Nerd Nite St. Pete-April 2025

***Nerd Nite St. Pete is now held at Coastal Creative.***

We all know that learning is more fun when you’re drinking with friends. Nerd Nite operates in over a hundred cities around the globe including our city - St. Pete! This lecture event strives for an inebriated, salacious, yet deeply academic vibe. Several presenters totally geek out for 20 minutes each while guests drink and socialize. It’s like Ted Talk– with beer! Drink, learn, connect, and talk about fun, interesting stuff!

Doors and the bar open at 6pm.
Food trucks: 

Masa Food Truck: https://www.masafoodtruck.com/

Nino's Pizza: https://www.facebook.com/ninos...

Presentations begin promptly at 7pm.Tickets are $6.91. All tickets will be sold online.
No need to print tickets: Show your ticket on your phone or just give us your name and we will check you in.

Check out this month's speakers:

David Hirning Presents: Why the Vinyl LP Is So Popular (in an Otherwise Digital World)

David’s a Seattle native who moved to Saint Pete a year ago. He has a record collection that goes back to his childhood, but only recently rediscovered the hobby (and has become a huge fan of Bananas Records here in the city). His job is as a writer and content manager for tech companies and universities (remote -- the companies and schools are in Seattle), but his true passion is books, records and other physical media. Oh, and pickleball :-)

The vinyl record album that many remember from the '70s and '80s (or even earlier) is BACK, in a big way. Vinyl surpassed CD sales in 2022 for the first time since 1987 and accounts for 10 percent of all music sales*. Why? Maybe it's because in a world where a million songs (on Spotify) fit into your pocket, people are craving the tangible experience of holding (and owning) the physical media in your hands. Records ask us to slow down and focus, to appreciate the music, and they also offer a time machine that takes us back to our youth (as my Dad's Beatles records still take me back to mine).

Justin Cournoyer Presents: Reimagine 175, Urban Interstate Spurs Are At The End Of Their Life. What Happens Next?

Justin’s a nurse who lives in South St Pete. He doesn’t own a car, which has shaped his perspective of how people outside of cars get around St. Pete. He’s constantly looking for ways to make our streets safer for everyone.

Across the nation, we built urban interstates to appease suburban commuters and we bulldozed entire neighborhoods and displaced hundreds of thousands. They are now coming to the end of their lifepsan and cities are having to make the difficult decision of whether to keep them or not. In St Pete, there is a once in a generation chance to remove and replace 175 with a street grade boulevard. A coalition has been forming for the last year that is ready to stand up to FDOT, the highway builders, and tell them that this urban interstate has no place in St Pete and a better future is possible. Come imagine along with us at Reimagine 175 and learn how there’s a future without 175.


Chad Mairn & Kyle Camuti Present: AI, You Serious? A Professor, Student, and a Robot Debate the Future of A

Chad Mairn is a Professor and founder of the Innovation Lab (iLab) at St. Petersburg College.

Kyle Camuti is a student at St. Petersburg College who is working on a variety of emerging technology projects in the Innovation Lab.

Join a professor, a student, and a quirky robot for a lively, unscripted conversation about AI, its promises, pitfalls, and everything in between. From AI-generated art to robot rebellions, this interactive Nerd Nite talk will spark debate, challenge perspectives, and leave you wondering if your new robot friend is secretly plotting world domination.