Hey nerds! This Friday (Dec. 2), Brooklyn gets its own TED event at Brooklyn Bowl, TEDxBrooklyn. The stage program will feature an all day-bonanza of talks from local entrpreneurs, artists, activists, storytellers and scientists, including comedian Eugene Mirman, Sean Meenan, founder of Habana Outpost, and Ruth Ozeki, an author/filmmaker and ordained Zen minister. Sound cool? Want to go? Too bad! This crap’s been sold out for a long time. But you can still watch it for free: stream it all day from 9am to 6pm or watch it with fellow Tedheads at one of the live streaming parties at the Knitting Factory, 61 Local and Brooklyn Brainery.
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What’s a TED talk? TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) is a non-profit that began as a set of conferences in 1984. Since 2006, the talks given there have been available online. And people are really into them. In the new Muppets movie, there’s even a buried joke about Scooter being on his way to a TED conference until he gets yanked back in with the old gang. Several local businesses are sponsoring TEDx Brooklyn, including Momofuku Milk Bar, Brooklyn Brainery and Brooklyn Brewery.
