Ok, you can stop now. We’re about to burst at the seems with stuff at the Intervention 2011, we can’t take anymore I tell you!

Fine, alright, we give in. We’ve got even more stuff being added to the event or updated:

We’ve added a new musical act to our Saturday lineup: Mark Aaron James. NYC based singer/songwriter Mark Aaron James was a winner in the USA Songwriting and UNISONG Songwriting Competitions and was twice voted the Best Singer/Songwriter in Greenwich Village by the Underground Music Organization. Check out the video for his song Aquaman’s Lament:

We’ve received some comics from actionfigurekingdom.com to give away for our Children’s Programming. Check out their selection of comics online–they’re neat, you can even color them yourself!

We’ve also updated our contest page with contest details (for high value items) and how you can enter to win. You’ll still have random chances to win other things just checking in at registration, wandering the halls, being in panels, watching videos, or breathing.

Thank you to Popchips for their generous contribution of 20 cases of PopChips. We will be giving PopChips out as long as supplies last this weekend.

I contacted PopChips because I am a health nut and they were already my favorite snack. I buy them every week when I go shopping. They taste just as good at potato chips, but don’t have many calories or bad things in them. If you’ve never tried them before, you will get your chance this weekend! My favorites are BBQ and Original Potato.

CLICK HERE to read the article in this week’s Gazette.

If you are in MD, you can also see this in the print edition.

You can see our archive of press coverage here.

Intervention 2011 really appreciates the help and support from all of our attendees–you guys are the reason we’re doing this event. In some cases though, people go above and beyond to help enable us to do this event, and we like to point that out.
Shy Matsi is one of those people. Shy, as an Enabler level 5, gave us the extra resources to provide even more great stuff for the event.

We want to thank Shy, all of our other Enablers, and the attendees of Intervention 2011 for helping us get Intervention 2011 up and running–see you all this weekend!

We have so much happening at Intervention 2011 it can be easy to miss some of the less obvious bits of information on programming or other parts of the event.

For instance, check out this incredible limited edition poster that our publication head Chris Impink created:

The 13 x 19 inch poster will be given out to people who have purchased Enabler Level 2 and above and will be at the Intervention Merchandise table in the Vendor Room. Remember to get it signed by all of our guests!

We are also excited to have “Portfolio Review” workshops as part of our schedule this year. For a few hours each day of the event a selection of our guests and artists will be available to talk one on one with attendees and help review your work and provide feedback. Please look at the schedule for the “Workshop Room” section for the times for each day when this is available.

Along these lines, we also have a very special workshop scheduled for Friday night (September 16th). Starting at 10pm in the Workshop Room (right after her appearance at 9pm on the “Dating Advice for Nerds” panel in the Large Panels room), E. Foley of GeeksDreamGirl.com will bring her online dating expertise to Intervention. Stop in and ask her questions and get feedback on how to hook up your online dating profile. Her open workshop will last until midnight.

We strongly suggest you peer through the schedule, con book, and website to see the many great events at Intervention 2011. You’ll want to bring your sneakers, a lot of running will be required :)