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Mar 18 2015

Lake FX Summit & Expo Registration Opens

Lake FX Summit and Expo Chicago 2015

This in directly from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE):

Lake FX & Summit Chicago 2015

Lake FX Summit + Expo
April 16-19

 

Pre-registration is now open
Full schedule is available 

The Lake FX Summit + Expo presented by Google is the region’s largest FREE conference for artists, creative professionals and entrepreneurs in the areas of film, music, fashion, culinary and the visual & performing arts. The inaugural four-day event, running April 16-19, will host keynotes, panels, professional development workshops and interactive labs featuring leading artists and industry innovators at the Chicago Cultural Center, the Virgin Hotels Chicago, the Gene Siskel Film Center, the Hard Rock Hotel Chicago and Macy’s on State Street.

Pre-registration for the summit is encouraged and allows registrants access to a “Fast Pass” to some programs at the Chicago Cultural Center in the Claudia Cassidy Theater (priority seating based on availability) and special giveaways including a commemorative Lake FX Summit + Expo poster created by internationally renowned Chicago-based artist Carlos Rolón/DZINE (while supplies last). Only the Google Workshop on Friday, April 17, requires advanced registration which opens separately at 10am on Monday, March 23.

By signing up in advance you will also be entered in a chance to win reserved seating to a future DCASE produced event in Millennium Park between May-September 2015. Paid, ticketed and contracted rentals are not included in this offering.

The Lake FX “Fast Pass” will give you priority seating (first entrance based on availability) for the following programs (schedule subject to change):

Friday, April 17

  • 10:30am How to Win at YouTube
  • Noon Website Demolition Derby
  • 1:30pm Breaking Down the Walls: Art and Creative Industries and the Making of Community
  • 3pm The Improv Toolkit: Bringing Yes, And to your work

Saturday, April 18

  • 10:30am Visual Art Keynote: Carlos Rolon/DZINE
  • Noon Maker to Market
  • 1:30pm TBD
  • 3pm Film Keynote TBD

Register here and tell your friends!

 

 City of Chicago Seal and DCASE Logo

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Mar 22 2011

158 – Smoke gets in your eyes and ears…And throat

Recorded 15 March 2011

The news of Illinois considering news laws to loosen the smoking laws left me with a few words. Based on the article Bills to loosen smoking restrictions to be considered by Illinois House, I do more than just a bit of talking. I also incorrectly read a quote from the article itself when I made mention of “However, he said casinos in Indiana, Illinois and Missouri…” . I said Illinois, and the article read Iowa. Ah well, I didn’t notice until after the fact.

Hey, enjoy listening.

Show length [00:20:38]
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Written by With A Voice Like This · Categorized: Show · Tagged: Illinois, legislature, musicians, singer, smoking ban

Jun 10 2008

And on the Fifth Day…

I finally got around to writing about last Thursday’s Tweetup in Geneva, IL. We were less than a quarter of a mile away from a section of town that they used to film part of the movie Road to Perdition with Tom Hanks.

Now this was my first Tweetup, so I only knew one person prior to the meetup. I wouldn’t have even known about it if it weren’t for Wendy setting it up and going the extra step of finding me through TwitterLocal and inviting me, among others. Anyway, Kim told me I was very high energy (I think that’s a kind way of saying I was talking the whole time). So I’m going to just give you a quick sentence or two about everyone that was there from my perspective so you see how much fun these things are.

(l - r) Wendy, Derek, Brad, Barbara and Jerome

(l – r) Wendy, Derek, Brad, Barbara and Jerome

Wendy is a great host and one of those people who is comfortable in any situation, whether it’s a business suit or jeans. She also wrote about the tweetup and has great pictures in this post [NOTE: this blog has since changed hands and although the article is the same, the authorship is attributed to Kelly McCausey, who was not in attendance that night].

Derek has three blogs, two of which update daily and the third weekly. We talked about consistency with the blogs and its hurdles and I have to I was impressed with his.

I didn’t get to spend a lot of time with Brad, but I did find out that we live near each other, so there’s a good chance that we’ll run into each other at future tweetups so I’ll have another chance or two.

Barbara and I have a mutual friend, which lead us to discuss a lot of music and performance and its role in our lives and the mountains of Montana. She also does some work with (through? at?) the College of DuPage.

No matter what else, I’ll remember that Jerome rode his bicycle to the Tweetup from his job in Elmhurst. For those not familiar with the area, that’s about a 20-25 mile (32-40 kilometer) ride in traffic during rush hour. Wow, that’s all I can say.

I’ll try to keep Kim‘s short since I already know her and there’s too much to say here. A podcaster extraordinaire and unsung New/Social Media maven and Graphic Artist. Oh and my ride too.

Katie and Jeff
Katie and Jeff

Katie was the sole civilian (Non-Twitterer) at the Tweetup that night.

Jeff, among other things, has a startup called Edmodo and a really great camera that had me drooling as well.

Unfortunately, there were two people I never got the chance to say more than hello to:

Carolyn and Karen, who wrote and has pictures about the Tweetup on her blog in this post. I hope I get the chance to change that at the next Tweetup.

So I learned more than I thought in a short amount of time about people I knew nothing of previously and that’s what’s great about the Tweetups. People with a wide vareity of interests and a common tool for communicating those interests. Putting faces on Twitter names and finding out what’s behind them. If you have the chance, catch a Tweetup in your area or the next one in this area. Sounds like we’ll be doing them at least on a quarterly basis.

Thank you Wendy for organizing and inviting and making it all happen, I had a great time.

Written by With A Voice Like This · Categorized: Internet, Miscellaneous, News · Tagged: Fox River Tweetup, Geneva, Illinois, Twitter

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