Grab a drink, socialize and get your Nerd on! Thrilling raffle prizes! Engaging Presentations! All this and more for just $1 (which includes your raffle ticket)! Doors at 7pm and talks at 7:30! An exciting evening of engaging presentations and we can’t wait to see you! Be there, and be square!
Featuring presentations on “The Child Ballads” from Connlyn Sinclair, "The Willpower of Love: Shakespeare gets Horny" from Will Averill, and "Found Signals: Games of Poetry" by Chance Dibben.
The Ballad of Nerd Nite continues on April 8! Celebrate National Poetry Month with presentations about The Child Ballads, Shakespeare Sonnets and Alternative Processes in Writing Poetry! Join us Wednesday, April 8 at 7:30pm, doors open at 7pm! #nnlfk #nerdnite
Grab a drink, socialize and get your Nerd on! Thrilling raffle prizes! Engaging Presentations! All this and more for just $1 (which includes your raffle ticket)! Doors open at 7pm & starts at 7:30! An exciting evening of engaging presentations and we can’t wait to see you! Be there, and be square!
And “Disney's SEA-cret: A World of Lore Hiding in Plain Sight” by theme park enthusiast in the most extreme way Amy Betz!
“Ironstone: a Terrestrial Analog for the Detection of Extraterrestrial Life on Mars” from KU research assistant at the Raman Spectroscopy Laboratory Dustin Heese!
Featuring presentations on “Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection” from statistics researcher and audit analytics professional Daniel McCarville!
Coming in like a lion, it’s Nerd Nite #123! This time we’ve got Shams, Rocks and Shakes! Join us Wednesday, March 11 at 7:30pm (30 minutes earlier than previous Nites). Doors will open at 7pm! #nnlfk #nerdnite
Grab a drink, socialize & get your Nerd on! Thrilling raffle prizes! Engaging Presentations! All this and more for just $1 (which includes your raffle ticket)! Doors at 7pm and talks at 7:30! An exciting evening of engaging presentations and we can’t wait to see you! Be there, and be square! #nnlfk
Featuring presentations from artist and musician Matt Kirby, radio broadcaster and musician Kim Murphree, and near-townie and music nerd Conor Taft! #nnlfk #nerdnite
February's Nerd Nite will strike a note as we offer a music themed evening of harmonic proportions! Join us Wednesday, February 11 at a NEW TIME! Nerd Nite’s in 2026 will start at 7:30pm (30 minutes earlier than previous Nites). Doors will open at 7pm! #nnlfk #nerdnite
Grab a drink, socialize and get your Nerd on! Thrilling raffle prizes! Engaging Presentations! All this for just $1 (includes raffle ticket)! Doors open at 7pm and talks start at 7:30! It will be an exciting evening of engaging presentations and we can’t wait to see you! Be there, and be square!
“Books that Kill!” Whitney Baker of the Kenneth Spencer Research Library will be talking about the ongoing research and conservation efforts at the University of Kansas on the potentially toxic nature of 19th century book bindings.
“Writing Across Kansas!” Environmental art and culture writer Leslie VonHolten will be talking about Kansas writers and the new book “Kansas Matters: 21st-century Writers on the Sunflower State.”
Our Nerds:
“Ghosts of KU’s Past!” Writer and journalist Amber Fraley will discuss three real-life characters from the early days of KU: Naturalist, explorer and taxidermist-pioneer Lewis Lindsey Dyche; librarian Carrie Watson; and KU’s first valedictorian, Flora Ellen Richardson.
Here comes the first Nerd Nite of 2026 and we are literature-ly bursting at the seams to share it with you! Join us Wednesday, January 14 at a NEW TIME! Nerd Nite’s in 2026 will start at 7:30pm (30 minutes earlier than previous Nites). Doors will open at 7pm! #NNLFK
Thrilling raffle prizes! Engaging Presentations! All this for just $1 (which includes your raffle ticket)! Doors at 7:30 and talks at 8pm! It's an eclectic evening of engaging presentations and we can’t wait to see you! Be there, and be square!
Maceli's: 1031 New Hampshire St, Lawrence, KS 66044
Our presentations:
“The Rise of Romantasy” by Danielle McCarville
“The Crimson Mask: the art of ‘blading’ in professional wrestling” by David Shipley
“Postmodernism on the Kaw, Reimagining Eliot’s Waste Land” by Will Averill
When: November 12 at 7:30pm
Where: Maceli's Lounge in Lawrence, KS
Here comes Nerd Nite #120 and it’s the last Nerd Nite of the year! We’ve got a marvelously mismatched mix of presentations connected through no theme at all! Join us Wednesday, November 12 at Maceli’s downtown!
Here comes Nerd Nite #119 and we’ve got some seasonally flavored presentations for the occasion! Join us Wednesday, October 8 for a ghostly evening of nerdery focused on the history of Lawrence! A haunted hotel, extraordinary black history and correcting the record about lawyering on the screen!
Grab a drink, socialize and get your Nerd on! Thrilling raffle prizes! Engaging Presentations! All for just $1 (which includes your raffle ticket)! Doors at 7:30 and talks start at 8pm! It will be an eclectic evening of engaging presentations and we can’t wait to see you! Be there, and be square!
Our presentations:
“The Many Mushrooms of Kansas” by Sheri Kay
“Sex, Death, and Tomatoes: Bug Drama in Your Backyard”by Kaila Colyott, PhD
“Snake Myths and Misunderstandings” by Kelly Kluthe
Nerd Nite is back and we are exploring the great outdoors! Join us Sept 10 for an evening of nerdery focused on the small wonders you find right outside your door! Mushrooms in Kansas, bug drama in your backyard and correcting the record on snake myths!
Maceli’s: 1031 New Hampshire St, Lawrence, KS
Nerd Nite is on our Summer sabbatical, so no event in August, but we will be back at it on September 10 with a powerful palette of presenters packed with plenty of proficiency and potential pedantry! Stay cool and hydrated out there and we will see you in September!
You don't want to miss this! Wednesday!
Summer Shorts is upon us! It's one of our favorite events of the year and we are excited to share it with you! This Wednesday, 7/9/25, doors at 7:30, presentations start at 8pm!
Grab a drink, socialize and get your Nerd on!
Join us at Maceli’s Lounge: 1031 New Hampshire St.
Be there and be square!
Our final lineup for Wednesday: Abby Olcese will talk about her book: "Films for All Seasons," Preston Foster will somehow get us excited about Brassica Oleracea (one plant of many names) and Morgan Seaman will be sharing his experiences as a Certified Ganjier (Cannabis Sommelier)! What a Nite!
Join us on June 11 for Nerd Nite #115! We are thrilled to have former Nerd Nite Co-Boss (and current writer and film critic!) Abby Olcese return to present about her book: "Films for All Seasons," Preston Foster will somehow get us excited about Brassica Oleracea (one plant of many names) and more!
Film Nerds: What’s so great about going to the movies? Marlo Angell of Free State Fest will be exploring “The Art of Movie-Going” taking us to the early days of magic lanterns, silent cinema, movie palaces, 3D & smellovision today’s trend of theatre experiences trying to replicate our living rooms!
History Nerds: May is the anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s execution, so local educator and history buff, Jeanne Averill will be discussing all things Anne.