Greetings furry fans!

By this point, many of us (staff members included) have started the journey to Pittsburgh, or will start it very shortly. As such, we will not be checking email until after the convention has concluded. If you need to get in touch with us, please stop by the Operations Office, located on the 3rd Floor of The Westin Hotel in the Crawford Room, anytime after 12 Noon on Wednesday, July 1st.

Other key links:

- Hours for major convention areas
- Full schedule of events
- Follow us on Twitter for real-time events and breaking news: @Anthrocon and @AnthroconDances
- Please our Post-con survey and let us know what you liked about the con
- Have experiences or stories to share after the con? Tell us in the Post-2009 forums
- Have pictures to share? Post them to our group on Flickr

We'll see you in Pittsburgh!

- The Anthrocon Staff and Board of Directors

Hi all,

Need to make a quick announcement. Anthrocon has learned that one of its long time staffers and attendees, JBadger, was admitted to the hospital yesterday. He is ok, but his physician has requested that he remain in the hospital for the next 5 days or so. This means that JBadger will not be attending Anthrocon this year.

JB is a good friend to many staffers, and has been an Anthrocon attendee since AAC1 in 1997. Please keep him in your thoughts for a speedy recovery.

HI everyone. I wanted to throw out a little piece of helpful advice to everyone. Each year, Anthrocon is graced with some of the most talented artists in the fandom. And every year, we see a dazzling collection of custom conbadges and artwork that people wear to display their characters. Unfortunately, something happens EVERY year. Someone will spill something on their badge, it will get folded, bent, or ripped, or sometimes even lost.

Remember, your custom con badge is a piece of art. You paid for it, and it's not usually considered "disposable". So here's a suggestion that folks have come up with over the years. Scan the original badge and then print a color copy of it to wear at the convention. Leave the original in a safe place. This way, you won't lose or damage something that cannot be easily (if at all) replaced.

Anthrocon features some of the most talented DJs in the Furry Fandom, but who are they really? We'll be taking some time in the weeks running up to the convention to let you know, in their own words, what makes them tick and what you can expect from their sets.

Anthrocon is just days away, and with this final DJ Spotlight we turn our attention to one of the best DJs both inside and outside of Furry Fandom, TekFox!

Fandom Name: Tekfox
Age: 28
Influences: Ewun, Spor, Noisia, Hive, Reso, Caspa, Autechre, Simon Posford, Tipper, Bassnectar, edIT
Genres Played: DnB, Dubstep, Glitchbreaks
Bombs Dropped: 3
Lightbulbs Broke: 13

Biography:

Have you started flailing yet? I know I have! We're at ONE WEEK to showtime, and now's when you should get those final things in order and make sure everything is peachy keen-er-oonie when you show up.

What you'll need:

* Absolutely positively above all else, you MUST have a state or federally issued photograph ID with the same name you registered under

What you'll probably want:

* An additional table cloth: the David L. Lawrence Convention Centre will only be able to provide the table cloth on your table when you arrive; if you need an additional one, say to cover your goods when you're away, you will need to provide it yourself.

If you are interested in helping to load up Art Show panels in Philadelphia on Tuesday, June 30 at 6 PM, or in helping to load up the Boxes of Multiple Heaviness in Malvern on Wednesday, July 1 at 7:00 AM, and you have not gotten directions to either location, please let me know by dropping an email to .

Also, if you are available to offload Art Show panels in Philadelphia on Monday, July 6, around 8:00 PM, and you have not yet contacted us, please do so!

Remember, volunteers are rewarded with luscious food!

Thanks to the planning efforts of the incredible Yappyfox and the artistic talents of the incomparable Takaza, we present to you the route for the Anthrocon 2009 Fursuit Parade. You can see it by clicking here!

Our charity this year is the Wildlife Center of the Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania, the region's premiere shelter for injured and orphaned wildlife. The staff and volunteers of the Center are very excited to be the recipients of Anthrocon 2009's Charity Auction proceeds -- so excited, in fact, that they have arranged a reception and tour of their facility for Anthrocon members on Wednesday evening, July 1, from 7-9 PM. They are offering snacks and a rare opportunity to meet face-to-face (or -beak, or -muzzle) with some of their residents. Raptors, corvids, terrapins, procyonids, mephits, and many others are waiting to greet you!

Hello everyone! Pittsburgh and the local furry community are looking forward to welcoming you back to our city this year. We thought we'd provide a list of things to do and what is going on in and around the "Golden Triangle" while you're visiting.