Bismarck Schedule of Events
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October 12
ND Heritage Center and State Museum
7:00 PM A BEAUTIFUL HELL
This play explores the sorrow and joy of walking a loved one through a terminal illness.
October 13
Belle Mehus Auditorium
8 - 9 AM Registration
Outside beverages ARE permitted inside the Belle Mehus, provided they have a secure lid. Support our downtown community by purchasing your coffee at a local business. For a list of nearby coffee shops, click HERE.
9:00 Opening Remarks
9:15 ANDREW SOLOMON - Far From the Tree
Solomon discusses the means by which families accommodate children with physical, mental and social disabilities and how these unusual situations can be invested with love.
10:15 BREAK
10:35: Community GameChanger - LINDA BRADFIELD GOURNEAU
Guided imagery narration and music both are documented to have an improved effect on emotional and physical states like a sense of calm, heart rate, blood pressure, and brain wave activity. Used together, they can be a powerful tool. Bradfield Gourneau, M.D., will lead the audience through a guided imagery narration accompanied by music.
10:45 ANDREW WEHRMAN - Revolutionary Medicine
Dr. Wehrman provides insight on the historical lessons we can learn from Colonial America.
11:30 BREAK
11:55 Community GameChanger
Noon DHRUV KHULLAR - Finding Meaning in Medicine
Khullar, M.D., M.P.P. believes finding purpose in life is essential when creating a healthy lifestyle. Here's why.
1 PM LUNCH
Attendees are encouraged to take advantage of the many local restaurants located within walking distance of the Belle Mehus Auditorium. For a list of nearby eateries, click HERE.
We have two interactive-lunch experiences available for an additional charge. These experiences have limited availability. Learn more HERE .
2:30 Community GameChanger - MARY LOUISE DEFENDER WILSON
Tribal elder and master storyteller Defender Wilson will share the story of "The Spiderman and the Giant," a story of wisdom handed down for generations.
2:40 ASHTON APPLEWHITE - How Agesim Warps Our View of Long Life
Applewhite uses stories and statistics to dispel myth after myth about late life. Change the way you envision your future.
3:40 BREAK
4:00 Deathbed Confessions and Guilty Pleasures Revealed
Do you have a secret you planned on taking to your grave, but you just can't wait to get it off your chest? Is there something completely ridiculous that makes you incredibly happy? We are crowd sourcing the best anonymous confessions from audience members.
4:15 CAITLIN DOUGHTY - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
Doughty may be a mortician, but she knows how to put the "fun" in "funeral. Let's talk about death.
5:10 Closing Remarks
5:20 Book Signing
ND Heritage Center and State Museum
7:00 PM A BEAUTIFUL HELL
This play explores the sorrow and joy of walking a loved one through a terminal illness.
October 13
Belle Mehus Auditorium
8 - 9 AM Registration
Outside beverages ARE permitted inside the Belle Mehus, provided they have a secure lid. Support our downtown community by purchasing your coffee at a local business. For a list of nearby coffee shops, click HERE.
9:00 Opening Remarks
9:15 ANDREW SOLOMON - Far From the Tree
Solomon discusses the means by which families accommodate children with physical, mental and social disabilities and how these unusual situations can be invested with love.
10:15 BREAK
10:35: Community GameChanger - LINDA BRADFIELD GOURNEAU
Guided imagery narration and music both are documented to have an improved effect on emotional and physical states like a sense of calm, heart rate, blood pressure, and brain wave activity. Used together, they can be a powerful tool. Bradfield Gourneau, M.D., will lead the audience through a guided imagery narration accompanied by music.
10:45 ANDREW WEHRMAN - Revolutionary Medicine
Dr. Wehrman provides insight on the historical lessons we can learn from Colonial America.
11:30 BREAK
11:55 Community GameChanger
Noon DHRUV KHULLAR - Finding Meaning in Medicine
Khullar, M.D., M.P.P. believes finding purpose in life is essential when creating a healthy lifestyle. Here's why.
1 PM LUNCH
Attendees are encouraged to take advantage of the many local restaurants located within walking distance of the Belle Mehus Auditorium. For a list of nearby eateries, click HERE.
We have two interactive-lunch experiences available for an additional charge. These experiences have limited availability. Learn more HERE .
2:30 Community GameChanger - MARY LOUISE DEFENDER WILSON
Tribal elder and master storyteller Defender Wilson will share the story of "The Spiderman and the Giant," a story of wisdom handed down for generations.
2:40 ASHTON APPLEWHITE - How Agesim Warps Our View of Long Life
Applewhite uses stories and statistics to dispel myth after myth about late life. Change the way you envision your future.
3:40 BREAK
4:00 Deathbed Confessions and Guilty Pleasures Revealed
Do you have a secret you planned on taking to your grave, but you just can't wait to get it off your chest? Is there something completely ridiculous that makes you incredibly happy? We are crowd sourcing the best anonymous confessions from audience members.
4:15 CAITLIN DOUGHTY - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
Doughty may be a mortician, but she knows how to put the "fun" in "funeral. Let's talk about death.
5:10 Closing Remarks
5:20 Book Signing
