UNBROKEN CHAIN: The Grateful Dead in Music, Culture and Memory
November 16-18, 2007

This schedule reflects current speaker commitments and invitations as of October 30, 2007. Check back here for the most current program and be sure to sure to check final schedules each day at the symposium.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16 Gallery Exhibits Open 10a - 6p
  CC AUDITORIUM CC 163C CC 174-176
7:30-8:30a BREAKFAST
Student Union Ballroom
8:45-10:15a WELCOME
Michael Grabscheid, Sharon Fross, John Mullin, Dennis McNally

STRANGERS STOPPING STRANGERS: The Deadhead Community
Rebecca Adams

   
10:15-10:45a

BREAK
Campus Center Lobby

10:45a-12:15p LIGHT THE SONG WITH SENSE AND COLOR: Midi and the Grateful Dead
Bob Bralove
COME TELL ME THE NEWS: Rock Criticism & Grateful Media
David Gans (chair)
Dean Budnick
John Dwork
Steve Silberman
REFLECTIONS OF MATTER:The Archives
Rob Cox (chair)
David Lemieux
Herb Greene
12:15-1:45p


1:00-1:30p
LUNCH
Student Union Ballroom

PLENARY SESSION
Dan Healy

1:45-3:15p THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED: Grateful Dead Improvisation
David Malvinni (chair)
Graeme Boone
Robert Freeman
PUT YOUR GOLD MONEY WHERE YOUR LOVE IS: Philanthropy In Dead Culture
Sandy Sohcot (chair)
Carolyn Adams Garcia

RECALL THE DAYS THAT STILL ARE TO COME: Oral Tradition and Community
Natalie Dollar (chair)
David Gans
Chaone Mallory

3:15-3:45p

BREAK
Campus Center Lobby

3:45-5:15p

A FOUNTAIN NOT BY THE HANDS OF MAN: Spiritual Dimensions
Stanley Krippner (chair)
John Dwork
Steve Silberman
Mary Goodenough

IF MY WORDS DID GLOW: Myth and Incantation in the Lyrics of Robert Hunter, John Barlow and Bobby Petersen
James Revell Carr (chair)
David Dodd
Brent Wood
ACID REIGN:
Photographs by
Lloyd Wolf
5:30-7:00p


6:15-7:00p
DINNER
Student Union Ballroom

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Dennis McNally

8:00p AMERICAN BEAUTY PROJECT
Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
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11:00p-1:00a Informal Jam Session
Cape Cod Lounge in the Student Union

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 17 Gallery Exhibits Open 10a - 6p
  CC AUDTIORIUM CC 163C CC 174-176
7:30-8:30a

BREAKFAST
Student Union Ballroom

8:45-10:15a A DREAM WE DREAMED ONE AFTERNOON: The Contested Meaning of the Psychedelic 60's
David Lenson (chair)
Nicholas Bromell
Dennis McNally (discussant)
Christopher Appy
(discussant)
HELL IN A BUCKET: Critical Theory and Dead Philosophy
Nicholas Meriwether (moderator)
Steve Gimbel
Stanley Spector
James Tuedio
 
10:15-10:45a

BREAK
Campus Center Lobby

MIXED EMULSIONS: Shooting Live With The Dead
Susana Millman
10:45a-12:15p SEARCHING FOR THE SOUND: Engineering The Dead
Dan Healy
Bob Bralove
BY THE GRACE OF GOD: Religion & The Grateful Dead
David Bryan (chair)
Leora Lawton
Paul Gass
CONCEIVED OF GREAT SPIRIT: The Grateful Dead Meet Rolling Thunder
Stanley Krippner
Sidian Morning Star
12:15-1:45p LUNCH
Student Union Ballroom

THE STORY TELLER SPEAKS: Remembrances From 30 Years On Tour
Carolyn Adams Garcia, Dennis McNally, Bill Walton

1:45-3:15p THE NEWS IS OUT: Marketing The Dead
Barry Barnes (chair)
Glenn Rifkin
Dennis McNally
SOME SAY MEN, BUT I SAY NO: Gender And The Counterculture
Laura Lovett (moderator)
Rachel Gallop
Carolyn Adams Garcia

THE THOUSAND STORIES HAVE COME ROUND TO ONE: Themes In the Work Of the Grateful Dead
Nicholas Meriwether (chair)
Steve Waksman
Eric Silverman
3:15-3:45p

BREAK
Campus Center Lobby

3:45-5:15p THEY MADE A FINE CONNECTION: Online Dead, And Off - The Fan-Band Bond
Gary Burnett (chair)
Christian Crumlish
Steve Silberman
IN THE END THERE'S JUST A SONG: Musicology/Composition
Graeme Boone (moderator)
Lee Johnson
Shaugn O'Donnell
 
  DINNER
On Your Own
8:00p DARK STAR ORCHESTRA & FRIENDS
with Peak Experience

Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18 Gallery Exhibits Open 10a - 2p
10:30a-12:30p

BRUNCH
Student Union Ballroom

GALLERY EXHIBITS

Nov 16 10a-6p
Nov 17

Nov 18 10a-2p

SPECIAL EXHIBITS
The Art of Jerry Garcia
Dead Posters & Handbills
Merry Pranksters Art
PHOTOGRAPHY
Herb Greene
Susana Millman
Lloyd Wolf
GRAPHIC ARTS
Mikio Kennedy
Mike Dubois


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