Jun 21-23, 2024
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Festival Program 2023

Fri Jun 16

Understanding Orwell: The Biographer’s Art

Jun 16, 2023, 7:00pm

Featuring
D.J. Taylor, Liesl Schillinger, and a short film by Sahm McGlynn, commissioned for the festival, featuring Waris Ahulwalia and inspired by “A Nice Cup of Tea”.

DOUBLEPLUSGOOD

9:00pm, Doors open at 8:30

Featuring
Pond Wave, Andrea Wittgens, Lena Kaminsky, Lyra Vega, Bank Of Ireland, Julian Jimenez, Anna Copacabanna
Sat Jun 17

Rebecca Solnit: Orwell’s Roses

Jun 17, 2023, 11:00am

Featuring
Rebecca Solnit, Parul Sehgal, and a short film by G. Anthony Svatek, commissioned for the festival, with Tilda Swinton narrating "Some Thoughts on the Common Toad"

Dystopia Worldbuilding Workshop

Jun 17, 2023, 12:00pm

Featuring
Isadora Alteon, Marlon James

Agents and Provocateurs

Jun 17, 2023, 12:30pm

Featuring
Dasha Ziborova, Juliette Hermant
Photo by Dani Case

Margin Call: On Low Lifes and Feral Cities

Jun 17, 2023, 1:00pm

Featuring
Lucy Sante, Sukhdev Sandhu, Jeremiah Moss, and a short film by Jem Cohen commissioned for the festival with Lucy Sante narrating "The Moon Under Water"

Oh Julia

Jun 17, 2023, 2:30pm

Featuring
Sandra Newman, Darcey Steinke

Why They Write: Three Masters of Non-Fiction on Poverty, Propaganda, and Lies.

Jun 17, 2023, 4:00pm

Featuring
Barbara Demick, Peter Pomerantsev, Azmat Khan, Ilya Marritz

Wine and Crime: The art of the Mystery Novel

Jun 17, 2023, 5:30pm

Featuring
Caroline Kepnes, Brendan Slocumb

Parallax of Quantum

Jun 17, 2023, 7:30pm

Featuring
DJ Spooky and the WCM Beloveds

Festival Party

Jun 17, 9:00pm

Featuring
Paul A Miller / DJ Spooky, Jason Sherwin
Sun Jun 18

Father’s Day

Jun 18, 2023, 11:00am

Featuring
Richard Blair, D.J. Taylor
Photo by Nacona Fierro

undertones

June 17 and 18, 12-2pm, Every 15 Minutes

Featuring
Corinna Grunn, Hilary Melcher Chapman

Podcasting Workshop

Jun 18, 2023, 12:30pm

Featuring
Tim Bruno, Ilya Marritz

Between Dystopias

Jun 18, 2023, 1:00pm

Featuring
Marlon James, Hafizah Augustus Geter

Why Do Actors Train?

Jun 18, 2023, 1:00pm

Featuring
Brad Krumholz, Jason Tougaw

Four Legs Blessed

Jun 18, 2023, 1:00pm

Featuring
The Rev. Phyllis Haynes
Photo by Hazen Cuyler

Alive or Existing?

June 18 at 2:00pm, 2:15pm, 2:30pm, and 2:45pm

Featuring
Manon Manavit, Hazen Cuyler, Willow Gatewood
Art by Tif Wolf

Flash Memoir Writing Workshop

Jun 18, 2023, 2:00pm

Featuring
Melisse Gelula
All Weekend

2024

Jun 16, 2023 to Jun 18, 2023

Featuring
Seth Indigo Carnes, Rodney Harder

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