10:30 am workshop: ready, set network - yofi digital media art center

Bring your coffee and business cards and get ready to pitch yourself and your project in this fast-paced, one-on-one networking session where you get to talk to someone new every 5 minutes! It’s like speed dating, but without the dating.

This networking event is held at yofi fest's year-round digital media art center (dmac) at 28 wells avenue on the 5th floor. Seating is unreserved, but limited, so we strongly suggest you reserve your spot ahead of time and be there when the event starts. As many walk-ins and people from the waiting list will be allowed in as space permits.

11:00 am student showcase 1

Crescendo
An aspiring pianist who grapples with returning to her old teacher's school in order to compete in a national competition, but her obsession leads her to face her past.

12:00 pm comedy showcase 1 - riverfront atrium theater

12:00 pm workshop: zhubin parang & the daily show

Oin yofi fest's executive director dave steck as he sits down with emmy award winner zhubin parang, the head writer and co-executive producer of comedy central's the daily show, to talk about the challenges of creating an award-winning daily television show and how to find the successful balance between funny and facts. Hot off the 2024 election coverage, zhubin will also share stories from his path through the comedy wildness and the survival skills he learned along the way.

2:00 pm women calling the shots shorts showcase 1 - riverfront atrium theater
4:00 pm dreaming of you
4:00 pm workshop: a conversation with ric burns
6:00 pm oliver sacks: his own life a film by ric burns
8:00 pm party: first saturday afterparty

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