Join Dr. Michael Killen for an intimate conversation on the the science of taste and the chemistry and biology of brewing. Attendees will taste a half dozen exciting beers, chosen as examples of the scientific principles being discussed. The list of beers that we expect to taste are:

• Bells – Expedition Stout
• Old Rasputin – Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout
• Anderson Valley – Blood Orange Gose
• St. Louis – Fond Tradition Kriek
• Dark Horse – Crooked Tree IPA
• Dark Horse – Double Crooked Tree DIPA

Act early! Seating limited to thirty participants, purchase your tickets early to reserve your place at this unique event. Use your credit card or PayPal account to buy tickets online.

Activity Tables will offer interactive experiences at the SKy Science Festival Expo Day, 9 to 4 on Saturday 2 May 2015.

• Agronomy Club – Organic?
• Chemistry Club – Polymer Science with Shrinky Dinks
• Chemistry Club – Geology Club – Exceptional Minerals
• DezignTees – On-Demand Printing Technology
• GIScience Club – Map your Place on Earth
• Hardin Planetarium – Light: Beyond the Bulb, The International Year of Light
• Hilltopper Astronomy Club – Eclipse Science and Observations of the Sun
• Hooked On Science – Constructing Science
• Kentucky Colonels Amateur Radio Club – Emergency Communication
• Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service Master Gardeners – Soil Science
• Kentucky Science Center – Ion Jones and the Lost Castle of Chemistry
• Mammoth Cave National Park – Cave Ecology
• Microbiology Club – Microscopic Organisms
• Nanotechnology – Big Properties from the Smallest Science
• Nanotechnology – New Materials Created From Small Changes
• Pre-Physical Therapy Club – Working With Human Anatomy
• Society of Physics Students – The Power of Sound

Tickets are required. Purchase yours at skyscifest.com

A former World Kickboxing Champion and United States Marine Corps Combat Instructor, German-born filmmaker Lexi Alexander worked her way up from stunt woman to Oscar-nominated director with her live action short film “Johnny Flynton”, a drama about a boxer. She has helmed feature films including the SXSW Jury & Award winning drama Green Street Hooligans, Marvel’s Punisher: War Zone and Lifted, a film widely praised by veterans’ groups for carefully telling a politically charged story about the War on Terror. Alexander has ventured into television since then, where she has worked with several accomplished production companies.

Lexi Alexander will present the short film that broke her into the industry, “Johnny Flynton,” as well as discuss topics such as gender equality, copyright, and piracy in the film industry.

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Tuesday, May 5, Mass Media Auditorium

3:00 PM WKU Student Academic Presentations

WKU student academic presentations on topics of film studies.

4:00 PM Micro-Budget Filmmaking Workshop

John William Holt, director of The Dooms Chapel Horror, presents a workshop on micro-budget filmmaking.

7:00 PM The Dooms Chapel Horror

Synopsis: “A horrific family tragedy. A town that lays blame. A boy who wants revenge… Years later when the boy, now a young man, returns to make peace The Dooms Chapel Horror rises to unleash its terrible vengeance on the tight-knit, southern town of Kaler Mills.”

NOT RATED – 95 MIN – HD – 2015

The director, John William Holt, will present the film and host a Q&A afterwards. Members of the crew will also be in attendance.

The feature will be preceded by student films: Gone – “Maelle”, Why I Run, and Memories Can Swim.

Dr. Audrey Anton, WKU Assistant Professor of Philosophy, will give us all some real "Food For Thought" on May 6 as she tells us about her WKU course on "Why Are Bad People Bad?"  She developed this course with the help of funding from a National Endowment for the Humanities "Enduring Questions" grant and this semester, one half of her students are prisoners in a maximum security prison in Nashville, Tn.  These prisoners have proven to be very dedicated students and their insights on why bad people are bad may help us all as we ponder this "enduring question".

Reservations are required by Friday, May 1st. Cost is $10 and includes a box lunch and beverage. Reservations are accepted online or by phone.

Wednesday, May 6, Mass Media Auditorium

4:00 PM Future of Film in Kentucky

Thomas Southerland, director of Proud Citizen, presents a workshop on filmmaking in Kentucky.

7:00 PM Proud Citizen

Synopsis: “After winning second place in a play writing contest, a Bulgarian woman travels to small town Kentucky for the premiere of her play. Expecting southern hospitality, she instead finds an America full of dichotomy in this funny, heartwarming and sometimes heartbreaking meditation on the comfort (and discomfort) of strangers.”

NOT RATED – 89 MIN – 2014

The director, Thomas Southerland, will present the film and host a Q&A afterwards.

The feature will be preceded by a short film, August by alumnus Ethan Millspaugh, and student films: We Hold These Truths, Abandonado, and Dog Funeral.

The Communication Sciences and Disorders Department will be offereing free hearing screenings for all faculty, staff, and students at WKU on Thursday, May 7 from 9am-1pm at the WKU-Graves Gilvert Health Services Building.

Thursday, May 7, Mass Media Auditorium

3:00 PM Sundance Panel

WKU students discuss their experiences as part of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival Study Away program.

4:00 PM Film Festival Workshop

Directors Thomas Southerland and Brandon Colvin discuss navigating the film festival circuit.

7:00 PM Sabbatical

Synopsis: “Ben Hardin (Robert Longstreet), a middle-aged Kierkegaard scholar, returns home to care for his ill mother during his scheduled writing sabbatical. While home, faced with the remnants of a life he left behind, Ben’s relationships with estranged friends and family — his mother, his brother, his ex-lover, and his childhood friend — are tested, and he grows increasingly alienated. After opening old wounds and receiving new ones, Ben must confront his looming responsibilities and choose whether to engage or detach.”

UNRATED – 72 MIN – HD – 2014

The writer/director, Brandon Colvin, will present the film and host a Q&A afterwards.

The feature will be preceded by student films: Chris Coffin – “Seventeen”, Tulpen, and Sweety.

Friday, May 8, Mass Media Auditorium

4:00 PM Allison Inman, Belcourt Theatre Presentation

Allison Inman is the education and engagement director for the Belcourt Theatre, Nashville’s nonprofit cinema. Prior to that, she was a national engagement consultant for San Francisco-based ITVS, producing its popular public documentary screening series, Community Cinema, in Nashville. Before that, she was communications manager for Rocky Mountain PBS in Denver and worked in communications consulting and documentary film production in Denver, Nashville, and New Orleans.

7:00 PM WKU Student Films

9:00 PM Award Ceremony

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The purpose of this fun event hosted by the WKU Football staff is to provide every woman the opportunity to listen and interact with the coaches and gain knowledge and insight into WKU Football.

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