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Koszalin

A Tour of Koszalin, the Final Word on Beer, All With Accordion Accompaniment

May 17th, 2012

PKN Dayton

Presentations
Today’s two presentations come your way from Koszalin and Dayton. The one from Koszalin is by none other than PKN Koszalin organizer Gall Podlaszewski, and was done as part of our Global Cities Week. So follow Gall as she talks about her city (in Polish), PechaKucha-style. From Dayton, we get beer afficionado Max Spang who in “What the Hell Is Beer?” will go to great lengths to prove just how much he loves beer (and he’s not alone).

PKN Yerevan Vol. 16

Posters
On the poster front today, we’ve added three new ones, including posters for the upcoming collaboration between PKN Istanbul and PKN Yerevan (which this time, is an invitation-only event — pictured above is the poster from the Yerevan side), and the poster for tonight’s PKN Taos Vol. 6, celebrating “the remarkable women of Taos.” 

PKN Panjim Vol. 2

PKN Washington Vol. 17

Photos
We’ve started sharing more and more event galleries on our official PechaKucha Night Flickr account — in the past it was only used for our Tokyo events — and here are the latest photosets that have been added. Above, a shot from this month’s PKN Panjim Vol. 2, followed by a look at PKN Washington Vol. 17.

That Toronto set only has 2 photos, but the accordion player you see pictured is Ben Harvey, and he has performed at both Vol. 14 and Vol. 15. Below is a video of Ben in action (recorded/edited by Circuit Bent Media).

Calendar
It’s looking like a great Friday, with 5 PechaKucha Nights in the calendar for tomorrow (May 18): PKN Zurich Vol. 11, PKN Varberg Vol. 2, PKN Singapore Vol. 4, PKN Lodz Vol. 8, and PKN Hakata Vol. 2.

More Magazine Library, a 3000-seat Venue for Koszalin, and a ‘Raucous’ Night in Nishinomiya

May 15th, 2012

Let’s take a look at what’s happening in PechaKucha today.

Presentations
As we promised yesterday, we continue to share presentations from last Friday’s special PechaKucha event at the Magazine Library exhibition. Today you can hear Antonin Gaultier talk about his new digital Tokyo fashion magazine, De Rigueur (available for Kindle), and Tokyo-based designer Ian Lynam shares some of the magazine titles that have had a big impact on him.

PKN Koszalin Vol. 9

Posters
Two new posters today on our Tumblr blog, starting with the one (above) for the upcoming PKN Koszalin Vol. 9 (on May 25). You see a piece of the amazing venue where it will be held in it, and below, a better look. You’ll also find the beautifully illustrated poster for PKN Barcelona Vol. 16.

PKN Koszalin Vol. 9

It’s the Koszalin Amphitheatre, and it can hold 3000 spectators — that’s PKN Tel Aviv territory!

PKN Beirut Vol. 8

Events
We of course have a few new galleries of event photos to point out, and the photo above is an oldie but goodie, from PKN Beirut Vol. 8 (the most recent event in that city was last week’s Vol. 14).

Here we have a report from PKN Nishinomiya organizer Brent Jones on the city’s recent PKN Vol. 12:

Friday, April 13 (that’s right . . . Friday the 13th) was another raucous night of creativity and fun at CUBE in Nishinomiya. We continue to attract an eclectic mix of presenters, and this beautiful Spring night was no exception. We started the evening by showing Mark Dytham’s PechaKucha Global Events presentation from the PKN website. We explained to the audience that we are locked into our set events (because our venue is a school), but that we try to promote these events as much as we can. Our first live presenter was Teruko Ashida, who introduced her organic fruit farm in Amagasaki and the events she holds there. Peter Sterlacci followed up with a lively introduction to Personal Branding. Shuji Narita came next with a humorous look at common English mistakes made by Japanese, and he was followed by Carmen Tamas and Shawn White swapping musings about the charms of Japan and Romania. Our Beer Break was followed by a PKN formatted workshop on Old School Hip Hop by Warren Decker. Natsuko Shiraishi then introduced her work with groups of indigenous Mangyan on the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. The audience was then treated to the trials and tribulations of learning how to scull by Richard Miller, and Wes Lang rounded out the night with a poetic look at Unkai, or the sea of clouds that can be viewed from various summits in Japan. We again enlisted the help of several students in introducing the presenters and keeping the evening full of unexpected twists and turns, and are already looking forward to PKN Nishinomiya Volume 13 on July 6th.

Calendar
As we mentioned yesterday, tonight (May 15) you can look forward to PKN Helsingborg Vol. 8, and then tomorrow night (May 16) Wagga Wagga will be hosting its PKN Vol. 6.

Bird Watching

April 23rd, 2012

Bird Watching

Ania Konieczna is an amateur ornithologist who has developed a passion for bird watching throughout her life. As a kid she grew up in a forest environment, and she then evolved into a bird-activist, attracting more and more people to her passion. In “Bird Watching,” she explains the whole story through fantastic hand drawings — she also produced the poster for Koszalin’s PechaKucha Night Vol. 7. The presentation was recorded at PKN Koszalin Vol. 6, and is in Polish.

PKN Koszalin Vol. 8

March 8th, 2012

PKN Koszalin Vol. 8

Koszalin took part in the Global Cities Week with its PechaKucha Night Vol. 8, and here are the photos to prove it. As organizer Gall Podlaszewski tells us, there were ”150 people attending with 12 exciting, emotional, a bit controversial or funny presentations.” They also took the opportunity to support a very ill local DJ by way of an auction, which was quite successful. You’ll find the full list of presenters with links on the official event page.

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PKN Koszalin + Global Cities Week

February 9th, 2012

PKN Koszalin + Global Cities Week

The Global Cities Week event is ramping up — we’re now at close to 60 participating cities — and the latest addition is Koszalin, with its PechaKucha Night Vol. 8 happening on February 22 at Browar Kowal. You can check in on the event page later as the list of presenters gets finalized.

PKN Koszalin in the News

January 13th, 2012

PKN Koszalin in the News

And as a follow-up to our previous post with photos from PechaKucha Night in Koszalin Vol. 7, here’s also some recent print coverage, from an article that had some very nice things to say about PechaKucha. From organizer Gall Podlaszewski:

In the local weekly newspaper, PechaKucha was once again coined as the most inspiring idea of the year. People love the informal atmosphere, as well as the freedom of speech and of sharing ideas — all framed in the rigid 20×20 format.

PKN Koszalin Vol. 7

January 13th, 2012

PKN Koszalin Vol. 7

It was certainly a festive PechaKucha Night for Koszalin, with the city’s Vol. 7 held just after Christmas, which didn’t stop Santa Claus from making an appearance. We include a few photos from the evening that, according to organizer Gall Podlaszewski, was “one of the best PechaKuchas ever,” and you’ll find the presenters listed on the official event page.

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Poster for PKN Koszalin Vol. 7

December 8th, 2011

Poster for PKN Koszalin Vol. 7

Koszalin is going to end the year in style with its PechaKucha Night Vol. 7, to be held on December 28 at Teatr Dialog. It all sounds like it will make for a great event, and as organizer Gall Podlaszewski tells us, “this will be a great time for a whole year resume, plus bonus SNOW games afterwards — the new venue we discovered this time is a tiny theatre located directly by the city park.”

Poster for PKN Koszalin Vol. 6

August 1st, 2011

Poster for PKN Koszalin Vol. 6

It’s really turning into a PechaKucha poster celebration today (see our previous posts covering Cape Town and Concepcion) with a third one coming our way, this time for the upcoming PechaKucha Night in Koszalin Vol. 6, which is going to be a bit different. As organizer Gall Podlaszewski tells, they “got invited to run a PechaKucha in an extremely nice venue a few kilometers outside of the town, in a century old arboretum.”

PKN Koszalin + Inspire Japan

April 5th, 2011

PKN Koszalin + Inspire Japan

Koszalin will take part in the Global PechaKucha Day – Inspire Japan event on April 16, and have prepared a series of 4 posters to help publicize the event, which we include in this post. The city’s Vol. 4 will be held at Podwórze Przy Plastelinie, and you’ll find the list of presenters on the official event page.

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