{"id":22904,"date":"2016-09-13T08:46:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T13:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?p=22904"},"modified":"2016-09-13T08:46:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T13:46:12","slug":"a-science-film-festival-in-saint-paul-get-a-discount-from-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/13\/a-science-film-festival-in-saint-paul-get-a-discount-from-me\/","title":{"rendered":"A Science Film Festival in Saint Paul (Get a discount from me!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever been to a CON? Like, ComiCON, or CONvergence? One of the best parts of a CON is the science, often involving panels with interesting science experts, or perhaps even a film or two.<\/p>\n

Well, Twin Cities denizen Ryan Johnson founded and organized a new thing, which is set up as a film festival, to provide these fantastic CONnish features in a very attractive package. Admission is by the day, and thus less expensive than the average convention. Also, you can get a 15% discount if, when you go online to buy your tickets, you use the code “laden”<\/p>\n

The Northstar Science Film Festival<\/a> is a new film festival that celebrates the collision of science and entertainment. The first festival is scheduled for September 15-17, 2016, with events at Twin Cities Public Television, Bedlam Theatre, and Tin Whiskers Brewing in Saint Paul.<\/p>\n

Scientists participating include Drs. David Tillman, Marla Spivak, James Kakalios, Chuck Niederriter, Clifford Johnson, and many others.<\/p>\n

They have a great line up of films and speakers scheduled for this year’s festival. Here are (most of?) the speakers:<\/p>\n

  • Paula Apsell, Executive Director of NOVA <\/li>\n
  • Shawn Otto, author of The War on Science<\/a>, screenwriter of House of Sand and Fog, and founder of Science Debate<\/a><\/li>\n
  • James Kakalios<\/a>, PhD, professor of physics at the University of Minnesota and author of The Physics of Superheroes<\/a>\"\" and How Quantum Mechanics Made Life Worth Living<\/a><\/li>\n
  • James Burke, host ofConnections<\/a>\"\" and The Day The Universe Changed<\/a>\"\"“>The Day the Universe Changed<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Ann Merchant from the National Academy of Sciences<\/li>\n

    Information, full schedule and ticketing is all available at www.northstarscience.org<\/a>. Again, readers of this blog can get a 15% discount on tickets by using the coupon code \u201claden\u201d.<\/p>\n

    I hope to see you there!<\/p>\n

    Northstar\u2019s advisory board includes the following:<\/p>\n

    *Ann Merchant-Deputy Executive Director of National Academy of Sciences, Science and Entertainment Exchange
    \n*Shawn Otto-filmmaker and co-founder of ScienceDebate
    \n*Michael Halpern-Director at Union of Concerned Scientists
    \n*Richard Hudson-Director at Science Programming at Twin Cities Public Television
    \n*James Kakalios, PhD-physicist, professor at University of Minnesota, author of Physics of Superheroes
    \n*Lawrence Krauss, PhD-theoretical physicist, author (Physics of Star Trek), and director of Arizona State University’s Origins Project
    \n*Matthew Chapman-filmmaker, co-founder of ScienceDebate, and great, great grandson of Charles Darwin
    \n*Christine Walker-filmmaker and Executive Director of Provincetown Film Festival
    \n*Melissa Butts and Kim Rowe, Filmmakers with Melrae Pictures
    \n*Scott Bur, Professor of Chemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College
    \n*Ryan Johnson-attorney and science advocate
    \n*Tad Ware-advertising executive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Ever been to a CON? Like, ComiCON, or CONvergence? One of the best parts of a CON is the science, often involving panels with interesting science experts, or perhaps even a film or two. Well, Twin Cities denizen Ryan Johnson founded and organized a new thing, which is set up as a film festival, to … Continue reading A Science Film Festival in Saint Paul (Get a discount from me!)<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2123,2124,1246,87],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-5Xq","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}