For the first time since 1992 I’ll be on stage at Crackers for dough. This will be my first appearance in the Downtown room as I never worked for Chic and Patty Perrin when the owned the Comedy Connection.
Wednesday the 25th thru Saturday night, no show Thursday.

Umorul-amortizor al situaţiilor de criză, umorul face ziua bună, şcoala mai uşoară, munca mai plăcută, dacă sursa de umor interacţionează mult cu publicul, facem team-building.

     Joi am fost for the first time la Comedy.show. Desi nu imi suna mie prea bine ideea de improvizatie (am mai vazut si pe altii improvizand fel de fel de chestii-in special justificari:P ) am zis totusi sa imi satisfac curiozitatea (scuzati cacofonia ) si sa vad ce si cum, mai ales ca am un amic care merge la fiecare spectacol posibil si il auzi mereu Comedy.show in sus, Comedy.show in jos. Si cum ziceam, joi mi-am lasat lipsa de chef de a iesi din casa acasa si am plecat spre  La Scena. Sincer, amicul asta avea dreptate…sunt foarte fun oamenii. Am ras mai rau decat am ras la cea mai fun comedie pe care am vazut-o ever…ma dureau toti muschii posibili de la atata ras( de fapt doar aia din jurul abdomenului ). Desi este un spectacol de improvizatie din cate am observat eu exista niste reguli- un fel de joculete dar si in cadrul lor se improvizeaza. De exemplu au “doar trei cuvinte”(sau erau  vorbe?) un joculet in care fiecare replica pe care o spun actorii trebuie sa aiba doar 3 cuvinte, locul unde se petrece actiunea este dat de spectatori. Sau “asta imi suna a cantec” la care daca unul din actori ii zice celuilalt in timpul unei conversatii “asta imi suna a cantec” celalalt trebuie sa improvizeze un cantec pornind de la replica pe care tocmai  o spusese. Si multe multe altele, una mai amuzanta decat cealalta. Mie mi-au placut foarte mult oamenii astia: foarte amuzanti si zic eu si foarte creativi si inteligenti(ca doar nu reusesti sa scoti replici amuzante imediat dintr-un cap mai putin dotat).

    Din cate am inteles eu urmatoarul show de la Comedy.show este Duminica  5 decembrie de la 19,30. Deci cine mai vine?

     * Mai multe informatii despre ei ,despre bilete, rezervari si cum ajungeti in La Scena, gasiti pe site-ul Comedy.show.

                                      Have fun!

Hello Everyone,

Just wanted to remind everyone again in The Staten Island area that I will be performing on Staten Island at Uncle Vinnie’s Comedy Club on Thursday, November 25 (THANKSGIVING EVE). It is the new refurbished LANE THEATER on new Dorp Lane. The show will start at 9:00 PM and the number to call for more info and/or reservations  is 1-877-UNCLEVIN or go to www.unclevinniescomedyclub.com to buy tickets.  I hope a lot of people show up for this event because this is my first area appearance on Staten Island in a very long time and I am looking forward to it immensely.

Also, I will be performing this New Year’s Eve at Howard Johnson’s in Toms River, NJ. The price will be an amazingly low price of $40 per person if tickets are purchased in advance and $45 per person if purchased at the door. This includes Dinner & Show and Champagne Toast at Midnight! The show is my Special Music & Comedy Show of about 2 hours plus. Doors will open at 8:30 PM. This is going to be a fun show, to say the least. (They also have package deals available of Room, Dinner & Show) Call Andrea at 732-244-1000 Ext.508 for more info or tickets. START THE NEW YEAR OFF WITH LAUGHTER!!

AND NOW FOR MY UPCOMING SHOWS:

Date: November 25, 2009 (THANKSGIVING EVE)
Venue: Uncle Vinnie’s Comedy Club — Staten Island, NY
Phone: 1-877-UNCLEVIN or www.unclevinniescomedyclub.com
Other: Located in The New Lane Theater on New Dorp Lane

Date: November 27, 2009
Venue: The Moose Lodge — Vineland, NJ
Phone: Call High School for Information
Other: Fundraiser For Vineland High School Girl’s Tennis Team

Date: November 28, 2009
Venue: Social Hall at Nancy Run Fire Company — Bethlehem, PA
Phone: (732)433-5247 Ask For Antonio
Other: Fundraiser For The Bethlehem Elks

Date: December 31, 2009 (NEW YEAR’S EVE)
Venue: Howard Johnson’s — Toms River, NJ
Phone: (732)244-1000 Ext. 508 Ask For Andrea
Other: Dinner & Show plus Champagne Toast at Midnight ($40 in advance & $45 at the door) SPECIAL: Room, Dinner & Show Packages Available to make it a special evening!!
Other: THIS SHOW WILL DEFINITELY SELL OUT FAST so BUY TICKETS EARLY!!

Date: January 7, 8, & 9, 2010
Venue: Wiseguys Comedy Club –Syracuse, NY
Phone: (315)477-9898
Other: Located at 201 South Salina Street

Date: January 15, 2010
Venue: Toms River Elks Club — Toms River, NJ
Phone: (732)240-2711 Ask For Becky
Other: Fundraiser Show For The Special Children’s Committee

Date: January 16, 2010
Venue: Port-Au-Peck Fire House — Oceanport, NJ
Phone: (732)921-8025 Ask for Jim Gallo
Other: Fundraiser For The Oceanport Firefighters

Date: January 22 & 23, 2010
Venue: Wisecracker’s Comedy Club — Scranton, PA
Phone: (570)788-8451
Other: Located in The Clarion Hotel off of I-81

Date: January 29 & 30, 2010
Venue: Wisecracker’s Comedy Club — State College, PA
Phone: (814)238-3001
Other: Located in The Ramada Inn on Atherton St. (Route 322)

I hope one of these dates is near you and that you can attend. As always, thank you so much for all of your past support!

Don’t forget that my BRAND NEW COMEDY  DVD that was recorded at The Strand Theater this past July is out now and doing very well and I wanted to thank everyone who have purchased it so far and thanks also for the great e-mails about it. I am very happy with the response thus far. If you are interested in purchasing it just go to my online store at www.comedytornado.com/merch.htm. It is called ‘Hanging By A Strand’ and it is the live show plus added bonus footage of the question and answer session I had with the audience at the end of the show… Makes a great Christmas gift stocking stuffer.

Also, speaking about the holiday season, for people interested in hiring me for your Holiday & Chrismas parties, whether it be private or corporate, let me know soon because my December dates are almost gone.  All I require is a 10 ft. wide by a 6 ft. deep area and I bring my own P.A. System & Lighting, all you have to bring is the laughter. I also can book other acts if you are looking for something different than my act.

Thanks for being on my mailing list,

Paul Venier

www.comedytornado.com

www.myspace.com/paulvenier

To all the people at the American Legion in Franklin, Saturday night. I had a great time doing old and new stories. Feed back from attendees was good so I’m happy with how the return is going. Thanks to Brian and everyone at the Legion Post for having me and being so easy to work with. More fun to come in the future.
Thanks again!
Next appearance Thanksgiving week at Crackers Downtown. I’ll be your host with Headliner and Indy native Dan Davidson

The sign screams at folks as the move West and East along Jefferson Street. This show is this Saturday, Nov 14. Tickets at the door.

A few months ago, I bought tickets for a show for a date night for my husband and myself.  Our date nights are few and far between, and we were both looking forward to this show last night.  But with my aunt’s death early yesterday morning, we weren’t sure if it was appropriate to go or not.  Does one go to a humorous show on the day a loved one has died?  But, we knew my aunt was in heaven, we knew she loved to laugh, and we knew that if we could ask her what to do, she would say, “Go to the show!”

So, we went.  And we had a marvelous time.

What was the show?  We watched John Cleese, of Monty Python fame, perform a one-man show consisting of him telling stories about his life in comedy television.  The show was held in the Fox Theater in downtown Redwood City, an old historical landmark theater.  JJ and I went early and had supper at a fabulous little Italian restaurant about two blocks from the theater.  It was a good thing we did, because when we came out and walked to the theater, the line to get into the show stretched for two blocks in the other direction!  If we had been trying to park right before the show, we would have had to park quite a distance away.  We were both pleased about that.  And the food was wonderful at the restaurant!

The show itself was — hilarious!!  We laughed and laughed.  Apparently, John Cleese and his wife recently divorced VERY unamicably.  He has to pay her $20 million, leaving her richer than him!  He talked about this at the beginning of the show, explaining to the audience that he’s doing these shows simply because he “needs the money.”  After spending a little time hilariously ripping on his ex-wife (and her lawyer), he began to talk also hilariously about his childhood, his early years in TV, his time with Monty Python, his award-winning show Fawlty Towers, and a bit about the movie he wrote “A Fish Called Wanda.”  He wore a simple pair of jeans with a collared yellow shirt and a jacket, and the props on the stage consisted merely of a small table and chair with a glass and water pitcher on the table, a podium on the side of the stage, and a projection screen hanging in the middle, onto which various pictures were shown that connected to what he was talking about.

Here are a few interesting/funny highlights that I can remember from the show:

1. When he was ranting about how much he has to pay his wife in his divorce settlement, he mentioned various female celebrities and how often he could have married and divorced them and paid them settlements that would have equaled the $20 million.  He said something to the effect of this: “I could have married Pamela Anderson 2 and 1/3 times.  I could have married _____ 3.4 times.  I could have married this woman from Fremont (and he showed a picture of some minimally attractive woman) 200 times.” – except that he couldn’t get out the end of the joke because he was laughing so hard at the picture of the woman from “Fremont” [a city right across the Bay].  It was hysterically funny, especially because Cleese was buckled over laughing himself.  It was SO funny!
2. He was the only child of his parents, born after they had been married 13 years.  They hadn’t been planning to have children, so John’s arrival was a bit of a surprise.
3. He made the joke that he was born to parents who were “poor, but honest – the worst kind of childhood of all.”  The way he said it was so funny!
4. He made a lot of jokes about his childhood hometown of Weston-Super-Mare, in England.  He said it was a town where absolutely nothing ever happened.  However, it did get bombed in WWII; Cleese said the Germans bombed it simply to prove that they had a sense of humor.
5. When Cleese graduated from high school, he applied and was accepted to Cambridge.  However, for some reason there was a glut of graduates (I forget why), so he had to wait two years until it was his turn to enter Cambridge.  During those two years, he was offered a position teaching 10 year old boys at his old elementary school, and he took the job.
6. He met Graham Chapman at Cambridge, and they were doing comedy together almost from the start.  Cleese studied to become a lawyer.
7. He somehow (I forget how) ended up in a musical on Broadway right after his college graduation, even though he couldn’t sing a note.  Under order from the music director, he mimed the words along with the rest of the men in the chorus.  One night when he did try to sing along a bit, the music director noticed and sternly reminded him after the show, “No singing!”
8. Recently he asked his fellow Pythons what their favorite “silly” scene from the “Flying Circus” shows was, the the unanimous choice was the fish slapping scene.
9. The “Black Knight” scene in the movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” (the one where Arthur lops off the arms and then the legs of the Black Knight, even as the Knight refuses to acknowledge defeat) was one that every producer of the movie wanted to take out.  However, when the movie was shown to preview audiences, that invariably was one of the people’s favorite scenes, so it stayed in.
10. Michael Palin can make Cleese laugh more than anyone.  Cleese shared a story of the time the Pythons were performing live in the Hollywood Bowl, and Palin changed a line in the “Dead Parrot” sketch, which completely cracked Cleese up.  He was laughing so hard he couldn’t remember his lines, and when it was his turn for a line, he turned to the Hollywood Bowl audience, who filled in the lines for him.
11. Cleese is apparently very anti-marketing and anti-political correctness.  Every time he mentioned marketers, he loudly spat onto the floor.  He also said that political correctness has ruined a lot of good comedy.

In the lobby, there were T-shirts for sale that said “I Saw John Cleese Perform” on the front, and on the back of the shirt it said “Just Before He Died.”  JJ and I thought those were pretty funny.  Other T-shirts for sale had silhouette images of Cleese in various poses of his “silly walks,” and on the back it said “Alimony Tour – Year One.”  There were also autographed hats that said, “What Would JC do?”  It was all very funny.

At the end of the show, when his “time was up,” he took a few questions from the audience.  There was a microphone ready on one side of the floor, and people lined up in the aisle to ask him a question.  He took about 5-6 questions, and they were all good questions from people who were much bigger Python fans than I am.  But one of the questions I remember: Someone asked about the PC-ness of the song “Never Be Rude to an Arab.”  It made me go home and dig out my Monty Python Instant Record Collection CD and listen to that song; it is most definitely NOT a politically correct song!

All in all, it was a really fun evening, and it has made me want to dig out my video of “The Life of Brian” and watch it again.  I’ve also never watched “The Meaning of Life” after an aborted attempt with a friend in high school; maybe I’ll give it a try again.  I know it’s full of black humor, but perhaps it will strike me a little differently now.  Our local PBS station also often plays old episodes of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” — I’ll probably watch those a little more closely, too.

It was fun to get out, fun to go to something that made us laugh, and it was just fun to see a famous person — in person!  At the very end of the show, Cleese mentioned that he recently moved to an apartment in San Francisco, so who knows?  Maybe he’ll be around in this area a little more.  Then again, I know a number of other celebrities live in SF, too, and I never see them either.  I’m not one who moves in celebrity-ridden circles, you know. 

Nash sleeps in my bed one night in six month’s, and now he thinks it is his bed. Last night he got into my bed hours before I was going to sleep, it was like he was positioning himself, and saying hey buddy, first come first position. At about 9pm he got into the bed, and spread out all over the bed. He did get out of the bed later, and we played for a little, then went for his late evening walk, but as soon as we got back to the apartment, he darted back into the bed, and I know I am blind, but I could swear he had an evil smirk on his face. I was still up for a bit, and Nash was camped out in my bed. Finally I was ready to go to bed, and as usual, I was afraid to look at the clock, because if I don’t know what time it is, then I am really not up that late. I had to put my comferter back on my bed, and I flung it all over the bed, and over Nash, and he didn’t budge. I decided to sit on the couch, and watch a little more tv, and Nash just camped out underneath the blankie. It was like he was in a cool little fort, or camping out in a tent. Finally, I wanted to get into bed, and I didn’t want Nash to get all fidgety while I was asleep so I got him to come out from underneath the blanket, and he repositioned himself on top of it. He was kind enough to move over when I got into bed, but then he started running all around me, and was standing over me, and I’m like, sorry dude this isn’t going to work. He was then standing on my right, and was standing on the cliff of the bed, and I’m trying to tell him to go to the other side. I even tried picking him up to move him to my left with no luck. Eventually, he understood, and crashed out on top of me a little on my left. I thought when I got a guide dog that I would tell him what to do, but I think even after six month’s we are still trying to determine who the boss is. Even though it is only three in the afternoon, I am thinking about getting into bed, hey, I got to get my spot for tongith before Nash gets his!

Laugh For Sight 4

Alice Stockton-Rossini of 1010 WINS radio will emcee this year’s Laugh For Sight 4, and will be joined by some of the biggest names in comedy; Robert Klein, Colin Quinn, John Oliver of the Daily Show, Rich Vos, Eddie Brill, Bonnie McFarlane, John Morrison, and Brian Fischler and Nash.

New York City’s Pulse 87.7 will be at the benefit and handing out gifts to guests as they arrive!

Free cocktails during the silent auction provided by Diageo, Patron, and the Brooklyn Brewery!

Donors to the silent auction include Comedy Central, the Mandarin Ortiental Hotel, Eli Manning, Hilton Hotels, Circle Cruise, Prada, Patron, Kramer Portraits, Robert Marc, Felix Rey, NJ Devils tickets, Second Stage, Broadway Show “Rock of Ages”, Dramatics NYC, Grannine Cashmere, several items of fine jewlery, and much more!

Proceeds will benefit Guiding Eyes For the Blind and The Scheie Eye Institute at the Univ. of Pennsylvania. Tickets can be purchased at www.laughforsight.com, www.gothamcomedyclub.com, or by calling 212-367-9000.

For more information, please visit www.laughforsight.com, and for questions, corporate tables, donations, or ads, please contact info@laughforsight.com.

Cancer can’t be planned.  It sneaks up on you and, in one moment, changes everything.  This was the case for Bryan Bishop.  Bryan was an on-air member of the Adam Carolla Morning Radio Show.  When it ended in March, Bryan was months away from his wedding day.  But first, cancer.

Bryan was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer in April.  His wife, Christie, has documented the whole journey in her engaging blog, An Inconvenient Tumor. I tell you this because Adam Carolla is hosting Laughs for Bald Brian at The Wilshire Ebell Theatre to raise funds for Bryan’s treatment and recovery.

The event begins at 6pm on Friday November 20, 2009 in the Garden Courtyard of the Ebell of Los Angeles with a silent auction.  Items up for bid include:

• a walk-on role on CBS primetime hit comedy, Gary Unmarried.
• Sit in with Adam Carolla during a podcast recording
• Tour of Adam’s legendary warehouse & garage
• a trip to Hawaii
• a trip to Big Bear
• a collection of Adam’s favorite power tools
• and more to come…!

Ticket are available in General Admission and VIP options:  General Admission tickets are $100 and include access to the welcome reception and silent auction.  VIP tickets are $300 and include reserved VIP seating, access to the welcome reception, and post-show VIP Reception in the Ebell Garden & Art Salon where you’ll mingle with the performers, and enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and desserts from the Ebell’s Executive Chef Louis Pechan.

The show is lining up amazing talent: Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel, Greg Fitzsimmons, Dana Gould, Dr. Drew, Larry Miller, Joel McHale, The Dan Band.

Information and tickets available at www.LaughsforBaldBryan.com. Come be a part of the evening…!

September 27, 2009, Rob tested his skills as a talk show host. Check out the video to see clips from Rob’s hilarious show!

Here’s a clip from Rob’s monologue!

Also, check out this funny desk piece!

2009 State Fair of Texas

• General Admission: $15

• Kids under 48″ tall: $11

• Seniors 60 and over: $11 
• Children 2 and under: Free 
• Seniors 60 and over: Free every Thursday (Oct. 1, Oct. 8 & Oct. 15) 
• Garden Getaway combo ticket: $18 Details

HOURS:

State Fair of Texas exhibit buildings open at 10 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. each Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday (closing at 9 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays). Midway opening times and closing times vary.

PARKING:

$10 per space used on official State Fair lots. Valet parking is $25.

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Autumn at the Aboretum

Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, Free – $9.50

The Great Pumpkin Festival – Everyday from 9am – 5pm

This fall festival, which runs September 19th through November 1st, boasts of more than 150,000 fall blooming flowers including chrysanthemums, salvia, coleus, ornamental grasses and impatiens. Always a favorite spot for the family photo, The Tom Thumb Pumpkin Patch and the gardens are filled with over 25,000 decorative pumpkins and gourds. Also in the Pecan Grove is the walk-through 15′ pumpkin house constructed out of the finest pumpkins in the patch and a 10′ pumpkin topiary decorated with orange marigolds.

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Children’s Storytime

10am @ Borders (Preston/Royal) FREE

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CANstruction

Daily @ The Galleria until October 18th

Dozens of design and architecture teams in North Texas will be constructing designs out of canned food to benefit the North Texas Food Bank. The event is a regional qualifier for Canstruction, a national competition.

Canstruction design teams begin designing their creations on Saturday, October 3 at 6 a.m. Teams will work until 1 p.m., and will be judged on a variety of criteria that afternoon. The structures will remain up for public viewing and people’s choice voting until Sunday, October 18.

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Eastfield College Music Recital

The series will take place every Wednesday from September through December at 12:45 p.m. in Building F Room 117 (unless otherwise noted).

This week – Hispanic Week: Mariachis “San Louis Band” in Performance Hall

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Brad Williams

Wednesdays from 5-7pm @ The Library

This “jazz baby” specializes in piano music for The Library Bar. His versions of everything from Cole Porter to Gershwin to light jazz serve as a backdrop as the business meetings of the day are wrapped us and evening is ushered in. He holds a Masters in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas, and he teaches jazz piano at Richland College. He has “jazzed it up” in venues all over world.

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Open House

5:30 @ Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture

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Wellness Wednesdays at the Westin

Wednesdays from 6-7pm @ the Westin Galleria

Join to transition mind, body, and spirit with inspirational yoga and pilates classes. Every Wednesday there will be a complimentary one hour all levels class, led by a rockstar instructor from TELOS Fitness Center. Class will take place at the Westin Hotel’s newly renovated poolside area, on the 4th floor. We can’t think of a better way to take a break mid week and relax and rejuvenate!

The class alternates weekly between yoga and Pilates. It is sponsored by lululemon athletica.

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Be the Match – Bone Marrow Donor Registration and Comedy Show

6pm @ Hyenas Comedy Club – $25

The bone marrow registration is 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. A comedy featuring Honor Shinke, D.D. Ingrum, Peter Barrera and Cesar Cervantes starts at 8:15 p.m. Call 214-709-7199.

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Erik Barnes

Wednesdays from 7-12am @ The Library Bar

Erik Barnes has been delighting patrons of the Library Bar for more than 15 years, including notables like Bobby Short, Alanis Morissette, Gregory Hines, John Mayer, the Electric Light Orchestra and back-up singers for Gladys Knight. Whether it’s romantic ballads “when love is in the air” or upbeat tunes for business types who need to decompress, Erik says “the room isn’t about me, it’s about the people who inhabit it.” Nevertheless, the Library Bar wouldn’t be the same without its main man. Erik holds degrees from Yale College (B.A.), Washington State University (M.A.), and he conducted doctoral studies at the University of North Texas. He has performed concerts in many of the major cities and played with four orchestras.

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Teas of Asia <Inside Asia : Art, Music, Culture>

Wednesdays from 7-8:30pm @ The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art

In the past 5000 years, tea has become an integral part of many cultural traditions. Its presence and tastes continue to expand, as do the rituals associated with its consumption. The Crow Collection and The Cultured Cup bring you a series of classes that explore these cultural traditions, bringing them to life with demonstrations and tastings. Each lecture will include a tasting of teas and handouts.

Reservations required. Free for Friends of the Crow Collection and students. $15 per session for non-members or $50 for the series. Call 214-979-6438 or visit www.crowcollection.org to register for a class. To register for the series, please call 214-979-6438.

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Free Poolside Movie – The Big Lebowski

7pm @ The Belmont Hotel

With blankets in tow, film buffs can watch their favorite movies under the stars on a giant movie screen at the Belmont Hotel pool with the Dallas skyline as the backdrop.

Free admission and open to the public. Weather permitting, doors open at 7 p.m. and movies will begin at sundown. Blankets allowed. No lawn chairs, coolers or outside food or beverage. Cash bar and food available for purchase. Ride a bike to the Belmont Hotel on poolside movie nights and receive $1 off beers the entire evening.

The Big Lebowski is presented in honor of National Sarcastic Awareness Month.

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Book Signing – Jeffrey Zaslow

7pm @ Barnes and Noble (Northpark)

Please join us for a discussion and signing with Wall Street Journal columnist Jeffrey Zaslow. He is also the author of The Girls from Ames and co-author of The Last Lecture.

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1st Wednesdays at Jorges

Jorge’s Tex Mex in One Square Plaza presents “Latino Lounge 1st Wednesdays” beginning Wednesday, October 7th with the DJ Mixes of The Global Cafe of (Social-List Latino Network)…100% sensual lounge, house, global musica live and mixed on the patio:::Time to escape every 1st Wednesday!

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All’s Well that Ends Well Screening

7pm @ Angelika Film Center and Cafe

The pilot season of NT Live, the new initiative by the UK’s National Theatre to broadcast live performances of plays onto cinema screens, comes to Dallas and Plano. The Angelika Film Centers in Dallas & Plano have been selected to present the remaining performances in the NT Live pilot season beginning with the highly acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well, produced by Marianne Elliott. The play was filmed live at the National Theatre in London on Oct. 1 and will screen in high-definition at the Angelika Theaters.

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Night Sessions

7:30-9:30pm @ AMPM Lounge

AMPM welcomes the cool & exciting sounds of Kirby Brown. A night full of great music & great entrees.

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Cedar Springs Outdoor Movie – “Sordid Lives”

7:45 – 10pm @ TMC Patio (corner of Cedar Springs & Reagan Street)

Cedar Springs Outdoor Movie Series continues this weeK with “Sordid Lives”
It’s fall and the weather is perfect for an outdoor movie!!! It is also FIRST WEDNESDAY on The Strip wich means tons of merchant specials from 6p-9p. The Movie is FREE so grab your friends and come down
early to shop, dine, and sip a tasty cocktail before, during and after the show. Showtime is whenever it gets dark (this week approximately 7:45pm)  and remember, there are drawings for free gifts for movie goers!!

Don’t Miss “Sordid Lives” on the Outdoor Big Screen!!

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Open Mic

Wednesdays @ 8pm – Hyenas Comedy Club – FREE
Dallas Open Mic is every Wednesday night featuring the area’s most promising talent along with touring professionals. Doors open at 7 p.m. The show starts at 8 p.m.

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My Sister in This House Pay-what-You-can Preview

8pm @ The Bath House Cultural Center

My Sister in This House, which often echoes Jean Genet’s The Maids, is based on an actual incident that took place in the French town of Le Mans, France in the early 1930s. It centers on the lives of Christine and Lea, two servant sisters attached to the Danzard household. The Danzards’, mother and daughter, are models of petit bourgeois idleness and severity. While suffocating under the weight of the Danzards’ authority and the rigid lines of class distinction, Christine and Lea have only each other to cling to. This pressure cooker atmosphere – part psychological study and part thriller – results in a haunting and stunning emotional explosion.

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Rocket Boys, Air Review, and Dignan

8pm @ Trees

The Rocketboys are an Austin, Texas band by way of Abilene and since their inception in 2005 they’ve gained national attention and played/toured with such bands as, Grizzly Bear, Eisley, Art Brut and St. Vincent.  Recently, the guys have recruited drummer Alex Bhore of the Dallas band, The New Frontiers to join them on the road. We feel this is a great match and you will agree when you see these guys perform.

Tonight we’re celebrating the release of their new album, “20,000 Ghosts” (Now Available on Itunes).  “20,000 Ghosts,” was engineered and produced by Louie Lino (Nada Surf, Matt Pond PA), mastered by Alan Douches (Sufjan Stevens, Animal Collective) and features artwork from “Dark Was The Night” artist, Ryan Feerer.

Mad Swirl and Swirve

(Open Mic and Spoken Word)

8pm @ Absinthe Lounge

Dallas-based mad swirl is, so they say, “a platform, a showcase, a stage” to highlight artists in “this mad, mad world.” Every first Wednesday of the month, they sponsor an open mic night. Tonight’s features Swirve, also from Dallas, whose members play the trumpet backwards, the drums upside-down, and sing “kinda sideways.” So they say.

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The Ish – Concert Afterparty with Jason Faries of Vega

8:30pm @ Ghost Bar

Dallas’ hottest weekly electro dance party — THE ISH — returns this Wednesday with the official unofficial KINGS OF LEON Afterparty. Sounds by Jason Faries of VEGA, DJ Flip Millionz of Three 6 Mafia and of course, WISHFM.

DJ FLIP MILLIONZ :: SUPRISE GUEST DJ :: WISHFM

$3 Heineken :: $4 Jacks :: $4 vodkas :: $4 margs

NO COVER :: NO PRETENSION :: NO BULL-ISH

Door by the lovely Sabrina Souter &  Photography/Photo Booth by Dustin Hollywood

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The OFFICIAL Album Release Listening Party for N’Dambi :: Pink Elephant

8:30pm @ The Prophet Bar

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Industry Night

1217 Main St. Downtown Dallas

Bringing back a true Wednesday night Party @ Skye Bar

Celebrity guest DJ BILLY THE KIDD of 106.1 KISS FM!!! With Bartenders MATT GENTRY & KYLE HENRICHSEN!

lady gaga has me sold. it’s been what seems like a decade since a singer has danced, keytarred, and managed to sing without lipsynching. yes. fuck yes.

Betty's, worth travelling east of Yonge. Hoegarden. haha.

As a low-key belated birthday celebration, my sister V invited her friends to a Wednesday evening comedy show at Betty’s on King (240 King Street East).  Betty’s is a cute and casual local bar in close proximity to the converted warehouse spaces of St. Lawrence Market; this is called home to many a Bay Streeter and East End Hipster (moderate to high hottie quotient because y’know when there’s beer, there’s boys to be found).  Every Wednesday night, Corktown Comedy hosts a free show on the 2nd floor featuring an open-mic lineup of amateur to professional local and foreign jokesters that test out material or kill the crowd with improv. 

Here are my knee-slap funny highlights of the evening:

• Beer trivia – The host of the evening Brian Coughlin cajoles with the crowd and offers free beer if he’s in a good mood.  If you’re a pretty girl in the front row, you might get a free cocktail on the house.  Mmm, drinks taste so much better when they’re free.
• Ron Josol – This Filipino kid has been killing me with comedy since I was a tween.  Ron is a local talent who performs comedy professionally around the world.  You could tell he was a real pro because he didn’t lose his cool when he blanked on his jokes. 
• Uncensored and uncut – This ain’t no Yuk-Yuk’s.  If you don’t like foul language, it’s best to call it a night and tuck in early.  If you haven’t heard every cuss word in the dictionary, this will be a true education.
• Sketch – Gay sex jokes, unapologetic ethnic observations, overzealous hipsters that haven’t been laid in a longx3 time and ex-girlfriends that would ‘do anything’ in the bedroom.  Everything is fair game.
• The Catman – Quote of the evening: “I ordered chicken.  I gave my cats the dark meat and I had the white meat.” At which point L puts her head on a table to silent laugh in spasms and I lose it.  We probably laughed the hardest because it was the most random statement ever.
• Awk-ward Moments -  Self-deprecation saves the day.  “So that joke died.  I’m just gonna walk off stage now.”

Here’s a montage of some of the night’s jokes from Trevor, Jason, Jared, Alec, Chris and Sohrab!

- Alec

Our first big comedy show of the year is fast approaching! Check out the SIF (Special Internet Flyer™) above for all the details you’ll need to make it on time and enjoy the show!

Paul Reuben appeared on Jay Leno to have a chat about his sex addiction and the new Pee Wee Herman show coming back (no pun). Pee Wee’s also on Twitter @peeweeherman and already racked in 10,000 followers. On the show,  He states it has new material as well as the classic Pee Wee Herman many grew to love from the 80’s.  Paul Reuben suddenly stopped the show after a successful run during Saturday Cartoon Time slots, when he was caught in a movie theater exposing himself.  He took the charge and landed a few roles in movies that were kinda rough around the edges, such as a marijuana dealer in blow, compared to Pee Wee’s Big Adventure with the cute “inspector gadget-type” bike.  Them were the good ole’ movies with no one brave enough to take that same role today, lol.  Thanks for reading, comeback for more trendz and look around for popular post.

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Remember his brush in with the law? lol

WHO IS Paul Reuben??

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The standup comedy show featuring Dan Nainan presented by Galatta Media was an absolute blockbuster hit. The show had opening acts by Craig Gallyot and Kartik Iyer, who set the laughter ball rolling. When Dan took to the stage, there was no stopping the laughter tsunami. It was two hours of complete hilarious chaos! All the 1132 seats were sold out.

Filmi celebs who came included Radikaa Sarathkumar and Karthi among others. All of Chennai’s top socialites were there, enjoying the night of nonstop laughter. Of course, there was also the presence of the young crowd of Chennai who enjoyed every moment of the laughter-filled show.

Today for Dorians I have a choir retreat at a church in Tacoma. I think it’s just us socializing, eating, and hanging out. We might sing a little, but I don’t know if we will get around to it. It goes from 1-5 this afternoon, but I’m in a car that is leaving early so I might only be there until 4:30. We’ll see. I’m looking forward to it because I think it will be good bonding time with the rest of the girls. We need that if we want to work as a cohesive ensemble. Plus I like making friends. Weird I know, but sometimes I want to be social. Anyways, just wanted to say what I was doing. Also, I really do have to write my paper. I didn’t last night because I went to a student run improv comedy show. It was really good! They were super funny!

I should never drink. I talk too much and cry too often. Everything was great last night. I got high and a little drunk before the comedy show, got exceptionally drunker and higher afterwards and went to a cast after party, which was great. Jan and I got to talking. Jan is Addy’s roommate. I have a crush on her. She has a boyfriend. I’m in a state where I can’t do anything. So we both do nothing. Anyway.

We’re sitting outside the party talking and some other people are listening, whatever. The conversation gets more intense and more personally and leads to me crying in front of Joss (which is a dorm by the way) with people moving to and fro. And then we walk a little further, she tells me:

“God, you….If I didn’t have a boyfriend….” I didn’t hear the rest of what she said or don’t remember it, but either way it was sexual. And then there was more VERY revealing talk. I cried, i think I made her cry at one point. Yes I think she cried when I told her how I thought about killing myself on Thursday night, the whimpy slow way with my 12 anti-depressant pills that have been building up since I stopped taking them. She begged me, told about the beautiful things in life, the beautiful things in life.

Yes, I know these things. I don’t need to be told them. I love and recall the happy moments. And there are moments where I am blissfully happy. And then sometimes, I get tired of trying so hard. Being myself every day takes so much more effort, so many more choices. And of course I falter, because I have no idea if I’m actually “being myself” or just pretending.

Why do I do this to people? Ambush them with my baggage and dirty laundry? How do I still have friends?

And why is it that everyone knows my name and thinks I’m hot? Stop it, Vassar College. Back off.

If you weren’t here to hear Reggie Watts emotional ballad about Visalia and its inhabitants, if you didn’t see the awesome chorus line (okay, his dancing fingers) that accompanied the song, well then, maybe the lovely folks at www.gooutvisalia.com would be kind enough to help you out with some video. Pretty please, with sugar on top?

I love to laugh, and whenever I get an opportunity to – I take it. The Real Heavy Weight Comedy Jam is coming for one night only. On the 26 September at Emperors Palace, the laughs start. The lineup looks good and after reading through some of the comedians profiles on the 94.7 website I am convinced that it is going to be awesome.

The Real Heavy Weight Comedy Jam

You can get your tickets from Computicket, if they are not already sold out. I should also just warn our younger audience that the age restriction is PG16. One of the acts I am looking forward to is Starship Improvise, they do a “whose line is it anyway”, using suggestions from the audience.

Anyway, check it out for yourself, all the info is on highveld.co.za there is even some old video footage of Chris Forrest, David Kau and Conrad Koch – gives you a laugh to get you going.

Insider Out.