a collaboration between Mac ‘n Cheese Productions and TeamPete
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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. A presenter’s take on the experience.
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! 7.0, Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 | doors 7pm, go-time 7:30pm
The Dishes
- Justin Massa, Food Genius | @justinmassa
- Don Hall, Events Coordinator for WBEZ | House Manager of NPR’s “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” | Host of The Moth | @dray4255
- Nadine Warner, Principal Partner, The Bricolage Group | Busy mom and entrepreneur | @nadinecwarner
- Melissa Harris, Chicago Tribune business columnist | @chiconfidential
- Amber Harnen | @AmberPaige74
- Puterbaugh Sisters | @puterbaughs, @Dputerbaugh
- John Greenfield, Streets Blog | @streetsblogCHI
- Pat Kent, CEO, Nike* [*falsehood] | @hhpatrickkent
Stay tuned for the rest of the FAB lineup of Dishes!
Photographer >> Matt Altstiel, MBA Photography, @MBAPhotography1
The Dishes -
- Becky Eldridge, co-writer of Band Geeks, a Halftime Musical, teacher at Second City Training Center, lover of Chicago
- Julie Hochstadter, director, The Chainlink, @thechainlinkorg
- Ever Mainard
- Nick Stocking, principal of Design Cloud Chicago, @designcloudchi
- Pete Aiello, TeamPete, @goteampete
- Scott Whitehair, creator of Story Lab Chicago and producer of This Much Is True
- Jewels, @JewelsEmpower
- Homer Marrs, musician, actor and writer, @HomerMarrs
- Whit Nelson, Brew Camp, @brewcamp
Photographer >> Adam Daniels
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Potluck! 5.0, Monday, July 16th, 2012 (photos) – SOLD OUT!
The Dishes -
- Andrew Huff, Editor and Publisher of Gapers Block, @me3dia, @gapersblock
- Chloe Ditzel, Comic Receptionist, @chloeditzel
- Lennie Rose, CEO at Big Ooga, @bigooga
- Shannon Cason, Winner of The Moth Grand Slam, @shannoncason
- Steve Reed, Professor at Northwestern University School of Law, @reedingisfun
- Drew Michael, @drewmcomedy
- Leah Marshall, Director of Development for Chicago Ideas Week // Leaper, @EdEquity4All
- Nik White, Co Founder of Chicago Beer Geeks, @nkosio
- Amy Sumpter, @amy_sumpter
- Robbie Abed, Founder of rawdesignr and CTO of Technori, @robbieab
Photographer >> Jen Swanson
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Potluck! 4.0, Monday, May 21st, 2012 (photos) – SOLD OUT!
The Dishes -
- Mike McGee, co-founder, Code Academy, @michaelmcgee/@codeacademy
- Dan Buchner, co-founder, The Poet’s Way, @dcbuchner
- Colleen Doyle, performer and teacher at iO Chicago and staff writer at The Paper Machete, @AnyangHello
- 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
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Potluck! 3.0, Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 (photos; credit Christopher Murphy) — SOLD OUT!
- 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 (photos)
- 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
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Potluck! 1.0, August 24th, 2011 (photos) - SOLD OUT!
- 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
