Nerd Nite - The Anniversary

WHEN:: Thu. 03/04 | 7:00PM - Thu. 03/04
WHERE:: Buffalo Billiards, 201 E. Sixth map

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Nerd Nite is turning 1!1!!1!

Help us blow out the candles with some well-known Austinites...

Featuring:

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"A Brief History of Texas Politics," by Gardner Selby

W. Gardner Selby, who's been the Austin American-Statesman's chief political writer and weekly politics columnist, currently is editor of PolitiFact Texas, the first state-level effort affiliated with the Pulitzer Prize-winnning truth-testing effort launched nationally by the St. Petersburg Times in 2007. His background includes many newspapers and a stint in Texas state government. He's open to any suggestions on how to pay for college for his stellar senior at McCallum High.

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"How Mathletes Saved Baseball: Sabermetrics and the Slow Process of Teaching Statistical Analysis to Jocks," by Chris Magyar

Chris Magyar is a writer and editor who has worked in the publishing industry for 10 years in Denver, Brisbane, Santa Cruz, and Austin. He has an unhealthy obsession with the print medium, has voted in every election and tries to know everything there is to know about baseball.

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"Let's Learn from Professional Wrestling," by Chris Trew

Chris Trew (AKA Terp2It) has been performing comedy and watching wrestling nearly his entire life. He is the Artistic Director of The New Movement and frequently tours the country with his comedy duo Chris and Tami.

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PLUS - Free pool & shuffleboard to attendees!

FREE (21+)