Welcome to the Second Progress Report for Arisia 2025!
Arisia 2025 is taking place at the Hyatt Regency Boston/Cambridge, January 17-20, 2025. In this issue, we are bringing you the news about the hotel block, registration information, youth services, volunteer opportunities, and highlights.Rooms Still Available...
This January, we return to The Ziggurat! All Arisia events will take place at the Hyatt Regency Boston/Cambridge at 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139.The room block is nearly sold out. Please visit our website for the link to make your reservation today!
All reservations will default to the Standard block this year. To reserve an Accessible Room, Low Floor, Family Block, Active Block, Suite, or any other special request, please make your reservation and fill out the Special Request Form.
If your desired room nights are not available, you can complete the Special Request Form to get on the waitlist and/or consider our overflow hotel in Kendall Square.
Overflow Hotel: Boston Marriott Cambridge
We do expect to sell out the room block in our main hotel. We have arranged an overflow room block at the Boston Cambridge Marriott, located at 50 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142. There will be shuttle service between the main hotel and the Kendall Square T station.To reserve a room, please call the hotel directly at 617-494-6600 and request the Arisia Overflow Room Block. These rates are available for the nights of January 17, 18, and 19, 2025.
Room types available include:
Standard King: $169/night(plus applicable state and local taxes, currently 15.95%)
Standard Double: $219/night
Get Your Arisia 2025 Membership
Weekend Rates:
$65* through 12/31/2024 for full memberships
$75 for Turtle Track (professional childcare for children ages 2-6) Space is limited, sign up now!
$30 for students (students age 9-25 with a valid student ID)
Free for Kids-in-Tow (must be with a paying attendee at all times)
Card to Culture
Arisia is once again participating in the Massachusetts Card to Culture program. Card holders can register to attend Arisia 2025 at no cost to them. This includes all levels of membership and Turtle Track (professional child care for children ages 2-6), but space is limited! Email registration@arisia.org with a photo (front and back) of a participating card (SNAP/WIC/MassHealth) and your name, email address, phone, and mailing address.Youth Services Update
Turtle Track
Arisia 2025 will once again offer Turtle Track memberships which offer professional babysitting for children ages 2-6. Turtle Track memberships are limited, please secure your membership soon.Fast Track
Due to a lack of staffing, we will not be able to offer Fast Track programming for Arisia 2025.Geeky Family Club House
Families still need a space away from the main convention space. For Arisia 2025, we will open the Geeky Family Club House for families with children 12 and under.We’ll offer basic craft supplies and wifi in the room. Children must be with a parent/responsible adult and that adult must supervise their child. Children, even those with free roaming privileges, may not be in the Club House without their parent/responsible adult.
Teen Lounge
Arisia 2025 will again offer a teen only space, for members aged 13-19. This year, the space will be in 2 rooms. One room will be mask optional, to allow teens to take a mask break and eat away from the main convention area.Call for Volunteers!
Would you like to volunteer for Arisia 2025? Letting us know early is great, even if you only want to work during the convention! It helps our staff to plan ahead, and it lets us make sure we have your size of volunteer t-shirt.We also have a number of roles that will earn volunteer hours before the con. This means that you can help us out, get rewards for your volunteer hours, and spend the entire con just having fun!
Choose your volunteer adventure by visiting our website!
Access at Arisia
The Accessibility Division is working diligently to bring more access-related services and function to Arisia as a convention and for Arisia 2025 in particular. CART and assistive listening devices will return, as will limited braille programs and large-print maps. We want to hear from you. To request or suggest new accommodations please email access@arisia.org.
Con Chair Corner: Dale
Greetings everyone! My name is Dale Meyer-Curley (She/Her), and I am excited to be a member of the Con Chair team for A25! My first Arisia was also when I started volunteering, in 2004, when a coworker convinced me to come to the convention by leaving Souvenir books on my desk. I kept coming back to Arisia, married the coworker, and now we bring our children (one of which also volunteers).
My mom made me the geek I am today, introducing me to the “scary man in the vacuum,” watching Doctor Who on PBS (I learned 30 years later that it was Davros) and Star Trek. As much as I am a Whovian and Trekkie, my heart belongs to the Amazon Princess, Wonder Woman. I’ve been lucky and honored to sit on panels through the years to talk about all the things I love about science fiction, fantasy, comics, books, and KNITTING! Did I mention how much I LOVE making geeky knitted things?
If you see me during the convention, I’ll most likely be wearing a Wonder Woman Tiara, or a fantastic shawl I just finished this Fall. I can’t wait to see everyone in January!
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Any other questions about Arisia 2025? Email us at info@arisia.org!
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