Theme: 20/20: Perfect [IN]sight

The first TEDxProvincetown took place June 30, 2018 at Provincetown's Fishermen Hall. Our theme is 20/20: Perfect [IN]sight -- a play on our upcoming 2020 commemoration in Ptown and a nod to our regional braintrust of clear thinkers. See our Flickr page at https://www.flickr.com/people/tedxptown/. Our TEDxProvincetown Youtube Playlist is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmPWpLkF_IlNTYAlm97-l56XRLY1zhHaK

Fishermen Hall
12 Winslow Street
Provincetown, Massachusetts, 02657
United States

Ali Sands

Author, gender activist

Ali Sands, author, brings her personal love story as a partner in a transgender relationship

Anne Stott

Singer-songwriter

Anne Stott, singer-songwriter, delivers a song and story performance piece that viscerally translates the creative expansion she has experienced during her 10 years living in Provincetown.

Frank Strona

Health planner, diversity specialist

Frank Strona, health planner, shares his unique perspective on diversity and inclusion in explaining bear culture history and lifestyle

Jay Critchley

Multimedia artist

Jay Critchley, brazen multimedia artist, squeezes his 30 years of artistic experimentation with incorporation onto the TEDx stage.

Maria Giese

Filmmaker, activist

Maria Giese, filmmaker, describes how she instigated Hollywood’s gender equality movement and envisions the post-#MeToo era

Michael Moore

Marine biologist

Michael Moore, marine biologist from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, explains a turnaround story for the endangered North Atlantic right whale

Noah Wilson-Rich

Ecologist

Noah Wilson-Rich, ecologist, unveils new research about honey DNA and how bees might be a required part of living on other planets.

Romolo Del Deo

Sculptor

Romolo Del Deo, international artist, explains our relationship to light from an artistic and humanistic perspective.

Roxanne Layton

Musician

Roxanne Layton, world-renowned musician with Mannheim Steamroller, performs her examination of sound and how it drives our biological response

Tianna Esperanza

Singer-songwriter

Tianna Esperanza, a singer/songwriter, examines her mixed-race heritage through her own punk-soul songbook.