LeakyCon 2009: Announcing Our Programming

LeakyCon

With LeakyCon 2009, our first ever Harry Potter convention, just around the corner, we are proud to announce our full schedule of programming. With a variety of events, from informal session to serious academic discussions to Wizard Rock concerts and more, Leaky Con has a jammed packed list of events planned for our convention which is taking place next month May 21-24th at the Boston Park Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts. With proceeds to benefit charity, registration for Leaky Con is going fast, so be sure to register today!

THURSDAY NIGHT:

• Welcome Feast!!
• Wizard Rock, Evil Night!  featuring Draco and the Malfoys, The Parselmouths, Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills and Swish and Flick
• Vendor Room Sneak Preview: 9PM

 

FRIDAY MORNING:

 

Informal Programming:

• AlleyCast/SpinnersCast Podcast - A Mixed Cast of PodCasters!!
• The Hufflepuff In All Of Us - Sue Upton
• Wand Making and Lighting - James Hinsey
• Frak's Fan Art Factory - Frankie Franco III
• Achieving Performance Perfection with Potter: Improv Workshop - Leah Cornish
• Wizard Rock - Releasing A Record
• Wizard Rock - Booking Shows and Promoting Your Band
• Fan Art and Craft Gallery Displays Open!

 

Youth Programming:

• So You Want To Be On PotterCast?
• Wizard Rock Roundtable

 

Academic Programming:

• Harry Potter Alliance: Meeting for Chapter Organizers - Karen Bernstein
• Harry Potter Alliance: Introduction to the Harry Potter Alliance - Andrew Slack
• Harry Potter Alliance: Not In Harry's Name
• Harry Potter Alliance: Darfur and Human Rights
• The Deathly Hallows is The New Yin Yang - Debi Baron
• Filk Workshop -  MJ Harper, Nina Deboo, and Ann Skinner
• The Chosen One: Love’s Victory Over Death - David Gras
• Muggle Magic - Ruth Roulston
• Similarity Between The American Deaf and The Wizarding World - Ana Gondring
• Order of the Phoenix: Let's Discuss, Reading Group Style - The Lily & Stag Staff
• Publishing Original Novels - Lisa Wright DeGroodt & Addie Caliendo
• THE MAGICIANS: Fantasy Literature in the Post-Potter World - Lev Grossman

 

FRIDAY AFTERNOON:

 

Special Events:

• Keynote Luncheon - TBA - $50
• Nosh With The Nerdfighters and DFTBA CD Release Party - $30

 

Featured Events:

• Imagining a New World - Andrew Slack, Peter Gould and a special guest
• Harry, A History Q & A - Melissa Anelli

 

Informal Programming:

• We Are Wizards Screening
• Wizard Rock: Live Sound and Recording (hands-on training)

 

Youth Programming:

• Fun Sized Frak Art Factory - Frankie Franco III
• Youth and HPA - Karen Bernstein

 

Academic Programming:

• Fawkes As A Symbol of Faith and Resurrection - Julia Katz
• Demonization of Wealth, Power and Prestige In The Wizarding World - Jennifer Gentile and Amanda Martinez
• Harry Potter, Prejudice, and Bigotry - Michelle Schultz
• Jewish Values and Ethics in Harry Potter - Benjamin Beck
• The Wizard Rock Community Panel - moderated by Freya Fridy
• The Mythic Foundations of Fantasy - Julie Hahnke
• Author Panel & Open House

 

FRIDAY EVENING:

• Rock Night in the Imperial Ballroom - Wizard Rock Concert Event
• featuring Harry and the Potters, The Whomping Willows, Gred and Forge, and Tonks and the Aurors

 

SATURDAY MORNING:

 

Informal Programming:

• Fair Fortune Musical
• Live PotterCast
• Wizard Rock: Community Building
• Wizard Rock: Songwriting Workshop - Lena (The Butterbeer Experience)
• Costume Making 101 - James Hinsey
• Costume Making 201 - James Hinsey

 

Youth Programming:

• Wizard Rock Roundtable

 

Academic Programming:

• Harry Potter Alliance: How to Start Your Own HPA Chapter - Karen Bernstein
• Harry Potter Alliance: What Would Dumbledore Do? - Andrew Slack
• Harry Potter Alliance: HP Alliance, HPA U, and the New Media Alliance - Andrew Slack
• Still Conjuring Her Self: Further Thoughts on Hermione's Self-Determination -  Gwendolyn Limbach
• The Impact of Fathers in Harry Potter - Heidi Schubert
• Dissecting the Distortion: What Mature Readers Bring to the (Library) Table - Elisabeth Carnell
• Unique Inventions of The Wizarding World - Debi Baron
• Tales of Morality to Inspire the Young and Old - Christina Semmens
• Being an Adult Fan of a Children's Book Series - Shelly Parey and Jennifer Frisbie

 

SATURDAY AFTERNOON:

 

Special Events:

• Keynote Lunch - TBA - $60

 

Featured Events:

• The Eyes of Deathly Hallows: Harry Potter's Corrected and Transforming Vision - John Granger
• TBD Wrock Afternoon - featuring The Remus Lupins, The Moaning Myrtles, The Mudbloods and RiddleTM.
• We Are Wizards Screening and Q&A With Josh Koury, Director

 

Academic Programming:

• Harry Potter Alliance: The HPA and Equal Rights for Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Class
• Harry Potter Alliance: Umbridge and Civil Liberties - Andrew Slack
• Harry Potter Alliance: The HP Alliance and Media Reform
• Career Advice: Re-Imagining the School Story - Karin Westman
• Snape Rehabilitation: Dr. Cynthia Cynical (a.k.a. Nina Deboo with Leaky's Scribbulus Staff)
• Literary Value in the HP Series - Lisa Pikaard
• Hearing the Music in Harry Potter - Becky Kolaski
• How Young Is Too Young For Harry's Readers? - Vickey McKinley
• Comedy in Harry Potter - David English
• How to Deal with Deatheaters After the War (Model UN) - Allyson Zachanoff  and Katie Brand
• Harry Potter and UK Law - Expelliarmas

 

SATURDAY EVENING:

• The Rocking Charity Ball to be held in the Castle at Park Plaza

 

SUNDAY MORNING:

• Farewell Breakfast