The new mezzanine is in! We just found out yesterday, but will be there from noon to 5:00 p.m. to work on painting, lighting, moving books, etc. If you have any time today, we'd love to have you! Check BSFS.org for directions. #upgrade #books #Baltimore #sff

One of the earliest sit-ins of the civil rights era didn’t take place at a lunch counter, but at a public library in Alexandria, VA in 1939. Like many of the period, the library was segregated, leaving Black residents w/o access to library services despite the taxes they paid.

On this day in 1969, the #Apollo11 astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, fulfilling the second half of JFK's Moonshot: "...and returning him safely to the Earth."

After two residents checked out every book in the library's Pride Month display to keep others from accessing them, boxes began to arrive containing new copies of the books, and the library received more than $15K in donations. nyti.ms/3OoQbem #UniteAgainstBookBans

In the SFF Crisis Over AI, It’s Humans You Can’t Trust file770.com/in-the-sff-cri…

.NASA Webb Telescope detected water vapor around a distant star in a region where rocky planets could be forming. This steamy environment raises the question: Where did the water come from? Pore over the details: go.nasa.gov/3KaVlbo

Another working weekend at the BSFS building! All volunteers are welcome. Noon-5 Sat Noon-4 Sun Tasks include: -get the Zoom systems ready -vacuum floor -touch up ground floor paint -move tables and stuff back -put back up the under the stairs curtains, etc.

2023 Dragon Awards Ballot file770.com/2023-dragon-aw…

On Aug. 9 at approximately 10:45am ET (1445 UTC), cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin will conduct a spacewalk to make updates to the International Space Station's Rassvet module. Learn where to watch live: go.nasa.gov/440aNy0

This is going to be an awesome night! #amreading #scifibooks #horrorbooks #fantasybooks #BaltimoreEvents #DontMissIt The Ivy Bookshop BaltimoreSciFi

Planning meeting tonight at 7:00 p.m., both in person with the newly updated building, and on zoom. See BSFS.org for the link

Our monthly business meeting is tonight at 8:30pm, following the Balticon planning meeting, both in person in the newly updated building, and via zoom. See the BSFS.org website for the link.

Happy Star Trek Day!

Meeting tonight at 8:30 p.m., via zoom and in person. Following the 7:00 p.m. Balticon planning meeting. Elections are tonight! Dues paid members get to vote.

No RPGs this month, join us next month!

BSFS Contest Honors Miller locusmag.com/2024/08/bsfs-c…