Faith and Popular Culture Conference Schedule

Please note that this schedule is tentative and subject to change.

Friday, November 11
5:00pm Registration
6:00pm Welcome and Keynote – Steve Turner (Brubaker Auditorium)
8:00 pm Theatre Messiah - Caucasian Chalk Circle (Miller Auditorium)
8:00pm Concert – John Francis, Sam Ashworth and Matt Slocum and Sarah Masen (Brubaker Auditorium)
9:30pm Film – War of the Worlds (Parmer Cinema)

Saturday, November 12
9:00am Morning Worship - The ICON Band (Brubaker Auditorium)
10:00am Keynote – Steve Turner (Brubaker Auditorium)
11:30pm Lunch – not provided
1:00pm Workshops (Boyer)
2:15pm Break and Book Browsing (Eisenhower Commons)
2:45pm Workshops (Boyer)
4:15pm Panel Discussion – speakers and artists (Hostetter Chapel)
5:00pm Dinner – not provided
8:00pm Concert – Jeff Tweedy (Brubaker Auditorium)
with special guest Glenn Kotche

Workshops

Speaker	Topic	Location
David Dark	"Jesus Thrown Everything Off Balance"	TBD
Ken Heffner	"Truth-telling in Music: Or why Christian colleges should host concerts by Wilco, Sigur Ros, and Rilo Kiley"	TBD
Tom Willett	"A Curmudgeon's View of Contemporary Christian Music"	TBD
Crystal Downing	“Adapting The War of the Worlds: A War of Words”	TBD
Alan Thomas	“Why Movies Matter”	TBD
Sam VanEman	“Couch Potatoes to Activists: Reclaiming Pop Culture Advertising for the Kingdom of God”	TBD
Andy Whitman	“Beyond the Aesthetic Grid: How to Engage your Heart without Turning Off Your Brain”	TBD
Ed Arke	“WVMM: Where Popular Culture And Christian Radio Meet”	TBD
Valerie Smith	Theatre and Civic Engagement	TBD
John Francis	"Killing the Dreamer: The Love-Hate Relationship Between the Church and Artists"	TBD