NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The January edition and 10th anniversary edition of Talk20 Hutch is coming up January 26 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Hutchinson Public Library.
"We have 10 presenters that each tell a story in 20 slides and only 20 seconds per slide," said organizer Kari Mailloux. "6:40, rigid structure, each time we do this. It's based on a format out of Japan called Pecha Kucha."
The ten presenters each have local ties and are talking about issues relevant to the community.
"One of them will be Hillary Barragan, who will talk about living with borderline personality disorder and finding healing and hope here in Hutchinson," Mailloux said. "We've got John Depew, who is a local musician. He's going to talk about writing music. Melissa Evans, who is an HMS-7 Assistant Principal, talking about some of the educational issues happening right now. Jesse Garcia Juma, a local community champion, he's going to talk about Hutchinson's legacy with music and maybe what our future potential legacy could be. Sandra Milburn has been covering Reno County through photography and now writing for 33 years. She was at the Hutchinson News for 32, and now she's at the county. Cody and Becca Ruebke are going to talk about the new ESports league they have started here in Hutchinson. Ruth Seeliger will be talking about turning disability into a superpower. Luke Tee, he's going to talk about loving our neighbors, how he does that here at home, but also in his work overseas. Kara Vaughn, who is a local artist, who kind of went viral this past year doing her chalk art and had the local chalk art festival, we'll hear from her and finally, Adam Weishaar who works for the county doing Emergency Management. He's going to talk about the phases of Emergency Management."
The first Talk20 Hutch was held on January 24, 2014 in the upstairs auditorium of the Library, and it overflowed into the hall and onto the floor, with nearly 150 people in attendance. It moved to the main floor of the Library for the second and each subsequent event, with the Library staff getting continually more creative about how to fit in more chairs. Attendance has more than once surpassed 400. For more background, to to https://www.talk20hutch.com/.
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