Purchase of ticket allows you to skip long lines at the event.

Happy hour at 6:30 pm, snacks provided, cash bar featuring beer, wine, and cocktails. All proceeds from the bar will benefit the non?profit Las Casas Foundation.

Presentations starting at 7:30 pm. News 4 San Antonio’s Randy Beamer will emcee the event.

PechaKucha presentations follow a typical PowerPoint format, with the limitation that each presenter must have exactly 20 slides, and each slide advances automatically every 20 seconds (for a total time of 6:40).

Our presenters for Volume 16 are: (in no particular order)
1. Marilyn Lanfear, Artist
www.marilynlanfear.com
Marilyn Lanfear is a native Texan who grew up in Corpus Christi and has lived in San Antonio since the 60s. Marilyn moved to Manhattan (thinking that she needed to live in "mecca.") and realized that the stories that she had heard in Texas, and had used to entertain her friends, were interesting, even exotic. She is continuing her family’s storytelling tradition in her work, using a variety of media – lead, wood, stone, artist?made paper, words, even paint. Marilyn is a visual storyteller, and all of her work is informed by the fact that she is a woman from a particular place.

2. Brent Barry, NBA Analyst
Brent Barry was raised in the Bay Area. Selected 15th in the 1995 NBA draft, "Bones" spent 14 years in the league, was part of two glorious championships in San Antonio, and has lived in SA for 10 interesting years of his development.

3. Rick Casey, Journalist
www.klrn.org/texasweek
Rick Casey started his career as a cub reporter for the San Antonio Light in 1967. He has since worked at the Express?News and as editor of San Antonio city magazines. He also was a reporter and editor at the Seattle Times in the early 1980s and a columnist at the Houston Chronicle from 2003?2011. For the past three years he has served as the host and managing editor of the immodestly?named "Texas Week with Rick Casey," which airs Fridays a 8 p.m. on KLRN.

4. Andrew Weissman, 47 Year?Old
https://twitter.com/AKWeissman
A San Antonio native, Chef Andrew Weissman graduated from The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park and worked in France and New York before finding himself back in his hometown, where he introduced world?class cuisine with the opening of Le Rêve in 2001. With critical acclaim from The New York Times, Gourmet and James Beard nominations, Weissman’s local restaurants include The Sandbar Fish House & Market, Osteria Il Sogno, The Luxury, Sip Coffee & Espresso Bar and Big’z Burger Joint. Weissman is a proud father of three, and an
avid runner and cyclist.

5. Molly Cox, Cheese Lover
https://twitter.com/themollycox
After an illustrious career in radio (can there be an “illustrious" radio career?), Molly Cox, a native of Corpus Christi, Texas, moved to San Antonio in 2006. She spends her days working as the Chief of Engagement with SA2020 and eating copious amounts of cheese. In her quest to emcee all the things, (rather, “MC”), she has worked with some amazing organizations, including: Any Baby Can, YOSA, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and TEDxSanAntonio.

6. Shokare Nakpodia, Creative Director
http://www.themightygroup.com/
Shokare (Sho) Nakpodia is a founding Partner and Creative Director of The Mighty Group —a full service communications agency. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Sho lived and worked in London and New York prior to moving to San Antonio. His personal commitment to the growth of San Antonio led to the development of DreamWeek in 2013, a city?wide summit promoting the exchange of ideas on universal issues facing multi?cultural communities.

7. Rick Frederick, Theatre Artist
rickefrederick.com
Rick Frederick, a San Antonio actor, director, and designer, currently serves as the Managing Director of ATTICREP, the resident theatre at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. With strong roots in the visual arts, Rick approaches theater making as a sculptural form. Rick has performed and/or designed sets, costumes, props and sound for companies in San Antonio, New York, Chicago, Detroit, Greece and Russia.

8. Ray Chavez, Artist
http://www.fiestacornyation.org/
Born and raised in San Antonio, Ray Chavez attended Central Catholic High School and San Antonio College. Ray is the Coordinating Director of Cornyation, one of the most popular events of Fiesta Week. Next year, Cornyation and its King Anchovy will celebrate its 50th year, and Ray is proud that over the years the organization has grown to give almost two million dollars to local charities. Ray lives in Monte Vista with his two cats Cowboy and Tita, and two dogs Chula and Junior.