Thursday, July 11th
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 #5!
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, July 11th, at 8:00pm at the Green Jeans Food Hall.
Title:
Imagining the Future of Public Transportation in Albuquerque: Current Plans and Future Dreams
Blurb:
What kind of public transportation system does Albuquerque deserve to meet the current and future needs for our community? Come hear about some short-term plans in the works, some future concepts professionals near and far are dreaming about for our region, and learn more about how you can get involved in transit decision-making and help our dreams become a reality today.
Speaker:
Althea Atherton (they/them) is a public transit enthusiast and community organizer with a passion for imagining better worlds. When not daydreaming about the future of our planet, they are spending time with their one-year-old, engaging in a public meeting, or studying Geography. Althea serves on the City of Albuquerque’s Transit Advisory Board, the Victory Hills Neighborhood Association, the Strong Towns ABQ leadership team, and the District 6 Coalition.
Title:
I Reread Homestuck So You Don’t Have To.
Blurb:
From 2009 to 2016, during the golden years of Tumblr fandom culture, a quirky little webcomic rose to Flash animated infamy. It would be called many things: 8000 pages of steaming garbage, a revolutionary masterpiece of absurdity, just ok I guess, and the era’s most iconic piece of internet culture. But most people just called it Homestuck.
Speaker:
Aidan Manning is our resident environmental science nerd and ex-Tumblr girly. They like nice smooth rocks, two thousand mile hikes, overly complex RPG rule systems, 200k word slow burn friends-to-enemies-to-lovers wizard fan fiction, and drinking 4 or 5 La Croix a day instead of going to therapy. And while they are now a pitiful little adult pawn under the grinding wheel of capitalism, they enjoy keeping with the old texts of internet fandom and preserving the noble traditions born therefrom.
Title:
A short (and opinionated) history of DJ culture: from fringe to fame
Blurb:
Some people call all electronic dance music “techno” and think of the DJ as the superstar in front of thousands of people at music festivals, but the origins of the global DJ and their many sub-genres of dance music are a lot more complex, and a lot more underground. The club DJ as a concept has a long and winding journey that began way back in 1943 and goes through gay clubs and illegal warehouse raves to the mainstream global events of today.
Speaker:
Andy Torres is our resident co-host of Nerd Nite Albuquerque. In addition to being a local artist, he is a DJ that has played in clubs throughout the US, and Costa Rica, going by the name DJ andyredrum. He loves video games, science fiction movies, popcorn, red wine, baseball, and cats.
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!