# Fall 2003 MADfest Calendar **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208 "2003-09-08T02:56:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/21 "2003-09-12T14:28:44Z")
**September:** Sat. 9/20 - [MAD Outdoors Club hike](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210070) Sat. 9/20, 2pm - [Dominic’s birthday party](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=210753) Sun. 9/21 - [Doper Wimmins Lunch](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=208743) (11am) and [Visionary Art Museum trip](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209692) (1pm) Sat. 9/27 (time TBD) - [birdgirl/TTO’s Dave & Buster’s Extravaganza](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=207074) **October:** Sat. 10/4 (time TBD) - [Maryland Ren Faire](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=206299) Sat. 10/11 - Jousting in Leesburg? Sat. 10/25 - **Dope-A-Ween** Date TBD - [Rollercoasters at Six Flags](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209218) in Largo (10/5 or 10/26) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/22 "2003-09-12T14:31:02Z")
I’m gonna ask the mods to change the thread title to: **Fall 2003 MADfest Calendar** ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/23 "2003-09-12T22:31:50Z")
You know… If you’re here… You might want to check out… [Dope-A-Ween III](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=210951) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/24 "2003-09-12T23:30:28Z")
I got an email from AVAM - > [@](#): > > \*\*You can receive the group rate just by showing up with 10 or more people. The rate is $3/per for school groups K-12 $5/ per for all others > > And just a reminder, for the duration of Sept our admission is $3 since we are between shows, and only 2 of our 7 galleries are open. The next show opens Oct 4th. \*\* So we can get in for only $3 on the 21st, but there won’t be a lot to see. Does this need to be put off till October? We can just do the lunch and the Harbor. No matter to me either way. I’ll be back in Balto over Columbus Day weekend, so that Sunday would work for me too. Anyone? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/25 "2003-09-13T00:24:31Z")
**September:** Sat. 9/20 - [MAD Outdoors Club hike](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210070) Sat. 9/20, 2pm - [Dominic’s birthday party](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=210753) Sun. 9/21 - [Doper Wimmins Lunch](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=208743) (11am) and (maybe 9/21 @ 1pm, maybe 10/12) [Visionary Art Museum trip](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209692) Sat. 9/27 (time TBD) - [birdgirl/TTO’s Dave & Buster’s Extravaganza](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=207074) **October:** Sat. 10/4 (11am) - [Maryland Ren Faire](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=206299) Sat. 10/11 - Jousting in Leesburg? Sun. 10/12 - maybe the Visionary Art Museum trip (see 9/21) Sat. 10/25 - [Dope-A-Ween](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210951) Date TBD - [Rollercoasters at Six Flags](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209218) in Largo (10/4 or 10/5 or 10/11 or 10/26) Boy howdy, we’re a busy bunch. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/26 "2003-09-13T00:39:09Z")
Isn’t that what makes us great? The sense of community? And me, of course. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/27 "2003-09-13T01:14:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*I got an email from AVAM - So we can get in for only $3 on the 21st, but there won’t be a lot to see. Does this need to be put off till October? We can just do the lunch and the Harbor. No matter to me either way. I’ll be back in Balto over Columbus Day weekend, so that Sunday would work for me too. Anyone? Anyone? \*\* Yeah, I noticed on the website they didn’t have a big show up – but I didn’t realize that meant they were 5/7 closed. (what’s that, 70% or so? sigh.) Let’s wait. I’ll make sure **avhHines** knows – I recruited here specifically for this – **FCM** , you seem to have a better grasp on the possibles than I do, would you email anyone who needs to be emailed. sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Anita\_Vacation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Anita\_Vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anita_Vacation)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/28 "2003-09-13T14:27:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by twickster \* > \*\*Yeah, I noticed on the website they didn’t have a big show up – but I didn’t realize that meant they were 5/7 closed. (what’s that, 70% or so? sigh.) > > Let’s wait. I’ll make sure **avhHines** knows – I recruited here specifically for this – **FCM** , you seem to have a better grasp on the possibles than I do, would you email anyone who needs to be emailed. > > sigh. \*\* It’s frustrating to put it off again, but it makes sense to wait, and since the lunch and museum have always been tied together we should postpone the lunch, too. **FCM** , how is the weather on the harbor in October? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/29 "2003-09-13T15:11:50Z")
Regarding October harbor weather - your guess is as good as mine. I expect it’ll be cool to chilly. However, unless one is a hothouse flower, one merely adds an extra layer, right? Another consideration about the 21st - depending upon Hurricane Isabel’s path, Baltimore could well be extremely rainy and windy that day. I promise you, that is not the kind of day you want to spend at a marina, much less out on the water. Are there some mysterious forces conspiring to keep the Doper Wimmins from gathering together? Sheesh, it’s not like we’re meeting to plan a coup or anything, ya know? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/30 "2003-09-13T15:27:36Z")
Of course…that’s what we’d _expect_ you to say… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/31 "2003-09-13T17:33:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by twickster \* > I didn’t realize that meant they were 5/7 closed. (what’s that, 70% or so? 71.4285714285…%. Not that I’m a math geek or anything. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/32 "2003-09-13T17:51:58Z")
I think taking it to 10 decimals is a bit much… 😛 Further, it falls within the tolerance of “or so” - no, I’m not an engineering geek. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/33 "2003-09-15T21:29:10Z")
**September:** Thurs. 9/18 and Fri. 9/19 - a hot date with [Isabel](http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT13/refresh/AL1303W5+GIF/081203W5.gif). Sat. 9/20 - [MAD Outdoors Club hike](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210070) **Cancelled** Sat. 9/20, 2pm - [Dominic’s birthday party](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=210753) Sun. 9/21 - [Doper Wimmins Lunch](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=208743) (11am) and (maybe 9/21 @ 1pm, maybe 10/12) [Visionary Art Museum trip](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209692) Sat. 9/27 (time TBD) - [birdgirl/TTO’s Dave & Buster’s Extravaganza](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=207074) **October:** Sat. 10/4 (11am) - [Maryland Ren Faire](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=206299) Sat. 10/4 or Sun. 10/5, probably - [Rollerdopers](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209218) at Six Flags in Largo Sat. 10/11 - Jousting in Leesburg? Sun. 10/12 - maybe the Visionary Art Museum trip (see 9/21) Sat. 10/25 - [Dope-A-Ween](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210951) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/34 "2003-09-15T23:10:52Z")
Hasn’t the Doper Wimmins Lunch been postponed? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/35 "2003-09-15T23:20:13Z")
Chances are pretty good that I’m not going to be in Baltimore this weekend (thanks, Isabel! :mad: ) so unless the rest of you get together somewhere… I know **FCD** won’t be hosting anything in my absence. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/36 "2003-09-15T23:27:19Z")
Yeah, I’ve been taking it as postponed to the 12th. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/37 "2003-09-15T23:54:48Z")
OK, we can fix that. [QUOTE] \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* \*\ ***September:** Thurs. 9/18 and Fri. 9/19 - a hot date with [Isabel](http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT13/refresh/AL1303W5+GIF/081203W5.gif). Sat. 9/20, 2pm - [Dominic’s birthday party](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=210753) Sat. 9/27 (time TBD) - [birdgirl/TTO’s Dave & Buster’s Extravaganza](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=207074) **October:** Sat. 10/4 (11am) - [Maryland Ren Faire](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=206299) Sat. 10/4 or Sun. 10/5, probably - [Rollerdopers](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209218) at Six Flags in Largo Sat. 10/11 - Jousting in Leesburg? Sun. 10/12 - [Doper Wimmins Lunch](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=208743) and [Visionary Art Museum trip](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209692) Sat. 10/25 - [Dope-A-Ween](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210951) ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/38 "2003-09-15T23:58:59Z")
We’re thinking that Dope The Halls III will be December 6. Barring, of course, work Christmas parties for the two of us, or extended Advent services that I’ll have to perform. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/39 "2003-09-29T22:19:58Z")
**October:** Sat. 10/4 (10:30 am) - [Maryland Ren Faire](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=206299) Sat. 10/4 - [Rollerdopers](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209218) at Six Flags in Largo Sun. 10/12 - [Doper Wimmins Lunch](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=208743) and [Visionary Art Museum trip](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209692) Sat. 10/25 - [Dope-A-Ween](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210951) **November:** Nothin’, yet. Bet that doesn’t last long. **December:** Sat. 12/6 (tentatively) - **Dope the Halls** at Dave and Gingy’s! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208/40 "2003-09-29T22:41:15Z")
We will have to do something in November. A friend from Canada is coming down to visit, and I want to show her the sights around DC and Baltimore, possibly Philly. I need suggestions as well as friends to come along, if they’d like. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2003-madfest-calendar/200208.md?page=1)