Come pregame with us! We will have New Berlin out from 4-8PM plus $5 pints of our special NSC gameday beer pouring all day!

Profs and Pints Nashville presents: “Shaping the Reality of Artificial Intelligence,” an exploration of profound questions raised by AI and our efforts to harness it, with Professor Daniel Gervais of Vanderbilt Law School, leading expert on AI law and policy and the author of the Coexistence Trilogy, a work of legal science fiction.

An unparalleled revolution is unfolding right before our eyes as the digital intellect of AI shoulders cognitive tasks that long have been the dominion of humanity. Machines adorned with grand names like ChatGPT, Dall-E, and Sora are demonstrating prowess that eclipses human capability, transforming AI from a distant dream and the stuff of science fiction into an architect of our reality and a burgeoning economic titan. AI is diagnosing diseases, coming up with life-saving drugs, composing new music and film storylines, and even making weighty decisions related to the path and speed of automobiles and the conduct of armed conflict.

As we stand at this precipice looking out to the digital horizon there are many profound questions we’ve yet to decide. Should we be focused on harnessing AI's potential or, instead, on guarding against its unchecked ascendancy? Who shall reign in the quest to surpass human intellect, and upon what ethical foundation? Where does the law fit into this brave new world, and can rules created by humans for humans be counted on to govern silicon minds that navigate a different existence?

In a world led by AI, what will being human actually mean? What roles should be considered inherently human and reserved for living people with touch and intuition? What will be humanity’s legacy and purpose?

Come to Nashville’s Fait La Force taproom to hear such questions tackled by Daniel Gervais, an expert on law dealing with artificial intelligence and intellectual property who has held posts advising the World Trade Organization and other international bodies on such subjects.

You’ll emerge with a more sophisticated understanding of what AI means for our future, appreciative of the knowledge, wisdom, and insights offered by a real human in a setting with great pizza and beer. (Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later.)

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The Boys In Gold are back at the Castle taking on Philadelphia Union on Saturday April 6th. Top of the Walk-In will be flowing for just $5 and we will have Drop Dead Crunchwraps out for some pregame munchies!

On the last Tuesday of every month, we'll be gathering together to read, chat, and then read some more!  Here’s the plan:  For 30 minutes, we'll be diving into our individual books. This isn’t a book club, so there will be no assigned reading or group discussions. After 30 minutes of reading, there will be a 15 minute breather to chat (or not) with other folks about our latest reads before diving back into your books! Then repeat to your hearts content, or until the brewery closes, whichever comes first.

This group is intended for all levels of social comfort and reading style. Whether you can’t wait to chat with a new friend about your favorite author or you’ll be using those 15 minutes of chatter to order yourself another Hot Toddy (because yes, there will be tea for Hot Toddy’s), please join us!  We’re excited to unite a community of book lovers, so we hope to see you out!

Profs and Pints Nashville presents: “The Life of Ireland’s Patrick,” an exploration of what’s known and believed about Ireland’s patron saint, with Kimberly Balding, instructor in English and scholar and teacher of Irish culture and literature at Belmont University.

For all of the celebration done in his honor every year, Ireland’s Saint Patrick remains an elusive and poorly understood figure.

Much of what we think we know about him comes from folklore, myth, and legend. We’re told that he used the shamrock to explain the holy trinity, that he drove the snakes out of Ireland, and even that he survived clashes with the Druids who possessed supernatural powers.  But then doubts emerge when we learn, for example, that there were no snakes in Ireland during his time.

Kimberly Balding, a scholar of Ireland and Irish Gaelic who leads study-abroad groups on the Emerald Isle, argues that the real life of Patrick was amazing in itself. His letters tell of surviving incredible hardships, and few figures have ever had as much of an impact on a nation as he did.

Join her at Nashville’s Fait La Force taproom as she examines the life of Patrick as a man who walked and labored on an island regarded as the end of the earth. She’ll discuss his survival and successes, unpack the myth and folklore surrounding him, and otherwise bring him to life for you in ways that will lend your Saint Patrick’s Days more meaning down the road. (Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later.)

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It’s the first Saturday home match of the 2024 season as NSC takes on Charlotte FC on 3/16 at 7:30pm. New Berlin will be out serving up their always delicious Doner, and we’ll have our $5 Euro Pale special going all day long to get you hydrated

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! It’s been a wild and fast 2 years over here and we are super excited to party with you all! To celebrate, we are bringing back all the greatest hits from our first two years. We’ll have some of your all-time favorite FLF beers on tap, a couple of our most beloved foodtrucks will be out serving up their wares, and of course some throwback jams on the radio. Plus we’ve got a couple of HUGE announcements still to come including a new merch drop, a huge prize pack giveaway, and one massive surprise we can’t wait to share with you. Trust us when we say this is one you definitely will not want to miss.

Mark your calendars and plan to come hang with us on Saturday, March 9th and be sure to follow us on Instagram or Facebook for all of the fun surprise announcements to come!

NSC qualified this year for the Concacaf Champions Cup and will be kicking off their cup run with two matches against Moca FC. Come watch with us and cheer our home team on with $5 Euro Pales for both matches!

On the last Tuesday of every month, we'll be gathering together to read, chat, and then read some more!  Here’s the plan:  For 30 minutes, we'll be diving into our individual books. This isn’t a book club, so there will be no assigned reading or group discussions. After 30 minutes of reading, there will be a 15 minute breather to chat (or not) with other folks about our latest reads before diving back into your books! Then repeat to your hearts content, or until the brewery closes, whichever comes first.

This group is intended for all levels of social comfort and reading style. Whether you can’t wait to chat with a new friend about your favorite author or you’ll be using those 15 minutes of chatter to order yourself another Hot Toddy (because yes, there will be tea for Hot Toddy’s), please join us!  We’re excited to unite a community of book lovers, so we hope to see you out for our first meetup on February 27th!

Nashville Soccer Club is kicking off the MLS season with a home opener against the New York Red Bulls on Sunday, February 25th and we are pulling out all the stops! We’ll have New Berlin out serving up their always delicious döner from 12-4pm, and as is tradtion we will slinging $5 pints of Euro Pale all day long (And don’t forget your $6 19.2oz crowler to-go). PLUS, we will be dropping a super limited run on Fait la Force home team jerseys to celebrate the start of the season!

Come out and test your knowledge of all the happenings of Jess, Nick, and the entire apartment gang on Wednesday, February 21st! Trivia is free to play and there are Fait la Force gift card prizes for the top 3 teams. It all kicks off at the taproom at 7pm, so assemble your quirkiest trivia crew and come out for your cahnce to win!

Profs and Pints Nashville presents: “The Folklore of Love Spells,” on the use of magic to influence romantic destinies, with Cory Thomas Hutcheson, folklorist, lecturer at Middle Tennessee State University, and author of New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic.

Looking for a distinct way to spend Valentine’s Day? Come to the Fait La Force taproom for a rich, ribald, and riotous exploration of the use of romantic enchantments in history and folklore.

You’ll feel spellbound as you listen to folklorist Cory Thomas Hutcheson, who previously has given fantastic Profs and Pints talks on scary Yule lore, occult children’s games, and cryptids. This time around he’ll discuss a delicious assortment of methods—alluring and occasionally appalling—that people historically have used to find, catch, or hold others them.

Dr. Hutcheson will present talismans, potions, charms, and more from the pages of history, exploring the principles at work in each. You'll hear about how counting stars can lead to dreams of future lovers, why some women in the Ozarks once nailed turkey wishbones above their doors, and how a meal of fish, cheese, or chocolate might lead to seduction--or the hospital. His talk will cover everything from fortune-telling charms designed to predict the future of a relationship to secretive formulae intended to drive a couple apart.

Look Cupid in the eye and ask him "Why?" as we explore this raucous mixture of magic, belief, folklore, and story. If nothing else, you’ll end up loving this learning experience. (Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later.)

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Come join us for a night of making pressed flower picture frames. We can print photos from your phone using our Polaroid printer. Then pick from an assortment of flowers to decorate your frame with. All materials will be provided

$40/person

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Come join us for a night of making pressed flower picture frames. We can print photos from your phone using our Polaroid printer. Then pick from an assortment of flowers to decorate your frame with. All materials will be provided

$50/person

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Unleash your inner Slayer at Fait la Force!

Date: Wednesday 1/31/24 Time: 7PM

Get ready for a night of stakes, sips, and supernatural knowledge as we present Buffy the Vampire Slayer Trivia Night with special guest co-host Stephanie Graves! Assemble your very own Scooby Gang and join us for a evening of trivia, where the Hellmouth meets hoppy happiness.

Whether you're a seasoned Watcher or just discovering the magic of Sunnydale, everyone is welcome to join the fun. And best of all, there are gift card prizes for the top three teams!

Plus to keep your cravings in check, we’ll have Drop Dead Crunchwraps out to keep you fed!

So, gather your stakes, sharpen your wits, and get ready to slay the competition!

Have you ever made a vision board? Do you even know what one is? Come learn how to make a vision board and set some goals (not resolutions) for the next month, quarter or year! It'll be super relaxed and a great way to make some "me time".

$25/person

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Profs and Pints Nashville presents: “Antarctica 101,” a look at life and research on the Earth’s frozen continent, with Dan Morgan, geologist, scholar of glaciers, and principal senior lecturer in Earth and environmental sciences at Vanderbilt University.

Antarctica is the coldest, driest, highest, windiest, brightest, loneliest, most peaceful, and least explored continent on Earth. Come to a decidedly cozier and more comfortable environment—Nashville’s Fait La Force taproom—to gain a deep understanding of Antarctica and our efforts to explore it.  

Your guide on this scholarly journey, Dan Morgan of Vanderbilt University, has been to Antarctica for six seasons of field research on the ice.

He’ll talk about the geologic history of Antarctica, its status as the world’s largest wildlife refuge, and why it’s central to our understanding of the global climate and ecosystem.

You’ll learn how Antarctica’s discovery more than 200 years ago helped motivate a golden age of its exploration and a race for the South Pole, with the key figures involved including the doomed Robert Falcon Scott and the death-escaping Ernest Shackleton. Dr. Morgan will talk about the treaty governing Antarctica and why it was the site of the first arms-control treaty signed during the Cold War.

You’ll get brought up to speed on current explorations and what it’s like to be living and camping there today. Motivating researchers who head there is a conviction that what happens in Antarctica affects all of us—Earth’s southernmost continent truly is at the heart of it all. (Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later.)

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Join Next Chapter Society for their monthly book club! NCS book clubs are free and open to anyone, not just NCS members. You are welcome to hang out, even if vou haven't read the book!

Have you ever made a vision board? Do you even know what one is? Come learn how to make a vision board and set some goals (not resolutions) for the next month, quarter or year! It'll be super relaxed and a great way to make some "me time".

$25/person

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Don’t let not wanting to stay up late stop you from celebrating the New Years! Come out and say farewell to 2023 and raise a glass to 2024 at 6PM on NYE with us! We’ll have the livestream from our friends across the pond up on the big screen so we can join in on the countdown, and still make it home for bedtime. Or if you want to double down, you can grab some crowlers to go and head out to celebrate again!

It’s Christmas Eve Eve, so get your family out of the house and come by for a full day Christmas movie marathon! Plus if you wear some Christmas attire or bring us in a tree ornament you’ll recieve 10% off all drafts!

n this three-hour workshop, you'll take away basic hand embroidery skills and will be guided through proper use of tools to create fun, seasonal greeting cards. You'll be able to create your own designs or borrow from templates provided. Embroiderers of all ages and levels welcome!

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Profs and Pints Nashville presents: “They See You When You’re Sleeping,” a crash course on Krampus, Yule trolls, and other frights of the holiday season, with Cory Thomas Hutcheson, folklorist, lecturer at Middle Tennessee State University, and author of New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic.

If all you have gotten for being naughty was a lump of coal in your stocking, count yourself very, very lucky.

Modern American families generally associate the winter holidays with gift-giving and cozy family moments, for but centuries there have been far grimmer traditions connected to the yuletide season, involving folkloric beliefs in beings that left kids cowering beneath their covers.

Come and explore the wicked side of the holidays with Dr. Cory Thomas Hutcheson, who teaches courses on folklore and fairy tales and has extensively researched the sources of fright that roam cold dark nights.

Professor Hutcheson will introduce you to the roving Christmas witch La Befana, the belly-slitting beaked women known as schnabelperchten, and, of course, the terrifying devil-creature known as the Krampus. He’ll also summon up lesser demons of the season, including the grumpy Belsnickel of Pennsylvania, a wide assortment of Scandinavian holiday imps, and Iceland’s Jólakötturinnhe, or Christmas Cat, which grows chonk from the consumption of unlucky people.

He’ll discuss where these figures and the stories associated with them come from and talk about why they have become more popular and relevant in recent years, being featured in popular films, television shows, books, and more.

So come prepare to have yourself a scary little Christmas. You’ll have plenty of time to beg the elf on the shelf not to snitch. (Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later.)

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Baila with Kyla’s annual Sleigh the Night holiday social! This time with very special guest DJ Cokie! With 2 45 minute classes with Cokie and Kyla you will be ready to dance the night away! Prices go up at the door - register now!

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Join us for a magical journey into the wizarding world at our Harry Potter Day on Saturday, December 16th! Enjoy enchanting movie screenings, don your wizard robes for a 10% discount, test your Hogwarts knowledge at 7pm with trivia and win spellbinding gift cards, savor a taste of Butterbeer, and immerse yourself in a day of wizardry and wonder.

Join us on Thursday, December 14th at 6PM, for a White Elephant Beer Event that promises to add a hoppy twist to your holiday celebrations. Bring along your favorite fresh beer, wrapped in holiday paper or concealed in a bag. Each brew will be assigned a number. Later, you'll draw a number, corresponding to the secretly wrapped or bagged beer. What brew awaits you? It's all part of the excitement!

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n this three-hour workshop, you'll take away basic hand embroidery skills and will be guided through proper use of tools to create fun, seasonal greeting cards. You'll be able to create your own designs or borrow from templates provided. Embroiderers of all ages and levels welcome!

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Join artist and host Caitlin on December 9th at 1PM for a chill afternoon of crafting a pet or holiday ornament over craft beers. You will be provided everything needed and your host walk you through the whole process.There are only a few basic stitches to learn and in no time at all you will have a classic keepsake and a new favorite hobby. No prior experience is needed! Tickets

Profs and Pints Nashville presents: “Tapping Our Powers of Perception,” a look at groundbreaking brain research that is changing assumptions about ability and talent, with Isabel Gauthier, professor of psychology and head of the Object Perception Lab at Vanderbilt University.

Do you think that your IQ score or your preferred learning style define your intellectual boundaries? Then maybe it’s time to think again.

Come to Fait La Force taproom for a transformative look at the intricacies of human potential and the huge role that variations in our perceptual abilities play in our lives. Whether you are an educator keen on implementing evidence-based practices, a student eager to optimize your learning, or simply a curious individual fascinated by the untapped depths of the human mind, you’ll appreciate how much this talk gives you a fresh perspective on human abilities.

The speaker, Dr. Isabel Gauthier, is a neuroscientist whose research on our visual abilities, such as our skill at object recognition, has resulted in numerous influential studies that challenge widely held beliefs about who can become an expert in certain fields.

She plans to begin her eye-opening talk by debunking a notion many educators swear by, the idea that people have different learning styles—visual, auditory or kinesthetic—and learn better if instructed according to them. She’ll offer evidence that the idea stands on shaky scientific ground and represents a persistent “neuromyth” which is not supported by evidence and may be limiting our efforts to teach and learn better.

From there, she’ll introduce you to a new idea that reshapes the landscape of what we understand as human abilities, operating independently of traditional measures like intelligence or learning preferences like a visual learning style. It’s the idea that object recognition, an ability she measures as the value "o," is an important measure of intellectual ability. You will learn about compelling evidence that individuals vary as much in their perceptual abilities as they do in cognitive skills – and how most people have very little idea of how good they are at perceptual tasks.

Her research suggests that people who are good at recognizing birds also will be especially able to identify planes or spot tumors on X-rays. It has implications for fields like healthcare and art and for jobs such as satellite imagery interpretation and fingerprint identification. It may even help you recognize new areas where you might find success. (Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later.)