New York City will play host to scholars, entertainers, artists, UFO enthusiasts and actual alien abductees in the first annual UFO's: The Culture of Contact Multimedia Festival June 22-24. Marking the 60th anniversary of the Kenneth Arnold UFO sightings, which initiated the modern UFO era, the festival will feature movies, lectures by top investigators, music, theater and artwork related to UFO/Alien contact. The Festival will be held at the Pioneer Theater, Lit Lounge and P.S. 63, all in Manhattan's own bastion of the unusual: the East Village. Sponsored by UFO Magazine and JayVay Productions, the 3-day Culture of Contact Festival will give the public a chance to sample the many ways UFO's have impacted modern culture. The Festival is conceived and curated not only by educators, investigators and scholars, but by individuals whose interest in the phenomenon is as up close and personal as it gets: actual UFO witnesses and alien abductees.Attendees to this groundbreaking event will enjoy:
• Classic "flying saucer" sci-fi films and new UFO movies
• Lectures and panel discussions by renowned scientists, investigators, witnesses, authors and abductees
• Live music inspired by UFO's and sci-fi
• Theater, standup and readings
• A gallery of UFO art by abductees and enthusiasts
Participating personalities include bestselling authors Budd Hopkins and William J. Birnes, noted psychic and UFOlogist Farah Yurdozu, and UFO investigator-filmmaker-author Jeremy Vaeni.
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