Thanks to everyone who submitted really interesting ideas for Pecha Kucha Night Manila v3. Watch out for the list of our official speakers!

The first PechaKucha Night in Gainesville may have come and gone — it was held this past Friday, on what we’re hoping was a very lucky August 13 — but we still wanted to share the great poster that was produced for the event. Nothing like a good hit of Kodak slide nostalgia. Here’s also a piece about PKN’s debut in Gainesville, from The Gainesville Sun.

Organizers of PechaKucha Night in Warsaw have announced that the next edition (Vol. 4) is set to happen September 20, and it will take place at Klub Powiekszenie. The official event page isn’t up yet, but expect to go live soon with info on presenters (you can also subscribe to the PKN Warsaw newlsetter from the city page, to stay updated).

Another PechaKucha Night happening tonight (August 12) is Kansas City’s Vol. 10 — it will be held at the Crosstown Station, and you can find a partial list of presenters with links on the official event page. This is also a good time to point out PKN Kansas City’s Flickr photostream, which includes photos, past event posters, and press articles — here’s a photoset for May’s Vol. 9.

The global PechaKucha Night city count continues to rise — we’re currently at the rather lovely number of 333 (oops, it never stops, make that 335) — and the latest addition, with its first event happening tonight, is Salt Lake City. The festivities will kick off at 19:00, and it all happens at the Salt Lake Art Center.

And while we’re at it, here’s a look at the poster that was created for this week’s PechaKucha Night in Whistler vol. 2. It was held at the Hot Buns Bakery, and from what we can tell, strange magical mushrooms seem to pepper the general Whistler area.

PechaKucha Night has been truly exploding in Canada’s province of British Columbia — PKN Vancouver routinely sells out all of its events, and we’ve been getting an increasing number of requests to start PKNs in the region over the past few months. One of the most recent additions is Whistler, and here are a few photos from this week’s Vol. 2 — they’re all taken from this Flickr photoset.

Below on the right, PKN Whistler organizer Aki Kaltenbach.

We just posted about Funchal’s upcoming outdoor PechaKucha Night Vol. 2 (including a look at the event’s poster), but here’s also a press clipping about the event, sent to us by organizer Roberto Macedo Alves. It was published last week in the Diario de Noticias.

Yes, it’s a day of posters today. The beautifully illustrated example you see above is for Sao Paulo’s PechaKucha Night Vol. 5, which happens August 19 at the Senac Lapa Scipiao.

Yet another outdoor PechaKucha Night on the horizon, this time Funchal’s Vol. 2, set to happen August 20 at the open amphitheatre found in the middle of the municipal garden. The event will also be held as part of the city’s 502nd anniversary.

PechaKucha Night in Tampa Vol. 6 happens at the end of the month (August 27), at Mise en Place’s LaFayette Room. You’ll find the list of presenters and links on the official event page.

PKN_Whangarei_04 // Wednesday 01 September 2010 // Event starts 6.30pm //
The Old Library , Rust Ave, Whangarei // $5

PKN_AKL_20 [in collaboration with NZ Book Council] // Friday 3 September 2010 // Waitakere Council Chambers, 6 Henderson Valley Road, Henderson // doors open 7.30pm, start 8.20pm // $9 cash doorsales only

PKN_Wellington_08 // Latino Kiwi / The latino connection in Wellington // Monday 6 September // Doors open 6.30pm, Event starts 7.30pm // Cost $9 cash only/ Downstage // Cambridge Terrace, Wellington

PKN_CHCH_09 // Thursday 16 September 2010 // Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Avenue // doors open 7.30pm, start 8.20pm // more info soon

PKN_Gisborne_04 // Friday 17 September 2010 // Aladdin’s Cave, next door to China Palace // doors open 5.30pm, start 6.00pm // $3

PKN_Nelson_08 // Tuesday, 19 October 2010 // 7pm // The Granary Café, Founders Park // Tickets are $10 (from Everyman Records, 249 Hardy Street, Nelson) SOLD OUT!!

Last month’s PechaKucha Night in Jaen Vol. 3 was another outdoor event — we’re spotting a trend here — and organizer Paco Casas sends us a few photos. He also had this to say:

We had a great night, but it was very hot and sticky. Luckily we got 14 boxes x 24 bottles of beer from Cruzcampo and other drinks and food from El Corte Ingles, all for free. People came from Sevilla, Granada, and Almeria to speak in our PechaJucha Night. There was also a contest to describe PechaKucha during the break and there were 10 books to win for the best from Irreversible Editores, so there was a lot of fun and people sharing a nice evening.

We got a peek at the recent outdoor PechaKucha Night in Cleveland Vol. 8 last week, and now here are a few more photos showing off the night that was, courtesy of organizers Mike Christoff and Raseem Parker, and Flique Creative.

Pecha Kucha Night Hamilton vol. 06 is being held on Tuesday August 10th 2010 at the Bill Gallagher Centre, Gallagher Hub, on Wintec’s city campus, Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start ($7 door sales-cash only, limited seats available, Cash bar will be operating).

• David Gardener // Wintec Media Arts design lecturer // back by popular demand tells us how not to design a submarine in wartime

• Leafa Wilson // Curator/ Concept Leader Visual Art, Waikato Museum // top twenty count down

• Simon and Kat Wade // 6Twenty // musings on their journey through the motion graphics industry

• Dawn Tuffery // Master of Arts Student // an account of the Cornish mining village Greensplat

• Geoff Lealand // Assoc Prof, Screen & Media Studies, University of Waikato // an account on Albert Einstein’s first visit to Hollywood in 1931

• David Cook // Photographer // presents ideas on misadventure

• Borden Li // Director of photography / producer IndieFilms // from design, photography to moving image

• Mike Williams // MWDesign // humour (or the lack of) in product design

• Kate Wilson // Intellectual Property Strategist, Patent Attorney & Partner // On capturing creativity

• Meliors Simms // Artist and Poet // Living in the Anthropocene

• Rosie Percival // Iyengar Yoga Teacher Trainee + Artist // Gives a taste testing deconstruction on dating

Last week’s PechaKucha Night in Providence Vol. 16 gets a rather nice recap thanks to this piece from The Providence Phoenix, and you gotta love a title like this: “Human contact is at the heart of PechaKucha.” And how’s this for a venue:

The setting was perfect: outdoors at the Steel Yard, on the city’s West side, on a clear summer night, with free wine and beer, a Haven Brothers truck, and big, spectacular art all around — from a sculpture made of bicycle parts to the Flower Tower, a 10-foot pyramid of plants.

Today is turning into a massive poster blowout, but here’s the last one, announcing PechaKucha Night in Xalapa Vol. 2. It all happens August 26 at La Lola, and we’ll say it right now, we do love the combo that is “cevezas y pizza,” yes we do.

We’re not altogether sure what this image was used for — it’s not a flyer, but it was produced to accompany Ferrol’s PechaKucha Night Vol. 2, held in early July. What we really like is how the designer has found a way to write “Ferrol” using the official PechaKucha logo script, and also that the logo is positioned like it was the sign on that building. That’s the next step for us, city-based PechaKucha centers — that does have a nice ring to it.

It appears that some cities are lucky enough to have multiple posters to choose from when it comes to publicizing their PechaKucha Nights. Such is the case for Durban, with the poster pictured above by Stephanie Mackay not making the cut. Stephanie, we like it too.