Thursday, January 26, 2006

Women In Film/Chicago is celebrating our first Holiday Season and want you to be there with us! Come on out and join us during this festive time! There will be free giveaways, a raffle to benefit DEBORAH

Saturday, February 4, 2006 - What does the female eye add to the role of director? What is the market for female directors in Chicago? What challenges face women in the commercial and film worlds? Just how high is that glass ceiling? Join in the buzz and buffet with some top notch female directors in the Chicago commercial and film community. ATTENDANCE IS LIMITED DUE TO POPULARITY OF EVENT. YOU MUST RSVP TO backlot@wifchicago.org. Being held at Ann Sathers, 929 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago, 1:30-3:30pm. Women In Film/Chicago Members are Free; All others $10.00. Buffet meal will be served.

Women in Games International, a non-profit organization in the interactive entertainment industry, announced their debut conference in 2007, titled "From Production to Profit: Creating and Marketing Games for Women." The Women in Games International-San Francisco conference will be held at Electronic Arts in Redwood City, CA, from 1:00 to 7:00 pm.

At this half-day conference, WIGI representatives and industry experts will discuss the future of game design and game marketing as the female player marketplace matures and expands. The conference consists of two keynote addresses, panel discussions and roundtables with top experts in the field, and a post-conference networking reception, sponsored by Electronic Arts. Panel and roundtable topics include "By Design: Building Games for Women Who Play," "The Medium Is the Message: Marketing Games to Women who Play," "Meet the Producers" and "Introduction to Careers in Gaming" and many more.

Conference sponsors include platinum sponsor Electronic Arts, and series sponsors Game Developers Conference (GDC), International Games Developers Association (IGDA), Mary-Margaret.com, Girls in Games, ThemePark Studios, WomenGamers.com and BusinessWire.

For more information, visit www.womeningamesinternational.org.

Women In Games International, a newly-formed organization in the interactive entertainment industry, will host the Women in Games International Conference-Seattle at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. Titled

Women in Games International will hold next Community Mixer at Casual Connect in Seattle. Casual Connect is an annual event for the casual games industry with more than 3,000 professionals attending. Sponsored by Big Fish Games, the mixer will be held Thursday, July 24, at 7 p.m. at Dragonfish Asian Cafe, located at 722 Pine Street in Seattle, Washington, just a few short blocks from the Casual Connect site (Benaroya Hall), in the heart of downtown Seattle.

Attendees can expect food, cocktails, goodies and lots of chances to network, meet e-mail buddies face-to-face and mix-n-mingle with industry insiders. All attendees are reminded to bring their business cards to make the most of the event and to qualify for door prizes and giveaways. The event is hosted by Women in Games International and sponsored by Big Fish Games. Big Fish Games is providing the giveaways.

There is limited space at this venue, so those who want to attend are encouraged to RSVP early.

This is an open, all-gender event. Anybody who wants to support community building for women in the game industry can attend.

Wonder Woman debuted in American comic books during World War II, and was the super-heroic star of a popular television series in the 1970s. Now, for the second year in a row, the heroine serves as a star-spangled symbol for a charity benefit for Portland's most protective domestic violence shelters -- Raphael House and Bradley-Angle House -- and the Portland Women's Crisis Line. Excalibur Comics will host "Wonder Woman Day" on Sunday, October 28, from 1:00 to 6:00 pm. The free all-ages event will include a trio of comic book creators signing WONDER WOMAN comics and special art prints, as well as a silent art auction with over 150 of the world's top artists contributing original art, plus raffles, costumes, rare memorabilia, and more! Additionally, a second "Wonder Woman Day" benefit will take place on Sunday, Oct. 28, in Flemington, New Jersey, at Comic Fusion. This East Coast event will benefit Safe in Hunterdon, a domestic violence shelter in New Jersey. For more information, visit www.wonderwomanmuseum.com/WWDay2/WWDay2.html.

Sponsored by Comic-Con International, Wondercon is a comic book and sci-fi/fantasy convention. The event features screenings, game rooms, exhibits, panel discussions and workshops. Wonderful World of Animation art Gallery (WWA) along with Clampett Studio Collections, Home of the Warner Bros. Gallery Art Program, will host the award-winning Directors, Writers and Producers Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, and Bruce Timm for an exclusive authorized signing event at the WWA Booth # 508. For more information visit http://www.comic-con.org/Pages/WCWhatsNew.html.

Sponsored by Comic-Con International, Wonder Con is a comic book and sci-fi/fantasy convention. The event features screenings, game rooms, exhibits, panel discussions and workshops. Fans can meet with celebrities and creators as well as look for the hard-to-find merchandise they have been looking for. More info can be found at http://www.comic-con.org/Pages/WCWhatsNew.html.

WonderCon, the bay area