Dork Side of the Moon: A Science Comedy Show

Name: Dork Side of the Moon: A Science Comedy Show
Start: 2025-09-18T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-09-18T20:30:00-07:00
Location: 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR, United States, Oregon 97214

Schedule

Thu Sep 18 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR, United States, Oregon 97214 | Portland, OR

Is it comedy or is it science? Yes! In 2020, Sarah Hagen finished her PhD in mathematics. In 2023, she took things to the next level and created a raunchy-yet-educational PowerPoint to better spread the good word of math to the people of the world. Come watch a comedic presentation during which the audience learns how the Ancient Greeks were able to measure the distance to the moon and sun despite living in a time period so primitive that memes were shared via pottery.
TICKETS:
$20 adults, $18 seniors | Recommended for ages 18+ OMSI members receive 15% off
ABOUT THE PERFORMER:
Sarah Hagen is a mostly normal person with an irritating obsession with mathematics. In an act of wild desperation, she began moonlighting as a stand-up comedian with the express purpose of incorporating mathematics into comedy. Seven years later, she is a fixture of the northwest comedy scene and co-producer of the touring STEM vaudeville show Singu-hilarity, as well as the popular recurring show Naughty but Nerdy, which runs all over the West Coast. She holds a PhD in mathematics and is a former OMSI Science Communication Fellow.
https://omsi.edu/events/dork-side-of-the-moon/