{"id":223,"date":"2016-04-11T19:23:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T23:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communication\/?p=223"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:30:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:30:55","slug":"acecon-anime-and-comics-enthusiasts-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/acecon-anime-and-comics-enthusiasts-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"ACEcon Anime and Comics Enthusiasts Convention at Tarpon Springs Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/04\/ACEcon.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-235\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-235\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/04\/ACEcon-232x300.png\" alt=\"ACEcon\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/04\/ACEcon-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/04\/ACEcon-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/04\/ACEcon-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/04\/ACEcon.png 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a>The Palm Harbor Library and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/tsc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Petersburg College\u2019s Tarpon Springs Campus<\/a> present their third annual ACEcon (Anime and Comics Enthusiast Convention). This two-day event will be held rain or shine:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, April 16 (11 a.m. &#8211; 4 p.m.) at the Palm Harbor Library<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, April 17 (12 &#8211; 5 p.m.) at the St. Petersburg College\u00a0Tarpon Springs Campus FA Building.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Workshops include origami, readers\u2019 round table discussion (comics and anime) and how to self-publish your work, which will be presented by College of Business Academic Department Chair Dr. Jenice Armstead. Also scheduled is a presentation by Communications faculty member Fred Oppliger called &#8220;Subtle Cultural Influences in Anime.&#8221; For those who love gaming, a room will be designated for strategy board gaming and Dungeons and Dragons organizational play.<\/p>\n<p>Outside, grab a bite to eat at our food trucks Engine 53 (pizza) or Lizzie Cakes (desserts and beverages). There will also be an air-conditioned mobile gaming trailer available from 2- 4:30 p.m. that seats 25 individuals and is equipped with the latest video games.<\/p>\n<p>Dress up and participate in the costume contest! Participants will be judged in categories such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Anime<\/li>\n<li>Best Comic Book<\/li>\n<li>Best Thrift\u00a0Store\u00a0Costume<\/li>\n<li>Best Original Costume<\/li>\n<li>and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Afterwards learn all about your favorite heroes during the Character Q&amp;A Panel Discussion. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeparattner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art<\/a> will also be on hand with a mask making booth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Palm Harbor Library and St. Petersburg College\u2019s Tarpon Springs Campus present their third annual ACEcon (Anime and Comics Enthusiast Convention). This two-day event will be held rain or shine: Saturday, April 16 (11 a.m. &#8211; 4 p.m.) at the Palm Harbor Library Sunday, April 17 (12 &#8211; 5 p.m.) at the St. Petersburg College\u00a0Tarpon &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/acecon-anime-and-comics-enthusiasts-convention\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ACEcon Anime and Comics Enthusiasts Convention at Tarpon Springs Campus<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":692,"featured_media":236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/692"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":996,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions\/996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}