Meets and Greets, music and readings.

So, I'm going to be arriving in Chicago late in the afternoon of Wednesday, March 18th, preparatory to the Great Train Adventure the next day. The MU readers I know who will be on the train are going to be boarding in Memphis, but are any Chicago-area fans interested in doing a meet-and-greet? The adventure kick off concert is at 7, it's $10 to get in and it is open to the general public for anybody who wants to go, and there are a few hours in between my train arrival and that. There may also be additional meet/hang-out opportunities the next day as the train doesn't leave until the evening. I don't know the city at all, so anyone who wants to hang out and/or go to the concert, give a shout in the comments. Talk to me, talk amongst yourselves, etc.

And of course, the same is true at the other end of the journey: if you're in the New Orleans area, there is going to be a FABULOUS gala concert event on Saturday the 21st. Tickets for this are $30, and as the website explains: "This event will be semi-formal, semi-costumed, very kinky, and will feature musical performance by SJ Tucker, Betsy Tinney, and Michelle "Vixy" Dockrey, plus readings and theatrical presentations by Catherynne M. Valente, K' Wiley, and Lee Harrington, a masterful bondage and rope suspension artist." I will also be doing readings at some point before the main event. As with Chicago, I'm also open to just hanging out with folks who don't have money for/aren't interest in the concerts. popelizbet and I are already conspiring to pillage the French Quarter for fantastic hats.