[Michlib-l] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2018 GEEK FEST

[Farrell Howe]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 11, 2018

CONTACT:
Farrell Howe
Marketing and Communication Manager
Kalamazoo Public Library
269-553-7879

Calling all Geeks! It's Time for Geek Fest 2018

Kalamazoo, MI - Tuesday, September 11, 2018. Get Geeked for Geek Fest 2018<https://www.facebook.com/SWMGeekFest/>! This 3rd annual celebration of geek culture in all its forms, (comics, gaming, technology, cosplay and much more for all ages) will be held on Saturday, September 29, 11 am - 3 pm at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center<http://www.kalcounty.com/parks/expo/index.htm>, 2900 Lake St., Kalamazoo. This event is free and open to the public.

This year's Geek Fest features a cosplay contest with prizes, a robotics demonstration with Gull Lake Area Robotics<http://www.gulllakearearobotics.com/>, Mattawan RoboKats<http://mattawan-robotics.org/> and 2 Paw Robotics<https://sites.google.com/a/ppps.org/paw-paw-high-school-robotics/home>, free caricatures, free comic books from Rocket Comics<https://www.facebook.com/rocketcomicz/>, Kalamazoo Ghostbusters<https://www.facebook.com/gbk.kalamazoo/>, L'Arte D'Armizare Medieval Martial Arts<https://www.southsidedojo.com/l-arte-d-armizare>, Nova Virtual Reality<https://www.novavr.net/>, a photo booth and Star Wars characters from the 501st Legion<http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/501st_Legion>.

Gamers of all ages will enjoy 5Crests, Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator, Aunt Cathy's Kiddie Corner, Dragon-Knight Publishing: D&D Whispers of Starfall, Dungeons and Dragons: Toiseachadh 5e, Elder Signs, Glitch Video Game Lounge, Magic the Gathering, Munchkin, Pathfinder: Honor's Echo, Red Dragon Inn: Pookie No!, and Yu-Gi-Oh!

Featured artists and authors include Yuko Ota and Ananth Hirsh<http://www.johnnywander.com/about>, Kenjji Jumanne-Marshall<http://kenjji.com/home.html>, Paul Sizer<http://www.paulsizer.com/>, Ruth McNally Barshaw<http://www.ruthexpress.com/>, Jessi Fletcher & Sew Excited Cosplay<https://www.facebook.com/jessi.fletcher.10?fref=search>, Chaotic Neutral Cosplay<https://www.facebook.com/chaoticneutralcosplay>, Emily Kastner<https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-kastner-5675b9a0/> and Angela Sisk<https://twitter.com/amc_sisk>.
If you have maker mania, then come make slime with the Kalamazoo Ghostbusters<https://www.facebook.com/gbk.kalamazoo/>, make your own cereal box journal with Ruth McNally Barshaw,<http://www.ruthexpress.com/> make comic book buttons and origami superhero bookmarks, and learn about your future from the Harry Potter Sorting Hat Fortune Teller!

Bookbug<http://www.bookbugkalamazoo.com/>, a local independent bookstore, will be on site selling books. Kalamazoo County Expo Center<http://www.kalcounty.com/parks/expo/index.htm> will be selling food.
The 2018 Geek Fest is sponsored by: 5Crests<https://www.facebook.com/5crests>, Dragon-Knight Publishing<https://www.facebook.com/dragonknightpub>, Slugfest Games<http://slugfestgames.com/>, Fanfare<http://www.fanfare-se.com/>, Glitch Gaming Lounge<https://www.facebook.com/glitchgaming.kzoo/>, Pathfinder Society<http://paizo.com/pathfinderSociety>, Rocket Comics<https://www.facebook.com/rocketcomicz/>, Bookbug<http://www.bookbugkalamazoo.com/>, SLD Read<http://www.sldread.org/>, Western Michigan Gamers Guild<http://www.wmgg.org/>, Walmart<http://www.walmart.com/>, the Royal Manticoran Navy<http://www.trmn.org/portal/>, Friends of the Paw Paw District Library<http://www.pawpaw.lib.mi.us/about/friends.htm>, Friends of the Portage District Library<http://www.portagelibrary.info/about/support_get_involved/friends/>, Friends of the Antwerp Sunshine Library<http://friendsofantwerpsunshinelibrary.weebly.com/>, Friends of Kalamazoo Public Library<http://kpl.gov/friends>, and United Bay Community Credit Union<https://www.ubccu.org/>.

Geek Fest is hosted by: Kalamazoo Public Library<http://www.kpl.gov/>, Lawton Public Library<http://www.lawtonlibrary.com/>, Paw Paw District Library<http://www.pawpaw.lib.mi.us/>, Portage District Library<http://www.portagelibrary.info/> and VanBuren District Library<http://www.vbdl.org/>.

For more information, visit facebook.com/SWMGeekFest<https://www.facebook.com/SWMGeekFest/>.

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