Saturday 23 May, 2009

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

Community Building

1 hour, 9:00 AM EDT - 10:00 AM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Terrace Mezzanine

Paul DeGeorge, Harry and the Potters (Participant)

Matt Maggiacomo (Participant)

Stacy Pisani (Participant)

Brian Ross (Participant)

Adam Dubberly (Participant)

Justin Edward Michaelman (Participant)

Steph Anderson, Tonks and the Aurors (Participant)

Lauren Fairweather (Participant)

Wizard rock is a unique community that is characterized by its friendships, its lack of competition, its skills sharing among bands, and its focus ...

How to Start Your Own HPA Chapter

1 hour, 9:00 AM EDT - 10:00 AM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Franklin, 4th Floor

Karen Bernstein (Participant)

HP Alliance Chapters take the exciting work of the HP Alliance into local schools and communities. Come learn about how you can join or start an HP...

9:30 AM

Fair Fortune Musical

30 minutes, 9:30 AM EDT - 10:00 AM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - The Plaza Ballroom

Lena Gabrielle, Emojiland (Participant)

Jason Munday (Participant)

Kristina Horner (Participant)

Erin Pyne (Participant)

Christie Mowery, Hawthorn and Holly (Participant)

This is a live performance of Lena's Wrock Opera: Fair Fortune. Performed by five wrock bands: Lena of The Butterbeer Experience, Jason from Minist...

Costume Making 101

1 hour, 9:30 AM EDT - 10:30 AM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Stanbro Mezzanine

James Hinsey (Participant)

For beginners, this class shows how you can make your own costumes, find patterns and fabrics, sew and stitch, alterations, and more! Sewing is fun...

10:00 AM

PotterCast

2 hours, 10:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - The Plaza Ballroom

Frankie Franco III, PotterCast (Participant)

John Noe, PotterCast (Participant)

Sue Upton (Participant)

Melissa Anelli, Mischief Management (Participant)

Merchandise Sales

1 hour, 10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Terrace Mezzanine

Your favorite Wizard Rock bands will be selling merchandise including CDs, T-shirts, and more. Be sure to stop by and get the latest music from you...

What Would Dumbledore Do?

1 hour, 10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Franklin, 4th Floor

Andrew Slack (Participant)

In the lead up to the Half-Blood Prince film which will likely end with Harry swearing to stay loyal to the spirit of Albus Dumbledore,...

Dissecting the Distortion: What Mature Readers Bring to the (Library) Table

1 hour, 10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor

Elisabeth Carnell (Participant)

As readers, we have traveled through the Harry Potter series via the point of view of an eleven (+) year old. Given that anyone who has been (or wh...

Harry Potter: Tales of Morality to Inspire the Young and Old

1 hour, 10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Thoreau, 4th Floor

Christina Semmens (Participant)

Building upon the work of John Granger (Finding God in Harry Potter) and Russell Dalton (Faith Journey Through Fantasy Lands), I will show how the ...

Still Conjuring Her Self: Further Thoughts on Hermione's Self-Determination in Harry Potter

1 hour, 10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Gloucester, 4th Floor

Gwendolyn Limbach (Participant)

In most classic children's literature, a female protagonist, though the center of the story, does not exhibit agency; rather, power "arrives in the...

10:30 AM

Costume Making 201

1 hour, 10:30 AM EDT - 11:30 AM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Stanbro Mezzanine

James Hinsey (Participant)

Wizard Rock Roundtable

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:30 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Arlington Mezzanine

BANDS TO BE ANNOUNCEDJoin some of your favorite Harry Potter bands to discuss how they started and what keeps them rocking. This info...

11:00 AM

Lena's Song Writing Workshop

1 hour, 11:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Terrace Mezzanine

Lena Gabrielle, Emojiland (Participant)

Join Lena Gabrielle of the band The Butterbeer Experience for an interactive workshop on the basics of writing (and loving) your wizard rock anthem...

HP Alliance, HPA U and the New Media Alliance

1 hour, 11:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Franklin, 4th Floor

Andrew Slack (Participant)

The HP Alliance is about to unveil some major new projects that are bound to inspire and touch many many people. Come here for one of the first tim...

Unique Inventions of the Wizarding World

1 hour, 11:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor

Debi Baron (Participant)

There are many references throughout the canon of unusually brilliant wizarding inventions like time-turners, sneakoscopes and spell-checking ...

Being an Adult Fan of a Children's Book Series

1 hour, 11:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Thoreau, 4th Floor

Jennifer Frisbie (Participant)

Shelly Parey (Participant)

Jennifer and Shelly are interested in discussing how adults cope with the skepticism of being a Harry Potter fan. Are you affected? Or are you obli...

The Impact of Fathers in Harry Potter

1 hour, 11:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Gloucester, 4th Floor

Heidi Schubert (Participant)

Much has been discussed and written about the importance of mothers and mother figures in the Harry Potter books. But what about the fathers? J.K. ...

12:00 PM

Lunch Break

2 hours, 12:00 PM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT

Keynote: Michael Goldenberg

2 hours, 12:00 PM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Imperial Ballroom

Michael Goldenberg (Participant)

Melissa Anelli, Mischief Management (Moderator)

We welcome screenwriter Michael Goldenberg, who wrote the 2007 adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix! This is a first-of-its-kind...

1:00 PM

The Eyes of Deathly Hallows: Harry Potter's Corrected and Transforming Vision

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM EDT - 2:30 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Whittier, 4th Floor

John Granger (Participant)

Joanne Rowling told a reporter in 2007 that the "key" to her seven book series, the lines she waited 17 years to write, were Dumbledore's farewell ...

Scavenger Hunt Check Out

1 hour, 1:00 PM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - The Pub Hub

2:00 PM

Wizard Rock in the Afternoon

4 hours, 2:00 PM EDT - 6:00 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Imperial Ballroom

Alex Carpenter (Participant)

Toby Karlin (Participant)

Tyler Nicholas (Participant)

Brandon Nicholas (Participant)

Nina Jankowicz (Participant)

Lauren Fairweather (Participant)

Adam Dubberly (Participant)

Kyle Bradshaw (Participant)

Kyle Lowder (Participant)

Brandon McCullough (Participant)

Georgia Minnear (Participant)

Victoria Minnear (Participant)

Looking for a little afternoon delight? Join us in the castle for a line up of rockers sure to get you dancing in the aisles. The Remus Lupins, The...

The HPA and Equal Rights for race, gender, sexuality and class

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:00 PM EDT - 3:30 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Franklin, 4th Floor

Andrew Slack (Participant)

This will be an hour and a half long brainstorming session on how the HP Alliance can do more to work for equal rights and awareness on issues of r...

Career Advice: Re-Imagining the School Story

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:00 PM EDT - 3:30 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor

Karin Westman (Participant)

What kind of school story does Rowling write? In considering the Harry Potter series within this genre, we need to move beyond conventional represe...

Hearing the Music in Harry Potter

30 minutes, 2:00 PM EDT - 2:30 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Thoreau, 4th Floor

Becky Kolacki (Participant)

This presentation provides analysis and discussion of when music and song appear in the books and how the theme is treated by J.K. Rowling, especia...

How to Deal with Death Eaters After the War

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:00 PM EDT - 3:30 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - White Hill, 4th Floor

Katie Brand (Participant)

Allyson Zachanoff (Participant)

Organized in a formal discussion, this program will follow the style of certain Model United Nations conferences. Everyone who participates will be...

2:30 PM

Snape Rehabilitation

1 hour, 2:30 PM EDT - 3:30 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor

Nina de Boo (Participant)

Snapeaholics Anonymous. Are you Snape-addicted? Do you know someone who is? Dr. Cynthia Cynycal is here to help!Dr. Cynycal is a clinical p...

How young is too young for Harry's readers?

1 hour, 2:30 PM EDT - 3:30 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Thoreau, 4th Floor

Vickey McKinley (Participant)

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling is notable among children's literature in several regards. One aspect of the series that is both creative a...

3:30 PM

Umbridge and Civil Liberties

30 minutes, 3:30 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Franklin, 4th Floor

Andrew Slack (Participant)

This little workshop will look at the history of Umbridge-like tactics by those in power to spy on and torture those who dissent. We will discuss h...

Literary Value in the HP Series

1 hour, 3:30 PM EDT - 4:30 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor

Lisa Pikaard (Participant)

Harry Potter had a vital role in prompting youth, as well as every age group to pick up a book and read! POpular literature changed overnight with ...

Comedy in Harry Potter

1 hour, 3:30 PM EDT - 4:30 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Thoreau, 4th Floor

David English (Participant)

Mad muggles and witty wizards populate the Potterverse. From The Adventures o Marting Miggs to Zonko's Joke Shop, the wizarding world likes a laugh...

HP and UK Law

1 hour, 3:30 PM EDT - 4:30 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Whittier, 4th Floor

Expelliarmas (Participant)

Murder, Mayhem, Torture, Malfeasance, Negligence, Child Abuse, Wills & Estates! These topics and more are found within the Potterverse. Do we h...

4:00 PM

The HP Alliance and Media Reform

30 minutes, 4:00 PM EDT - 4:30 PM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - Franklin, 4th Floor

Andrew Slack (Participant)

5:00 PM

Dinner Break

3 hours, 5:00 PM EDT - 8:00 PM EDT

8:00 PM

The Rocking Charity Ball

4 hours, 8:00 PM EDT - 12:00 AM EDT

Boston Park Plaza - The Castle

THE NIGHT IS SURE TO BE FULL OF MAGIC and once again the historic castle is our backdrop. Come dance the night away with our DJ and your friends. W...

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