CHICAGO, Oct. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- Chicago Ideas Week, the largest affordable ideas festival
in the world, is underway with most tickets offered at $15 and more than 150+ events taking place at
venues across the city. The seventh annual program runs today
through October 22, with speakers
including Emmy Award–winning writer Lena
Waithe, Whole Foods Co-Founder and CEO John Mackey, and actress & philanthropist
Jennifer Garner. Talks range in
topics from cybersecurity and love and relationships to the future
of football and entrepreneurship.
All week, Chicago Ideas Week is partnering with
Comcast-NBCUniversal to inspire conversations throughout the city
with the installment of "Hello" Booths. Stationed in 20 locations
in neighborhoods across the city, these booths allow individuals to
connect face-to-face with others in the city about pressing topics
of the day. Each booth is designed by an artist from that
neighborhood, and each booth contains custom advanced video
conferencing technology by Origin Technology.
"Through the 'Hello' installation, our intention is to build
bridges across neighborhoods, and provoke Chicagoans to have honest
and vulnerable conversations around topics they may disagree on in
hopes of finding common ground," said Chicago Ideas Week Creative
Director & Executive Producer Carrie Kennedy. "The 'Hello'
project uniquely aligns with the core mission of Chicago Ideas in
that it facilitates connections around powerful ideas with the goal
of inspiring action."
The "Hello" network will incite discussion around topics that
range from criminal justice reform to the soda tax. Chicagoans from
all walks of life, all neighborhoods and all backgrounds can
participate, share their ideas and start a dialogue about topics
that directly affect their lives as citizens of this city.
"We love this city. Comcast's goal in sponsoring 'Hello' is
to encourage Chicagoans to communicate with one another and share
ideas that will make it even stronger," said Matthew Summy, Comcast's regional vice president
of External Affairs. "Care of Xfinity Internet and our new
mobile phone service, Xfinity Mobile, Comcast is a major
telecommunications provider that brings media and technology
together. 'Hello' expresses who we are as a company."
To learn more about "Hello" by Comcast-NBCUniversal, please
visit www.chicagoideas.com/hello. Take part in the conversation and
visit a booth at one of the following locations:
1. Logan Square Boys & Girls
Club - (3228 W. Palmer, Chicago, IL, 60647), Artist: Coale Sauder
2. Little Village Boys & Girls Club - (2801 S. Ridgeway,
Chicago, IL, 60623), Artist: Yollocalli Arts Reach
3. XFINITY Store by Comcast - (3128 N. Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL,
60657), Artist: Darius Dennis
4. Studio XFINITY - (901 W. Weed St, Chicago, IL, 60642),
Artist; Sentrock
5. 1871 - (222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 1212, Chicago, IL,
60654), Artist: Wreckzilla
6. Erie Neighborhood House - (1347
W. Erie St, Chicago, IL, 60642), Artist: Elloo
7. Center on Halsted - (3656 N. Halsted, Chicago, IL,
60613), Artist: Epifanio
Monarrez
8. Chicago Urban League - (4510
Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60653), Artist: Robert Johnson
9. Venue SIX10 - (610 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60605),
Artist: Joshua Morgan
10. Harris Theater - (205 E. Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601),
Artist: Oscar Joyo
11-15. Daley Plaza - (50 W.
Washington St, Chicago, IL, 60602) **5 Hello Booths, Artist:
Matthew Hoffman
16. Albany Park Community Center - (5101 N. Kimball Ave, Chicago,
IL, 60625), Artist: Little Wing Folk Art
17. Gads Hill Center - (1919 W. Cullerton St, Chicago, IL, 60608),
Artist: Cristina Silvestri
18. Humboldt Park Branch (Chicago Public Library) - (1605 N.
Troy St, Chicago, IL, 60647), Artist: Xeno
Martinez
19. Manning Branch (Chicago Public Library) - (6 S. Hoyne Ave,
Chicago, IL, 60612), Artist: Robin
Seaberg
20. Wrightwood-Ashburn Branch (Chicago Public Library) -
(8530 S. Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL, 60652), Artist: JUNK YARD
More than 30,000 attendees from Chicago, the Midwest and across the world are
expected to attend Chicago Ideas Week. Tickets and the full
schedule of events are available at ChicagoIdeas.com.
About Comcast NBCUniversal
Comcast Corporation
(Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology company with two
primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast
Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed internet,
and phone providers to residential customers under the XFINITY
brand, and also provides these services to businesses. It
also provides wireless and security and automation services to
residential customers under the XFINITY brand. NBCUniversal
operates news, entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and
Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations,
television station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks
and Resorts. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more
information.
With more than 7,000 local employees, Comcast's Greater
Chicago Region (http://comca.st/2xOUkyS) serves customers in
Central and Northern Illinois,
including the Chicago area,
Northwest Indiana and Southwest
Michigan. "Like" Comcast's Greater Chicago Region on Facebook
by visiting @Comcast. "Follow" Comcast's Greater Chicago
Region on Twitter at @ComcastILLINOIS.
ABOUT CHICAGO IDEAS
Chicago Ideas is a nonprofit platform built on one core belief:
When audiences of every background have access to thought leaders
and innovative ideas, people have the power to spark change in the
world. Chicago Ideas is hosting Chicago Ideas Week (CIW)
October 16-22, which is the largest
affordable ideas festival in the world, connecting attendees to
more than 150 world-renowned speakers—but Chicago Ideas' efforts
extend much further. Whether it's the Curiosity Series in the
spring, over 100 Labs that offer exclusive looks into Chicago-based businesses and cultural
institutions, a year-round YOU(th) program that promotes leadership
and personal development among under-represented Chicago high school students or a digital news
platform that highlights innovative people and organizations,
Chicago Ideas is helping make visionary ideas accessible to
everyone. Chicago Ideas is a 501(c)(3) organization. Learn more
about becoming a member at Chicagoideas.com/membership.
CONTACT:
Sona Jones
Chicago Ideas
sona@chicagoideas.com
Stephanie Florence
Edelman Chicago
stephanie.florence@edelman.com
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