Storycon is an all-night celebration of storytelling with Story Lab at Duke. It’s open to the community and takes place from Friday, April 20th, 2018, at 8 p.m., until 8 a.m. the next morning, at Smith Warehouse Bay 4, 114 S. Buchanan Road, Durham.
Everyone is welcome, but some content might be suitable for kids under 13. This is a free event.
Here’s some of what will be going on:
- Award-winning journalist and activist Mona Eltahawy will discuss how to use storytelling to advocate for a cause
- Food Trucks
- Local artist Chris Vitiello’s reprisal of his 2017 ArtPrize installation “The Language Is Asleep.”
- Talks
- Workshops
- Film screenings
- Art installations
- Gaming
- Music
- Performances
- Cosplay contests, with prizes
- Panels on fandom and pop culture
- Story circle
- Book folding workshop
- Tabletop roleplaying games
- 4-hour long anime marathon
- A Wrinkle in Time read-along
- Swag