Many a life journeys on display w/ PechaKucha’s season premiere.
PechaKucha (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 social, fast-paced and friendly get together. There’s just one catch: presenters have only 20 slides x 20 seconds each, a total of 6 minutes, 40 seconds!
Gail Gettler tells the remarkable story of a 6-year-old boy with club feet reunited with his mother in Tanzania months after reconstructive surgery, Wednesday and Thursday, September 12th–13th at The Ellen Theatre.
The Bozeman resident and her daughter spent a month volunteering for The Plaster Place in Arusha, which provides a place for up to 100 poor children to recover from surgery for club foot, cleft palate and major burns.
Award-winning journalist Jodi Hausen describes her lifelong battle with Attention Deficit Disorder and dyslexia. And Alexander Lieber will present his fascinating take on Shugyo, a Buddhist concept denoting the general feel of seeing all life, including work, as a spiritual path.
The September shows, which start at 6:40pm each night, launch PechaKucha Bozeman’s eighth year.
Other presentations include Alicia Smith on the highs and lows of a 24/7 life with a service dog; MSU professor and land resources scientist Bill Kleindl on using artistic representations to extend the reach of satellite or photographic images in examining man’s impact on natural systems; and Marcelina Pulcini’s very personal story, “I am an Alcoholic: A Comedy,” which tracks a drinking life that began in Bozeman High School and ended in the intake room of a rehab facility in Arizona.
In a very different vein, 7th grader Cam Taylor will present his comedic take on people and places that have helped his creative growth; Bryna Paull Barfknecht will regale us with the happy, sad and funny stories of a successful entrepreneur living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; and Kirby Hancock will enlighten us about the many marvelous properties of hemp and what Montana farmers are doing to grow it.
Also presenting are avid hiker Melissa Horner, who will describe her struggle with an exotic and frightening illness, rhabdomyolysis, she contracted in Africa; and, finally, Perrin Lundgren offers a very personal salute to the iconic Wendy Visscher, who is retiring as director of Bozeman’s Help Center after 44 years. Emcee is comedian, actor, writer and puppeteer Ryan Cassavaugh.
PechaKucha (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 social, fast-paced and friendly get together. There’s just one catch: presenters have only 20 slides x 20 seconds each, a total of 6 minutes, 40 seconds!
Presentations begin promptly at 6:40pm. Attendees are encouraged to come early and socialize. All seats are $9. Student tickets will be available for $5 at the door. Wine, beer, and concessions will be sold in the lobby beginning one hour prior to showtime. For questions about these events, ticketing information, or other inquiries, visit www.theellentheatre.com or call The Ellen box office at (406) 585-5885. •
