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Bill Johnson

Willamette Writers
retired
Milwaukie

storyispromise.com

Bill Johnson is web master of Essays on the Craft of Dramatic Writing, a site that explores principles of storytelling through reviews of popular movies, books and plays (www.storyispromise.com), and author of A Story is a Promise & The Spirit of Storytelling, available on Amazon. The book includes reviews of 'night, Mother and Romeo and Juliet. His short plays have been produced around the United States. Bill is the recently retired office manager for Willamette Writers, a Pacific Northwest non-profit writing group. He is co-chair of the WW PDX chapter..

12:00pm PDT

The Mechanical Shutter WeidlerSteven Criss

2:00pm PDT

New Horizons HawthorneRoy Torley

3:00pm PDT

Tesla Coil Demonstrations 3 SistersDon Anderson

4:00pm PDT

The Celestia Space Simulation Program HawthorneRoy Torley

5:00pm PDT

Mad Science Jeff/AdamsBob Brown • Dave Davis • Fonda Lee • Andrew P Mayer

6:00pm PDT

Anticipatory Anthropology HawthorneManny Frishberg • Rhiannon Held • Rhiannon Louve • John Lovett

7:00pm PDT

Going to Mars: What’s the Point? HawthorneBobak Ferdowsi • Kristin Landon • David D. Levine • G. David Nordley

8:00pm PDT

What Happened to Virtual Reality? HawthornePaul Abeyta • Karen Anderson • Sean Robinson • Sara Stamey

10:00am PDT

International Space Flight – A New Cold War HawthorneAri Goldstein • Dan Dubrick • Hugh S. Gregory • G. David Nordley

11:00am PDT

Mad Science: Curious Concoctions MorrisonHunter Mayer • Timothy Storey Nikola Tesla and the Tesla Coil 3 SistersDon Anderson

11:30am PDT

Film Festival: New Worlds HamiltonNat Saenz

1:00pm PDT

Recent Scientific Breakthroughs JacksonDave Davis • Dan Dubrick • Janet Freeman-Daily • Gregory Gadow The Search for Water on Mars HawthorneRoy Torley

2:00pm PDT

Conscious and Unconscious Elements of the Creative Process RooseveltKaren Anderson • Mark Chapman • Manny Frishberg • James Glass

5:00pm PDT

Creativity and Mental Health RooseveltBlythe Ayne • Langley Hyde • Kristin Landon • Erica Satifka

5:30pm PDT

Lizzy Shannon Reading MadisonLizzy Shannon

10:00am PDT

Mars – The Dirt on Dirt HawthorneDave Davis • Dan Dubrick • Loretta McKibben • Sean Robinson

2:00pm PDT

Hubble HawthorneLoretta McKibben

3:00pm PDT

Astrobiology and the Problem of the Fermi Paradox HawthorneCtein • Bobak Ferdowsi • James Glass • Jordin Kare

7:00pm PDT

Science Fiction Movies Ross IslandMichael Brugger • Jason LaPier • Tod McCoy • Jennifer Willis

11:00am PDT

NIWA (Northwest Independent Writers Association) Meet & Greet WashingtonContessa Paxton Timmerman • Jeffrey Cook • Ellen Klowden • Kenneth Lett Publishing Coops: The BookView Cafe RooseveltDiana Pharaoh Francis • Shannon Page • Phyllis Irene Radford • Sara Stamey GoH: Science Tourism Experiences Jeff/AdamsDavid D. Levine

1:00pm PDT

How the Hugo Awards Work BroadwayKevin Standlee • David D. Levine • Ben Yalow Space Travel and Religion HawthorneGregory Gadow • Guy Letourneau • Sean Robinson • Jennifer Willis