TEDxStCloud

10/10/2025

What an amazingly supportive group of speakers! The Green Room, after party and everything in between was full of encouragement, high fives, and laughs! Well done, Clare, Chase, Debra, Stephen, Cory, and Jill!

10/09/2025

10/09/2025

Dress rehearsal with tech crew, ASL team, and Jill Blashack Strahan! What a night we have in store! Tickets still available at Paramount Arts . Org

10/09/2025

The award-winning team from in the SCSU Mass Communications department at St. Cloud State University are plugged in and focused to record and stream the 9th Annual TEDxStCloud.

10/09/2025

4 hours to show time!

10/08/2025

Join us tomorrow night to hear more from Mary Bruno and Sister Michaela Hedican!

Artist and printer Mary Bruno is dedicated to keeping the tradition of letterpress vibrant and relevant. At Bruno Press, she uses century-old presses to create hand-printed works that connect history, craft, and community. In 2020, she completed The Scroll, a 36-foot letterpress piece blending the Rule of Saint Benedict with imagery of monastic life and Minnesota’s landscape. The project celebrates faith and storytelling while highlighting the enduring power of print. Mary’s work invites audiences to see art as approachable, meaningful, and a vital way to connect with one another.

Sister Michaela Hedican of Saint Benedict’s Monastery in St. Joseph, Minnesota, has served as a teacher, spiritual director, and leader throughout her 60 years as a Benedictine. She has been prioress of two monasteries, president of the Monastic Congregation of Saint Benedict, and director of oblates and mission advancement. Today, she serves as assistant dean at Saint Scholastica Convent, supporting the sisters’ health care needs. Rooted in Benedictine spirituality, Sister Michaela brings a lifelong commitment to service, faith, and community—and often reflects that she may have been “born a Benedictine.”

Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict Bruno Press

10/07/2025

Our event on Thursday will include ASL (American Sign Language) Interpretation. Seats are available for those who request close sightlines to the interpreters.
We hope to see you there!
Tickets are still available at
https://paramountarts.org/Paramount Center for the Arts

10/06/2025

This year we had dozens of volunteers who contributed their time throughout the year to make this event possible! We couldn’t thank all our volunteers enough for everything you have done to make this all possible!

10/05/2025

In addition to creating a platform for ideas worth spreading, TEDxStCloud is committed to strong environmental stewardship. Once again, we have purchased carbon offset credits via Terrapass to mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions created by our TEDxStCloud event.

The funds used to purchase these offsets will be applied to carbon reduction projects across the country.

All Terrapass projects have been independently verified for transparency and quality by either the Climate Action Reserve (CAR) or the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS).

This is one way TEDxStCloud will improve its overall environmental footprint and play a role in avoiding the worst possible impacts of global climate change.

10/04/2025

What a day! Such an incredibly supportive slate of speakers in Clare Richards, Chase Larson, Cory Hepola, Deb Leigh, Jill Blashack Strahan, and Stephen Rider! Today was our table read, and our inspiring team met face to face for the first time to hear each other’s talk, get feedback and provide tips to one another. Here’s a teaser for next week’s event: what’s on your bulletin board?

TEDxStCloud is Oct. 9. Get tickets at paramountarts.org.