TEDxPhoenixvilleSalons
Tickets: $5. Buy tickets online.
- Tue, Apr 17, 7:00 pm
- Tue, May 15, 7:00 pm
- Tue, Jun 19, 7:00 pm
- Tue, Jul 17, 7:00 pm
- Tue, Aug 21, 7:00 pm
As we gear up for our third annual live TEDxPhoenixville event on October 6, 2012 we’d like to introduce you to the TED format and share some of our favorite TEDTalks with you. Join us each month for a different program of compelling and inspiring talks. Each evening’s program will consist of pre-recorded TEDTalks plus one live performance curated by our TEDxPhoenixville organizing committee. The salons will take place on the third Tuesday of the month April thru August in the Colonial Theatre’s third floor screening room. Seating is limited to 50 people.
2012 Upcoming Salons
August 21: BUILDING in your backyard
Live Speaker: Tyler Donald, TEDxPhoenixville Committee Member
2012 Past Salons
April 17: GROWING in your backyard
Live Speaker: Donald Pell on The New American Garden

Donald Pell builds gardens that are impressionistic models of American landscape. This enthusiastic speaker simplifies the art of planing design with the use of workhorse species. This fresh look at the garden looks to inspire a new model for land management that embraces wildness and human needs.
May 15: BELIEVING in your backyard
Live Speaker: Charles Rice, Chaplain at Ursinus College
June 19: EXPLORING in your backyard
Live Speaker: Kirk Gustafson, Head of Natural Products Chemistry Group at the National Cancer Institute
July 17: COMPOSING in your backyard
Live Speaker: Mike McCarthy, Solo Pianist & Composer







