**Special Nerd Nite at the Palladium. Where nerds go epic (again).
Doors open at 6:00pm. Presentations begin promptly at 7pm.
Tickets are $6.91. All tickets will be sold online via Humanitix.
No need to print tickets: Give us your name and we will check you in.
Check out this month’s speakers:
Maureen McDole presents: How Being a Punk Rocker Saved My life. Advice for these current times.
Our world is changing fast, and adopting a punk ethos can help us navigate these radical times. I’ll share the ways that punk rock continues to inspires me in forging a career and lifestyle which celebrates being resourceful, unique, and innovative. I will show how to use the tools we already have on hand to help create a better world for all, regardless of what the status quo is telling us.
Gabe Alves presents: From Fear to Fabulous: A Journey to Authentic
What happens when you follow the Good Book very closely… and it still doesn’t make you straight? In this candid, heartfelt, and occasionally hilarious talk, I’ll take you from evangelical golden child to pastor, husband, seminarian, conversion-therapy “graduate,” and—plot twist—still gay. Along the way: shame, seminary, a treatment center in Tennessee, a spectacular unraveling, and the painful, messy beauty of coming out. It’s a story about losing faith in fear, finding a real therapist (highly recommend), building a chosen tribe, and discovering that authenticity, joy, and spirituality don’t have to be enemies—they can actually save your life.
Angela Romeo presents: Pinellas County’s most vulnerable housing stock: how to preserve manufactured housing as permanently affordable.
This presentation explores the unique vulnerabilities of manufactured housing communities in Pinellas County, where residents own their homes but not the land beneath them. With little protection around rent increases, utility management, and infrastructure upkeep, homeowners remain at the mercy of landowners—despite having invested in their housing. We’ll examine the history of manufactured housing in Pinellas, the risks of this ownership model, and the urgent need for solutions. Finally, we’ll highlight limited equity cooperatives as a proven, sustainable economic model that empowers residents, preserves affordability, and strengthens community resilience.