Babylon 5 Update for 4 - 23 - 2016

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I update once every 2 weeks (or so) with fiction, challenges etc. Please feel free to contact me if you have news or anything you think needs to be featured here. Just send me a PM at alexcat or post it to the update and I’ll include it the next time.

Hi all! Hope your weather is as gorgeous as ours is today. Tomorrow we will begin Season 2 of our rewatch at b5_revisited. Join us!


Fanfic
Well Met, General by NotYourNormalFangirl (Crossover/Star Wars, Ivanova, Leia Organa Solo, Gen).
The Galaxy Project by ORBSyndicate (Multifandom smashup, Teen and up).
Face in the Portrait by LadyMarianne123 (Galen, Gen).
A Quiet Evening by SoloByChoice (Vir, Lennier, Gen).
Mhairie: The Dead of Night by marysiak (Garibaldi/OFC, Teen and up).
Better Than Nothing by Solo By Choice (Garibaldi, Ivanova, T).


Fanart:
I only display a sampling of the latest from the artists. Please check out their pages at Deviant Art.
Neon Londo and G’Kar by Lady Yate Xel.
Mr. and Mrs. Valen(non-canon) by Jennifer Stolzer.


DVDs:
CNN Documents Babylon 5.


News:
Get all the B 5 and related news at ISN News: The Zocalo Today!.
--Here is the Facebook FreeBabylon5 community.


Communities and members:
*Recap and Discussion for Season 1 at b5_revisited.
**b5_revisited is beginning a rewatch of Season 2. This post has info and sign up info for leading discussions for each episode. We need more people to sign up and we hope you’ll all join us in the rewatch! We welcome all watchers and commenters too!


Fun things:
If you have Facebook, ‘like’
Bruce Boxleitner for updates on Bruce and some nice convention photos.
Claudia Christian for some Ivanova fun and photos.
Patricia Tallman does a few fun things at her FB page and she has a newsletter you can subscribe to while you're there.
Jason Carter for some of Jason’s zaniness. He does post some as well as a mod.
Fans of J. Michael Straczynski for updates from the man himself and mods.
***The Zocalo Today is a great place to read news and fun stuff from fans. I think you have to ask to join. There is lots of discussion and fanning going on at this Fb community right now. B5 is alive and well there.***

** April Birthdays**
April 4 - Phil Morris (Season 3-Lt. Bill Trainor, EAS Alexander)
April 6 - Christopher Franke
April 11 - Maggie Egan - ISN Reporter
April 13 - Tony Dow
April 13 - Erick Avari (Rabbi Leo Mayers in "And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place" -Season 3.)
April 18 - Clive Revill (Trakis, the Golian criminal & slave owner in "Born to the Purple" Season 1.
April 19 - Warren Takeuchi
April 24 - Glenn Morshower (EarthForce officer, in "Acts of Sacrifice" -Season 2).
April 25 - Peter Jurasik


Conventions:
MEGACON 2016
Dates: May 26-29, 2016
Place: Orange County Convention Center
For more information, go to http://megaconvention.com/.

PHOENIX COMIC CON
Dates: June 2-5, 2016
Place: Phoenix Convention Center
Guests: Alex Kingston, Gates McFadden, Lee Majors, Lindsay Wagner, Billie Piper and more
For more information, go to http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/.

ConCarolinas
http://www.concarolinas.org/
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/concarolinas-2015-registration-6735603371

FLORIDA SUPERCON 2016
Place: Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, FL
Dates: July 1-4, 2016
B5 Guests: Walter Koenig, David Warner, Bruce Boxleitner
Guests: William Shatner, Karl Urban, Rene Auberjonois and many more
For more information, go to www.fsc.com.

Heroes Convention
June 17-19 2016
http://www.heroesonline.com/heroescon/

Conregate
July 15-17 2016
https://www.facebook.com/fansofcongregate?fref=ts

PENSACOLA COMIC CONVENTION
Place: Pensacola Interstate Fair Grounds Expo Hall, Pensacola, Florida
Dates: August 20-21, 2016
B5 Guest: Jason Carter
Other Guests: Tim Russ, William Katt, Michael Beck, and many more
For more information, go to http://www.pensacolacomiccon.com/"

Charlotte Comic Con
Min con happen four times a year

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