PechaKucha is returning to Burnaby.
The fifth PechaKucha Burnaby night is on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.
The evening will feature nine presenters on a variety of topics. As per PechaKucha format, each presenter has 20 slides, 20 seconds each, to make their presentation – for a total of six minutes and 40 seconds.
PechaKucha – which means “the sound of chit-chat” in Japanese – was first conceived by Tokyo architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, who were seeking a way to encourage student presenters to use PowerPoint in a more organized and succinct manner.
The Feb. 19 evening will feature presentations by Vivien Gomes, a yoga teacher and connector from Vancouver; Steven Kraynyak, a Dungeons and Dragons Master; Ari De La Mora, a self-taught figurative painter; Katie Larson, a high school social studies and home economics teacher from Burnaby; Vincent Reda, a landscape architect from Burnaby; Alfred Romann, a journalist and economist from Burnaby and Hong Kong; Ron Simmer, a sculptor who works mainly with found materials; Steven Smethurst, an interactive installation artist from Vancouver; and Winston Wong and Ninna Snider, entrepreneurs, avid gardeners and urban beekeepers from Burnaby.
PechaKucha Burnaby Vol. 5 is a partnership between Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby Neighbourhood House, the City of Burnaby, Burnaby Festival of Learning and Tourism Burnaby.
Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Studio Theatre at the Shadbolt Centre, 6450 Deer Lake Ave.
Admission is free, but you need to reserve a spot through tickets.shadboltcentre.com.
For more information, see www.pechakucha.com/events/burnaby-vol-5.
