Thursday, May 22 Nerd Nite SF #151: Fad Diets, Jane Austen, and the Shell Space Band! 7pm doors $10/15 tix All Ages Jackie Liu - What's For Dinner? - A One-Size Diet Truly Does Not Fit All It almost seems like every day there is a new diet being advertised as the ultimate way to eat. Whether it’s the carnivore diet, keto, or intermittent fasting — it can feel impossible to navigate. Lucky for us, tonight’s speaker is here to separate fact from fad. Bio: Jackie Liu is a UC Berkeley and UCSF-trained Registered Dietitian who currently provides medical nutrition therapy in the inpatient and outpatient settings at Stanford Hospital. In the inpatient setting, she cares for patients in the ICU, surgical, transplant, medicine, and oncology units and in the outpatient setting, she works in the Digestive Health Clinic, caring for patients with a wide variety of gastrointestinal conditions from IBS to inflammatory bowel disease to long-term tube feeding and IV nutrition. She is also an incoming medical student at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and is passionate about bridging nutrition and medicine, in a current world and society that seems to do anything to keep these two apart. Christina Li - Get Married or Die: Austen's Side Chicks Sprinkled throughout Austen’s novels are references to women who married badly or not at all! This talk will examine the social rules and consequences in these side characters and how her heroines - despite the risks - still want to marry for love Bio: Christina Li is a local artist and community supporter. When she’s not singing in pop rock band Shell Space or volunteering with MISSSEY she is usually trying to rest. Special Musical Guest: Shell Space! Shell Space is a six-piece indie rock band birthed in Berkeley. Their songs reference Tilden Park, rectangles, and feldspar. Featuring Friends of the Show: The SF Public Library Tarot with Ben Grandis Musical Treats by DJ&Jelly