Laser Rangers 2019 November Meeting

Laser Rangers' Planning Session

Date: November 02, 2019 (UPDATED DATE!)
Time: 4:15pm
Location: David Sooby’s home theater with 51-inch Samsung HDTV, a 5.1 Surround Sound Dolby Digital sound system, a full set of audiophile-grade speakers, and upgraded seating for about 15 people without crowding.
Captain Laser: We all are
Food: Thanksgiving
To learn more, please visit our Facebook Event Page.

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After the first feature, please join us for a Thanksgiving dinner and planning session for the movies we'll show for the upcoming year. Bring something to share. It can follow the theme, or be something you prefer.
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Feature Presentation!
Blade Runner 2049

(2017, 163 minutes) Directed by: Denis Villeneuve

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista, Jared Leto

A young blade runner's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years. -IMDB

Watch the trailer here!

Short features will be shown before the feature. Don't miss them!



The home of the Laser Rangers is located about four miles north of the Kansas Speedway, NW of the intersection of I-70 and I-435 on the Kansas side of the Greater Kansas City area.

IMAGE CREDITS: The information for all of these shows come from the invaluable IMDB. The movie posters come from Wikipedia or the movie's respected distributors. 

The movie screen frame image used for the Laser Rangers contact information is courtesy of Psychology Today Online. Many thanks to these websites!

Come feast with us Saturday 11/17/2018

It's time for "Fans-Giving" 
The annual KaCSFFS Thanksgiving Dinner
KaCSFFS has a long tradition of getting together to eat a great potluck meal together. We have no official activity planned, other than eating and talking. The club will provide plates, cups, flatware, napkins, etc., plus two turkeys: one smoked and one roasted. We need you, the attendees, to provide suitable and/or traditional side dishes. (See "What to bring" below).
Date: Saturday, November 17, 2018
Time: setup starts at 6 p.m.; eat around 7.
Where: The Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City, MO 64111.

Here's a glimpse of part of the crowd in 2016. Photo by Jan S. Gephardt.

We hope to have guests!
We've invited a few loosely-connected fannish groups from the area to join us. We hope to welcome new faces, and maybe new members. Let’s do our best to make any newcomers feel welcome.

Part of the 2016 Thanksgiving feast crowd plays a card game after dinner. Photo by Jan S. Gephardt.

What to bring
* If you have a short-playing-time tabletop game or card game you think our members might enjoy, please bring it.
* Folding/portable tables or even square card tables. The Writers Place has plenty of chairs, but they don’t have as many tables as they used to, and most of what they have will be used to hold the food. If you want to have a place to eat, bring a table!

Ty Gephardt and Paul Burns attack the meat-and-
drink table in 2016. Photo by Jan S. Gephardt.

Food to bring
We’re not going to assign salads, vegetables, desserts, and so forth by last name -- we’re going for a genuine “pot luck” meal: whatever people bring is what we’ll eat. However, some suggestions to get your culinary inspiration going might include:
Appetizer tray (remember, if you bring fresh veggies for dipping, long experience tells us KaXFEN don't eat broccoli)
Cranberry sauce/jelly/salad
Mashed potatoes (giblet gravy will be provided)
Dressing
Sweet potato something (whole, candied, pureed, etc.)
Vegetable dishes (corn something, creamed peas, glazed carrots, etc.; and what is Thanksgiving without at least one green bean casserole?)
Rolls of various types, with butter
Pies (Pumpkin, apple, and pecan are traditional, but don’t be afraid to bring something adventurous such as butterscotch, pineapple, or coconut crème), Brownies, cakes, and/or cookies.
A bag or two of ice for drinks, and a cooler to keep it in.
Although there will be a small selection of sodas, you should bring your own favorite beverage(s). David and Marisa probably will bring a gallon or two of un-sweet tea to share.

At left, Jim "Dr. Paisley" Murray carves a turkey, at the 2015 feast; at right, the dessert table from 2015. Photos by Ty Gephardt.

IMAGES: Many thanks to photographers Jan S. Gephardt and Tyrell Gephardt, as well as all the folks who allowed us to take their pictures for KaCSFFS publicity purposes. Please feel free to re-post or reblog them if you wish, but kindly include an attribution and a link back to this blog post! Thanks!

KaCSFFS Thanksgiving Saturday!

What: Monthly KaCSFFS Meeting
When: Saturday, November 18, 2017, 6:00 p.m. setup
Where: The Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City, MO 64111
Food Theme: Thanksgiving Feast

Join our festivities!

Here's part of the 2016 dinner crowd. We'll save a place for you this year, if you'll come!

Please join us on Saturday for the annual KaCSFFS Thanksgiving Feast. It's our best-attended meeting each year (KaXFEN love to eat!),  and it'll be here before you know it.

This year, we're also encouraging like-minded people from sf, fantasy, horror, anime, and similar, speculative-fiction fandoms to come join us at The Writers Place in Kansas City, MO, and bring favorite goodies to share.

The Food
What kind of goodies to share? KaCSFFS provides the turkey, so we do need to know if you're coming! Email us, please, or respond to our Facebook Event. We ask all who come to bring a side or dessert to share potluck-fashion. If there's a special drink you'd like to bring, feel free.

Sides include: Vegetable dishes (except broccoli--sorry! We've learned most KaXFEN won't eat it), bread, potatoes or stuffing, salads or fruit salads, cheese, relish, and suchlike.

Desserts include: Pies, cakes, cookies, tarts, candies, or other such things, to end the meal on a sweet note. Please consider the diabetics among us--consider bringing a sugarless alternative (be sure to label it!).

Glimpses of our "groaning board" and some of our partakers, from our 2015 and 2016 Thanksgiving events. Identifiable, L-R: Ruth Lichtwardt, Ty Gephardt, Paul Burns, Beth Moscato, Marisa Means, David Means.

More snapshots from the Food Department, 2015 edition: Our turkey-carver is James "Dr. Paisley" Murray.

We also hope some maybe bring along a card game or other tabletop game you think might be fun to play after dinner.

PHOTOS: Many thanks to Jan Gephardt and Ty Gephardt, for the photos used in this post--and to all the KaXFEN who allowed them to take their photos for club communications. Feel free to re-post any you like, but PLEASE include attribution and a link back to this post! Thanks.

What will you bring to the Feast?

Join the festivities!

Here's part of the 2016 dinner crowd. We'll save a place for you this year, if you'll come!

In two short weeks on November 18, 2017, it'll be time for the annual KaCSFFS Thanksgiving Feast. It's our best-attended meeting each year (KaXFEN love to eat!),  and it'll be here before you know it.

This year, we're also encouraging like-minded people from sf, fantasy, horror, anime, and similar, speculative-fiction fandoms to come join us at The Writers Place in Kansas City, MO, and bring favorite goodies to share.

Glimpses of our "groaning board" and some of our partakers, from our 2015 and 2016 Thanksgiving events. Identifiable, L-R: Ruth Lichtwardt, Ty Gephardt, Paul Burns, Beth Moscato, Marisa Means, David Means.

More snapshots from the Food Department, 2015 edition: Our turkey-carver is James "Dr. Paisley" Murray.

KaCSFFS provides the turkey, so we do need to know if you're coming! We ask all who come to bring sides or desserts to share potluck-fashion, and maybe also bring along a card game or other tabletop game you think might be fun to play after dinner. We provide tableware, but if there's a special drink you'd like to bring, feel free.

PHOTOS: Many thanks to Jan Gephardt and Ty Gephardt, for the photos used in this post--and to all the KaXFEN who allowed them to take their photos for club communications. Feel free to re-post any you like, but PLEASE include attribution and a link back to this post! Thanks.

Laser Rangers 2017 November Meeting

Laser Rangers Annual Thanksgiving Celebration

Date: November 4, 2017
Time: 4:15pm
Location: David Sooby’s home theater with 51-inch Samsung HDTV, a 5.1 Surround Sound Dolby Digital sound system, a full set of audiophile-grade speakers, and upgraded seating for about 15 people without crowding.
Captain Laser: We're All Captains Today
Food:Thanksgiving Feast
Costume: Elegant Dinner Party Fashion

To learn more, and coordinate what food to bring, please visit our Facebook Event Page!

This is our annual Thanksgiving Feast extravaganza and the meeting where we choose the movies for the upcoming year. Please join us and share in the celebration as we recount old memories, make new ones, and plan for those yet to come. As always short features will be shown before the main feature. You won't want to miss this!

Feature Presentation!
Wonder Woman

(2017, 141 minutes) Directed by: Patty Jenkins

Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen, Elena Anaya

When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny.-IMDB

Watch the trailer here!





The home of the Laser Rangers is located about four miles north of the Kansas Speedway, NW of the intersection of I-70 and I-435 on the Kansas side of the Greater Kansas City area.

IMAGE CREDITS: The information for all of these shows come from the invaluable IMDB. The movie posters come from Wikipedia or the movie's respected distributors. 

The movie screen frame image used for the Laser Rangers contact information is courtesy of Psychology Today Online. Many thanks to these websites!