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Thursday,
August 11
 1:00 - 4:00Check-in / Town Tours / Orientation
 1:30 - 2:301st Tour
 3:00 - 4:002nd Tour
 6:00 - 7:00Dinner - Barn Abbey
 7:30 - 9:00Cornelius O'Brian Lecture:  Jon Allen - Thrall's Opera House 
             "The Prevalence of Geometry in the Natural World
             and the Relevence of Geometry Today as a Universal 
             and Objective Reference for Beauty"
 9:00 p.m.Dessert Reception - Women's Institute & Gallery 916 E. Granary
              Lina Feiner, Director
              Special Exhibition: 4 Seasons - 4 Directions
              By: Kathleen O'Brien
Friday,
August 12
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast Buffet - Barn Abbey
9:00 - 10:30 Speaker:  Ben Nicholson - Thrall's Opera House
             "Demystifying Labyrinths"  followed by labyrinth 
              making on the banks of the Wabash till Noon.
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Speaker:  Jeff Soule, FAICP - Thrall's Opera House
              "Incorporating Cultural Traditions in Town Planning"
               Jeff has worked in China for the last 10 years helping
               the Chinese to understand scale and incorporating
               traditional Chinese and other principles for managing
               spatial relationships. He will use two examples to
               demonstrate how these principles can be applied to
               contemporary planning projects.
12:00 - 1:00Luncheon - Barn Abbey
 1:30 - 3:00 Cornelius O'Brian Lecture: Randy Schmidt - Thrall's Opera House
               "The Geometry of Feeling, and Growth through 
                Structure- Preserving Transformations"
 3:00 - 5:00 Open Conference Forum - Atheneum Visitor's Center
               Insights, Observations, & Book Signing
               Special Exhibition: Labyrinth Drawings
               By: Ben Nicholson 
 6:00 - 7:00 Dinner - Barn Abbey
 7:30 - 9:00 Cornelius O'Brian Lecture: Paul Murrain - Thrall's Opera House
               “Town Making: A Living Tradition"
 9:30 -10:30Reception - Live Entertainment: Circle of Friends - Barn Abbey
10:30 p.m.Night Walk in New Harmony
Saturday,
August 13
7:45 - 8:45Continental Breakfast at 531 North st., Corner of North &
Brewery across from Inn Entry House (Check Out)
9:00 - 12:00The New Harmony Experience:
               A Community Design Charette
               Location: Thrall's Opera House
12:00 - 1:00Speaker:  John David Mooney - Thrall's Opera House
               Closing Observations - "New Harmony's Future as One
               of the World's 'Great Communities'"
1:00 - 2:00Community Buffet Luncheon -Thrall's Opera House              
               Adjoinment & Goodbye
This Symposium has been made possible through the generous
support of:
              The American Planning Association of Washington, D.C.
              The Robert Lee Blaffer Foundation of New Harmony, IN
              The New Harmony Artists Guild of New Harmony, IN
              Mike Blakely of Indianapolis, IN
              Susan Branigin of New Harmony, IN
              David & Vicki Campbell of New Harmony, IN
              Center for Community & Environmental Design-Purdue
                   University of West Lafayette, IN
              The Owen Coleman Family Foundation
                   of New Orleans, LA
              Scott Day of San Antonio, TX
              The Efroymson Fund of the Central Indiana Community
                   Foundation of Indianapolis, IN
              Claudia Elliott & John Jeffrey of New Harmony, IN
              Richard Ford of Wabash, IN
              Patrick Horsbrugh of South Bend, IN
              Indiana Division of State Museums & Historic Sites         
              The Land Economics Foundation of Vancouver, BC 
              Larry Lund of Chicago, IL
              Walter Netsch of Chicago, IL
              The Cornelious O'Brien Foundation of Indianapolis, IN
              Jane Owen of New Harmony, IN
              George & Peggy Rapp of New Harmony, IN
              The University of Southern Indiana/Historic New Harmony 
                    of Evansville, IN   
              Jerry Wade of New York, NY                     
              2 Anonymous Donors
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