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diff --git c/app/controllers/events_controller.rb w/app/controllers/events_controller.rb
index d7ce126..4e96ab9 100644
--- c/app/controllers/events_controller.rb
+++ w/app/controllers/events_controller.rb
@@ -17,4 +17,8 @@ class EventsController < TdsController
     end
   end
 
+  def show
+    @event = Event.find_by_slug! params[:id]
+  end
+
 end
diff --git c/app/models/event.rb w/app/models/event.rb
index b972c15..7a56a0f 100644
--- c/app/models/event.rb
+++ w/app/models/event.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,21 @@ class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   attr_accessible :name
 
-  validates_presence_of :name
+  validates_presence_of :name, :slug
+  validates_uniqueness_of :name, :slug
+
+  before_validation :generate_slug, :on => :create
+
+  def generate_slug
+    self.slug = to_param rescue nil
+  end
+
+  def to_s
+    name
+  end
+
+  def to_param
+   to_s.parameterize
+  end
 
 end
diff --git c/app/views/events/index.html.erb w/app/views/events/index.html.erb
index 426ceea..45f2885 100644
--- c/app/views/events/index.html.erb
+++ w/app/views/events/index.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <% @events.each do |event| %>
-  <p><%= event.inspect %></p>
+  <p><%= link_to event, event %></p>
 <% end %>
 
 <p><%= link_to 'new event', new_event_path %></p>
diff --git c/app/views/events/show.html.erb w/app/views/events/show.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8144001
--- /dev/null
+++ w/app/views/events/show.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<%= @event.inspect %>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git c/config/routes.rb w/config/routes.rb
index 4771522..c540f25 100644
--- c/config/routes.rb
+++ w/config/routes.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Showcase::Application.routes.draw do
   root :to => "home#index"
 
   resources :events,
-    :only => [:index, :new, :create]
+    :only => [:index, :new, :create, :show]
 
   devise_for :tds,
     :path_names => {:sign_in => '/login'}
diff --git c/db/migrate/20101005185506_add_slug_to_events.rb w/db/migrate/20101005185506_add_slug_to_events.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1553a1b
--- /dev/null
+++ w/db/migrate/20101005185506_add_slug_to_events.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class AddSlugToEvents < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    add_column :events, :slug, :string
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    remove_column :events, :slug
+  end
+end
diff --git c/db/schema.rb w/db/schema.rb
index 187da96..3d01c0e 100644
--- c/db/schema.rb
+++ w/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20101005165426) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20101005185506) do
 
   create_table "events", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "name"
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
     t.integer  "td_id"
+    t.string   "slug"
   end
 
   create_table "tds", :force => true do |t|