Potluck! (a Smorgasbord of Ideas) brings together several of Chicago’s best and brightest, funniest and handsomest, wittiest and engaging-est for an evening of rapid fire musings on whatever they choose to muse upon. In the vein of Pecha Kucha, Ignite, and TED Talks, each presenter talks about whatever he/she wants, for six-minutes.
No actual food involved.
One of the most refreshing and intelligent evenings in Chicago. It’s unexpected, unvarnished and hilarious. Lennie Rose, Big Ooga, CEO [audience member]
I had more than a blast. It was honor to meet so many great Chicagoans, it makes me proud to be a part of this city. Thanks for bringing me along for the ride. Mig Reyes, 37signals [participant]
Potluck! 4.0, Monday, May 21st, 2012 – BUY TICKETS HERE
- Doors open at 7pm; show starts at 7:30pm
- Join the Twitter conversation! #IdeaPotluck
- $10, tickets must be purchased in advance
- BYOB/BYO-snack if you’d like
- Coming solo is encouraged and popular! Friendly environment for meeting others.
- Mac ‘n Cheese Productions [near Belmont/Ravenswood; address sent upon ticket purchase]; please add sayaATmacncheeseproductionsDOTcom and peteATgoteampeteDOTcom to your address books so we don’t go to spam
The Dishes -
- Mike McGee, co-founder, Code Academy, @michaelmcgee
- Dan Buchner, co-founder, The Poet’s Way
- Colleen Doyle, performer and teacher at iO Chicago and staff writer at The Paper Machete, @AnyangHello
- Steve Reed, professor at Northwestern University School of Law
- Matt Wexler, coach, consultant, dad, @mjwex
- James Fritz, comedian, @jamesfritzcomic
- Stella Fayman, co-founder, Entrepreneurs Unplugged, @startupstella
- Jason Schwartz, board member, Chicago Design Museum, @chidm/@jaycrimes
- Joe Avella, @joeavella
Potluck! 3.0, Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
- Natasha Tsoutsouris, Writer and Performer
- Mig Reyes, Designer, 37signals, @migreyes
- Mark Bazer, Host of The Interview Show, @markbazer
- Jason Pritzker
- Andy Crestodina, Strategic Director of Orbit Media, @crestodina // Google+
- Jill Peters, Chicago’s Social Guinea Pig
- Lindsay Muscato, @lmuscato
- Jarrad Apperson, Uncommon Ground bartender, @jarradapperson
- Carly Mandell
- Jessica Murphy, Beer Blogger, @grlslikebeertoo
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Potluck! 2.0, Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
Chris Piatt, Executive producer and Editor-in-chief, The Paper Machete, @thepapermachete
Samantha Irby, Blogger, Bitches Gotta Eat, @wordscience
Rick Desai, Builder of Companies, Lover of Pizza, @rickdesai
Kelsie Huff, Comedian and Founder of the Kates, @kelsiehuff
Sondra Morin, Writer. Poet. Bicyclist. New Englander By Trade, @sondramorin
Dawgelene Sangster, Think Royally, @dawgelene
Heidi Massey, I.C. Stars, @heidiekmassey
Bill Stern, sftwr dev, abrvtn spclst
Potluck! 1.0, August 24th, 2011 (photos)
Sarah Jindra, Reporter, WBEZ Traffic and Founder, INSPIREme Chicago
Griffin Caprio, Uber-Mench
Heather Van Benthuysen, Teacher
Arnie Niekamp, Head Writer, ‘You Don’t Know Jack’ game
Drex Drexler, Litigation paralegal
Megan Redfearn, Academic and leadership development, Northwestern University
Marcy Capron, Founder/CEO, Polymathic