With the large amount of excited “Supernatural” fans downtown on Sunday, you’d think the stars of the show, Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles were filming a scene somewhere nearby. Instead, the fans were attending the Celebration of Supernatural, an event organized by Media and Cinema Studies professor Paul Booth, which featured panels, screenings and a keynote session with Robbie Thompson, a co-executive producer on the show.

The event was held in The Richard M. and Maggie C. Daley building on May 9, and correlated with the 10-year anniversary of the show. The anniversary is one of the reasons why Booth picked “Supernatural” to celebrate.

“I like to theme these events for anniversaries,” Booth said. “Last year I put out a call at the event for suggestions of what we should do for this year, and a couple of people said ‘Supernatural,’ so I thought it was a good time for that.”

The celebration featured panels throughout the day on a wide range of subjects, from fandom, to the handling of race in the show, to the monsters featured throughout the show’s 216 episodes (so far). There were also workshops on television criticism, writing for television and podcasting led by Maureen Ryan of the Huffington Post, Thompson and Katie Kulzic and Jon Clarke respectively. Screenings were running throughout the day of episodes spanning the show’s 10 years.

Attendees were not only DePaul students, but “Supernatural” fans from all over.

“I came here to interact with more ‘Supernatural’ fans, because I don’t get a chance to meet that many“ Gabby Paloma of Brownsburg, Indiana, a two-and-a-half hour drive from Chicago, said.

Paloma and her friend, Christina Basford, both were excited for the opportunity to learn new things from the panels and from Thompson’s keynote about the beloved television show as well.

The opportunity to learn from others is one of Booth’s favorite aspects of these pop culture celebrations.

“My goal with these events has been to bring together academics and fans, who often do very similar things, but rarely get a chance to interact,” Booth said. “You have fan conventions and academic conferences, and often they don’t see each other. I think the greatest joy I get is seeing really interesting, thoughtful conversations happening between people who wouldn’t normally talk.”

Some of the more exciting conversations for fans happened with people whose work they have admired and read previously, such as Mark Oshiro, a blogger who writes about different elements of pop culture he is experiencing for the first time. One of the shows he is currently writing about is “Supernatural.”

Fans began to flock to his blog after he wrote about “Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire,” and was crushed by the return of Voldemort.

“I’ve created this bizarre legacy of watching someone have a mental breakdown over fiction,” Oshiro said.

Fans were also excited to see Thompson speak, as he has created some of their favorite moments throughout the history of “Supernatural,” and he discussed behind-the-scenes information throughout his keynote. One fan even bowed down to Thompson during the Q&A, to thank him for bringing back the character Gabriel.

One of the differences this year from previous events was the presence of Random Acts, a non-profit organization which aims to inspire random acts of kindness, which was started by one of the stars of “Supernatural,” Misha Collins.

A random act of kindness was delivered at the event, as a way for Booth to thank Jess Glass, his research assistant. Glass received a new computer from the charity.

The Celebration of Supernatural is the third event like this that Booth has organized, and he plans to continue doing it for as long as he can.

“As long as I have the energy, and as long as DePaul keeps supporting me, I’m happy to keep running them,” Booth said. “I don’t have any plans on stopping any time soon.”