Nerd Nite San Francisco, February 17th, 2016 Tonight! DJ Alpha Bravo Tonights tunes have been selected to match our presenters topics. See if you can catch the references! GRILLED CHEESE GUY upstairs! Tonight's food by menu item here SFPL is here! Get a library card! Take home a reading list! Find out whats new at your branch! Upcoming Nerdery 2/18 Noise Pop Cal Academy 2/23 Odd Salon: DNA Lounge 2/29 Nerd Nite East Club 21 3/1 Nerd Nite North Hopmonk Tavern, Novato 3/3 Exploratorium After Dark: Extended Cinemas 3/14 Ask a Scientist Pi Day Puzzle SoMa StrEat Food Park calacademy.org/nightlife Noise Pop NightLife Thursday, 2/18 Kick off Noise Pop 2016 with sound-inspired science and live performances by indie rockers Gardens & Villa and opening act Charlie Hilton (of the band Blouse). oddsalon.com DNA Lounge, 7pm Stories of portents and omens and the illusion of free will, from the Scottish Play and Nostradamus to the major arcana & magic eight balls. eastbay.nerdnite.com Nerd Nite East Bay Monday, 2/29, 7 pm Club 21, Oakland The Great Vowel Shift by (2x NNSF alum) Brian Seitel On-Farm Habitat Enhancements in Agricultural Landscapes for Pollinators: Bringing Bees Back to Ag by Lauren Ponisio Jugger: A Brief History of People Gently Hitting Each Other with Sticks by Evan and Valkyrie Savage eastbay.nerdnite.com NNNB Next: Tuesday, 3/1, 7pm Mysteries of the Bay Area: Shipwrecks, Strange Stones, and Secret Graves north.bay. nerdnite.com The warm glow of the projected image invites us to in-between worlds. During this cinematic celebration, now an annual favorite, the passive act of watching turns to listening, peering, touching, and interacting. 3/3, 6pm askascientistsf.com Ask a Scientist Pi Day Puzzle Party Monday, 3/14, 7pm SoMa StrEat Food Park Celebrate Pi Day with a boisterous math and logic puzzle competition. Come with your own crew or form a team on the spot. Bring pencils, scratch paper, and basic non-scientific calculators. Wanna Give a Talk Here? Sign up on the sheet at the merch table ORyour pitch to For inspiration, visit: sf.nerdnite.com and vimeo.com/nerdniteSF Tee shirts $20 We restocked the most popular colors & sizes! TRIVIA! Nerd Almanac If you know the answer to any one of the following trivia questions, be the first person to tell Lucy and claim your prize. (Limit: one prize per person.) Win a drink on us! TRIVIA! Nerd Almanac Today in 1913, the Armory Show opened in NYC. This first large U.S. exhibition of modern art introduced Americans to the European avant- garde, including this work. Who painted it? (Bonus cred if you know the title.) TRIVIA! Nerd Almanac Today in 1913, the Armory Show opened in NYC. This first large U.S. exhibition of modern art introduced Americans to the European avant- garde, including this work. Who painted it? (Bonus cred if you know the title.) ANSWER: HENRI MATISSE, LATELIER ROUGE TRIVIA! NerdAlmanac On February 17, 1996, Garry Kasparov defeated IBMs Deep Blue. But the following year he became the first world champion chess player to do what? TRIVIA! NerdAlmanac ANSWER: LOSE TO A COMPUTER The Ranger 8 probe launched today in What was the objective of the Ranger programs unmanned space missions? ANSWER: TO GET CLOSE-UP IMAGES OF THE MOONS SURFACE Its the birthday of Oakland native Dr. Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party. Why did they wear black berets? ANSWER: AS A REVOLUTIONARY SYMBOL (SEE: CHE GUEVARA)