Courting Comedy

Jessica Sele, and her comedy album Weird Vibes, magnifies oddities and celebrates them with offbeat gravitas. Sele’s regal in her unflinching realness, majestic in discussing what dares to go u...

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Marcella Arguello: Bitch, Grow Up! begins with an ode to longevity and ends with an introspective, cathartic conversation across time and space. In the middle, rapturous observational comedy abou...

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Heavy hitter comedy line-up to raise funds for Immigration Institute of the Bay Area and their work to provide immigrants with the best legal services possible. San Francisco’s has people who c...

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Excited that San Francisco gets six chances to see a comedian I’ve loved since her Mind Over Melee days. Liz Miele‘s honed her wry, crowd-pleasing, resonate, hilarious style of storytelling a...

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San Francisco gets a treat in late May as Hari Kondabolu headlines at the Punch Line from the 25-28th. Kondabolu is a forever “homie by proxy” from his collaborations with Bay Area luminary W...

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Homegirl Amy Miller’s Comedy Central half hour special “Amy Miller: Ham Mouth” is out now on YouTube. So funny! So dope! The post “Amy Miller: Ham Mouth” Special Out Now! appeared fi...

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Bay Area comedy heads know Irene Tu from her swift and ceremonious rise to prominence in the 2010s. Between Starline Comedy, Man Haters and stages across bridges and BART, Irene was a favorite fo...

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“Talkies is the Bay Area’s best unconventional, experimental, and multimedia live comedy event. At Talkies, comedians, writers, improvisers, and performers work outside of their regular routi...

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San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy needed a book. We did it. The post Bay Area Stand-Up Comedy: A Humorous History appeared first on Courting Comedy .

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"Stutterer Interrupted" by comedian Nina G examines the influence and impact of fluency and advocacy through slice of life stories. The post “Stutterer Interrupted” Enriches with Wisdom and...

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Amid the B-movie homages, subversive banality and melodramatic tension, "Los Espookys" face off against a truly chilling foe. The post Los Espookys appeared first on Courting Comedy .

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What you should probably not do during a comedy show when an earthquake arrives. The post Earthquake Comedy Show appeared first on Courting Comedy .

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Dolemite is my Name is one of the best times at the movies, currently available on your couch. Funniest movie of the year? Could be! Worthy Oscar contender? You betcha. Return of Eddie Murphy? He...

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Greg Edwards is a different kind of dude and Dopamine is a different kind of comedy album: fractured, unconventional, and underground. The post Greg Edwards Raw and Pure with Dopamine appeared...

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Depression comedy is comedy about depression. Depressive episode is one of the hardest things to experience. Can depression comedy help? The post Depression Comedy appeared first on Courting C...

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Petaluma is gearing up for its inaugural Pet-A-Llama Comedy Festival occurring Thursday, August 16th to Saturday, August 18. A little bit up the US-101 from San Francisco, the North Bay town is a...

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Since moving down the I-5, I’m always sweating to find cool comedy on these hot Los Angeles nights. Kaseem Bentley and Casey Ley are some of the coolest comedians around. Individually, Kaseem i...

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Last week there was a pool party in Los Angeles explicitly for black comedy folk. As a means to foster a focus, we were discouraged from bringing non-black friends, significant others or plus one...

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No Big Deal: the world's funniest talent, one of comedy's best producers, every first Thursday in Silverlake. Simple. Fun. The post LA: No Big Deal Comedy Show Debuts 9/7 @ Lyric Hyperion appe...

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George Chen Is a Natural I’m not even sure George Chen wants you to buy his new album Word Origami. I mean, he definitely does. He’s an emerging comedian (i.e. broke). He’ll surely apprecia...

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