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Calgary PechaKucha Night #2

Thursday, December 3, 2009 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (MT)

Calgary, Alberta

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Ticket Type Remaining Sales End Price Fee Quantity
General Admission 56 tickets Ended CA$10.00 CA$1.40

Event Details

Following the success of the inaugural Calgary PechaKucha Night, Calgary Arts Development presents PechaKucha Night #2: How We Live Together.


Thursday, December 3, 2009
Doors at 7:00pm, 7:30pm start

Tickets $10
Uptown Stage and Screen, 612 – 8th Avenue SW

This event is licensed, no minors will be admitted


Devised and shared by Klein Dytham Architecture in 2003 as a place for designers, developers and architects to meet, network and show their work in public, PechaKucha Nights are now taking place in 256 cities around the world. The format is simple: speakers present 20 slides each, for 20 seconds per slide. Calgary Arts Development has secured the rights to PechaKucha Nights in Calgary and will be hosting 4 PechaKucha Nights over the course of the year.


The theme for the December 3rd PechaKucha Night is “How We Live Together.”
Presenters include:

  • Gian-Carlo Carra, Senior Urban Designer, T6
  • Xstine Cook, Activist and Curator/Artistic Director, Calgary Animated Objects Society
  • John Frosst, Arbour Lake Sghool
  • Tom Keenan, Associate Dean (Academic) and Professor, Environmental Design, University of Calgary
  • Eric Moschopedis, Interdisciplinary Artist and Creator of the Imaginary Ordinary Community Project
  • Naheed Nenshi, Associate Professor, Bissett School of Business, Mount Royal University
  • David Plouffe, Acting Executive Assistant for the Director of Land Use Planning and Policy
  • Lothar Wiwjorra, Senior Urban Designer, City of Calgary
  • Susan Veres, Communications Director, Calgary Municipal Land Corporation

 

For more information, please contact Bil Hetherington at Bil.Hetherington@CalgaryArtsDevelopment.com or 403-264-5330.

 

www.calgaryculture.com/yycpkn

www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/calgary

When & Where



The Uptown Stage and Screen
610 8th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 1G5
Canada

Thursday, December 3, 2009 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (MT)


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champions the arts as a key driver of Calgary's quality of life.

Calgary Arts Development plays a leadership role in realizing the potential of arts and culture in Calgary. As the city's designated arts development authority, we are a central hub that learns about, promotes,connects, advocates for, and leads strategic initiatives in the arts to animate Calgary as a vibrant cultural centre. Calgary Arts Development allocates municipal funding for the arts provided by the City of Calgary through granting programs that support operations and innovation for more than 160 arts organizations in Calgary.