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“A weekend away with our fandom friends.” This has always been the dream of the members of NYC meetup group Urban Wizards Social Club.

 

We made this dream come true in 2022 with the first ever Wizard Retreat Weekend, and we can’t wait to do it again.

 

We love conventions, meetups, and cosplay days, but

what Wizard Retreat Weekend offers is the opportunity to slow down to connect, create, & even party with one another—all in one weekend at a home away from home!  

 

We can’t wait to announce this year’s programming and entertainment for Wizard Retreat Weekend this Halloween and hope you’ll join us!

Retreat
Staff

Kimberly Engel

she/her

Dog mom, Queens enthusiast. Spending a lot of time watching women’s sports and then subsequently listening to podcasts with personalities talking about said women’s sports.Proud Brooklyn nerd

Star Wars, Agatha All Along, Disney, NY Liberty, women’s sports, Yankees, NYC History

Francisco Ferrer

he/him

Proud Brooklyn nerd

Collectables, Yankees, Knicks

 

dyAnne

she/her

A casual Cosplayer, intuitive Medium and tarot reader, retired Quidditch player and a member of Urban Wizard Social Club since 2007.

Muppets, Fairy Tales, Funko pop/ Lego collector, Ren Faires/Cosplay, Queer Marching band

Em Rose

she/her/they

Brooklyn native. Multiple nerdy interests stacked under a trenchcoat masquerading as a responsible adult.

Deanna Kelley

she/her

Retired Vampire Slayer, Queer mom from Queens and member of UWSC since 2007.

MCU, SNL, all acronyms, Disney “Adult”

Kathryn Lieber

she/they

Lifelong nerdy kid inexplicably allowed to be called an adult. Queer designer living in Brooklyn who spends their time reading, sewing, and making things.

Ren Faire, Discworld, Outlander, Locked Tomb, ACOTAR, basically all of Fantasy & Romantacy, and most SciFi.

Jess Mercado

she/her

Jersey Girl meets Old School Metalhead, Anglophile, Multifaceted individual and artist. Member of UWSC since 2008

Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Brit Lit enthusiast

Elisa M.

she/her

Unknown 

Its a mystory 

Jonathon Rosenthal

he/him

Jon is the President of the Urban Wizards Social Club, inc. and has been the head organizer of The NYC Harry Potter Meetup for nearly 15 years. He is a Senior IT Consultant and a proud geek whose interests include Cosplay, Ren Faire, Star Trek, and Computer Gaming.

Star Trek, and most other Sci-Fi. Ren Faire, TTRPGs

Maggie May Walchak

she/her

In progress…

Star Wars, Star Trek, Disney, MCU

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