
PechaKucha Night in Bemidji Vol. 12 happens tomorrow (April 26), and here’s organizer Samantha Nienow with all the details (and you’ll also find all the presenters listed with links on the official event page):
Pecha Kucha Night is your all-expense-paid vacation from wifi. Turn off your iDevice and show your colon-hyphen-right-parenthesis face April 26th at the New City Ballroom at 6:30. You can tweet in person and LOL—no hashtags or abbreviations required. (ROFL is okay, but not recommended for your safety.)
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Bemidji will be joining our Global Cities Week, with a lovely Bemidji-centric PechaKucha Night Vol. 11 on February 23 — just look at Paul Bunyan and Babe on the poster, and even the city’s mayor will be presenting! Below is more info on the event from organizer Samantha Nienow, and the poster artwork is by Terry Honstead. You’ll find the full list of presenters with links on the official event page.
February’s special edition of PechaKucha Night is all about Bemidji! Join us at the Hungry Bear’s New City Ballroom on February 23rd at 6:30pm to be part of the fun.
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Bemidji will soon be celebrating its 10th PechaKucha Night (on January 19), and here’s a look at the lovely poster for the event, designed by Erik Evensen (Evensen Creative). Below, more details about the event (and you’ll also find the list of presenters with links on the official event page).
Bemidji’s PechaKucha chapter has been up and running for over a year, and January will bring its tenth night of presentation perfection! If you haven’t attended a PechaKucha Night yet, it’s time to see what all the fuss is about. Come to the New City Ballroom (Hungry Bear) at 6:30, Thursday, January 19th to enjoy this free community event.
These speakers are ready to share their stories on January 19th:
Brett Cease: Voyage between the waterways of Bemidji and Ely via canoe
John Eggers: Suggested Topics For Your PK Presentation
Natalie Gille: Bicycle Commuting in Bemidji
Ashley Phoenix: Minnesota Conservation Corps
Kristi Wells-Saiger: Fishing in the Florida Keys
Tammy Schotzko: I Am A Survivor
Art Stoller: Dogsledding
Another exciting component of Bemidji’s PKN is local art and artists. The PKN team is proud to welcome Jake Baggenstross, visual artist; Jane Carlstrom, fiber artist; Todd Geiger, nature photographer; and Terry Honstad, mixed media artist.

PechaKucha Night in Bemidji Vol. 9 may have come and gone, but we still wanted to share this terrific poster that was produced for the event, designed by Eew Cute. To see what you missed, have a look at the official event page, that lists all of the presenters with links.

It’s Friday here in Japan, but you may still have time if you’re in Bemidji to catch the city’s PechaKucha Night Vol. 7 (Thursday, July 21), happening at the Hungry Bear’s New City Ballroom — the full list of presenters appears on the official event page. Here’s also an interview (audio) with PKN Bemidji organizers Samantha Nienow and Erik Evensen.

Here’s another case of even though it’s already June 3 here in Japan, you may still have time if you see this to go out and catch PechaKucha Night in Bemidji Vol. 6, happening June 2 at the New City Ballroom — see the list of presenters on the official event page. And connecting to our Inspire Japan efforts, organizer Samantha Nienow tells us that one of the presenters is from Japan, and will be talking about the tsunami and recovery efforts.

PechaKucha Night in Bemidji Vol. 5 is set for the end of this month (March 31) at the New City Ballroom, and here’s co-organizer Samantha Nienow with more details — you’ll also find the full list of presenters with links on the official event page.
Join creative, compelling, and often comedic members of our community at the March 31st Bemidji PechaKucha Night (PKN). PKN is a fast-paced evening of six-minute-forty-second presentations about hobbies, passions, philosophies and, most of all, ideas. Bemidji’s PKN chapter was founded just last year, but since then hundreds have attended this real-life social media event, and dozens have been brave enough to share their stories and images. The poster for next week’s PechaKucha Night Vol. 5 was designed by Cody Bartz.

Bemidji will be hosting its PechaKucha Night Vol. 4 tomorrow night (January 13) at the New City Ballroom (Hungry Bear). You’ll find the full list of presenters with links on the official event page. The poster was designed by PKN Bemidji co-organizer Erik Evensen.

Bemidji is hosting its PechaKucha Night Vol. 2 tonight (August 26), taking place at the Cabin Coffeehouse & Cafe from 18:30. The full list of presenters with links appears on the official event page. The poster was designed by PKN Bemidji co-organizer Erik Evenson.