If your ideal social event combines drinking alcohol and acquiring obscure knowledge, then Nerd Nite is for you.
Austin's first Nerd Nite is scheduled for 7 pm Thursday at Opal Divine's Freehouse (700 West 6th St.) and will feature a University of Texas epidemiologist discussing Ebola rates among gorillas, as well as an enthusiastic chronicler of post-Soviet Belarusian society.
Organizers are hoping the event, which originated in Boston and gained additional exposure in New York, could become a monthly occurrence.
"Nerd Nite is really about having a passion for the obscure," explained co-creator JC Dwyer. "We serve as an outlet for people who, by profession or compulsion, have become experts on topics that no one else cares about. We give them a couple beers, and encourage them to share that passion."

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