MARK YOUR CALENDAR

The second annual TEDx event will take place on May 9th, 2014, at St. John's Hall on Chapel Street in downtown Portsmouth. A public lottery for 40 of the 100 tickets available will be open from April 1st–20th at tedxpiscataquariver.com. The full-day event will also be available streaming live online. (Click headline for list) 

• Tyler Hamilton — Former Olympic Cyclist and Armstrong Teammate, Author
• Chris Dwyer — Researcher, Regional Arts Expert, and Policymaker
• Jared Mezzocchi — Multimedia Projections Designer and Artist
• Woodie Flowers — MIT Mechanical Engineering Professor, National Advisor to FIRST
• Cameron Wake — Institute of Earth, Oceans, and Space & Climate Solutions New England
• Bruce Pingree & Chris Klaxton — Jazz Poetry Collaborators
• Kathy Gunst — Cookbook Author, Chef, Educator
• James Sturm — Director of The Center for Cartoon Studies
• In Ears 'N' Eyes — Visual and Audio Jazz Painting Duo
• Professor Lyrical — Artist and Educator, Battle Rapper, Northeastern University Professor

More information and full biographies of these speakers and performers can be found at http://tedxpiscataquariver.com/speakers, where the remaining 3–5 speakers and performers will be announced in the coming weeks leading up to the event.