I will be a presenter at a performance-focused stage/salon/tea lounge at this year's BIL Conference (Mar 2 & 3, Sat/Sun). BIL is a grassroots version of TED, a DIY approach to the confluence conference of expertise and ideas shared and presented. TED is a fortune, BIL is cheap. BIL is informal, in Long Beach for a single weekend, and is all word-of-mouth.
Perfomers do a bit of their art, and talk about their process. What it's like to perform, or how a piece was created, or even the process of getting shows and maintaining a following. How they learned to do their art. Nightmare stories and moments of perfection. And their art itself, live for you to enjoy from a tea-sipping cushion.