trek: The World of Improv and Star Trek... in conversation C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor Why Skeptics Need Philosophy D - Clark 5, 7th Floor Pirate Magic Show A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor Steampunk Cafe G - Clark 10, 7th Floor Open Gaming I - 7th Floor Lobby Open Gaming - 18+

11:00am CDT

MST3K Viewing Room H - Clark 3, 7th Floor

11:30am CDT

Beginning Cosplay B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor Contagions D - Clark 5, 7th Floor What it takes to be a Klingon C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor The House Theatre short presentation A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor Lightsaber 101 (Adults Only)LIMITED E - Spire Parlor, 6th Floor

12:00pm CDT

Artist Alley L - Grant Park & Hancock Parlors, 6th Floor Vendor Hall Open K - Adams Room, 6th Floor Writer's Den M - Millennium Parlor, 6th Floor

12:30pm CDT

Guinan's Rest Stop at the End of the Universe F - Water Tower Parlor, 6th Floor

1:00pm CDT

STAR WARS COSTUMING ON A BUDGET C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor Not Just Here For the Cookies: Being a good intersectional ally D - Clark 5, 7th Floor Ever After: The Once Upon A Time Podcast - Live! B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor Jon St. John Q&A A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor Lightsabers for All Ages by Chicago Jedi E - Spire Parlor, 6th Floor

2:30pm CDT

Madoka Magica: Ask a Puella Magi C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor Science of Orphan Black D - Clark 5, 7th Floor Nuff Said: The Marvel Universe Podcast - Live! B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor Gigi Edgley Q&A A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor Screening of Dark Age E - Spire Parlor, 6th Floor

4:00pm CDT

Devo Spice A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor Jay Schraub Performance C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor Mental Health Myths D - Clark 5, 7th Floor What's a KROZE? B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor

5:30pm CDT

The great Luke Ski A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor Human Augmentics D - Clark 5, 7th Floor The Wonders of EVA Foam B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor Pirate 101 C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor

7:00pm CDT

Opening Toast A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor Room Closed D - Clark 5, 7th Floor Room Closed C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor Room Closed for Setup E - Spire Parlor, 6th Floor Room Closed for Setup B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor

7:14pm CDT

A moment of silence for Leonard Nimoy and Terry Pratchett A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor

7:15pm CDT

Paul and Storm Concert A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor

8:00pm CDT

Steampunk Swim N - Pool, 7th Floor

8:30pm CDT

Crashland Concert! A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor History of the Klingon Empire C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor Skepticism 101 with the Skepchicks D - Clark 5, 7th Floor Mac Sith E - Spire Parlor, 6th Floor

9:00pm CDT

Harry Potter Party presented by Columbia University B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor

10:00pm CDT

Kieran Strange Concert! YES! IT'S BACK ON! A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor After Dark: Demystifying Kink D - Clark 5, 7th Floor AFTER DARK: Drink and Draw C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor After Dark: Naughty Little Cabaret @ Guinan's Rest Stop F - Water Tower Parlor, 6th Floor

11:30pm CDT

Being Female in Fandom A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor

12:30am CDT

After Dark: How many licks? A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor

8:30am CDT

Anyone Can Do Science D - Clark 5, 7th Floor

10:00am CDT

KICKSTARTING YOUR COMICS! HOW TO PRINT, PUBLISH, AND PROFIT AS AN INDIE CREATOR B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor Nature is Trying to Kill You D - Clark 5, 7th Floor Doug Rice - Creator of Animaniacs - Q&A A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor Kids Program: Nerf Zombie Apocolypse E - Spire Parlor, 6th Floor Artist Alley L - Grant Park & Hancock Parlors, 6th Floor Vendor Hall Open K - Adams Room, 6th Floor Writer's Den M - Millennium Parlor, 6th Floor Steampunk Cafe G - Clark 10, 7th Floor Open Gaming I - 7th Floor Lobby Open Gaming - 18+

10:30am CDT

Q&A with "Movie Bob", Bob Chipman C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor

11:00am CDT

Guinan's Rest Stop at the End of the Universe F - Water Tower Parlor, 6th Floor MST3K Viewing Room H - Clark 3, 7th Floor

11:30am CDT

Ask a Scientist D - Clark 5, 7th Floor Meet your Local Steampunks G - Clark 10, 7th Floor The Battle for the Future of Video Games A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor Wig Styling B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor The Fighting Style of Captain KirkLIMITED C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor Screening of Dark Age E - Spire Parlor, 6th Floor

1:00pm CDT

Church Of The Helix Choir C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor Star Trek: The Skeptical Paradox D - Clark 5, 7th Floor Meet Lord Zed, Q&A with Robert Axelrod A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor Game Like a Pirate B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor

2:30pm CDT

ANATOMY OF A STORMTROOPER C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor Food Fright! D - Clark 5, 7th Floor Kill la Kill B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor Steampunk on a budget G - Clark 10, 7th Floor Riffing Farscape with Gigi Edgley and the local MST3K Fan Group A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor

4:00pm CDT

Room Closed for Setup E - Spire Parlor, 6th Floor How to Survive as an Outspoken Woman Online D - Clark 5, 7th Floor Men of Cosplay presented by We Are Cosplay C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor The Joys and Challenges of Writing B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor

4:30pm CDT

Random Gibberish Concert A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor

5:30pm CDT

The Runaway Five Concert A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor The Science of Stargate D - Clark 5, 7th Floor Weapons of the Klingon Empire B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor Women of Cosplay presented by We Are Cosplay C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor Mac Sith E - Spire Parlor, 6th Floor

7:00pm CDT

Amanda Rose Decker: A Geek Girl's Musical Journey G - Clark 10, 7th Floor How to Be a Real-life Jedi E - Spire Parlor, 6th Floor Improvised Star Trek: The World of Improv and Star Trek... in conversation C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor Science of the Apocalypse: From Armageddon to Zombies D - Clark 5, 7th Floor Name Not Final Radio Show - Live! B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor Chi-Fi Cosplay Contest A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor

7:30pm CDT

Cosplay Swim N - Pool, 7th Floor

8:30pm CDT

Room Closed for Setup B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor Time Crash Concert A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor You Got Art in my Science! with Mad Art Lab D - Clark 5, 7th Floor Shippage - Live! C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor The Best of Robert Axelrod E - Spire Parlor, 6th Floor

9:00pm CDT

Harry Potter Party presented by Columbia University B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor

10:00pm CDT

Gothsicles Concert A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor After Dark: The Science of Sexual Fluidity D - Clark 5, 7th Floor AFTER DARK: Drink and Draw C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor

11:30pm CDT

Crashland Concert A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor

1:00am CDT

After Dark: Guests Against Humanity A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor

8:30am CDT

Evaluating Parenting Information D - Clark 5, 7th Floor

10:00am CDT

Communicating Skepticism D - Clark 5, 7th Floor Cosplay Sewing 101 B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor Podcasting and Journalism: How we got started C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor This Week in Geek - Live! A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor Artist Alley L - Grant Park & Hancock Parlors, 6th Floor Vendor Hall Open K - Adams Room, 6th Floor Writer's Den M - Millennium Parlor, 6th Floor Steampunk Cafe G - Clark 10, 7th Floor Open Gaming I - 7th Floor Lobby Open Gaming - 18+

11:30am CDT

Geektastic Cage Match! B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor New Media and the Changing Face of Fandom A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor Science vs the Humanities D - Clark 5, 7th Floor Ask the Authors C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor

1:00pm CDT

Closing Ceremonies A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor 501st Legion: Costuming in the Star Wars Galaxy B - Dearborn 1, 7th Floor Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence D - Clark 5, 7th Floor World Building C - LaSalle 1, 7th Floor

2:00pm CDT

Rebecca Watson's Quiz-O-Tron A - Monroe Room (Main Stage), 6th Floor