Adventures
Adventures are unique and intimate events, designed to offer our TEDx community unparalleled, behind-the scenes access to the people and places that make the local area so dynamic.
A September Adventure with TEDxMtHood: Discovering Your Inner Storyteller
A group of 39 community members from TEDxMtHood and Portland Story Theater gathered in the cozy Alberta Abbey Annex Wednesday, Sept. 9 for an Adventure in Storytelling. Broken into groups, Adventure attendees learned about four elements of storytelling from theater … Continue reading
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Summer Adventures with TEDxMtHood — Clay Making and Sketchnoting
Summer is the best time for Adventures of all kinds. In addition to all the outdoor fun and activities that are a staple for any Oregon summer, we hosted a few interactive indoor activities – which was a welcome respite … Continue reading
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Adventure — In the Studio with Alialujah Choir
Not many people get to be present during a band’s in-studio performance but seventy lucky TEDxMtHood community members and OPB devotees had that treat as part of our Adventures program. Alialujah Choir performed in-studio at OPB on Friday, April 10, … Continue reading
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Adventure — Coffee Cupping and Roasting Tour at Coava
Coava Coffee owner and founder Matt Higgins goes to great lengths to find excellent coffee, traveling to Latin America and the Horn of Africa searching not just for the right beans but the right farms to work with. Compared to … Continue reading
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Improvising with Strangers
Can there be any greater adventure than choosing to be a fool in front of complete strangers? To deliberately surrender any sense of decorum to impulse, and “put it all out there” (whatever “it” is for you!) for everyone to … Continue reading
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Learning To Screen Print At Magnetic North
I approached the most recent TEDxConcordiaUPortland (now known as TEDxMtHood) Adventure on learning how to screen print from the perspective not just of a person who would be writing a story about it, but also of a person who is … Continue reading
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Sketchnote Adventure: Ideas Captured By Hand
By now, if you spend any time on the Internet, you’ve seen at least one of many attention-grabbing videos in which a hand sketches a speaker’s words on a whiteboard as he speaks, seemingly bringing the presentation to life with … Continue reading
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Through the Camera Lenses: A Tour of LAIKA
As you walk through the darkened halls of the lobby, you’re jittery. Or maybe you are exuberant—you have, after all, been waiting for this film for a long time. At long last you take your seat, looking at your watch … Continue reading
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We Rocked!
I have never played guitar. Even on Guitar Hero, I’ve always beautifully sucked. I call it beautifully sucking because it’s still fun to do something you’re not super great or experienced at doing, especially when the people you’re jamming with … Continue reading
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Singing Our Hearts Out With A People’s Choir
Cozily clustered around candlelit tables, we perk up when four women walk through the door in blue short aprons embroidered with, “Sing with us!” A sleepy Saturday night at The Waypost transforms into a lively sing-along as The Delicious, a … Continue reading
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