Thursday, June 6th
Doors 7:30pm / Show 8pm
(We will continue to start at 8pm throughout the summer months)
Free!
Green Jeans

Event info here!

Join us for Nerd Nite ABQ #4!

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, June 6th, at 8:00pm at the Green Jeans Food Hall.

This month, our speakers navigate the stories we tell ourselves and others, through any medium necessary!


Talk #1: Tattoo Wounds Can Heal the World
Description: Tattoos are just pretty wounds on the skin. But sometimes they’re used to help heal internal wounds…

Speaker: With over 24 years of experience, Ben Shaw is a seasoned tattoo artist and the owner of Archetype Tattoo for the past 14 years. Throughout his career, he has transformed skin into art, but his favorite aspect of the job is the connection with people. Ben values engaging with his clients, learning from them, and growing alongside them. He believes that the tattoo process creates a unique bond between the client and artist, emphasizing that tattoos, often perceived as mere pretty wounds, have the power to heal and make a positive impact in the world.


Talk #2: Wait, what? You’re paying me to drink beer?
Description: Being a reporter is rarely the glamorous and high-profile gig television and movies make you think it is. People don’t quiver in their boots when they see you, the mob isn’t sending their best hitman after you and no girl with dirty black hair is going to plop out of the television and frighten the life out of everyone you love seven days after they see a ring. It is, however, a lot of fun even without the supernatural creatures. It entails reading, listening, more reading, sending infinite emails hoping someone finally takes pity on you and talking to people way smarter than you are.

Speaker: Elaine Briseño has been a reporter and writer for more than two decades and is awfully fond of the Oxford comma. She got her start at a small newspaper in New Mexico and worked at the Albuquerque Journal for two decades. She covered every possible news story on every topic imaginable, including politics, crime, education, sports, tacos and beer. Two years ago she took a job with a legal publication located in New York called Law360 writing about mergers and acquisitions, and sports and betting litigation. She now knows more about the legal process than anyone who is not in the highest tax bracket should know. She also continues to write a history column called “What’s in a Name” for the Albuquerque Journal


Talk #3: Knowing Yourself Through Computer Programming
Description: In his professional experience, Matthew has determined that all careers eventually lead to computer programming. He presents this 20 minute guided Very Official Computer Programming Language Personality Test to prepare participants for their inevitable careers as software engineers. Come knowing nothing about programming and leave still knowing nothing about programming but perhaps learning a thing or two about yourself – software engineering will find you when you least expect it.

Speaker: Matthew Haney first learned C++ in the sixth grade, which was influential neither for his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering nor for his masters degree in semiconductor devices. His love of computer programming languages did however lead him to a professional career as a software engineer. When not tapping away at a keyboard, Matthew enjoys medium long runs and heart-wrenching coming-of-age films.



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.