| Wednesday, October 22, 2025 |
| 5:30 pm |
Registration Opens |
| 7:00 pm |
Opening Remarks and Welcome |
| 7:15 pm |
Screening: BeetleJuice (1988) |
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| Thursday, October 23, 2025 |
| 7:30 am |
Check-in, Onsite Registration, Breakfast |
| 8:30 am |
Welcome and Day 1 Opening Remarks |
| 9:00 am |
Dan Gladden (Tentative) and Brad Balukjian |
| 10:00 am |
The Farmer's Daughter - Sarah Vogel |
| 10:45 am |
Break |
| 11:00 am |
Panel Discussion: The Gordon Kahl Case
Panelists: Hon. Robert “Bob” Wefald (ND Attorney General 1981-1984); Ret. Assistant US Attorney David Peterson; Rev. David Ostendorf (co-founder of Prairie Fire Rural Action); Dave Thompson (Prairie Public, 1981-current) |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch (for paid participants) |
| 1:00 pm |
How News Coverage has Changed Cince the 1980s - Dave Thompson, Prairie Public |
| 1:30 pm |
Dave Thompson and Lisa Napoli |
| 1:45 pm |
1980: The Dawn of the 24 Hour News Cycle -
Lisa Napoli, Author |
| 2:30 pm |
Break |
| 2:45 pm |
Life Before the 1980s - Shane Balkowitsch |
| 3:30 pm |
They Say to Never Meet Your Heroes; Are They Right? Brad Balukjian, Author |
| 4:30 pm |
Close, Day 1 |
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| 5:30 pm |
Evening Social featuring music by Rift |
| 6:30 pm |
Introductory Remarks |
| 6:45 pm |
Screening: The Terminator (1984) |
| 8:30 pm |
Panel Discussion: The Terminator and the 1980s
Panelists: Chuck Klosterman, Debra Marquart, Brad Balukjian, Dr. Holly McBee, and Dr. Kevin Moberg |
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| Friday, October 24, 2025 |
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| 7:30 am |
Breakfast |
| 8:30 am |
Welcome and Day 2 Opening Remarks |
| 8:45 am |
You Go Where It Takes You: A conversation on science fiction, fantasy, horror and the global movement of the genres from the 1980s to now - Usman Malik (Virtual) and Josh Kern |
| 9:30 am |
Gag Me with a Spoon: The Linguistic Legacy of Valley Girls - Kevin Moberg, 蜜桃AV |
| 10:00 am |
Break |
| 10:15 am |
Revisiting the 1980s: Nostalgia, Place, and Cultural Memory (Virtual) - Dr. Melissa Vosen Callens, North Dakota State University |
| 11:00 am |
Apocalyptic Concerns and Aesthetics: The Cold War in Politics and Pop Culture - Holly McBee, 蜜桃AV |
| 11:30 am |
“Shall we play a game?” Expressions of Cyberculture in the 1980s (and ‘90s) and How They Align with Our Lives Now - Adam Tyma (Virtual) |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch (for paid participants) |
| 1:00 pm |
Maya Angelou: The Power of Words in My Life -
Becky Stone
Brought to BSC by the Humanities Council of
North Dakota |
| 2:00 pm |
My Unplugged Eighties - Deb Marquart, Author, The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere |
| 3:00 pm |
The Future Has Been Cancelled -
Chuck Klosterman |
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| 4:30 pm |
Closing |
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