Apr 12, 2006 - Site Downtime - Some of you may have noticed problems with the I-CON site over the past few days. We have been having hardware issues with our server, which have now been resolved. All site functionality should now be fully restored... if you notice any issues, please email webmaster@iconsf.org. Thank you.

Mar 22, 2006 - Important Travel Update! - The Suffolk County Half Marathon will be taking place this Sunday, resulting in closures on Nichols Road between the Long Island Expressway and Rt. 347. Please use these directions to get to the convention on Sunday.

Mar 22, 2006 - New I-CON Community - ICON Science Fiction, Inc. is proud to announce its new project, community.iconsf.org. Designed to encourage community involvement and the open sharing of ideas and information, community.iconsf.org is our new hub for everyone who is interested in Science Fiction, Fact, and Fantasy (and Gaming, Anime, and everything else you might see at I-CON - and likely a whole lot more!). We encourage you all to stop in, take a look, and speak your mind - this site was created to allow you to immerse yourself further in the things that matter to you (and us).

Mar 22, 2006 - Indie Film Schedule - In addition to the main schedule and gaming schedule linked from our home page, the Indie Film schedule is now online. Also, an HTML (webpage) version of the schedule is coming soon, we thank everyone for their patience.

Mar 21, 2006 - Schedule Coming Soon Posted! - We know that many of you were anxiously awaiting the schedule for I-CON. Well, it's here! Go to the site index and check it out to see everything what I-CON 25 has in store for you!

News Archive

I-CON 25 is fast approaching and many people are working to make it the best one yet! The aim of Children's Programming is to bring all aspects of I-CON to the children and their families that attend. Science, science fiction, fantasy, anime, medieval, and gaming are as interesting to our children as it is to us and Children's is here to present it in a way they can understand and enjoy the most. We also are working on programming that parents can enjoy as well, starting with panels and discussions about the future of the family and education.

We are is expanding to offer even more this year by aiming to have two rooms running this year to double our programming! One room will continue to be an activity room with art projects, games, and toys available during most of the convention. This room is intended for younger children and children who would rather not attend group activities. Various games and contests will be held there such as a costume contest and art contests. The second room will be for organized activities and panels that may interest you, the parents.

We will be running a Yu-Gi-Oh tournament, with the help of the CCG Track, aimed at younger children rather than facing much older competitors. We are inviting back Chris Negri, author the of the children's RPG "Toyin' Around". Last year he debuted his RPG, written specifically for children, and it was a blast! We are also inviting back Diane Schips who ran a soap-making demo for us and Nancy Scuri who has run a Writing Workshop for the past several years.

We are working on several panels. Some proposed topics are: "Science Fiction in the Classroom", "The Evolving Family", "What Anime/Science Fiction Shows are Appropriate for my Family?" and "Violence in the Media". If you have an opinion on any of these topics and would like to sit on the panel email me! Also if you would like to help out at all there are staff and program participant slots available. Just email me!

As I-CON draws closer we'll be back to fill you in on what's going on and when. Check back with us soon!

Faith and Beky Sarver
childrens_programming@iconsf.org