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PechaKucha Night comes to Boneyard Arts Festival!

THE NITTY GRITTY
WHEN
Friday, April 16, 2010 WHERE The Canopy Club
TIME
Doors open, 7pm :: Show starts at 8:20pm :: Ages 18+
TICKETS
$5 in advance, $7 door; CUDO members free with ID

PRE-SHOW music by DJ Mertz
AFTER PARTY
at Canopy Club with Fishing with Dynamite
the premiere sketch comedy troupe at the University of Illinois.

THE EVENING’S LINEUP
Our rockin’ emcee for the night is PKN C-U alum Andy Warfel. Champaign-Urbana’s third PechaKucha Night will feature presenters:

  • Chris Berti :: Associate Professor of Art & Design at Parkland College.
  • Andy Borbely :: Manager of Seven Saints in Downtown Champaign and whiskey connoisseur extraordinaire.
  • The Bike Project :: The Bike Project co-op offers a space, tools, and community to repair bikes, share knowledge, hold classes, and advocate for bikes in Urbana-Champaign.
  • Kevin Coulton :: On pixel art as a modern form of design analogous to mosaics of old.
  • Glen C. Davies :: Local Midwestern muralist and the 2010 Boneyard Arts Festival featured artist.
  • Peter Exley / Thorston Bösch :: Our fellow PK Chicago organizers are joining the party!
  • Fishing with Dynamite :: The premiere sketch comedy troupe at the University of Illinois.
  • Matt Gornick :: Matt designs software to provide realtime information to OrangeQC’s users and favors usability over complexity.
  • Stewart Hicks :: On the back and forth conversation between media and space that underpins what I do as a designer.
  • Paul Kotheimer :: U. S. songwriter, activist, recording artist, and performer of DiY/acoustic, indie rock, and political folk music.
  • Daniel Schreiber :: An (aspiring) chocolate maker. He’s always happy to talk about chocolate, taste chocolate, or think about chocolate.
  • Ping Wu :: Project Runway Season 7 alum, designer, physical therapist and former Urbana, IL resident.

Purchase your ticket in advance for $5 at Canopy Club’s website: www.canopyclub.com. We’ll see you there!

TELL ME MORE, TELL ME MORE!
For additional information or if interested in presenting at a future Pecha Kucha Night Champaign-Urbana, please contact Christina Tapp, co-organizer, Pecha Kucha Night Champaign-Urbana, at (217) 419-3255 or gro.oducehtnull@UCahcukahcep. Check out the www.pecha-kucha.org global website to get a sense of the magnitude of the event as well as our city page, www.pecha-kucha.org/night/champaign-urbana.

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