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edit Date & Location
When: January 28th, 2012, 11am-6pm
Where: Streetside Bar and Grill, Chicago, IL
3201 W. Armitage Ave.
Chicago, IL
www.streetsidecafe.net
edit Directions
Going North on I-90 W/I-94 W:
- Take exit 48A for Armitage Ave.
- Turn left (west) onto W Armitage Ave.
- Go 2.0 miles, Soutside Bar is on the far left corner (south west) of N Kedzie Ave and W Armitage Ave.
Google Maps: http://g.co/maps/ngyn3
Going South on I-90 E/I-94 E:
- Take exit 46A for California Ave.
- Merge right (south) onto N California Ave.
- Go 1.0 mile and turn right (west) onto W Armitage Ave.
- Go 0.5 miles, Soutside Bar is on the far left corner (south west) of N Kedzie Ave and W Armitage Ave.
Google Maps: http://g.co/maps/khmpz
Public transit:
- 15 minute walk from the California Blue Line stop
- Along the #73 bus route (stops running at 6:30pm), 5 minutes from the #82, and 10 minutes from the #72 and #74 Buses
edit Parking
- Paid street parking - $1.75/hr from 8am-9pm, 2 hours maximum each payment
- Minimum cost - $12.25 for the 7 hours of SkeptiCamp
- Maximum cost - $22.75 for the whole day from 8am-9pm
The meters take coins and credit/debit cards, here is how to work your meter: http://chicagometers.com/how-to-work-my-meter.aspx
We have breaks scheduled throughout the day and we'll make it a point to remind everyone when to pay your parking.
edit Schedule
| Time | Name | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | Jeff Wagg | Introduction |
| 11:10 | Ayala Leyser | Taming the Subconscious: How to increase our degrees of freedom within the constraints of our being |
| 11:30 | Ashley Hamer | The Search for the Fountain of Youth |
| 11:50 | Break | |
| 12:00 | ESkeptiCamp Madrid | |
| 12:20 | Nik P. Schuetz | Common Misconceptions about Evolution |
| 12:40 | Lynne Liliedahl | Canine Dominance and Aggression: Myths and Misunderstandings |
| 1:00 | Amy Ross | Stem Cells: Facts and Misconceptions |
| 1:20 | Marcus A. Davis | The Truth about Conspiracy Theories |
| 1:40 | William Brinkman | Poe and Me |
| 2:00 | Lunch | |
| 3:00 | Derrick Bennett Marcus A. Davis Ashley Hamer | Skeptical Trivia Challenge |
| 3:20 | Phil Ferguson | Homeopathy: The Power of 10! |
| 3:40 | Ivan Phillips | Ideal Rationality |
| 4:00 | Matt Lowry | Using Mythology as a Critical Thinking Tool: The Lesson of Santa for Kids |
| 4:20 | Break | |
| 4:30 | Jamie Bernstein | Probability is Hard!!! |
| 4:50 | Ali Marie | Fostering Curiosity |
| 5:10 | Arthur Wawrzyczek | Aliens: Astrobiology and Skepticism |
| 5:30 | Jennifer Newport | Chicago Skeptics...The Next 100 Years |
| 5:50 | Closing Remarks |
edit External links
Chicago Skeptics Website
Chicago Skeptics Meetup
Chicago Skeptics Facebook Group
@ChicagoSkeptics
