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!
Featuring presentations from artist and musician Matt Kirby, radio broadcaster and musician Kim Murphree, and near-townie and music nerd Conor Taft!
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 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!
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, making it all the more enticing for you to join us for the thrills we have in store for you in the new year!
Our Nerds:
“Ghosts of KU’s Past!” Writer and journalist Amber Fraley will discuss three real-life characters from the early days of the University of Kansas: Naturalist, explorer and taxidermist-pioneer Lewis Lindsey Dyche; librarian Carrie Watson; and KU’s first valedictorian, Flora Ellen
Richardson.
“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.”
“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.
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 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!
Maceli’s is located at 1031 New Hampshire St, Lawrence, KS 66044
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* as we wrap up a very fun year of Nerd Nites. We’ll be lost in Romantasy, entangled in professional wrestling and hear about a new book focused on Lawrence history with a postmodern T.S. Eliot twist!
Our presentations:
“The Rise of Romantasy” by Danielle McCarville
“A Take on Professional Wrestling you Might Not Expect” by David Shipley
“Postmodernism on the Kaw, Reimagining Eliot’s Waste Land” by Will Averill
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 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!
*Maceli’s is located at 1031 New Hampshire St, Lawrence, KS 66044
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!
Our presentations: “Eldridge Hotel – Free State Fortress & Haunted as Hell!” by local raconteur and ghost historian Ric Averill “By Appointment or by Election: a History of Extraordinary Black Men Holding Office in Lawrence, Kansas” by researcher and writer Jeanne Klein “I Object!: Unmasking the Reality of Media Representations of the Legal Profession” by legal expert Jake Kleespie
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 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 scared!
Maceli’s is located at 1031 New Hampshire St, Lawrence, KS 66044
Here comes Nerd Nite #118 and we are exploring the great outdoors! Join us Wednesday, September 10 for an enchanting 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!
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
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 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!
Maceli’s is located at 1031 New Hampshire St, Lawrence, KS 66044
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!
Our annual 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, July 9th, 2025, doors at 7:30 and presentations start at 8pm!
Get ready for an evening of geeky fun at Nerd Nite Summer Shorts! We’re packing the night with quick, informative talks on all sorts of fascinating topics. From science and history to pop culture and hobbies, there’s something for every Nerd.
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 7:30 and talks start at 8pm! It will be an eclectic evening of engaging presentations and we can’t wait to see you!
Join us at Maceli’s Lounge (1031 New Hampshire St, Lawrence, KS 66044)
Join us on June 11 for Nerd Nite #116! 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 Morgan Seaman will be sharing his experiences as a Certified Ganjier (Cannabis Sommelier)! It’s an exciting and unexpected mid-June mix of engaging presentations!
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 7:30 and talks start at 8pm! It will be an eclectic evening of engaging presentations and we can’t wait to see you!
Maceli’s is located at 1031 New Hampshire St, Lawrence, KS, United States, Kansas 66044
And don’t forget we are currently recruiting folks to do 3 minute presentations for our annual “Summer Shorts” on July 9! Do you know a little about something big? Do you know a lot about something small? Summer Shorts is the place for you! Hit us up with questions or to get added to the line-up!
Nerd Nite #115 happens on May 14 and it’s a mid-May mélange of something for every Nerd:
Space Nerds: Sarah Lamm, PHd candidate at KU Department of Geology will talk about their time as an “Analog Astronaut at the Mars Desert Research Station.”
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.
Film Nerds: What’s so great about going to the movies? Marlo Angell, organizer of the Free State Fest (coming up in June!), will be exploring “The Art of Movie-Going” taking us back to the early days of magic lanterns, the silent cinema experience, movie palaces, 3D and smell-o-vision and through today’s trend of theatre experiences trying to replicate our living rooms!
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 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!
Macelli’s is located at 1031 New Hampshire St, Lawrence, KS 66044
And don’t forget we are currently recruiting folks to do 3 minute presentations for our annual “Summer Shorts” on July 10! Do you know a little about something big? Do you know a lot about something small? Summer Shorts is the place for you! Hit us up with questions or to get added to the line-up!
Ukrainian Eggs, Master Gardening and more! 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 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!
Macelli’s is located at 1031 New Hampshire St, Lawrence, KS, United States, Kansas 66044
