What: Saint Paul October Nerd Nite
When: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 @ 7pm
Where: The Black Hart, St. Paul
Start off your spoopy season with Nerd Nite! Scary movies, dead bodies, and werewolves are on the docket. Don’t forget to bring your BRAINS. Our lineup:
- Gay People Love to Be Scared
- (Dead) Bodies of Lake Superior
- Modern Werewolves: What Went Wrong?
All Twin Cities Nerd Nite events are free to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m. Food and drinks for purchase to support St. Paul’s longest-running LGBTQ+ bar.
What: Minneapolis October Nerd Nite
When: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 @ 6pm
Where: Eat Street Crossing, Minneapolis
Double your geeky good times and getaway to our sister city to learn about a variety of topics at Eat Street Crossing on 4th Tuesday of each month. This month’s presentations:
- Fan Fiction 101
- Traffic Signal Optimization
- The History of Bundism
All Twin Cities Nerd Nite events are free to the public. Show starts at 6 p.m. (note the earlier start time.) Food and drinks for purchase.
What: Saint Paul September Nerd Nite
When: Wednesday, September 10, 2025 @ 7pm
Where: The Black Hart, St. Paul
The kids are back to school and you know what that means…You need a night out! Our proposed program for your perspicacious perusal:
- Cocaine with Frenimies: The History of Spinal Anesthesia
- Recreation and Risk: Amusement Park Law
- Mystery Talk #3 (about BEES!)
Be there AND be square.
Don’t forget upcoming Nerd Nite events, on the second Wednesday of every month:
- October 8, 2025
- November 12, 2025
All Twin Cities Nerd Nite events are free to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m. Food and drinks for purchase to support St. Paul’s longest-running LGBTQ+ bar.
What: MPLS September Nerd Nite
When: Tuesday, September 23, 2025 @ 6pm
Where: Eat Street Crossing
We’re trying a new thing: Bringing local nerds directly to Minneapolis! Double your geeky good times and getaway to our sister city to learn about a variety of topics at Eat Street Crossing on 4th Tuesday of each month. Our inaugural program:
- Building Minneapolis: How the 29th Street Railway Depression became the Midtown Greenway
- How the Heck Do You Bike Across the Midwest?
- Playing for Love: How Dating Sim Hotties Made Me a Better Partner IRL
All Twin Cities Nerd Nite events are free to the public. Show starts at 6 p.m. (note the earlier start time.) Food and drinks for purchase.
What: August Nerd Nite
When: Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Where: The Black Hart, St. Paul
The August Nerd Nite will be a special event — our second annual Nerd Nite Lightning Talks! Instead of three 15-minute presentations, we’ll do FOURTEEN five-minute presentations. Come enjoy a beautiful night on the patio with 14 fast and furious talks on everything from Fibonacci to vampire bats, Chekhov to microplastics. Can’t wait to nerd out with you all!
Don’t forget upcoming Nerd Nite events, on the second Wednesday of every month:
- September 10, 2025
- October 8, 2025
All Twin Cities Nerd Nite events are free to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m. Food and drinks for purchase to support St. Paul’s longest-running LGBTQ+ bar.
What: June Nerd Nite
When: Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Where: The Black Hart, St. Paul
The weather’s getting hot and the nerds are even hotter! We’ve got three new presentations on three incredibly different topics:
- How We Got Shakespeare’s Plays
- Who Was Mary Hill’s Best Friend?
- Social Philosophy Via The Shire
Be there AND be square.
Don’t forget upcoming Nerd Nite events, on the second Wednesday of every month:
- August 13, 2025
- September 10, 2025
The August Nerd Nite will be a special event — our second annual Nerd Nite Lightning Talks! Instead of three 15-minute presentations, we’ll do 10 or more five-minute presentations. Start pitching your bite-sized talks!
All Twin Cities Nerd Nite events are free to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m. Food and drinks for purchase to support St. Paul’s longest-running LGBTQ+ bar.
What: June Nerd Nite
When: Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Where: The Black Hart, St. Paul
Talk nerdy to me! What better way to while away a wearisome Wednesday than by sharing it with your fellow nerds? We’ve got three new presentations on three incredibly different topics:
- Everything You Need To Know About the Economy (You Can Learn on Neopets.com)
- A Streetcar Named Doubleheader
- How to Play With Fire for Fun and Profit
Be there AND be square.
Don’t forget upcoming Nerd Nite events, on the second Wednesday of every month:
- July 9, 2025
- August 13, 2025
The August Nerd Nite will be a special event — our second annual Nerd Nite Lightning Talks! Instead of three 15-minute presentations, we’ll do 10 or more five-minute presentations. Start pitching your bite-sized talks!
All Twin Cities Nerd Nite events are free to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m. Food and drinks for purchase to support St. Paul’s longest-running LGBTQ+ bar.
What: May Nerd Nite
When: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Where: The Black Hart, St. Paul
Talk nerdy to me! What better way to while away a wearisome Wednesday than by sharing it with your fellow nerds? We’ve got three new presentations on three incredibly different topics:
– Get Undressed with Me (in 1740s)
– Silver Screen Hotties
– Duck, Duck, So What?!
As always, doors open at 6:30pm and show starts at 7pm. No cover, but you can purchase snacks and beverages to support our local LGBTQIA+ soccer bar, Black Hart. Be there AND be square!
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What: April Nerd Nite
When: Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Where: The Black Hart, St. Paul
Drive that false-spring sorrow away! We’ve got your boring April Wednesday (4/9) covered with three shiny new presentations Think mini-TED Talks…at a bar. Doors open at 6:30pm, show starts at 7. Free event, but you can purchase libations and snacks supporting the oldest gay bar in St. Paul. Our lineup:
- “E-Bikes Will Save the World or: How I Learned to Stop Driving and Love the Pedal”
- “Fun with Graph Theory”
- “Dictatorships, Stimulants, and Sleep Loss-Induced Psychosis”
Be there AND be square!
What: March Nerd Nite
When: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Where: The Black Hart, St. Paul
Like the Discovery Channel…with beer. We’ve got three brand new talks to mesmerize your mind, thrill the ol’ thinker, intrigue your intellect…you get the idea.
- “Pile Driving: Getting to Bedrock”
- “Limitation Breeds Creativity: Video Game Musice Through the Ages”
- “Mind the Gap! Philosophy of the Mind”
Free to the public! Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m. Food and drinks are available for purchase.