Tasmanian Devil, ‘Designing for Democracy’ & much more w/ next PK Nights
What are the physical, mental and emotional consequences of not knowing where your next meal will come from?
Alison Harmon, professor of food and nutrition at MSU, talks about the challenge she and her students faced trying to eat on $3 a day at the next PechaKucha Night(s) at The Ellen Theatre, Wednesday and Thursday, November 7th–8th. The shows start at 6:40pm each night.
In keeping with PK’s tradition of always mixing it up, Australian-American Katy Osterloth will report on environmentalists’ efforts to save the Tasmanian Devil, songwriter Russ Chapman will tell the story of his hunt for sushi in South Dakota, Becca Frucht will entertain with the saga of her transformation from media maven to storytelling cowgirl, and outdoors lover Zuzana Gedeon will try to sell us on how to learn to love the uphill in “Sliding Upward.”
You can guarantee that one of the big stories of the upcoming election will be the large numbers who did not vote. In her presentation, “Designing for Democracy,” graphic designer Anna Pierce will describe a new app she has developed that could make it easier to register, research candidates and issues, and even vote!
If you grew up in Alaska in the ‘80s or ‘90s you probably visited Maggie, the elephant, at the Alaska Zoo. Emilie Saunders tells us how a group of impassioned Alaska citizens freed Maggie after 24 years. Ross Rodgers could be in one of those commercials for DNA tests. He just took one and, wow, was he surprised with the results! Lifelong civil rights activist Dan Lourie will describe the transformative role of children in the civil rights movement of the ‘60s, and Connor Harbison tells the brave tale of how his own “superhero origin story” helped him overcome the trauma of sexual abuse.
Emcee is the inimitable auctioneer, TV anchor, local personality, and teller of impossibly bad jokes, Missy O’Malley.
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 ticketing and other inquiries, visit www.theellentheatre.com or call The Ellen box office at (406) 585-5885.
