THE MADS VIRTUALLY RIFF “MUTINY IN OUTER SPACE”! Mystery Science Theater 3000‘s Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu are “taking movie riffing back onstage” once again in a livestreamed event – this time 6:00 pm MT Tuesday, February 13, 2024. The two, who starred as Dr. Clayton Forrester and TV’s Frank on MST3K, are livestream riffing on the worst movie they can find – 1965 sci-fi film “Mutiny in Outer Space.”  … Continue reading The Mads Riff “Mutiny in Outer Space” →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, February 19, 2024, at 7:30 pm. Location is inside Jason’s Deli (up front) at 2105 Louisiana Blvd NE (across from Bubonicon’s hotel, near I-40). For February 2024, we will discuss American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett (2013 Orbit trade paperback). While places at which we’ve met stay open a bit later, we’d still like to finish by 9:00 pm – so we try to keep … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

Vampire Lake – a 2024 horror film shot locally – at the Guild Cinema Friday, February 23 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by Daniel Zubiate –2024 – 90m approx.  Only $5.00 Admission! Cast and crew in person! A young girl journeys to a secluded lake to summon a Vampire.  Her meeting does not go as planned.  Writer/director Daniel Zubiate says, “This girl goes to the lake and there’s a legend … Continue reading “Vampire Lake” @ Guild Cinema →

An American Werewolf in London – John Landis’ 1981 classic horror comedy – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, February 24 – 10:30 pm only A DARK ROOM HORROR SPECIAL!  ADVANCE TICKETS ONLINE AVAILABLE SOON!  DOOR PRIZES COURTESY OF BUBONICON 55 and SPECTRAL YOUTH! Directed by John Landis – 1981 – 97m.  All Seats $10.00 American tourists David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne) are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal … Continue reading “American Werewolf” Comes To Guild Cinema →

Dreamscape – 40th Anniversary of the sci-fi film – at the Guild Cinema Friday, March 1 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by Joseph Ruben –1984 – 99m – All Seats $10.00 Close Your Eyes And The Adventure Begins!  A DOOMCASTLE ENTERTAINMENT SPECIAL SHOW! Alex Gardner (Dennis Quaid) is a man with an incredible psychic gift… but for years has used it solely for personal gain.  Reuniting with his old mentor, … Continue reading “Dreamscape” Comes to Guild Cinema →

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension – 40th Anniversary of the sci-fi comedy cult film – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, March 2 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by W.D. Richter –1984 – 102m. SPECIAL THANKS TO BUBONICON 55 – THEY’RE BRINGING DOOR PRIZES!! From W.D. Richter, the writer of the 70s Invasion of the Body Snatchers and co-writer of Big Trouble in Little China, comes a … Continue reading “Buckaroo Banzai” Arrives at Guild Cinema →

JOHNNY COMPTON AT BOOKS ON THE BOSQUE   FRIDAY, MARCH 8 — 6:00 PM Johnny Compton, HWA member and operator of the podcast Healthy Fears, will talk about and sign The Spite House 6:00 pm Friday, March 8, at Albuquerque’s Books on the Bosque. About The Book:  “An Esquire Best Horror Book of the Year and a Bram Stoker Award Nominee!  Eric Ross is on the run from a mysterious past … Continue reading Johnny Compton @ Books on the Bosque →

Programming:  Annual Club Auction! Time For The Traditional ASFS Auction, hosted by local author Robert Vardeman, collector Patricia Rogers, and possibly librarian Scott Denning!  VardeBob should update us on his current projects while auctioning off various doodads & mysterious items.  And club members Mandy Self, Geneva Schult, Jessica Coyle & Craig Chrissinger will assist with keeping track of money and tab piles.  Bidding will in be in 50-cent increments up … Continue reading ABQ SF Society – Auction! →

THE MADS VIRTUALLY RIFF “THE PHANTOM FROM 10,000 LEAGUES”! Mystery Science Theater 3000‘s Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu are “taking movie riffing back onstage” once again in a livestreamed event – this time 6:00 pm MT Tuesday, March 12, 2024. The two, who starred as Dr. Clayton Forrester and TV’s Frank on MST3K, are livestream riffing on the worst movie they can find (la la la) – 1955’s The Phantom … Continue reading The Mads Face “Phantom From 10,000 Leagues” →

The 53rd Annual Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Expo takes place Friday, March 17-Sunday, March 19! Treasures of the Earth – the 53rd Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Expo – takes place Friday, March 15 – Sunday, March 17, at the Creative Arts Center on the NM State Fairgrounds. The theme this year is “Vanadinite” – a dense, brittle mineral usually found in the form of red hexagonal crystals. Admission is $2.00 … Continue reading Treasures of the Earth Expo 53 →

2024 ABQ Antiquarian Book Fair! The 2024 Albuquerque Antiquarian Book Fair takes place 3:00-8:00 pm Friday, March 15, and 10:00 am-4:00 pm Saturday, March 16 at the Sid Cutter Pilots Pavilion, 4900 Balloon Fiesta Parkway NE (north of the Balloon Museum, off Alameda).  This year is the seventh time at the Pilots Pavilion for the book fair. The Fair features booksellers from across the southwest (New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, … Continue reading ABQ Antiquarian Book Fair →

Side Effects May Vary – special one-night-only touring movie event with the director in-person – at the Guild Cinema Friday, March 15 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by J.R. Bookwalter –2024 – 90m approx. From the director of The Dead Next Door (1990), Robot Ninja (1989), Ozone (1994), Polymorph (1996), and Witchouse 2: Blood Coven (2000) comes his first directed film in 23 years! With the world gripped by a … Continue reading “Side Effects May Vary” @ Guild Cinema →

2024 ABQ Antiquarian Book Fair! The 2024 Albuquerque Antiquarian Book Fair takes place 3:00-8:00 pm Friday, March 15, and 10:00 am-4:00 pm Saturday, March 16 at the Sid Cutter Pilots Pavilion, 4900 Balloon Fiesta Parkway NE (north of the Balloon Museum, off Alameda).  This year is the seventh time at the Pilots Pavilion for the book fair. The Fair features booksellers from across the southwest (New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, … Continue reading ABQ Antiquarian Book Fair concludes →

The 53rd Annual Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Expo takes place Friday, March 17-Sunday, March 19! Treasures of the Earth – the 53rd Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Expo – takes place Friday, March 15 – Sunday, March 17, at the Creative Arts Center on the NM State Fairgrounds. The theme this year is “Vanadinite” – a dense, brittle mineral usually found in the form of red hexagonal crystals. Admission is $2.00 … Continue reading Treasures of the Earth Expo 53 →

Comic Book Workshop with Don’s Bookstore at the San Pedro Library Curious to learn more about comic books?  2:00-4:00 pm Saturday, March 16, at the San Pedro Library, a representative from Don’s Bookstore along with comics writer Mark Fenton and others will give a presentation on collecting and conserving comics, and creating them.  They also will help participants bring to life a superhero and a story of their very own. … Continue reading Comic Book Workshop @ Library →

The 53rd Annual Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Expo takes place Friday, March 17-Sunday, March 19! Treasures of the Earth – the 53rd Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Expo – takes place Friday, March 15 – Sunday, March 17, at the Creative Arts Center on the NM State Fairgrounds. The theme this year is “Vanadinite” – a dense, brittle mineral usually found in the form of red hexagonal crystals. Admission is $2.00 … Continue reading Treasures of the Earth 53 ends →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, March 18, 2024, at 7:30 pm. Location is inside Jason’s Deli (up front) at 2105 Louisiana Blvd NE (across from Bubonicon’s hotel, near I-40). For March 2024, we will discuss The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz (2023 Tor trade paperback). While places at which we’ve met stay open a bit later, we’d still like to finish by 9:00 pm – so we try to keep our … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill – the 2024 documentary – at the Guild Cinema Friday-Monday, March 22-25 – 6:00 pm only! Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe – 2024 – 96m. Let’s Make Sunday, March 24, the “Bubonicon” night and fill the house! From make-believe starship captain to a real-life rocketman, William Shatner has led one of the most unique and best-lived lives on the planet.  And while the … Continue reading Bill Shatner Doc @ Guild Cinema →

Nominations for Bubonicon 56 Special Guests (2025) will take place 7:30 pm Friday, March 22, in the Activity Room of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa Ave NE (near Erna Ferguson Library, just off San Mateo between Comanche & Montgomery). Park in the lot behind the church (north side) and use the North entrance. Once inside, the Activity Room will be on your right-hand side. Mark your calendar if you’re … Continue reading B’con 56 Special Guests Nominations →

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – the 2010 live-action adaptation of a comic book – at the Guild Cinema! Friday, March 22 – 10:30 pm Only! Directed by Edgar Wright – 2010 – 113m – All Seats $12.00 – A New Mexico Entertainment Magazine special event! GET ADVANCE TICKETS ONLINE NOW! Join New Mexico Entertainment for our screening of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.  Early-bird pre-sale tickets have the chance … Continue reading “Scott Pilgrim” vs. Guild Cinema →

William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill – the 2024 documentary – at the Guild Cinema Friday-Monday, March 22-25 – 6:00 pm only! Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe – 2024 – 96m. Let’s Make Sunday, March 24, the “Bubonicon” night and fill the house! From make-believe starship captain to a real-life rocketman, William Shatner has led one of the most unique and best-lived lives on the planet.  And while the … Continue reading Bill Shatner Doc @ Guild Cinema →

Impulse – the newly restored 1974 William Shatner psycho killer thriller – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, March 23 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by William Grefé – 1974 – 97m. 50th Anniversary of This William Shatner Psycho Killer Thriller! A Grindhouse Releasing & Box Office Spectaculars Theatrical presentation of one of the most shocking and demented thrillers of the 1970s.  William Shatner stars as Matt Stone, a deranged gigolo … Continue reading Shatner’s “Impulse” @ Guild Cinema →

William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill – the 2024 documentary – at the Guild Cinema Friday-Monday, March 22-25 – 6:00 pm only! Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe – 2024 – 96m. Let’s Make Sunday, March 24, the “Bubonicon” night and fill the house! From make-believe starship captain to a real-life rocketman, William Shatner has led one of the most unique and best-lived lives on the planet.  And while the … Continue reading Bill Shatner Doc @ Guild Cinema →

William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill – the 2024 documentary – at the Guild Cinema Friday-Monday, March 22-25 – 6:00 pm only! Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe – 2024 – 96m. Let’s Make Sunday, March 24, the “Bubonicon” night and fill the house! From make-believe starship captain to a real-life rocketman, William Shatner has led one of the most unique and best-lived lives on the planet.  And while the … Continue reading Bill Shatner Doc @ Guild Cinema →

STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES AT BOOKWORKS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 — 6:00 PM Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians, will be in conversation and sign The Angel of Indian Lake 6:00 pm Wednesday, March 27, at Albuquerque’s Bookworks. Stephen will be in conversation with local author Ramona Emerson, author of Shutter: a Novel. About The Book:  “The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in … Continue reading Stephen Graham Jones @ Bookworks →