The Rialto consists of a Usenet newsgroup, (rec.org.sca) which is propagated to thousands of machines world-wide, and an electronic mail digest (the SCA Digest), which is produced on a badly overworked machine at MIT, and mailed directly to hundreds of people, also world-wide. We are also connected to Fidonet and other BBS networks. The Rialto exists to discuss topics of interest to the Society for Creative Anachronism.

The Rialto is named for a marketplace in Venice in the vicinity of the Rialto bridge. As people gathered there to gossip and exchange ideas, so do we gather here.

Check with your local system administrator or sysop for instructions for your exact machine and software. Generally, you either post a message to the newsgroup rec.org.sca, or send mail to sca@mc.lcs.mit.edu. See elsewhere in this FAQ for guidelines to posting style.

The Rialto is located on the corner of Luckie and Forsyth streets in the historic Fairlie-Poplar district in downtown Atlanta, near Centennial Olympic Park. Detailed directions and a map to the Rialto can be found in our Directions/Parking section.

We have an informal agreement that a piece of netting worn on your person or hanging about your camp indicates you visit the Rialto. Remember there are people that have nets around that do *not* visit here.

Check our directions page, which is a link to a Google Maps interface that will give you precise directions from whatever start address you choose. Or use the handy guide below: From the north, take I-10 to the Congress/Broadway exit downtown, and turn left on Congress/Broadway (which turns into Broadway) at the end of the exit ramp. Look to park after you cross 5th Av. and the Theatre will be one block north of you on Congress Street.

Well, the good news is that you're already on the Rialto Theatre's website, or else you wouldn't be reading this. Unless, of course, a friend printed it out for you or something, but that doesn't even make sense. The Rialto's website is probably the best place to find detailed show information, and you can also purchase tickets directly from here.

I'd like to bring my infant son or daughter because I can't find a babysitter. That's cool, right? I mean, rock and roll ? anything goes.