Hal-Con 2015: Full Schedule

3:00pm ADT

Cosplay Life Drawing Sessions by DeSerres

Join your local DeSerres team for an hour of life drawing with a cosplay model. Bring your own drawing supplies or purchase a supplies kit in the room for $20 (limit of eighteen kits available).

Friday October 30, 2015 3:00pm - 4:00pm ADT
306 3rd Floor WTCC

Workshop

4:30pm ADT

Captain Canuck: Tell The Story

Have your little ones join Richard Comely, the creator of Captain Canuck, for a hands on lesson in creating comic books. Tell the Story is an activity book featuring sequential art or graphic narrative (comic book-style stories) with blank word balloons and space for captions. Adding art and providing the lettering enhances the learning experience. Your aspiring artist and writer can learn to “Tell the Story” with their own words & art! Recommended for school age children.

Guests

Richard Comely

Comic

Richard Comely worked as a sign painter, crest, embroidery and clothing designer, portrait artist and graphic designer before publishing Captain Canuck from Winnipeg in 1975 and Star Rider and The Peace Machine in 1981. Richard has taught drawing since 1989. He has written... Read More →

Fadi Hakim

Comic

Publisher, Chapterhouse Comics GroupPresident, Captain Canuck Incorporated At age 6, Fadi bought Captain Canuck #1 at a Flea Market Comic Stall, and hasn’t looked back since. Forming Captain Canuck Incorporated with Richard Comely in 2012, Fadi spearheaded the redesign of the... Read More →

Friday October 30, 2015 4:30pm - 5:45pm ADT
306 3rd Floor WTCC

Workshop

7:00pm ADT

Flash Mob Practice

Moderators

Adi the Adipose

Like, seriously, talk to me about *anything* (I have literally BS'd my way through every single Harry Potter conversation I've ever been involved in)! Let's geek out about things!

Missie Brown

Friday October 30, 2015 7:00pm - 9:00pm ADT
306 3rd Floor WTCC

Workshop

2:00pm ADT

Project ARC Workshop

project ARC is excited to be at Hal-Con, offering our Stomp Out, Reach Out Theatre Games workshop, featuring interactive games and exercises like Whiz, Bang, Whoosh, Kerplunk and Image Theatre. Zip Zap Zop your way over to us on Saturday!

Guests

projectARC

project ARC (Action, Responsibility, Choice) is a human rights education initiative that uses theatre, music and youth leadership to foster interest in and understanding of human rights and their corresponding responsibilities. With over 80 performances at elementary and junior... Read More →

Saturday October 31, 2015 2:00pm - 2:45pm ADT
304 3rd Floor WTCC

Workshop

3:00pm ADT

Dorks in Dungeons: Improv Workshop

Dorks in Dungeons is an acclaimed improvised comedy show about delivering the mail in a fantastical world. Using the framework of a tabletop role-playing game, the Dorks create each show with the help of audience suggestions and the whim of a 20 sided die.

Join the Dorks for some interactive improv games.

Guests

Dorks in Dungeons

Live Improv Comedy meets Fantasy Role-Playing Games!

Saturday October 31, 2015 3:00pm - 3:45pm ADT
Subway Stage 3rd Floor WTCC

Workshop

3:15pm ADT

Captain Canuck: Tell The Story

Guests

Richard Comely

Comic

Fadi Hakim

Comic

Saturday October 31, 2015 3:15pm - 4:15pm ADT
306 3rd Floor WTCC

Workshop

4:00pm ADT

Project ARC Workshop

Guests

projectARC

Saturday October 31, 2015 4:00pm - 4:45pm ADT
305

Workshop

4:45pm ADT

Mermaids!

The Mermaid Raina will present short stories from around the world about mermaids, teach children about tide pool creatures, talk about sharks and plastic pollution, and show mermaid jobs around the world.

Halifax Mermaids is a division of Canadian Mermaids.
The mermaids specialize in entertainment and education that will make a splash! Enter a world of imagination and magic with mermaids. Based in Nova Scotia, and travelling around Canada, these mermaids will entertain, educate, and inspire you.

Saturday October 31, 2015 4:45pm - 5:45pm ADT
306 3rd Floor WTCC

Workshop

10:00am AST

Mermaids!

Sunday November 1, 2015 10:00am - 10:45am AST
306 3rd Floor WTCC

Workshop