by Ian | Nov 30, 2015 | Blog, Photos
HALLOWKEENE 2015 was a blast!
For the second-annual HALLOWKEENE costume dance party, we moved to a new, better venue. The new venue allowed the party to go later than last year, had a super-nice staff, their drink prices were cheaper, and had plenty of power outlets, which made setting up Bill Domenico’s multiple AWESOME lasers possible.
Of course, you never know whether a new party is going to work until it happens, and thankfully, this one worked well – we had approximately 50 people attending at one time! That’s up significantly compared to last year’s approximately 30 attendees.
HALLOWKEENE 2015 Dance Floor
HALLOWKEENE 2015 was better in every way than last year, and the costumes were again fantastic. Check out loads of photos by multiple photographers on the HALLOWKEENE facebook page.
This year, Renee Kate of Anarchics was the winner of the costume contest as “Corpse Bride”, with Dan Gaudreau’s Ian Freeman costume, and Christopher David’s Satoshi Nakamoto costume as runners-up. Ann Leverette, your Rebel Mistress, MC’d the event, judged the costume contest, and did a great job – even buying drinks for the best dancers in a dance-off!
Big thanks to event sponsor Roberts & Roberts Brokerage and organizers Danica, Renee, Johnson, and Derrick J! Please like the HALLOWKEENE facebook page and keep following the Keenevention blog for further news about HALLOWKEENE 2016.
The lasers by Bill Domenico were awesome!
by Ian | Nov 3, 2015 | Blog
Keenevention 2015 Tech Panel
Keenevention 2015’s Legislative Panel
The afternoon included an all A rated (by the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance) panel of state legislators headed up by two-term A+ rated state rep and Free State Project early mover Mike Sylvia. The state reps, which included two freshmen, discussed their various experiences and favorite proposed liberty-oriented bills.
Darryl W. Perry Delivers Keenevention 2015’s Closing Keynote
Finally, Libertarian presidential candidate Darryl W. Perry delivered a rousing speech talking about why he cares and is motivated to dedicate basically every waking hour to liberty. Darryl’s a non-stop activist and was a great closing speaker for Keenevention 2015.
Post-Keenevention Social Sunday
by Ian | Nov 1, 2015 | Blog
Keenevention 2015 Media Panel
When we returned, an interesting contrasting couple of panels were presented. First a panel of newbies hosted by Tarrin Lupo shared their experiences being new movers as part of the Free State Project. Then, a panel of some of the original batch of FSP early movers presented by Denis Goddard discussed their perspective on all the changes we’ve seen in over a decade of people moving here for the FSP. There were great audience questions for both afternoon panels.
Keenevention Old School Panel 2015
Today, we received an awesome compliment! Cameron, a new mover from Michigan, told me that Keenevention is already a better experience for him than the yearly (much bigger) Liberty Forum! That’s not to say the Liberty Forum is a bad event – it’s also great, and you should attend it. He says he prefer Keenevention because it’s more intimate and easier to connect with the attendees and speakers and he’s enjoying getting out of the hotel and exploring the area. Yay!
Illegal UBER Driver Christopher David’s Keynote Speech
by Ian | Oct 31, 2015 | Blog
Friday VIP Dinner
Not all of Keenevention is spent cooped up in a hotel ballroom – there are lots of fun social events, too, thanks to our awesome community of activists. Last night, our VIPs enjoyed a special meal cooked by Keene Cop Block‘s Jessica Phillips and dozens of people attended the bonfire thrown by Black Sheep Rising‘s Conan Salada until the early morning hours. Today, the VIP meals continue at lunch and dinner and tonight will bring the second-annual HALLOWKEENE costume dance party! It’s definitely not too late to come out and join us!
HALLOWKEENE entry is included in your ticket price to Keenevention, which for the day pass is only $30. If you just want to attend HALLOWKEENE, it’s $10 at the door if you are costumed, $20 if no. For a map to the location, stop into Keenevention today.
Keenevention 2015 Bonfire
by Ian | Oct 31, 2015 | Blog
Keene’s Fall Colors, as of Friday!
The first day of this third-annual event kicked off with the first-ever Political Action Panel where panel host Darryl W. Perry and his guests discussed working for political change outside of the two major parties. After that, Cop Blockers from Manchester and Keene took the stage in an informative panel hosted by Keene Cop Block‘s JP Freeman. We broke at noon for lunch, which this year is expanded from 90 minutes to a two-hour block, giving Keeneventioneers more time to explore Keene’s dining experiences and get back to the hotel with time to spare.
The 2015 Bitcoin Panel
Finally, oathkeeper and Alstead town selectman Chris Rietmann took the stage to deliver the Friday night keynote address, covering his news-making open carry activism, his pro-liberty actions as a selectman, and support of activism of all stripes.
Chris Rietmann Delivers the Friday Keynote
Remember, if you can’t make it in reality – all the panels and speakers will be released on video over the weeks following Keenevention, so stay tuned to the Keenevention blog for more announcements (you can sign up for emails when the blog has new posts using the signup box in the right column). You can also follow the new Keenevention Twitter, Keenevention’s facebook page and join the official facebook event here.
by Ian | Oct 28, 2015 | Announcements, Blog
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Big thanks to Tim Frey and his team of professionals for getting behind HALLOWKEENE and Keenevention 2015. They’ll even be providing several of their new “Spider Silver” pieces for the live auction on Friday after the Bitcoin Panel, the proceeds of which benefit Ross Ulbricht’s legal defense fund.
Spider Silver!
