TEDxChicago

TEDxChicago In the spirit of "Ideas worth spreading", TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bri

Chicago, we’ll see you tomorrow. ❤️15 talks. Three sessions. A room full of people asking: what can we do together?Befor...
10/02/2026

Chicago, we’ll see you tomorrow. ❤️

15 talks. Three sessions. A room full of people asking: what can we do together?

Before we get into it, a few things to save: when to arrive, what to wear, who’s taking the stage, and where the night goes next. Swipe for your Know Before You Go.

📍 Saturday, October 3 / Harris Theater
Doors + registration: 10 AM CT
First session: 11 AM CT

Dress as yourself, bring your curiosity, and leave a little room for a conversation you didn’t plan on having. Comfortable shoes are a good idea, too.

Directions, parking + afterparty RSVP are in our Linktree (link in bio) under “TEDxChicago 2026 - Attendee Links!”

Save this for tomorrow. Send it to whoever’s coming with you.

We the People includes you.

10/02/2026

What will “We The People” sound like? 🔊

At TEDxChicago, we’re bringing people together through the power of listening, with a live vinyl listening lounge 🎧🎶 curated by The Heavy Rotation, transformational talks🗣️, and conversations 💬 that explore what “We The People” means to everyone in the room.

Different voices. Shared space. Collective power. ✨

10/01/2026

2 more days until We The People. ⏳❤️

We’re getting closer to a day built around good conversations, new connections, big questions, and ideas worth sitting with. 💡

Cheers to gathering 🥂, meeting someone new👥 , exchanging perspectives, and thinking a little bigger about what we can create together.💫

🗓️ Saturday, October 3. We’ll see you at the Harris Theater. 🎤✨

🌀 Meet TJ Kiser. A Chicago artist whose practice moves between fine art, street art, large scale murals, and commercial ...
09/30/2026

🌀 Meet TJ Kiser. A Chicago artist whose practice moves between fine art, street art, large scale murals, and commercial creative work.

TJ explores the space where street culture and contemporary art meet. His studio work draws from ’90s pop culture, cyberpunk, techno, vaporwave, comic books, and early digital aesthetics, blending nostalgia with a distinctly futuristic visual language. 💿

Through bold color, stylized figures, and geometric forms, TJ considers how the images and aesthetics we grow up surrounded by become part of our shared cultural memory.

At We The People, TJ will offer a visual reminder that the culture we inherit does not simply stay in the past. It gets remixed, reinterpreted, and carried forward, shaping how we imagine what comes next.💭

📅 This Saturday, October 3.
📍Harris Theater

🎟️ Grab your tickets now, link in bio. 🔗

T.j. Kiser

🎨Meet Ellie Pritts. A Chicago based new media artist, Ellie moves between physical and virtual space, blending photograp...
09/30/2026

🎨Meet Ellie Pritts. A Chicago based new media artist, Ellie moves between physical and virtual space, blending photography, video synthesis, experimental animation, and code to explore biology, perception, and transformation.

Her work turns complex technological systems into immersive experiences that hold space for curiosity, emotion, and a deeply human sense of wonder.🧠

At We The People, Ellie adds another dimension to the conversation: what happens when the ways we see, experience, and understand the world are constantly changing? Her work creates room to sit with that question, and with the possibilities that emerge when technology and human experience meet. 🧬

📅 This Saturday, October 3
📍 Harris Theater

🎟️Get your tickets now, the link in bio. 🔗

ellie pritts

🎨 Meet Blake Jones. A Chicago based artist whose work uses graphic linework and bright color palettes to build complex w...
09/30/2026

🎨 Meet Blake Jones. A Chicago based artist whose work uses graphic linework and bright color palettes to build complex worlds populated by his own iconic characters, objects, and landscapes.

His practice moves across prints, paintings, gallery exhibitions, sculpture, and murals, bringing his imaginative visual language to life in many forms.♾️

At We The People, Blake brings an invitation to step outside the familiar and spend a moment somewhere imagined. His work adds a sense of possibility to the experience, reminding us that the worlds we inhabit can also be worlds we create.

📅 This Saturday, October 3
📍Harris Thearter

🎟️ Grab tickets now, link in bio. 🔗

Blake Jones

Meet Delisha McKinney. A Chicago born, self taught multidisciplinary artist.Delisha works across painting, soft sculptur...
09/30/2026

Meet Delisha McKinney. A Chicago born, self taught multidisciplinary artist.

Delisha works across painting, soft sculpture, cut paper illustration, and murals. Her practice draws on color, texture, memory, and childhood wonder to create layered worlds that feel both personal and expansive.

At We The People, Delisha’s presence creates a moment to reconnect with the parts of ourselves that are easy to leave behind. Her work brings a sense of play, memory, and imagination into a day centered on the many experiences that shape who we become. ✨

📅 This Saturday, October 3
📍 Harris Theater

🎟️ Grab your tickets now, link in bio. 🔗

Delisha McKinney

🖌️ Meet Everett Reynolds. A self taught, Chicago based visual artist, muralist, and creative entrepreneur.Everett’s prac...
09/30/2026

🖌️ Meet Everett Reynolds. A self taught, Chicago based visual artist, muralist, and creative entrepreneur.

Everett’s practice spans across murals, portraiture, tattooing, music, film, and design. He is also the co-owner of Zenith Creative Studio, a Chicago fine art and tattoo space ran by him and his brother, built as a hub for art, design, and community.

At We The People, Everett’s featured work will ask us to consider who gets to be seen, remembered, and represented in the spaces we share, shaping the larger conversation about belonging and the people who make up our communities.

📅 This Saturday, October 3
📍Harris Theater

🎟️ Get your tickets now through, link in bio. 🔗

Everett Reynolds

🎨 Meet the artists shaping the visual world of We The People. ✨Throughout the Harris Theater lobby, immersive pop up gal...
09/30/2026

🎨 Meet the artists shaping the visual world of We The People. ✨

Throughout the Harris Theater lobby, immersive pop up galleries will invite you to pause, look closer, and experience new work created specifically for this year’s event!

A collection of exceptional artists, new perspectives, and work made to spark curiosity, reflection, ideas, and conversation.

📅 This Saturday, October 3

🎟️ Get your tickets now through the link in bio. 🔗

Everett Reynolds

Delisha McKinney

ellie pritts

Blake Jones

T.j. Kiser

What happens when you bring curious people from across Chicago into one room for one day?You’ll have to be there to find...
09/28/2026

What happens when you bring curious people from across Chicago into one room for one day?

You’ll have to be there to find out. 👀

Join us October 3 at the Harris Theater for TEDxChicago: “We The People”.

🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio.

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