Greyt Big Talk w/ Patrick Shepherd
Greyt Big Talk is a multi-disciplinary creative lecture & podcast series for inspiring artists and entrepreneurs.
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Patrick Shepherd
Longtime Associate Director, Cleveland International Film Festival
Patrick Shepherd has been part of the Cleveland International Film Festival for more than a quarter century. When he spoke at Greyt Big Talk in February 2024, at The Elliot, he was in his 26th year with the festival and had served as its associate director since 2006, a full-time, year-round job.
A lifelong Ohioan, Patrick was co-president of his Leadership Cleveland Class of 2020 and has served on the boards of nonprofits including the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland. In 2007 he received the Human Rights Campaign Leadership Award in recognition of his work on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community. Before joining the film festival he worked at the American Red Cross, where he won the Tiffany Award for Employee Excellence in 1999.
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The Elliot
1415 Kenilworth Ave, Cleveland, OH, 44113
The Elliot is an event venue at 1415 Kenilworth Avenue in Tremont, inside the former Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church. The parish was chartered in 1909 to serve Rusyn immigrants, and its church, designed by M. E. Wells and Joseph Duvalosky and built for $15,000, blends Byzantine and Romanesque styles. It closed in 2009, reopened as the Byzantine Catholic Cultural Center, and closed for good in 2015. After seven years empty, the building reopened in 2022 as The Elliot, a secular venue with a ballroom, the Rosehip Room and the Good Tidings Bar. In February 2024 Greyt Big Talk met at The Elliot for a talk by Patrick Shepherd of the Cleveland International Film Festival, with live music and coffee under the room's soft cream walls and brass sconces.
About this event
GREYT BIG TALK is a multi-disciplinary creative lecture & podcast series for inspiring artists and entrepreneurs. Live Audience Podcast Recordings Feature: • local culinary artisan breakfast and coffee, • live music performances • original art by local designers • startup pitches for anything our community is making • a short talk from a successful creative person • all filmed to share with our community online. Become a Member to register yourself and a guest for free, or wait for discounted FOMO Registration to open Monday, February 19th at 9 am (interested in a feature, artisan maker space, company table space, or other placement within the program? email us at omg@thatsgreyt.com) Since our founding in January of 2015, we’ve hosted over 10,000 attendees in pop-up locations all over the city of Cleveland.
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This program is made possible with in-kind support from Edda Coffee Roasters, Evergreen Podcasts.
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Patrick Shepherd is in the midst of his 26th year working for the Cleveland International Film Festival and has served as the organization's Associate Director since 2006. A lifelong Ohio resident and co-president of his Leadership Cleveland Class of 2020, Patrick has served as a Board of Directors member for nonprofits such as the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland. He was the 2007 recipient of the Human Rights Campaign Leadership Award in recognition of his work on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community. Patrick previously worked at the American Red Cross, where he won the American Red Cross Tiffany Award for Employee Excellence in 1999. He resides in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood