Why TEDxLakeShoreDrive?
The Road
Where is your favorite place in Chicago, a place you call home? For us, it’s LakeShoreDrive. From the Museum of Science and Industry to the Art Institute along a lakefront of glittering skyscrapers, harbors, and parks, LSD inspires the community to connect the arts and sciences and embrace the complexity of diverse lives and communities.
The LSD is a scenic route that originated in the early 20th-century American city’s confluence of art and industry. From a carriageway for the rich to architect Daniel Burnham’s plan for a “Paris on the Prairie,” over the decades, it was built farther north and south, linking the city’s commerce and culture. Adjacent to Lake Michigan, the world’s 5th largest lake, the LSD is a crowning accomplishment and a barometer of our changing climate, from the 2011 snowstorm to the recent years’ high water and winds.
As of 2021, the City of Chicago Council has approved a hybrid name change of Lake Shore Drive to Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive, in honor of the first Black man of Haitian descent who was Chicago’s first non-indigenous settler. For details, see Wikipedia here.
While the land we have been calling LakeShoreDrive has been home to us, we at TEDxLakeShoreDrive acknowledge, honor, and revere the pre-colonial indigenous Tribal Nations that cared for this land, amongst which are The Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations. We are humbled to be guests on this land.
How TEDxLakeShoreDrive?
Lake Shore Drive symbolizes Chicago, connecting the north and south, and the east of the lake to the west of the suburban plains. TEDxLakeShoreDrive is a genuine TEDx event organized by the local community. We do this by connecting, collaborating, and mentoring with multiple talents.
Whether you live or work along Lake Shore Drive in Chicago or in communities beyond, you are invited to participate as a partner, patron, volunteer, or attendee.
To support a community is to create a future. TEDxLakeShoreDrive encourages connection and collaboration across generations. To participate, click here.
TEDx attracts curious, action-oriented individuals. If this is in your demographic, contact us.
If your brand and your mission align with our community, join us as a partner or patron supporting “Ideas Change Everything”. To join, Click here
TEDx attracts curious, action-oriented individuals. If this is in your demographic, contact us.
TEDxLakeShoreDrive is a community-oriented and organized community. If you would like to take your people skills to the next level, click here.
Lend your time and talent to bring the event to life: from detailed logistics to creative production. Past volunteers commented on the delightful, unexpected connections made during the project. For details, click here.
This is your chance to experience a genuine TED event. Interact with speakers, connect with outer likeminded people. To attend, click here.
If you are curious, creative, and innovative, as a successful early adopter and energetic promoter of ideas, come meet and connect with the rest of your community. Attend live in-person or virtual. Apply for your ticket here.