Author: Tyler Menezes

Announcing the Ignite #46 Speakers, (October 3, 2024)

We’re thrilled to announce our speakers and talks for Ignite Seattle #46 (just a few weeks away!):

  • “What the Fu*k Is a Chaplain?”– Justin Almeida
  • “How to Dodge a Cringey First Kiss Disaster”– Alisa Eddy
  • “The Superhero Within You: Curing Cancer & Becoming a DNA Decoy”– Soren Ghorai
  • “The Ghosts Who Build Trails”– Jorden Goodrich
  • “How Gnomes Saved Me from the Abyss of Despair”– Laura Argilla
  • “Fixing Graffiti Goes Like THIS!”– Linda Keeney
  • “From Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan to Seattle”– Junichi Sumi
  • “More Bigger, More Brainier”– Tommy Wood
  • “Flirt Like a Boomer”– Cassie Maz
  • “Confessions of a Parkinson’s Optimist”– Matt Shobe
  • “Speaking English as a First and Second Language”-Dan Baird
  • “The Real Costs of a Brazilian Wax”– Jeri Seamands

Join us at Town Hall on October 3 to hear funny, thoughtful, inspiring, and educational stories.

BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW

$10 early-bird discount ends September 27!

Parking and Afterparty Details for Ignite Seattle #43

We’re excited to see you tomorrow night for Ignite Seattle #43 at the beautiful Town Hall Seattle, located at 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101!

This event will not be livestreamed; if you want to catch it, please join us live!

Parking: There is no on-site parking, but Town Hall is located near several parking garages. Discounted $5.75 parking is available nearby at LAZ Parking (Hilton Hotel) by following the instructions at the bottom of this page.

Afterparty: We hope you can join our speakers for drinks after the event @ W Hotel Seattle Living Room Bar, entrance on 4th & Seneca. It’s a short walk down Seneca St. from Town Hall. (There is a parking garage but it’s expensive.)

Join us for Ignite Seattle 43— March 16 at 7:30 pm!

Want to learn what frisbees can tell us about patents, pizza can tell us about life, or horses can tell us about holiday traditions? Of course you do—and what better way to do it than attend Ignite Seattle’s first-of-2023 event at Town Hall: Thursday, March 16th at 7:30 pm! Sign up for your ticket here. 

Our speaker lineup (in no particular order):

  • You Don’t Just Need A Friend, You Need A Community! by Christiana Birkeland
  • Start a Sexual Revolution But Don’t Tell Your Mom by Alisa Eddy
  • Surviving the Swimmer’s Cemetery by Kate Curtis 
  • Cut My Life Into Pizzas by Tricia Aung
  • How To Understand Patents – Using Frisbees by Adam Phillipp
  • Protein polymers and yeast farts: a scientist becomes a baker by Sam Blackman
  • How Masculinity Culture is Killing Men by Annie Kuo
  • Online Dating for Men Who Are Not Quite Dead by Eric Holdeman
  • The Holiday Card Dies with the Horse. by Nancy Hostert-Ruiz
  • Deal’n Drugs & Save’n Lives in the ER by Fay Hosseini

What to expect at the show:

  • Doors open at 6:30pm. Get there early for a pre-show activity!
  • Show starts at 7:30pm
  • Show will end around 9pm

Excited? Early bird tickets are $10 so you’d better get yours now. If you would rather watch from home, that’s cool too! Sign up for our newsletter to receive a link to our livestream as the event gets closer.

See you soon!

Yours,
The Ignite team