Happenings for Rennies:

• Throughout the month, English Country and International Folk Dancing Lessons are offered by the Fairfield Folk Art and Dance Co-op in Fairfield, IA. See their site for specific information.
• March 10 - 19: RenRadio.com is part of a St. Patrick's Day contest for all Live365 stations that play Irish music. The station with the most sustained listeners wins $100 and free promos, so LISTEN!
• March 11 TV: "Princess of Thieves" on ABC at 6pm.
• March 11: SaPaDaPaSo (Saint Patrick's Day Parade Society) Annual Irish Hooley (featureing Wylde Nept) from 2 - 6 pm at the K.C. Hall in Cedar Rapids, IA.
• March 13 TV: "Joan of Arc: Soul on Fire" on The History Channel at 5am.
• March 13: Traditional Irish Jam at Java Joe's in DSM.
• March 17 TV: "A Short History of Ireland" on The History Channel at 7pm.
• March 17 - SapaDaPaSo's Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Cedar Rapids, IA. (They're looking for ren troupes who want to be in the parade, so go to the web site for more details!) with a post-parade party for all participants featuring live Irish music by Glen Lonsdale and Friends!
• March 17 - Wyld Nept at 3rd St. Theater in Cedar Rapids, IA, from 9pm - 1am.
• March 19: Ed Conlow's traditional Irish music at Java Joe's in DSM.

Feature: Puzzle Fun! Our Favourite Faire Characters

• Sir Thomas — John-Paul's idol, Sir Thomas is the ultimate spreader of romance. Taken at Salisbury 1999
• Rufus the Rude — we don't really know how to explain Rufus, but here he is nonetheless. Taken at KCRF 1999
• Her Royal Highness, Queen Verity — the ultimate of ladies, Queen Verity is the person solely responsible for Willa's desire to be a rennie. Taken at IRF 1998
• Muddy Kisses — when we first met our beloved friend, he was walking around KCRF toting a sign saying "Kisses 1¢. Remember it's the French Weekend." And it just went downhill from there. Taken at HoMM 2000
• Merlyn and Sauboo — this is Willa's favourite faire photo. Merlyn is not only a master magician, but he can make the most fearsome faces! And that troll can sure crack a whip! Taken at Wybreg Spring 2000

Every two weeks we are going to turn five of our very own photos into a Java-based puzzle for you to solve! If you have a suggestion as to a photo that would make a good puzzle, let us know! To see past puzzles, go here.

Article: ATF Invades Disneyland!

This past week (Feb. 17 - 23), John-Paul and I made our annual-but-we-wish-it-was-more pilgrimage to The Happiest Place on Earth™ with an ulterior motive...We decided that since Disneyland has an entire section devoted to ATF's favourite time period that we would try to document a few spots to share with you...[more...]

Get Registered with Us

Want to meet other rennies? Want other rennies to be able to meet you? Go to our Faire Folke: Rennies section and get registered today! That way, rennies in your area can find you and send you an e-mail.

Also, if you are a renaissance faire Performer or Merchant, we'd like to list your contact information, as well! Quite a few faires use our database to find quality people for their events!

Feature: How to Develop a Ren Character Part 2

Mark Davio's featured articles on renaissance faire character development continue this week by learning more about how you are to become...

"Now that you have worked on the last exercise, let’s start on your character’s attributes. Your attributes are the distinct qualities that set you apart from your self. Your character must be everything you are not. I am not referring to an altar-ego, or schizophrenia, but simply to become someone you are not." [more...]

Article: Lost at the Faire

"You are here," said a small sticker stuck to a large map posted on the wall of the privies near the rear entrance to the Grandscale Renaissance Festival and Fantasy Faire. "I know where I am," mumbled Jarod, as he looked around trying to orient the map with the direction he was facing. [More]

Feature: Recipe of the Week

• Chopped Liver from 15th Century France

Because, yes, we think you're better than chopped liver...

Every week we are going to feature a scrumptious recipe from Cariadoc's Miscellany for you to try! For past recipes we have featured on our site, go here.

Article: Things I Learned by Doing Faire

This was a recent thread on alt.fairs.renaissance and sparked some really interesting responses. I think that in my five (almost 6!) years of doing faire, I've learned enough to fill an entire article. And, I figured that those of you who don't read AFR would have a chance to respond to this! [more...]