Chicago Newsletter Archive

• 9 October 2008

  REMINDER - Pecha Kucha Night Special Event on Monday (October 13)

  We know you really wanted to be watching the Cubs and Sox in their playoff series next Monday - we're sorry it wasn't meant to be. To take your mind off the wait until next year, we've organized a special extra event for you... Pecha Kucha Night Chicago is proud to present, with the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the first Pecha Kucha Night Chicago Event with Chicago Artists Month. Join us on Monday October 13, 2008, first pitch 8pm, in the friendly confines of Martyrs', ...

• 18 September 2008

  Special Event - Chicago Artists Month

  It was great to see you at Volume 6 - didn't you enjoy Pecha Kucha presentations on aboriginal country and western music, a walk around Ilkley Moor, and seeing a fantastic collection of Do Not Disturb signs? Great stuff! Because you seem to be craving the Pecha Kucha phenomenon, we've organized a special extra event for you..... Pecha Kucha Night Chicago is proud to present, with the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the first Pecha Kucha Night Chicago Event with Chicago Ar...

• 2 September 2008

  See you later at Pecha Kucha Night (September 2, 2008)

  Pecha Kucha Night Chicago Volume 6 is tonight. 12 people with very interesting things to say and creative pictures to show. Periodically interrupted by Peter Exley, Jon Langford and the inevitable beer break. Come and see Diego Rodriguez, Jessica Lybeck, Michael Kostal, Ed Mar, Sally Timms, Ron Faiola, Tom Livings, Kurt Lauer, Steve Reynolds, Jon Langford, Sharon Greene, and Norman Teague - each and every one descending on Martyrs' at 8:20. Hopefully some tickets left at the door: Marty...

• 26 August 2008

  Next Tuesday, Pecha Kucha Night Chicago Volume 6 - September 2.

  Here's the final line up for Pecha Kucha Night Volume 6 next week - it's going to be the greatest day after labor day ever. We are covering a lot of bases with this group; rock AND roll, country AND western, post AND modern. Come and see Zurich Esposito, Jessica Lybeck, Michael Kostal, Ed Mar, Sally Timms, Ron Faiola, Tom Livings, Kurt Lauer, Steve Reynolds, Jon Langford, Sharon Greene, AND Norman Teague; all artfully arranged around a beer break, each with 400 seconds of stimulating soun...

• 12 August 2008

  Pecha Kucha Night Chicago Volume 6 (3 weeks to go)

  The Pecha Kucha phenomenon is now an essential night out on the Chicago creative calendar. On September 2nd, expect an unusual assortment of artists, architects, designers, musicians, writers, movers, shakers, et al. No Norwegian mountaineers this time, but Norman Teague, Jon Langford, Sharon Greene, Zurich Esposito, Jessica Lybeck, Tom Livings, and a couple of others über-coolies will be there with some very nifty (but brief) presentations. Pecha Kucha Night Chicago Volume 6 will blo...

• 10 June 2008

  On the road at the A+DEN conference 6/20/2008

  Special Pecha Kucha Night Chicago Event at A+DEN Conference - June 20 Pecha Kucha Night Chicago Volume 5 was fabulous - we hope you made it. Some called it "a truly amazing evening", "super fun", and "a rare treat". Tickets for Volume 6 on September 2 go on sale next week. Already, there are presenters waiting in the wings; if you are interested in taking that plunge, let us know now via the link at http://www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/chicago. You can sign up for our newsletter there too...

• 3 June 2008

  Volume 5 This Week - Get there a bit early

  Pecha Kucha Night is this Wednesday, June 4, at Martyrs' - For your intellectual and creative pleasure, James Venturi, Jim Lasko, Ed Stevenson, Arielle Weininger and Paul Tebben, Michael Wilkinson, Joshua Wentz, Arild Øvrum, Steve Skinner, Monte, Barbara Koenen, and Jeff Scurry will present. For the first time we've done it on a Wednesday, and for the first time, we have a Norwegian mountaineer and a New York film maker - see how they stack up against Chicago's finest. Get to Martyrs' a litt...