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Friday, October 2, 2009
Dayton’s next Pecha Kucha!
Hey gang, just got the email news release on the next Pecha Kucha in Dayton, on Nov. 6.
If you don’t remember the first one or wonder what the heck I’m talking about, you can read my post about it.
Meanwhile, here’s the release. These are fun events! Plan to attend.
Pecha Kucha. Pe-chawk-cha. Heard of it before? Pecha Kucha Night is a phenomenon that’s spreading across the globe. It started in Tokyo and is now held in hundredsof cities worldwide. It’s a way for designers and other creatives to present and discuss their work, their hobby or their passion in 6 minutes and 40 seconds (20 slides - 20 seconds each). Limiting the presentations to 20 slides, 20 seconds each keeps the presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to share. Before and after the presentations (sometimes during), you mingle, nosh, chit chat and heckle. Vol. 1 was held the end of August - maybe you attended or heard about it? Pecha Kucha Night DaytonVol. 2, sponsored by AIA Dayton, will be held on Friday, Nov 6th in the Oregon District. Here’s why I’m contacting you today…..We’re going to be sending you an email next week on Tuesday, October 6th and would like to ask you to distribute this HTML email invite to all your organization’s membership and post it on your website / Facebook / Twitter. Please look for the email and consider including info@aiadayton.org in your address book so the invite doesn’t get shoved into your junk mail box. We’d hate for you to miss this intriguing interaction! Learn more about Pecha Kucha at www.pecha-kucha.org or the Dayton website, www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/dayton. Thanks in advance for helping us spread the word about Pecha Kucha. Feel free to give me a call if you have any questions. Tim Bement, President AIA Dayton (937) 836-8898 tim.bement@app-arch.com
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Don’t forget local public radio…
If, like me, you spend a lot of your radio-listening time on local public stations, you know that this is the time of year when they run their fall fundraising campaigns.
Dayton’s classical station, WDPR-FM (88.1), is about to wrap up its fall campaign, in which it’s seeking $140,000 to help keep the organization running. It’s an all-classical station that heavily promotes local arts groups, something of a rarity these days even in bigger cities than ours. It’s a wonderful station, and a real local gem.
Starting this weekend, WYSO-FM (91.3), the other jewel in the Dayton area’s public-radio universe, starts its fall campaign. It’s hard to exactly describe the mix of news, commentary and music of all forms, from worldbeat to altrock to jazz to blues to bluegrass, that pops up routinely on ‘YSO, but that’s the joy of listening to it in the first place. Director Neenah Ellis has already been on the air asking folks to prime the donations pump by giving early, before the start of the official campaign. They’re raffling a package of tickets to local arts events for folks who donate before midnight tonight.
Anyway, you might think about donating. Both of these stations contribute hugely to the quality of life and culture in our area, and they do good community work — not to mention presenting a lot of high-quality programming on pretty tight budgets. Follow the links above if you’re interested. They’re not asking for much, and you get quite a lot in return.
And yes, I admit it … I’m a fan.
