Pecha Kucha at the Ellen continues in November with its 17th series, How Five American Indians Became Celebrities in Siberia on Wednesday, November 11th and Thursday the 12th with the first presentations beginning at 7:20pm both evenings. Featured presenters will include Michael Running Wolf on five American Indians and Cimberli Kearns on why mistakes are so vital to learning.
Verge Theater actor, writer, director and storyteller extraordinaire Ryan Cassavaugh will emcee. The eclectic group of presenters also includes Montana State Senator JP Pomnichowski on “Montana’s Citizen Legislature”; Roselle White, “Why Grandma Got Life Behind Bars”; Kristin Wolf, “How We Can Learn Language”; Gary Tabor, “Large-Scale Conservation in a Time of Planetary Thresholds”; and Jennifer Woodcock, “Green Museums.” Also presenting are Rebecca Gleason, with “I Thought of That While Riding My Bicycle”; Piper Meuwissen with a comparison of her life and that of Harriet Ann Jacobs, a slave girl and abolitionist; and two different approaches to encouraging creativity from Tate Chamberlin and Joshua Marks. Joshua will propose an innovative way to raise money to fund creative projects in our schools and Tate will talk about a new and very unconventional approach to creative events. All presentations will be featured both nights. Doors open at 6:30pm, with the first presentation starting at 7:20pm. Pecha Kucha (peh-chak-cha) offers anyone with a passion or a vision–designers, artists, inventors, architects, adventurers, entrepreneurs–an opportunity to share their ideas with the community during a fast-paced, friendly social get-together.
There’s just one catch–presenters have only 20 slides x 20 seconds each, a total of 6 minutes, 40 seconds! Pecha Kucha (sounds like chit-chat in Japanese) was created 12 years ago by a Tokyo architectural firm. Events are now held in more than 800 cities around the world. More information is available on Facebook at pecha-kucha-bozeman or by emailing pechakuchabozeman@gmail.com You are encouraged to come early to socialize. There will be a 20-minute intermission. Advance tickets ($7 plus $1 restoration fee) are available online at theellentheatre.com. Tickets also are available at the box office and at the door for $8 ($5 for students), with space permitting. •
