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2010 UND Writers Conference Schedule

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Unless otherwise noted, all readings and panels will be held in the UND Memorial Union Ballroom. Films will be shown in the Memorial Union Lecture Bowl. All events are free and open to the public.

Tuesday, March 23
 12:00 noon
Panel: "Are Books Obsolete?"
Art Spiegelman, Deena Larsen, Cecelia Condit
Moderator: Victor Lieberman
 2:00 p.m. World Poetry Reading
River Valley Room, Memorial Union
 4:00 p.m. Reading: Deena Larsen
Lecture Bowl
 6:00 p.m. Film: Memento (Dir. Christopher Nolan, 2000) (selected by Deena Larsen)
 8:00 p.m. Presidential Lecture: "A Conversation with Art Spiegelman"
Moderator: Dr. Jack Weinstein, Director of The Institute for Philosophy in Public Life
Chester Fritz Auditorium
Reception to follow at the North Dakota Museum of Art

Wednesday, March 24
 10:00 a.m. Public Readings
River Valley Room, Memorial Union
 12:00 noon
Panel: "Beyond the Page"
Deena Larsen, Nick Montfort, Frank X. Walker, Mark Amerika
Moderator: Kyle Conway
 2:00 p.m. Film: Oh Rapunzel (1996-2008), All About a Girl (2004), Suburbs of Eden (1996) (all directed by Cecelia Condit)
 2:00-3:00 p.m. Community Workshop: Electronic Literature (no computer skills necessary) with Deena Larsen (limited to 15 participants)
Red River Valley Room
 4:00 p.m. Reading: Mark Amerika
Lecture Bowl
 6:00 p.m. Film: Sans Soleil (Dir. Chris Marker, 1983) (selected by Mark Amerika)
 8:00 p.m. Reading: Cecelia Condit
North Dakota Museum of Art
Reception to follow

Thursday, March 25
 10:00 a.m. Public Readings
River Valley Room, Memorial Union
 12:00 noon
Panel: "Beyond the Screen"
Cecelia Condit, Mark Amerika, Nick Montfort, Stuart Moulthrop
Moderator: Joel Jonientz
 2:00 p.m. Film: Time Code (Dir. Mike Figgis, 2000) (selected by Stuart Moulthrop)
 4:00 p.m. Reading: Nick Montfort
Lecture Bowl
 6:00 p.m. Film: Selected Video Shorts directed by Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, Chris Cunningham, and John Landis, among others (selected by Nick Montfort)
 8:00 p.m.
North Dakota Humanities Council Reading: Frank X. Walker

Friday, March 26
 10:00 a.m. Public Readings
River Valley Room, Memorial Union
 12:00 noon Panel: "From Page to Stage"
Frank X. Walker, Saul Williams
Moderator: Brett Ommen
 2:00 p.m. Film: Coal Black Voices (Dir. Jean Donohue & Fred Johnson in consultation with Frank X. Walker, 2001) (selected by Frank X. Walker)
 4:00 p.m. Reading: Stuart Moulthrop
Lecture Bowl
 6:00 p.m. Film: The Holy Mountain (Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973) (selected by Saul Williams)
 8:00 p.m. Multicultural Awareness Committee Performance: Saul Williams
Chester Fritz Auditorium
 10:00 p.m. NIGHTLIFE: Kanser with More than Lights
The Loading Dock (UND Memorial Union)

Saturday, March 27
 12:00 noon

Community Workshops

 8:00 p.m. Performance: "Shape Shifting: Shades of Transformation" by Zeitgeist
Josephine Campbell Recital Hall

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