TV and a bowl of chili! What better, on a winter night?

January KaCSFFS meeting features winter favorites!
When: Saturday, January 20, 2018. Doors open: 6:00 p.m. for setup -- Program begins 7:00 p.m. begin close-down by 9:30.
Where: The Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64111

Annual Chili Cook-off

The Annual KaCSFFS Chili Cook-off is an ever-popular winter meeting event. We're following tradition and holding it in January this year. Please prepare and bring your favorite chili recipe, to share and vie for recognition! 

We will have separate categories for SPICY and MILD, so the unwary won't be disappointed. Please prepare a small sign that:

• Gives your chili a TITLE (that won't betray who brought it).
• Indicates whether it goes in the SPICY or MILD category.

We'll vote using the chili titles to identify favorites in each category!

Don't want to bring chili? Then bring your favorite side dishes or garnishes: cornbread, shredded cheese, corn chips, sour cream--whatever you like best with your chili! And as ever, bring your own drinkables, too. KaCSFFS provides cups, bowls, and tableware.

A review of SF, Fantasy and Horror TV in 2017 

Here's a small sampling of the 2016 shows, discussed by our panel in 2017. What will they discuss this year?

Another KaCSFFS January favorite also returns: our panel discussion of the best and worst science fiction, fantasy, and horror genre television shows in the year just ended. Recently, we've had a lot of them to discuss!

Weather permitting, we'll hear once again again from our panelists Carol Doms, Ken Keller, and Earline "Cricket" Beebe. Have your own strong opinions? Bring them: (civil and reasonable) audience participation is encouraged! Help us make sense of 2017's television offerings.

IMAGES: The photo of the KaCSFFS Chili cook-off lineup from 2015 was taken by Jan S. Gephardt for KaCSFFS promotional use. In the montage, the Lucifer image is from the Lucifer Wiki; the one for The Expanse is from YouTube; the Stranger Things image is from TV Series Online; and that for Outcast is from a website that's no longer there. Many thanks to all!

Chili Cook-off and new SF TV Shows Highlight February KaCSFFS Meeting Saturday

What: February KaCSFFS Meeting

Where: The Writers Place

3607 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City, MO 64111

When: Saturday, February 20, 2016

5:30 Board of Directors—open meeting

6:00 Doors open for setup and pre-meeting socializing.

6:30 Meeting begins (Quick discussion of old business, plus we are still open for self-nominations for club offices.)
7:00 Carol Doms and Ken Keller discuss new sf TV Shows
Food Theme: Chili Cook-Off! Bring a sample of your favorite chili recipe, or condiments to go with chili. 

It's once again time for the annual KaCSFFS Chili Cook-Off!

Bring a crock pot full of your favorite chili recipe, and vie for Fame and Fortune (okay, a lovely certificate!) as a premier chili chef. 

Last year we had three contenders. There is always room for more!

If you don't want to bring delicious chili, bring condiments that will complement the main event! Shredded cheese, sour cream, crackers, and much more are always welcome!

Small Screen--Big New Shows
Recent months have seen a resurgence of television shows with sf themes. How good are they? What new ideas and interesting elements do they bring to our living rooms, laptops, or mobile platforms? What are their weaknesses? Carol Doms and Ken Keller lead the discussion.

One of many new shows is The Expanse. We posted a review by David Sooby recently.

Let the Games Begin!

Following on last month's program from David Means, this month we intend to play some of our favorite tabletop games. Bring your own favorite card or board games to share. Test your luck and skill at something new, or settle in with an old favorite! 

Tabletop games were a huge success at the Thanksgiving meeting. Bring your favorites to share!

Related Features Note! 

David Means has shared his notes from the January program about tabletop games. We will be using his information as a source of future feature posts about games, on this blog.

Business Meeting? We don't need no . . . Oh. Right.

Self-nominations for Club officers are still open. Think you could do a job better? Put yourself to the test! Let us know, on Saturday, if you plan to run for office. There are a few other items of Old Business that also probably should receive further discussion, but we'll keep it short. We promise!

IMAGES: Many thanks to Wheedonopolis for the Expanse title image. Both photos from meetings (last year's food table for the Chili Cook-Off, and also one of the tabletop games played last year at the Thanksgiving meeting) are by Jan S. Gephardt, and are used with her permission.