Minecraft Takes Over MoPop

November 7, 2017• byMichael Strangeways

Minecraft Nerds….PREPARE TO BATTLE AT MINECON EARTH PARTY AT THE MUSEUM OF POP CULTURE!!!!

SEATTLE-For the past few years, Minecraft has hosted super awesome MINECONs throughout the world. But this year, they’re switching it up with MINECON Earth: an interactive show—on the internet! MoPOP is getting into the action with our MINECON Earth Party, a full day devoted to Minecraft with the live stream on the museum’s epic Sky Church screen, a chance to meet Minecraft developers and YouTubers, build battles, tons of gaming, and much more. So leave the comfort of your home (or your yurt, shanty, or castle) and join fellow crafters for this mega unique event.

DATE: Saturday, November 18, 2017

TIME: 8:00AM – 5:00PM

TICKETS: $21-$30, All ages. Tickets available for purchase at MoPOP.org

VENUE: MoPOP

               325 5^th Avenue N

               Seattle, WA 98109

HERE IS JUST A SHOVEL-FULL OF WHAT WE’RE PLANNING:

Build Battle(s): Compete with fellow crafters by building an object in a pre-built battle world

Minecraft Charades: YouTubers vs. Developers

Meet the Minecraft Team: Q&A + Autographs

Meet-and-Greet with Some of our Favorite Minecraft Community Members:

               We’re hosting some special guests from the Minecraft YouTube and streaming

               communities, who will be in attendance to mingle with fellow Minecraft players

               and creators

Play, Craft, and Learn with Minecraft: Education Edition

Build Factor: 10 contestants. 20 minutes. 1 panel of expert judges.

ABOUT THE MUSEUM OF POP CULTURE (MoPOP)

MoPOP is a leading-edge nonprofit museum, dedicated to the ideas and risk-taking that fuel contemporary popular culture. With its roots in rock ‘n’ roll, MoPOP serves as a gateway museum, reaching multigenerational audiences through our collections, exhibitions, and educational programs, using interactive technologies to engage and empower our visitors. At MoPOP, artists, audiences and ideas converge, bringing understanding, interpretation, and scholarship to the popular culture of our time.

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS AT MoPOP

Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds

Wild Blue Angel: Hendrix Abroad, 1966-1970

Infinite Worlds of Science Fiction

Indie Game Revolution sponsored by Nintendo

Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic

Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film

Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses

We Are 12™: The Seattle Seahawks and the Road to Victory

PUSH ME, PULL ME: Pearl Jam and the Art of the Screen-Printed Poster at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

              CONTACT INFO

325 5th Avenue N, Seattle, WA 98109

206-770-2700, main line

206-770-2702, box office

MoPOP.org

SOCIAL MEDIA

facebook.com/MoPOPSeattle

twitter.com/MoPOPSeattle

youtube.com/MoPOPSeattle

flickr.com/photos/MoPOPSeattle

#MoPOPCulture

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.