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Tom Tom Festival 2019

THE BIG FESTIVAL ABOUT SMALL CITIES
Tom Tom champions civic innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship in America’s hometowns.

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Leigh Partain

Darden School
MBA Student

5:30pm EDT

Our Community TableWAITLIST The Paramount TheaterRavi Respeto • Caroline Emerson

6:45pm EDT

Cville Gives Grant NightALMOST FULL Common House: NorthPosner Wealth Management

7:30pm EDT

Bartenders BallNOW OPEN Old Metropolitan HallCarrie Meslar • River Hawkins • Morgan Roberts-Harrison • Kelly Cline • Cierra Biel • Reid Dougherty • Alec Spidalieri • Clay Tolbert • Andrea Rouillard • Joe Koscielniak • Shannon Cruse Ranson • Timmy Faillace • Catoctin Creek

6:00pm EDT

Untold Stories in Charlottesville: A Screening & Conversation with Local FilmmakersNOW OPEN Vinegar Hill TheaterSarad Davenport • Tanesha Hudson • Lorenzo Dickerson • Light House Studio & Vinegar Hill Theatre

6:30pm EDT

Community Fundraiser Mixer for Abundant Life, African American Teaching Fellows, and City of PromiseNOW OPEN Old Metropolitan HallAfrican American Teaching Fellows • Abundant Life • City of Promise

8:00pm EDT

Free Screening of Black Panther and Community FundraiserNOW OPEN The Paramount TheaterAfrican American Teaching Fellows • Abundant Life • City of Promise

9:00pm EDT

Summit Speakeasy at Commonwealth SkybarWAITLIST Commonwealth Restaurant & SkybarMojo Parker • Commonwealth Restaurant &amp

12:00pm EDT

Civic Innovation Conference: Networking Lunch The Jefferson TheaterHartfield Foundation • UVA Office of the Provost

12:30pm EDT

Creativity Between the Coasts: A keynote talk with Noah HorowitzNOW OPEN The Jefferson TheaterCarl Swanson • Noah Horowitz • Hartfield Foundation • UVA Office of the Provost

6:00pm EDT

A Sense of Place: How Preservation Creates the FutureALMOST FULL Common House: NorthOverton McGehee • Donovan Rypkema • Ellen M. Bassett • Ebony Walden • Common House • Preservation Piedmont • Preservation Virginia • School of Architecture, University of Virginia

8:00pm EDT

The Future of Cannabis: A Headlining Conversation about LegalizationNOW OPEN The Paramount TheaterJohn Hudak • Jenn Michelle Pedini • Steven Hawkins • Jane West • Hope Wiseman

9:00pm EDT

Rapture After Party with the MammothsNOW OPEN Rapture Restaurant & Night ClubThe Mammoths • Night Club

9:30pm EDT

The Future of Cannabis: VIP ReceptionNOW OPEN Old Metropolitan Hall

8:00am EDT

A Black Feminist Archaeology of AdornmentWAITLIST Common House: SouthAyana Flewellen

9:00am EDT

Case Study: Mural Arts Philadelphia Common House: SouthAlan Goffinski • Lisa Murch • FUNd @ CACF • IX Art Park

10:15am EDT

Auto-What? A Taxonomy of Automated Machine Learning Violet Crown: Theater 2Adam Blum • S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute Don't Stop Disbelieving Violet Crown: Theater 5Chris Eichelberger • S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute

10:50am EDT

A Deep Learning Approach to Meme Generation Violet Crown: Theater 5Murugesan Ramakrishnan • Sri Vaishnavi Vemulapalli • S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute

11:00am EDT

Cheats Movement Podcast: Hip Hop in Higher Education Common House: SouthA.D. Carson • Marc Cheatham • Ricky Parker • FUNd @ CACF • IX Art Park

12:00pm EDT

Creative Ecosystems Conference: Networking Lunch The Jefferson TheaterFUNd @ CACF • IX Art Park

12:30pm EDT

Love, Community, and Fine Art: A Keynote Talk by Visual and Performing Artist Vanessa GermanNOW OPEN The Jefferson TheaterVanessa German • The Fralin Museum of Art • UVA Arts • FUNd @ CACF • IX Art Park

2:45pm EDT

Kite Making WorkshopWAITLIST Common House: SouthFederico Cuatlacuatl

3:00pm EDT

A Line in the Sand: A Conversation with Burning Man Cofounder Michael “Danger Ranger” Mikel Vinegar Hill TheaterMichael Orlove • Michael Mikel • QuickFix • FUNd @ CACF

4:30pm EDT

Tiny Worlds Terrarium Party with WildrockNOW OPEN Kardinal HallPaige Lindblom • Wildrock • Great Outdoor Provision Co. • Fifth Season Gardening • Kardinal Hall

5:00pm EDT

Sake Making & Sake TastingWAITLIST North American Sake Brewery & RestaurantAndrew Centofante

6:30pm EDT

Crowdfunded Pitch NightNOW OPEN The Jefferson TheaterHackCville • iLab • Blue Ridge Bank • Community Investment Collaborative

8:45am EDT

Rise of the Rest: Venture Capital Outside Silicon Valley The Jefferson TheaterJason Feifer • Sameer Gulati • David Hall • Sean Henry • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

9:00am EDT

UVA Design ChallengeNOW OPEN i.Lab at UVADarden Business Innovation and Design Club

10:00am EDT

Sylvia Earle, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medalist In Citizen Leadership, Keynote AddressNOW OPEN Monticello's West LawnThomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello • Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, UVA Ecosystem-Builder Case Study: MORTAR, Cincinnati Common House: SouthDerrick Braziel • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Let’s Talk About Amazon HQ2: How We Got Here + How the Rest of Virginia’s Cities Benefit Violet Crown: Theater 5Roben Farzad • Stephanie Landrum • Christina Winn • Stephen Moret • Timothy Sands • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

12:00pm EDT

McGuffey Open House & Picnic: Monotype Printing DemoNOW OPEN McGuffey Art CenterPolly Breckenridge