ReggieCon is coming to the Uptown Normal Theater on April 14-15, 2023. All events are FREE and open to everyone.
Festivities begin on Friday, April 14, at 3 p.m. with Fabio Moon, “The Man Behind the Comics.” Dr. J. Scott Jordan (Dark Loops Productions), professor and chair in the Department of Psychology at Illinois State University, along with writer/publisher/graphic designer/educator Victor Dandridge Jr. are at 5 p.m. They will be followed by self-proclaimed “Psych Geek” Dr. Vanessa Hintz, Sistah Speak with a showing of Serenity (PG-13) at 7 p.m. La Vie Cosplay will host “Shenanigans Cosplayers Say Comedy Show” at 9:30 p.m. The Department of Psychology’s Dr. Eric Wesselman will present “Film CULTure” with a showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show (R) at 10:30 p.m.
Beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 15, the morning matinee is The Time Machine (PG-13) with award-winning freelance writer Alex Simmons, followed by La Vie Cosplay and a Life of Self Expression with Cosplay Universe at 1:30 p.m. Galaxy Quest (PG) will be shown at 3:30 p.m. with LMFT/author Justine Mastin. Sistah Speak Productions presents “Ask the Sistahs” Live Podcast! at 6 p.m. “At the Movies” with Fabio Moon with a showing of Much Ado About Nothing (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. rounds out the weekend.
ReggieCon was created to celebrate human lives as living stories. It directly engages differences while paying homage to similarities. It serves as a model to our much-divided culture of just how complex, nuanced, and full of contradiction our lived lives truly are. It also shows us how to to ask someone “what’s your story?” without experiencing difference as threatening.
Those differences are our species’ ultimate superpower. If we can learn to use that power against villains like poverty and racism, instead of against each other, there’s no telling what kind of story we can learn to write together. Story by story, conversation by conversation, ReggieCon works to keep the vibrant world of stories alive, engaging, and absolutely full of difference. Thanks for joining in this celebration of stories.
