TEDxPhoenixville
$20. Buy tickets online. Check-in begins at 9:30AM..
- Sat, Sep 25, 10:00 am
We’re going on a joy ride…metaphorically speaking, but you’re invited! Phoenixville’s inaugural TEDx conference offers an opportunity to take you on an exploration of how creativity, happiness and kindness contribute to our individual and collective joy. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share ideas worth spreading. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks videos and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection.
The organizing committee has invited individuals with diverse disciplines and backgrounds to speak during the engaging, day-long event. As a metaphor for life, the ride theme allows open interpretation to an interesting format of speakers and performers that include adventurers, inventors, virtuosos and entrepreneurs, A diverse collection of individuals whose common denominator is attacking their passion with joy.
West Chester University Laptop Arts Ensemble
Defining a new genre of interactive computer music, the Laptop Arts Ensemble brings together talented students from a variety of academic programs.
Emma Resmini
An accomplished flutist at just 10 years old, Emma has been called a “bright young prodigy” by the New York Times and has been recognized by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for her “dazzling technique.”
Paul Deegan
An adventurer, explorer, award-winning author and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Paul is an ebullient speaker who has climbed many of the world’s most popular – and also some of its more esoteric – mountain regions. Listen to Paul talk about TEDxPhoenixville on KYW1060.
Christopher McDougall
Author of the New York Times Bestseller, Born to Run, Chris shares his conviction that the secret to happiness is right at your feet with sharp wit and wild exuberance.
Simon Hauger
Simon is a physics teacher and director of the West Philly Hybrid X Team that builds and races alternative fuel vehicles. The team includes students from an after school program of the Academy of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering based in West Philadelphia High School.
Ben Gulak
Ben is a twenty-one year old MIT student and inventor of the Uno, a one-wheeled, electric motorcycle, that is a marvel of technology and design.
Jennifer Levonian
Artist Jennifer Levonian creates cut-paper animations that explore the ambivalence of everyday life. Her work transforms things previously unnoticed into something bizarre, uncanny and wonderful.
Hosts for the TEDxPhoenixville day, most of which will take place on the Colonial Theatre’s main stage, are:
Kelly Stoetzel
Content Director for the TED conference in Palm Springs, California, co-host of the TEDActive and member of our TEDxPhoenixville committee.
Rives
Storyteller, poet, regular on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, co-host of Ironic, Iconic America on Bravo and the co-host of the TEDActive simulcast event in Palm Springs, California.
Tickets are $20 per person and are available online. Don’t forget to pre-order your box lunch made by local caterer Julie Zlogar for an additional $5 during the check out process.
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Tickets:
Tickets are $20 per person including a $2 per ticket restoration fee. Tickets purchased at the box office or over the phone are subject to an additional $1 per ticket service fee. Online is the fastest, cheapest way to buy tickets.
When your purchase your tickets, you can also pre-order your local lunch made by Julie Zlogar. All lunches are $5 and come with quinoa salad, fruit, and a cookie. LUNCHES MUST BE ORDERED BY MON, SEP 20. Lunch choices are:
- Local chicken salad with lettuce and tomato on a semolina roll
- Local pulled pork and coleslaw on a kaiser roll
- Grilled vegetable, fresh mozzarella and pesto hummus wrap
PLEASE ARRIVE BY 9:30AM ON SAT, SEP 25 TO CHECK-IN AND PICK UP YOUR NAME BADGE.