UPDATE: PKNX tickets are sold out!
With the redevelopment of the City Centre Airport lands on the horizon, PKNX explores the potential for a Do-It-Yourself Downtown and features presenters exploring the architectural, social, environmental and cultural potential for our urban core in the 20 slides x 20 sec per slide format made popular world-wide by Klein Dytham Architecture.
The presenters at PKN X will be announced shortly.
PKN X features music by DJs Jaycie Jayce (NRMLS WLCM) and NIK 7 (Shout out out out out).
Doors and pre-party: 6:30 pm
Presentations: 7:30 pm
After-party: 10:00 pm
Tickets on-sale now at Tix on the Square: http://www.tixonthesquare.ca/event/detail/3558 or call: 780-420-1757
Adults: $11 +s.c.
Students: $9 +s.c.
PKN X is an all ages event; limited tickets available.
PKNX ticket holders also have private access to the Alberta Aviation Museum during the event, an opportunity to discover Northern Alberta’s rich aviation history
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The latest from Transforming Edmonton!
The Edmonton Valley Zoo is moving forward with bold new plans to create a vibrant and engaging place that inspires love and learning of animals and nature. As a part of this new vision, the establishment of the new tagline “Get Closer,” along with the development of all new logos representing a variety of the animals living at the zoo have been officially announced.
Intimate. Inspiring.
The Edmonton Valley Zoo is home to over 350 animals, with a full range of species from different climates and habitats — all here for you to discover, learn about and appreciate. Get closer to them like never before. At the Edmonton Valley Zoo, learning is encouraged through inspiring, engaging, and fun activities.
Nurturing. Natural.
Edmonton Valley Zoo will be a leading example of how a small zoo can make a big difference in our world through its focus on conservation, education and stewardship.
The Edmonton Valley Zoo team is passionate about the natural world and promoting environmental responsibility. The zoo models green strategies in all it does to promote environment responsibility and reduce its own environmental footprint.
Cool.
Watch this cool video on Edmonton Valley Zoo’s new vision and future development.
Enter the “Get Closer” Facebook contest to win a free family pass.
Visit the official Edmonton Valley Zoo website to explore even more.
Once you see robins you know spring is here.
Good morning, Edmonton.
The Edmonton Public School Board is trying to pressure the provincial government into more funding, by prioritizing older schools. The province has recently been building new schools, so this shift of priorities increases the line in the sand the new school board trustees have been drawing after years of school closures.
Sticking with education…Could a slim education budget be to blame for cuts to a special needs program at Avonmore School? Could it be due to enrollment (which is a similar reason so many schools have recently closed in Edmonton)? Either way, it means special needs cuts.
Before you click through to this story on University of Alberta students borrowing money to go to school I want you to guess how much money, in total, the students at the U of A borrowed in 2010-2011. Alright, now that you’ve got a number in mind, head on through… (when you come back let me know if you were close to the actual figure)
It’s going to cost the City $15 to run your name when you get a parking ticket. But the fines will likely go up more than $15 very soon.
Alright, now let’s head downtown! (more…)
By Mack D. Male · May 9, 2011 at 2:30pm
Fringe Theatre Adventures announced this afternoon the theme for the 30th anniversary edition of the popular summer festival: Fringeopolis.
The theme is a play on the “mini-municipality” that Old Strathcona turns into during the eleven days of the festival. The Fringe is inviting everyone to become a citizen of Fringeopolis for free on its website. You can also upgrade your membership by paying $20 to become a builder of Fringeopolis. Builders get a poster and program in addition to the benefits citizens receive (free transit with ETS, notifications, merchandise discounts, etc). I really love the concept, and I think they’re going to get a lot of traction with this theme. As an urbanite it definitely speaks to me.
From the press release:
“The Fringeopolis theme represents the city within a city that comes alive each August: a metropolis born of the creativity, artistic talent, innovation, and experimentation of our festival was founded on,” says Julian Mayne, Executive Director, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival. “As producers of The Fringe, we believe the evolution of theatre is fundamental to the evolution of community, and Fringeopolis speaks to our past as a creative community, as well as to our future.”
Sam Jenkins and Thomas Scott helped launch the new theme.
Also announced today was a collaboration with the Art Creation Foundation for Children (ACFFC) of Jacmel, Haiti. Throughout the festival at KidsFringe, 10 young artists from the organization will create and perform folk stories and vignettes. EPL’s Writer-in-Residence Marty Chan is helping to develop the vignettes and Tanzanian author Tololwa Mollel is adapting the folk stories.
The Fringe is looking for more than 1200 volunteers for this year’s festival. Approximately 35,000 hours are dedicated to ensure the festival happens each year. You can learn more and fill out an application here. Be sure to check out Volunteer Edmonton’s 2011 Festival Volunteer Fair on Thursday at City Hall too.
The graphics and visual art for Fringeopolis was done by local artist Gabe Wong. I think it looks amazing!
Gabe Wong in front of his poster.
Last year nearly 160 productions by theatre companies played more than 40 stages across Edmonton. The festival also featured 200 outdoor performances and more than 50 busking acts. The Fringe sold 93,000 tickets last year, and more than 400,000 people visited the festival grounds. More than 1000 tickets sold on the first day of sales last year, and Frequent Fringer and Double Fringer passes were completely sold out in 24 hours. Make sure you get your tickets to this year’s event early!
Here’s a video created by Graphos for Fringeopolis:
Fringeopolis runs August 11 – 21, 2011 at venues throughout Old Strathcona and beyond. Stay tuned to the website or Twitter for more information in the weeks ahead! You can also see what others are saying on Twitter using the hashtag #yegfringe.
As a Hub, we want to be your one-stop-shop for information on the latest decisions facing our generation, and all Edmontonians. We hope our ‘conversations’ will provide you with enough information to make an informed decision.
With these posts we will be starting conversations, but we will also be giving you the facts. Straight up. If you think we’re not providing the whole story feel free to let us know.
One of the major decisions facing our generation is the redevelopment of the city centre airport lands.
I’ll let the City of Edmonton explain the rest…
The City has now completed its latest phase of public consultation. Citizens provided observations on five conceptual designs and videos from teams from North America and Europe as part of their submission to redevelop the City Centre Airport lands. Those observations will be considered by a Selection Committee in the decision to choose a winning team and they will also be considered during the upcoming 15-month planning process which will further define the winning conceptual plan and, among other items, roads, subdivisions, land uses, green space amenities, etc.
It is important to remember the City is choosing the best team instead of choosing the best conceptual design. The best elements of all these designs will be considered for incorporation into the final master plan.
This website is one way people can become informed and be part of the decision making process.
- Master Plan
- Review
- Public Consultation
- Conceptual Designs and Videos
NextGen, in partnership with community group interVivos, recently brought our successful CANDI(DATE)event to the 2011 federal election.
First introduced in the 2010 municipal election, Candi(date) is a made-in-Edmonton NextGen event that connects Next Gen voters to election candidates. Candi(date) is a casual, informal and fun way for voters to meet candidates, find out who they are and what they stand for, and to ask the questions that matter to them.
On April 20, 2011, during the week leading to advance polls, this edition of the popular speed-dating inspired elections event connected Next Gen voters with candidates running in the Edmonton-Centre federal electoral district. Featuring candidates from all of the political parties running in Edmonton-Centre, Candi(date) brought together over 60 voters to meet candidates on a one-on-one and small group basis, and to connect through frank conversation and engaged dialogue.
As the event tag line goes, it’s time for Edmontonians to get engaged and see what candidates propose
Next Gen groups across Edmonton have partnered together for the month of June. Together we are going to share ideas, get involved and help shape the future of our city.
Check out all of the exciting events happening throughout the month of June in our events calendar.
The Edmonton Community Challenge is a volunteer-driven event, promoting community spirit through friendly competition between community leagues throughout the city.
The 2011 Event opened for Community League registration last week, and 22 teams have already thrown their hats into the ring to compete for the $5,000 grand prize. Posters are up in your community leagues, and online registration is open.
It’s a great way to support local charities, get to know others in your community, and win prizes!
The original event resulted from collaboration between NextGen and the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues, in partnership with The Works Art and Design Festival, Edmonton Bicycle Commuters, and Capital City Cleanup.
For more information and to learn how to register visit the ECC site.
Tokyo’s Klein Dytham Architecture first devised Pecha Kucha, the Japanese phrase for the sound of chitchat in 2003, as a night for young designers to meet, network, and discuss their projects. The catch: each designer gave a presentation containing only 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds, for a total presentation length of six minutes 40 seconds. These constraints challenged presenters to clarify their ideas and match each thought with the perfect image.
Since then, Pecha Kucha Nights are held by a global community of over 400 cities and the presenters have become just as diverse. Pecha Kucha is a grown-up “show and tell”. The presentations allow the audience to learn, expand their perspectives, and leave the night with something new on their mind. It’s food for thought.
PKNX is coming up on June 17, you can find more information about the theme, and how to sign up to be a presenter here!
For more information about Pecha Kucha, visit the international Pecha Kucha site or contact us.
Edmonton’s Next Gen invites you to submit a presentation for the next Pecha Kucha Night in Edmonton Pecha Kucha Night 10 (PKN X) held on June 17, 2011 at the Alberta Aviation Museum.
What is a Pecha Kucha Night?
Tokyo’s Klein Dytham Architecture first devised Pecha Kucha, the Japanese phrase for “the sound of chitchat” in 2003, as a night for young designers to meet, network, and discuss their projects. The catch: each designer gave a presentation containing only 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds, for a total presentation length of six minutes 40 seconds. These constraints challenged presenters to clarify their ideas and match each thought with the perfect image.Since then, Pecha Kucha Nights are held by a global community of almost 400 cities and the presenters have become just as diverse. Pecha Kucha is a grown-up “show and tell”. The presentations allow the audience to learn, expand their perspectives, and leave the night with something new on their mind. It’s food for thought.
Visit our page on the Pecha Kucha global community website. Edmonton’s Next Gen was the first to host Pecha Kucha Night (PKN) in Western Canada. The event usually sells out to an audience of 450-600.Designing Downtown
Besides being the 10th, what makes PKN X special?
It is part of the Designing Downtown series — three events from a partnership between Edmonton’s Next Gen, M.A.D.E. in Edmonton, and progress (UN)LTD.
Edmonton is a do-it-yourself kind of town, from the Aboriginal and First Nation inhabitants to the first settlers at Fort Edmonton to today’s emerging tech and start up communities. With the redevelopment of the City Centre Airport lands on the horizon, PKN X will explore the potential for a D.I.Y. Downtown. Presenters are encouraged to explore the architectural, social, environmental and cultural potential for our urban core.
How do I submit a presentation?
1. Let us know you are interested by emailing edmnextgen @ gmail.com with your full name, title (i.e. architect, designer, student, teacher, activist, etc.), and some background on what you want to talk about.
2. Next, read the tips at the bottom of this page, then create your slides. Once you have the 20 slides ready, convert them to JPEGs (size: 1024px by 768px) using the following naming format to ensure your slides are displayed in the correct order: NG01.jpg, NG02.jpg, NG03.jpg … NG20.jpg. Please substitute “NG” with your initials. Then, put them all in a ZIP folder or other compressed file format.
3. Next, give your presentation a title and write a summary about your presentation (<250 words) or include a few sentences for each slide.
4. Once you're finished, send us the presentation's title and summary along with the ZIP folder of your slides to to edmnextgen @ gmail.com no later than Monday, May 16, 2011.
What happens next?
A panel of Next Gen volunteers will review all submitted presentations. Often there are more presentations submitted than we have room for in the program, so unfortunately not all can be selected. We will let you know by Monday, May 30, 2011.
If your presentation is selected, we may offer suggestions to refine your presentation and slides. You can then choose to make final changes and submit your updated presentation by Friday, June 3, 2011.
We will then create a master presentation that has each presenter’s presentation. We will host a presenter orientation prior to PKN X. At the orientation you will have the opportunity to preview the venue, ensure you slides are in the right order, learn some tips on presenting successfully, and, of course, ask questions. And don’t forget to rehearse before the event.
How can I make a successful presentation?
Pecha Kucha is centered around engaging presentations. As such, there will be no podium. Your mic will be wireless and handheld. We also encourage you to not use notes. Practice your presentation but don’t memorize its every word.
20 seconds is a short and long amount of time. Be sure to allow enough time to say everything you need to, but don’t stall as you wait for the next slide to come up. To keep it flowing and engaging, talk about the next slide if you’re finished with the current slide. You could also tell a story, sing, dance…
Some of the best presentations have images only — impactful images. You can have one image per slide or a few images per slide, but always be mindful of the resolution. Your images will be shown on a big screen. Also, please reference the image if it’s not yours. Incorporate graphics and illustrations if you like, but please avoid clip art. Landscape orientation is preferred in order to maximize the viewable area of the screen.
We suggest you use text sparingly. At some point, you have probably seen presentations with slides full of text. How did they make you feel?
Lastly, Pecha Kucha presentations are about ideas and those ideas allow the audience to learn, expand their perspectives, and leave the night with something new on their mind. It’s food for thought. We are looking for presentations which embody that spirit.
For more tips:
* Read the frequently asked questions about Pecha Kucha
* Watch presentations posted on the Pecha Kucha Daily Blog
* Watch Travis Sheridan’s presentation, Pecha Kucha about Pecha Kucha
We look forward to receiving your submission for PKN X!
This could be you!
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Each month, the Engage working group wants to ask you a question. This is your opportunity to share your inner thoughts and insights on topics that are relevant to all next geners in Edmonton.
This month we’re getting a bit existential, but, we also want to know how we can use the question of the month to provide you with great information about issues and activities taking place in our city.
So, this month we are asking you:
What should the question of the month be?
Please post your comments below! At the end of the month, we’ll analyze the data and provide a summary of what we heard.
