{"id":3158,"date":"2022-07-22T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=3158"},"modified":"2022-07-21T21:46:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T01:46:21","slug":"congregate-starts-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/congregate-starts-today\/","title":{"rendered":"ConGregate Starts Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After missing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libertycon.org\/\">LibertyCon<\/a> last month ? due to personal issues, I&#8217;m determined to make it to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.con-gregate.com\/\">ConGregate<\/a> this weekend in Winston-Salem, NC. Which is not to say that all the personal issues have been taken care of &#8212; far from it &#8212; but I&#8217;m going to try to ignore them as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my schedule:<\/p>\n<p>Friday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4:00 p.m. &#8212; <strong>Concert<\/strong> &#8212; a mix of silly and serious songs, including several selections from the new album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/grayrinehart.bandcamp.com\/album\/taking-you-out-to-see-the-stars\">Taking You Out to See the Stars<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>7:00 p.m. &#8212; Opening Ceremonies: <em>E Como Mai<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1:30 p.m. &#8212; Panel, &#8220;Communicating Science&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>4:00 p.m. &#8212; Game, &#8220;Well, Actually&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>6:00 p.m. &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baen.com\/\">Baen Books<\/a> Traveling Slide Show &amp; Prize Patrol<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sunday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9:00 a.m. &#8212; Prayer &amp; Praise Service<\/li>\n<li>1:00 p.m. &#8212; Filk 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