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schedule

Below is a basic outline of the schedule for Festival 2010. This is not a final version and is subject to change. Specifics, such as the names of speakers, topics, and locations, will be posted in the coming months. We hope this will be helpful to you in your initial planning.

Thursday, April 15

9:00 a.m. registration opens
10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. chapel
10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. readings
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. opening plenary: Scott Cairns
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. concurrent sessions
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. coffee break
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. concurrent sessions
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. concurrent sessions
7:30 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. lecture: Wally Lamb
9:00 p.m. film; poetry reading

Friday, April 16

 
8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. morning prayers
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. concurrent sessions
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. coffee break
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. lecture: Eugene Peterson
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. concurrent sessions
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. lunch break
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. concurrent sessions
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. coffee break
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. concurrent sessions
4:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Poetry Spoken and Sung
4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. community event: a reading by Kate DiCamillo
7:30 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. lecture: Richard Rodriguez
9:00 p.m.

film: Roman De Gare
poetry reading

Saturday, April 17

 
8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. morning prayers
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. concurrent sessions
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. coffee break
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

lecture: Parker Palmer
concurrent sessions

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. concurrent sessions
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. lunch break
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. concurrent sessions
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. coffee break
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. concurrent sessions
4:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. vespers
7:30 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. lecture: Mary Karr
9:00 p.m.

film: The Lives of Others
poetry reading