Pecha Kucha Night Philadelphia

Saturday, January 30, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.

It’s time to get excited about the fourth installation of Pecha Kucha Night: Philadelphia! For the first time ever, we are presenting the evening with a theme: we want to showcase some of the amazing entrepreneurial actvity that goes on around Philly.

Mike Froelich of the West Philly Tool library has helped us gather a group of people who have all started something great. We have folks who have started businesses or organizations based on ideas that range from liberation of local radio to cupcakes on wheels to team-building with sword and sorcery. It will all converge this Saturday when they tell their story using Pecha Kucha, a kind or rapidfire createive show-and-tell in which each presenter shows 20 slides for 20 seconds apiece.

We’re beyond excited, and would like to share the event with everyone, West Philly to Old City to South Philly and beyond. We ask for $5 at the door to cover for the expenses of setting these events up, but we promise – it will be one of the best $5 you’ve ever spent!

The Pecha-Kucha global site is a great place to learn more about the special performance/presentation art format:
http://pecha-kucha.org/night/philadelphia/

And stay tuned to our developer’s blog, where we will soon be featuring mini bios about the presenters!
http://web.mac.com/jmceuen/JON/Philly_Pecha_Kucha_Blog.html

By the way, here's our class schedule for January 2010

Pecha Kucha Night Philadelphia

Saturday, January 30, 7:30 p.m.

Save the date for the fourth spectacular edition of Philly Pecha Kucha (say peh-CHAK-cha), the rapidfire creative show-and-tell governed by a simple rule: show 20 slides, talk about each one for 20 seconds. Wired magazine calls it: “Say what you need to say in six minutes and 40 seconds of exquisitely matched words and images and then sit the hell down.” We call it an evening of fun, sociability, and a little learning thrown in.

Vol. 4 is Start It Up Night: tales from local folks who willed their dreams into reality, from cupcake trucks to public-access TV. Don’t miss it!

What’s Pecha Kucha? It’s the Japanese word for “chit-chat.” Want more info? See Philly Pecha Kucha, join the PPK Facebook group, or visit worldwide Pecha Kucha HQ in Tokyo. Devised by Tokyo architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, Pecha Kucha events have been held in more than 265 cities.

By the way, here's our class schedule for December 2009

Saturday, June 13, 7:30 p.m.

What’s Pecha Kucha? Rapidfire creative show-and-tell governed by one simple rule: show 20 images, talk about each one for 20 seconds. From University professors and goldfarming to Balloonology and sharkdiving, PPK2 is bound to enlighten, entertain, maybe even educate! Featuring live music by local band Igor’s Egg! $5 suggested donation. Here’s the lineup:

• Morgan F.P. Andrews, Puppet Uprising curator and author (http://puppetuprising.org/): “Jana Sanskriti: Forum Theater in Rural India”
• Jonny Goldstein (http://jonnygoldstein.info): “Snake-o-Phobia: Jonny Explores His Fear of Snakes Using Original Illustrations”
• David Kanter, Temple U. assistant professor (http://bioq.temple.edu): “Designing Technological Tools for Learning”
• Thomas H. Keels, local historian: “Rainbow Cities: Philadelphia’s Three World’s Fairs”
• Alex Mergold and Jason Austin, architects of Austin+Mergold LLC (http://austin-mergold.com): “On Balloonology and Jelly Works”
• Diana Pankevich, Aquarium volunteer diver, “The Characters I Meet…Beneath the Surface.”
• Dave Rosen, Igor’s Egg band (http://www.myspace.com/igorsegg): “The Ultimate Tuh Album”
• Kevin Werbach, assistant professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (http://werbach.com): “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in World of Warcraft”

See Philly Pecha Kucha, join the PPK Facebook group, or visit worldwide Pecha Kucha HQ in Tokyo.

By the way, here's our class schedule for May 2009

Michelle Holshue presents at Philly Pecha Kucha 1, March 7, 2009, at Studio 34 in Philadelphia

Philly Pecha Kucha 1 went so well that we’re throwing PPK2 really soon — Sat., June 13, to be precise. Tell your friends!

Wait — what’s Pecha Kucha? It’s the Japanese word for “chit-chat” (say “peh chak cha”). It’s also a kind of rapidfire creative show-and-tell governed by a simple rule: show 20 images, talk for 20 seconds apiece.

Wired magazine called it: “Say what you need to say in six minutes and 40 seconds of exquisitely matched words and images and then sit the hell down.” We call it an evening of fun, sociability, and a little larnin’ thrown in.

We’re still looking for presenters on June 13. Got a story you’re itching to tell? Visit phillypechakucha.com and drop a line.

By the way, here's our class schedule for March 2009

Philly Pecha Kucha 1

What’s Pecha Kucha? It’s a quick-moving, creative show-and-tell event in which presenters show 20 slides and talk about each one for 20 seconds. Here’s the lineup for PPK1 at Studio 34 on March 7:

* Julie Beckman, architect and principal at KBAS: “Six Years: Designing the Pentagon Memorial” | http://kbas-studio.com

* Nathaniel Popkin, essayist and author of “The Possible City”: “Living in Ruins” | http://nathanielpopkin.net

* Michelle Holshue, nursing-midwifery student at UPenn: “Angels, Handmaidens, Tyrants, Whores: Nurses in the Media.” | http://mizzchelle.tumblr.com

* Jonathan McEuen, neuroscientist and biotechnology consultant at UPenn: “Two Scientists Walk Into A Military Base…” | http://web.mac.com/jmceuen

* Alexa Bosse, designer at SMP Architects; & Ari Miller, landscape designer at Viridian Landscape Studio: “How Low-Tech Design Can Change How We Live” | http://maxmanpartners.com, http://www.viridianls.com

* Elisabeth Dubin, architect at SMP Architects: “Are We There Yet? Looking Back on Architecture’s Future” | http://elisabethdubin.info

* Dustin Fenstermacher, of Dustin Fenstermacher Photography: “Cat Show” | http://dustinfenstermacher.com

* Amy Freeman, city parks columnist for Phillyist: “Squares of Philadelphia” | Phillyist posts: http://tinyurl.com/d54ayj

* Frank Chance, president of Friends of Clark Park: “Toward a Better Clark Park” | http://clarkpark.info

By the way, here's our class schedule for February 2009

As far as we can tell, Philly’s never had a Pecha Kucha night (PK’s inventors list events at more than 100 other cities), so we’re going to throw one at Studio 34 on March 7.

Interested in speaking? Drop Brad a line at studio34 @ jepsculpture.com and pitch a topic. (Note: you need to let us know in advance; no just showing up with a speech and a bunch of images.)

Update: PPK has a Facebook group and a website.

By the way, here's our class schedule for January 2009