We have a new venue!

the bar inside the
Alamo Drafthouse Mueller

Shows are the last Thursday of every month at 7:30pm.
The Barrel opens at 4pm. The show is free, so arrive early to get a good seat.
They have a full bar including beers on tap and a great food menu.
There’s parking in the garage behind the Alamo Mueller along McBee street. Barrel O’ Fun will validate parking for up to 4 hours. Simply bring your ticket with you to the bar.
The Barrel O’ Fun website has menus, map and more.

Nerd Nite Austin #150 – Invisible Spaces

Thursday, September 28th, 7:30pm at Barrel O’ Fun and on Twitch

“What’s Living in Your Compost” by Andie Marsh

Explore the hidden world beneath our feet and discover the microbiome’s role in restoring function and fertility to soils. Learn why not all compost is created equal.

Andie is a Soil Health Specialist, Certified Lab-Technician, budding science writer and small business owner of Rhizos LLC. She’s on a mission to help others restore life and functionality to their soil systems. It’s sexier than it sounds and she’s here to prove it!

“Cataclysmic Climate Contagions” by Stavana E. Strutz, PhD

Viral apocalypse, bacterial catastrophe, or wormageddon? Find out which infectious diseases are becoming more dangerous because of climate change and how! Learn how to protect yourself and your community from increasing disease risk.

Dr. Stavana Strutz is a biologist and science communicator who served as a Chapter Scientist for the most recent United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UN-IPCC) Report. She is a co-founder of the Austin Texas Science Communicators (ATXSciComm) 501c3 nonprofit and has started an exciting new foray into science fiction writing and performance. stavanastrutz.com

“Drinking With The Saints” by Bill Frisbie

Drinking With The Saints is a monthly, storytelling salon that mixes “spirits” with the Spirit World. Here, the recipe for brewing deeper connections (with perfect strangers & imperfect friends) is a safe space, true tales, finger foods, and an ice cold glass of… something.