Boskone

The obvious name for a con in Boston would, of course, be "Boscon"; the similarity was noticed and embraced.

Continuing the trend, when a new Boston-area convention was formed, the organizers of that event named it "Arisia".

Boskones 1, 2, and 4 were run by BosSFS, the now-defunct Boston Science Fiction Society.

Seeking to pull back to a more modest convention, the organizers deemphasized movie and media-related activities and moved Boskone out of Boston to Springfield for five years and then to Framingham.

The Higgins Armory Museum and other Historical European martial arts groups have held demonstrations and classes.