WorldCon Welcome Party at Hugo House

Hugo House 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, Washington, United States

Join the Clarion West board, staff, and Seattle Community to kick off WorldCon in Seattle! You can expect a classic, potluck-style Clarion West summer party. The event is free and all are welcome. No WorldCon membership required. Please RSVP so we can get a headcount, and to get event announcements. Hugo House will offer a no-host bar....

Alumni Reading and Social at CAM

Common Objects 2601 1st Ave, Washington, United States

Join the Clarion West board, staff, and Seattle Community for an off-site Worldcon event for alumni and friends! The event begins with a reading featuring Andrea Hairston (CW ’99), Tim Chawaga (CW ’19), Natalia Theodoridou (CW ’18), David Sandner (CW ’87), Kristina Ten (CW ’19), and Henry Lien (CW ’12). After a short state-of-the-org and...

Enshittification and the Rot Economy: A Deep Dives Conversation with Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron

Seattle Public Library - Central Branch 1000 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA, United States

Join Cory Doctorow (Enshittification), Ed Zitron (Better Offline), and moderator Whitney Beltrán for a discussion of how reckless tech policy created an enshittogenic environment that allowed the worst people in our most structurally important corporations to turn them into vast, remorseless extraction machines, without facing any government, market, technological or labor consequences - and to...

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