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Tentative Speakers for Humanities Mixtape: Rewinding the 1980s:

 
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
 5:30 pm Registration Opens  
 7:00 pm Opening Remarks and Welcome  
 7:15 pm Screening: BeetleJuice (1988)  
     
     
Thursday, October 23, 2025
7:30 am Check-in, Onsite Registration, Breakfast  
8:30 am Welcome and Day 1 Opening Remarks  
12:00 pm Lunch  
5:00 pm Close of Day 1  
     
5:30 pm Evening Social  
6:30 pm Introductory Remarks   
6:45 pm Screening: The Terminator (1984)  
8:30 pm Panel Discussion: The Terminator and the 1980s  
     
Friday, October 24, 2025
     
7:30 am  Breakfast  
8:30 am Welcome and Day 2 Opening Remarks  
12:00 pm Lunch  
4:30 pm Closing  
     
     
     
Featured Speakers:
  • Chuck Klosterman – Pop culture critic & author (Friday)
  • Deb Marquart – Poet, musician, and memoirist (Friday)
  • Becky Stone as Maya Angelou in the Chautauqua tradition (Friday)
  • Brad Balukjian – Author of The Wax Pack (Thursday)
  • Lisa Napoli – Author of Up All Night: Ted turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News (Thursday)
  • Sarah Vogel – Author of The Farmer’s Lawyer (Thursday)