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Tom Tom Founders Festival 2018

The Seventh Annual Tom Tom Founders Festival is a week-long celebration of innovators, visionaries, and artists who are shaping small cities. The Festival occurs at dozens of venues throughout downtown Charlottesville.

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Sarah Rupert

UVA
Student

5:00pm EDT

Partner Event: Messy Democracy: From Founding Our Nation to Finding Our WayAlmost Full Old Metropolitan HallSarah McConnell • Sara Bon-Harper • Leslie Greene Bowman • Kat Imhoff • Presidential Precinct

5:00pm EDT

Community Workshop: Listening Like You Mean ItFull Bridge PAILisa Rogoff

7:00pm EDT

Crowdfunded Pitch NightNow Open The Jefferson TheateriLab • Citizen Burger Bar • Community Investment Collaborative • UVA Community Credit Union

9:00am EDT

OPENING KEYNOTE: Our Towns: A 100,000 Mile Journey Into the Heart of AmericaNow Open The Jefferson TheaterDeborah Fallows • James Fallows • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

10:30am EDT

KEYNOTE: You've Got the PowerNow Open The Jefferson TheaterAtima Omara • Jenn Brown • Lennon Flowers • Steven Olikara

1:05pm EDT

Can a Machine Be Racist or Sexist?Now Open Violet Crown - Theater 5Renee Teate • S&P Global • Capital One

4:00pm EDT

Community Workshop: How to Take a 360 PhotoNow Open Jefferson-Madison Regional LibraryDarius Nabors

5:00pm EDT

Salsa Dance for Equality Central PlaceZabor Dancers

8:00pm EDT

What Unites Us: Reflections on PatriotismNow Open The Paramount TheaterDahlia Lithwick • Dan Rather • University of Virginia College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences • C-Ville Weekly

10:00pm EDT

Silent DiscoFull Old Metropolitan Hall

2:00pm EDT

The Future of JournalismAlmost Full Violet Crown - Theater 3Dahlia Lithwick • Jeff Carney • Steve Gibson • Brad Wolverton • The Daily Progress • University of Virginia College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences • C-Ville Weekly