We host a series of brief lectures by York, PA's makers and doers, who talk about their craft. Our speakers come from varied backgrounds, but they all work systematically and intentionally to create visceral experiences.
PechaKucha Night York utilizes the 20x20 PechaKucha presentation format: 20 slides that automatically advance every 20 seconds. Learn more at PechaKucha.org.
Featured Speakers AT November 9, 2017 PK NIght Event
Our seventh event featured seven presenters talking about their respective crafts.
Tony Euculano
Weightlifting: Making the Simple Complex
“I pick things up and put them down.” Yes, simply stated, that is the sport of weightlifting. But when you get through the initial layer, you find a sport filled with emotion that balances grace and power.
Tony Euculano is a National-Level USAW coach, and has coached and competed in Weightlifting, Powerlifting, Strongman, and Crossfit. He works with people from various athletic backgrounds to help them achieve their goals that range from being competitive on the national stage to simply being healthy.
Dennis Kunkle
Rescuing Relics
When you learn how the old gentlemen made furniture at a workbench with only hand tools, touching their work 200 years later has special meaning. Some pieces, unfortunately, were relegated to a damp basement or a leaky barn. Getting them back in the house pays tribute to their skills and artistry. On the other end of the spectrum are old radios. Once a staple in every home and farmhouse, they too fell victim to progress and ended up in attics, sheds, or worse. While not handmade, per se, designers, woodworkers, finishers and assemblers worked as a team to create them. Dennis Kunkle is hopelessly hooked on bringing them all back to life.
Dennis Kunkle graduated from Millersville State College in 1975 with B.S. in Industrial Arts. After teaching high school briefly, his career took him to the custom kitchen cabinet business, antique automobile restoration, furniture refinishing, antique buying and selling, antique furniture reproduction and repair, and finally to the museum field. Dennis has been employed at the York County History Center for more than 30 years, most recently as Director of Facilities, after starting as their Exhibit Preparator. He lives near York’s WECO district in an 1870s home with his wife Julie.
Chris Malmberg
An Introverted Street Photographer's Experience
Having time to yourself is really important, but getting out of our comfort zone is possibly just as important. Being a photographer who primarily shoots candid photos in public places has forced this kind of "new way of life" on to Chris Malmberg. It has helped him with communicating with people he doesn't know, particularly in situations where he would have normally kept quiet.
Chris Malmberg has been a street photographer for about six years. He is an admin for, and an active participant in, a fortnightly instruction-based street photography group on flickr (a group available to and used by hundreds of photographers internationally) called Street & Repeat. He still manages to shoot terrible pictures 99.99% of the time. Also, he can't shoot your wedding because he's busy that day.
Carol Oldenburg
Head in the Clouds
A search for beauty and visual calm through artistic expression, while staying firmly rooted in family and community.
Carol Oldenburg is a mid-career artist whose award-winning drawings and paintings have been exhibited and collected throughout the United States. She recently opened OMG STUDIOS with two other artists in downtown York, including her daughter, Kara Oldenburg-Gonzales, also a gifted artist. She hopes to continue painting for many years to come, bringing joy not only to herself, but to her many collectors, as well.
Domenic Sciortino
Running with Scissors: Seeing the World from Behind the Barber Chair
A haircut isn't just a haircut. We've all had good ones, and maybe a few bad ones, but the great ones can be life-changing experiences. We trust the people that hold sharp instruments to our heads to have the ability to transform us, and the bond between a man and his barber and a woman and her hairdresser is unique in many ways.
Domenic Sciortino accidentally stumbled on a passion for hair as a teenager. He has been a barber stylist for over 30 years, and also spent time traveling educating for Clairol haircolor. He runs Mt. Rose Barberama in York, where he resides with his wife and three sons. He also thinks you need a haircut.
Diamond Taylor
Mascara Changed My Life
Drag can be an exhilarating, joyful, and freeing experience, both as a performer and as an audience member. Keeping the viewer entertained and engaged is as much of an art form as the make-up and costumery itself.
Diamond Taylor has been actively performing in the world of drag for over a decade, both as an individual and as a member of several ensembles up and down the East Coast. She is currently the Show Director at Nest Nightclub in Baltimore at night and a cosmetologist during the day.
Allison Witherow
From Idea to Identity: Bringing A Brand to Life
What's in an image? What's in a name? The decisions that we make every day about where to eat, shop, and spend our free time are all products of the impression that a brand has left on us. The difficult process of distilling an idea down in order to transform it into a working brand is a tricky but necessary one. Allison helps aspiring restaurant owners through this process day in and day out.
Allison Witherow was born and raised on a farm in York County. She has long loved the idea of how we as humans express and explore our lives through photography and documentary film. She has pursued these interests through studies at New York University, through a photography business that she co-owned, and through helping to start several businesses, events, and projects in York. Today Allison is the Director of Marketing and Events at Tutoni's Restaurant and Creative Director & Co-Owner at Taste Test Pop Up Restaurant Series, where she works with aspiring restaurateurs to develop their identity and working brand.
