May Geek Dinner – Wed. the 13th 5:30-8:30pm @ THE BLACK REP featuring Studio AMD
Posted by Jack
Photo Credit: Second Empire via GCPVD.org
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009, 5:30 – 8:30pm
The Black Repertory Theater (and no, that’s not the Black Rep in the photo :-)
276 Westminster Street, Providence, RI Map
FREE
We’re switching things up slightly for the May Dinner. We’re going to be at the excellent Black Repertory Theater in Downtown Providence (only a couple of blocks from AS220, to where we’ll be returning in June). Also, as the Black Rep doesn’t serve food, this month it’s going to be more a Geek Drinks than a Geek Dinner (there are a lot of great places with eats nearby though). As usual, we’ve got a fantastic presenter on tap:
Started over 16 years ago, by-then-RISD-students Jon Kletzien and Richard Dubrow, Downtown Providence-based Studio AMD has become the world’s most decorated architectural illustration firm (in 2008 alone, they garnered major awards from SIGGRAPH, ASAI and CINE). The studio works with many of today’s most influential architects including Daniel Libeskind, Michael Graves and Robert Stern. Using advanced digital tools, Studio AMD has extended its traditional 3D rendering services into film and communications as well.
At the next Geek Dinner, Principal Jon Kletzien and Creative Director Richard Gonci will give an overview of the studio and its work (including Libeskind’s Vilnius Guggenheim project which was just selected for inclusion in the 2009 SIGGRAPH Video Review). In addition, this presentation will also mark the first time, Studio AMD has publicly demoed its next-generation “e-book” presentation tool.
Please RSVP in the comments section of this post so that we can give the good folks at the Black Rep an estimated headcount. And while you’re at it, subscribe to Providence Geeks’ RSS feed (see sidebar) and/or join our very-low-volume email announcement list (for the announcement list, send an email to Jack Templin, jtemplin over at Gmail with your name and affiliation).
As always, for first-timers here are the details on the Geek Dinners:
- The event itself is FREE! Beverages will be for sale at the bar.
- It’s totally casual. Wear whatever, bring whoever, arrive and take off whenever!
- Topics of conversation will vary as they will at any gathering of geeks, but many of us will be talking about AJAX, mash-ups, start-ups, new devices, innovative business models, interaction design, social computing, digital art, web services, etc. etc. etc.
May 7th, 2009 13:55
I got the sneak peek on some of the videos – super cool stuff. Looking forward to seeing you all.
May 7th, 2009 14:04
Looks really interesting, I’m going to try making it out!
May 7th, 2009 14:40
See you there.
May 7th, 2009 15:29
Yes, I am looking forward to this presentation. I do like how diverse of topics the last few talks were. It keeps me coming back.
May 7th, 2009 15:38
I am looking forward to it. See you there.
May 7th, 2009 17:31
See you all soon!
May 7th, 2009 17:37
I’m going to try to make it.
May 7th, 2009 18:46
I hope to be able to make this one. I had an interview out of state for the last meeting.
May 7th, 2009 20:07
Count me in! I won’t be there exactly when it starts because of the time I get out of work and all… However, this one seems very exciting.
See you there!
May 8th, 2009 06:05
Yup, I’m there. Sounds like fun.
May 8th, 2009 08:15
I will be there. And looking forward to it.
May 8th, 2009 09:12
See you there!
May 8th, 2009 10:31
2 of us will be coming.
May 8th, 2009 10:42
I’ll be there.
May 8th, 2009 10:49
First-timer – I’ll be there.
May 8th, 2009 11:01
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May 9th, 2009 22:55
I will be there. Looking forward to my first meeting.
May 11th, 2009 16:28
Will be there.
May 11th, 2009 21:50
I’m in
May 12th, 2009 10:46
First timer – I will be there.
May 12th, 2009 15:57
Plan on being there!
May 12th, 2009 18:29
Don’t forget Pecha Kucha is happening right after this at Bravo on the corner :) The presentations there start at 8:20 there.
May 12th, 2009 23:34
Looking forward to the meeting! First timer.
May 13th, 2009 07:07
Looking forward to Providence Geeks this evening :)
May 13th, 2009 07:34
yep for 2 of us.
May 13th, 2009 09:12
see you there
May 13th, 2009 09:20
2 from Andera
May 13th, 2009 09:45
This will be my first event. Looking forward to it!
May 13th, 2009 10:15
This will be my first time coming, Looking forward to attending.
May 13th, 2009 10:29
See you there
May 13th, 2009 12:27
yep
May 13th, 2009 13:35
I hope to be there!
May 13th, 2009 14:27
Two of us attending
May 13th, 2009 14:50
Will be there, but a tad late
May 13th, 2009 16:00
see you there.