Thursday, May 2nd
Doors 6:30pm / Show 7pm
Free!
Green Jeans

Event info here!

Join us for Nerd Nite ABQ #3!

Nerd Nite is a monthly lecture-in-a-bar series that takes place in 100+ cities around the world. And now we’ve got our very own Albuquerque chapter!

Join us the first Thursday of every month to learn, laugh, and drink. Our next event is on Thursday, May 2, at 7:00pm at the Green Jeans Food Hall.

Nerd Nite #3 has the loose theme of: “Hard to Find” – things that are difficult to locate in one way or another, unless you know where to look, of course!

Talk #1: Native Americans in Comic Books
Description: A discussion of common Indigenous stereotypes & misrepresentation in American comics.

Speaker: Michael Sheyahshe is an enrolled tribal member of the Caddo Nation and author of “Native Americans in Comic Books: A Critical Study”. He has created comic book illustrations in various online and physical museum displays for the Smithsonian Institution’s NMAI and has been prominently featured in AH Comics’ MOONSHOT: The Indigenous Comic Collection, volumes 1, 2, and 3, for which, Michael served as co-editor. He has created graphic novels as part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime’s (OVC) Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials, which provide age-appropriate resources to support children and youth during their involvement with the justice system as a victim or witness to a crime. Michael has also served as Cultural Consultant for Darkhorse Comics.

Talk #2: There is (not enough) Water Underground: examining Aquifer Storage and Recovery in New Mexico with a little help from Talking Heads’ seminal 1984 album, Stop Making Sense
Description: Let me tell you a story–New Mexico is letting the days go by without sufficient underground water storage. We will discuss how to burn down the metaphoric house of our statutory and regulatory norms and envision other potential futures for the utility of aquifer storage and recovery. There’s a million ways to get things done, join me as we think about groundwater reform in New Mexico.

Speaker: Rin Tara is interested in water both professionally and recreationally. They serve as staff attorney and water policy and governance analyst for the Utton Center at the University of New Mexico. When not sitting at a desk and writing about water, you can find them lying in the river, cycling near a river, or hiking somewhere with absolutely no water of any kind.

Talk #3: “O”, Really? Hitting the Spots Between Orgasm Fact and Fiction
Description: Description: Orgasms…we’re told we should have one every time we have sex, and that they should happen only with penetration and that mine should happen at the exact time as my partner has theirs and that it should resemble a grand mal seizure on top of drenched sheets. That’s a whole lot of “shoulds”…and they’re all inaccurate. Join me while we thrust our way through myths and misconceptions around orgasm gaps, notions of casual sex and coregasms…to name a few.

Speaker: Lindsay Thorsen is a Doctor of Physical Therapy who specializes in pelvic floor physical therapy (think PT for your private parts). A life long “sex nerd”, she is “edging” her career to focus on all things sexual dysfunction related. Her goal in life and work is to improve the sexual literacy and health of her community.


Come join us for a drink, learn something new, and meet fellow nerds. Tell your friends and help us spread the word about Nerd Nite Albuquerque at Green Jeans!

Be There AND Be Square.