Weekend schedule

Check-in

2:00-6:00 PM in Holt Lobby

        ♦ Let us know that you've arrived, pick up a registration packet, and have your first chance to purchase some Johnston swag

Faculty Office Hours

3:00-4:00 PM on Bekins Lawn

      ♦ Stop in on some of your favorite Johnston and Johnston-affiliated faculty

Wait, I Lived Here? / Wait, You Lived Here?

3:00-5:00 PM beginning in front of Bekins

     ♦ Tours of campus and of Johnston complex for alums. Curious children, aka future Johnston students, encouraged to attend

JC Sober Community Meet-Up

4:00-5:00 PM in Nighttime Java (Holt Basement)

   ♦ Connect with other sober members of the community and strategize about how to have a fun Renewal

Opening Ceremony

5:00 PM on Bekins Lawn

    ♦ Kick off the weekend with a burst of Johnston celebratory flair

Snapshot/50 Live!

5:30-7:20 PM at Ann Pepper's Gallery and Lawn

Rain Location for Reading (6:30 to 7:15): Hall of Letters 100

    ♦ An art show of curated Johnston archival images, the official book launch of Snapshot/50 and a reading from some of the authors, along with appetizers and a cash bar of course. The gallery will be open in the afternoon from 1:00 to 5:00 for those who want to visit the show earlier and open from 2:00-5:00 on both Saturday and Sunday afternoons. 

Celebrating the Founder's Dinner

7:30-9:00 PM location Casa Loma Room

    ♦ Spend some time with Johnston's founding members and featured speaker Coyotess Kathy Ogren. Plus Paul Corneil's Multimedia Show. 

OR

Food Truck Picnic

7:30-9:00 PM on Bekins Lawn

   ♦ Looking for a cheaper, low-key option? Grab some dinner from a food truck and hang out in of U-Hall and out of the cold.

Stories Around the Fire

9:15-10:15 PM at the Fire Pit 

Rain Location: Orton Center

   ♦ Come share your favorite story from your time in Johnston

Show Us Your Talent

10:30-11:30 PM on Bekins Lawn

Rain Location: Orton Center

   ♦ A classic Johnston Open Mic. All performers welcome.

Jam Out on the Porch

11:30-1:00 AM at Bekins

   ♦ Relive your porch party days including fighting over the aux cord, except the aux cord is metaphorical because we have bluetooth speakers now.

Registration Open 

8:00 AM- 2:00 PM in Holt Lobby

Community Meeting

10:00 AM- 11:30 AM in Orton Center

   ♦ Come join in the discussion. There will be microphones.

Group Photo in Front of Bekins

11:45 AM- 12:00 PM on Bekins Lawn

   ♦ Come strike a pose with your fellow Johnstonians

Picnic Lunch

12:00 PM- 1:00 PM on Bekins Lawn

   ♦ Brown bag lunches available upon request.

Cosmic Zinefest: Independent Arts, Publishing, and Music Festival

1:00 PM- 4:30 PM in University Hall

   ♦ Johnston artists selling their wares, live music, a panel on the tribulations and triumphs of independent publishing, and lots more. A kid-friendly zone.

Mini-Course Session 1

1:00 PM- 2:00 PM in various classrooms

Mini-Course Session 2

2:15-3:15 PM in various classrooms

Mini-Course Session 3

3:30-4:30 PM in various classrooms

Panels on Practice: 4:45-6:00 PM

Johnstonians in Education: Casa Loma Room

Activism on Campus and Beyond: Hall of Letters 100

Creative Arts: From Room to Bloom: University Hall

From Surviving to Thriving: Johnston at 50 Keynote Panel

6:15 PM- 7:30 PM in the Chapel

   ♦ Moderating by Kim Middleton ('96) and featuring Sarah Sapperstein ('05), Noah Wardrip-Fruin ('94), Jon Grant ('04), and Carlos Arboleda.

Celebrating 50: A Big Community Dinner

7:45 PM - 9:30 PM at the Orton Center

   ♦ Featuring a short but delightful interruption from Johnston Director Julie Townsend

Johnston Bandstand: Live Music and Dancing

9:30 PM - 2:00 AM in University Hall 

   ♦ From indie rock to folk to hip-hop to techno, Johnstonians serve up fun in all genres

All In: Poker Games led by Fred Rabinowitz

9:00 PM - till your chips are gone in Casa Loma

   ♦ Come learn the tricks of the game with Professor Fred Rabinowitz and his spring semester seminar class "Poker and the Meaning of Life." $20 buy-in to play. Prizes will be awarded to winners.

Low-Key Chill Time

9:00 PM - 1:00 AM in Bekins Living Room (the Jimmy Room)

   ♦ Prefer to chill out and speak to your friends in a normal volume? Johnston students will have games and puzzles a plenty, as well as snacks made by Daytime Java

Johnston Remembrances

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM in the Memorial Chapel

   ♦ Join alums Lorraine Hedtke and Rabbi Patti Karlin-Neuman to honor the Johnstonians we've loved and lost in the past five years.

Women of Johnston Brunch

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM in Casa Loma

   ♦ Featuring stories about how women in Johnston have impacted our lives and left their mark on Johnston

Final Community Meeting and Closing Ceremony

12:30 PM- 2:00 PM at Orton/ the Fire Pit

   ♦ One last discussion (in person at least) before we all part ways