New Featured Guest: Jennifer Adams Kelley

We are pleased to announce that Jennifer Adams Kelley will be attending CONsole Room 2017 as a Featured Guest!

JENNIFER ADAMS KELLEY discovered Doctor Who her senior year in high school (1981), and the show has molded her adult life. She ties life milestones in with what was going on vis a vis Doctor Who and the show’s fannish events she participated in. She plans trips around Doctor Who exhibitions and events. Her skills and hobbies—writing, filmmaking, website designing, and costuming—come in use when creating fan films, Doctor Who-related websites, and cosplay.

A 1985 graduate of Northwestern University (B.S. Speech, double-major in radio/tv/film and Creative Writing for the Media), Jennifer worked in customer service and marketing prior to tackling the full-time job of raising a child. Since said child now attends college, Jennifer divides her time between book promotion, Gallifrey Base (which she partly owns), and personal projects. She has essays in Chicks Dig Time Lords, Companion Piece, Outside In, Outside In 2, Outside In Boldly Goes, and the forthcoming Outside In Makes It So.  Jennifer also served as Masquerade Director/Special Events Manager for HME Visions (1990-1998) and Programming Director of Chicago TARDIS (2000-2017), and currently runs the Gallifrey One Masquerade of Mandragora. She was also named Fan of the Year by the Friends of Doctor Who in 1996.

Read more about our guests at our Guests page.

Film Festival Deadline Extended!

Procrastinators, this one’s for you: our Film Festival entry deadline has been extended! If you were thinking of entering and didn’t quite have the chance, you now have through April 30 at 11:59 PM CDT to enter. There will not be any further extensions beyond April 30.

Remember that the film festival is open to filmmakers of ALL ages – children, too!

Read the rules and regulations at our Film Festival page or enter through our Film Festival Submission form. We look forward to seeing your fan film!

Guest Cancellation: Peter Davison

We regret to inform everyone that, due to professional commitments beyond our control, Peter Davison will not be attending CONsole Room 2017 as originally planned. Believe us when we say nobody is more disappointed than we are, and we are doing what we can to bring you another guest to replace Mr. Davison.

Rest assured that we are continuing to work diligently to provide you with the amazing convention experience that you have been looking forward to, with other amazing guests like Janet Fielding and Gary Russell, new events like our Escape Room and our “Painting with Plasmavores” social paint events, and the fantastic panels, Artist Alley, and Dealers Room that you’ve come to expect from us.

Stay tuned for more updates!