stand up comedy
Is Strut Queer Open Mic the Most Unique Open Mic in SF?
“I hesitate to use the phrase Safe Space because, sometimes I don’t always know what that means”. Said Matthew Beld as I interviewed them at the Rite Spot on a Tuesday afternoon. It’s an important question. What does that mean outside of therapy and small, private enclaves where people can gather
Tinder Live w/ Lane Moore and Janeane Garofalo is at Sketchfest!
On her show TINDER LIVE featuring special guest, the AMAZING actress, comedian and activist Janeane Garofalo, Moore creates a character and matches with the most absurd, weirdest profiles on Tinder, live in front of the audience.
This New Literary Magazine is a Gift to the People of San Francisco
I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available
A Comedy Special Celebrating the 1 Year Anniversary of Quarantine
Celebrating the 1 Year Anniversary of Quarantine (aka we gotta laugh to keep from crying) This streamed comedy special is a fundraiser to support broke comedians and independent journalism. It’s a sliding scale event. $7, $17, $70…Pick the amount you can afford. The money is going to pay for the
4 Years Into Comedy, Amber Rollo has Already Confronted Weinstein & Written an Album
by Jonas Barnes Recently, I sat down with my friend and fellow comedian Amber Rollo to talk about her upcoming album recording, her week of headline performances at The Creek and The Cave, and what it’s like to be known for telling Harvey Weinstein to go fuck himself straight to
Pick + Pay Comics in Real Time at NYC’s “Capitalism” Show
by Jonas Barnes This Wednesday, January 8th, there’s a new show hitting NYC. In the Big Apple, there’s no shortage of live entertainment choices on any given night, so you’ve got to be asking me… what’s so special about THIS show? What makes me want to write an article about
Representation Matters. The Black Women In Comedy Festival Is Coming To NYC
In 2017 Amy Schumer became the first ever female comedian to make it onto Forbes list of highest paid comics. In 2018, she failed to make the list a second time. Women in comedy have had a notoriously difficult time breaking into the upper tiers. They make less than their
Cult-Hit Standup Comedy Show Cheaper Than Therapy Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
The hit live stand-up comedy show Cheaper Than Therapy has been routinely selling out Union Square’s Shelton Theater for years, delivering rapid-fire LOLs like every 20 seconds and racking up 275 Yelp reviews with a five-star average. The show celebrates its fifth anniversary this weekend, marking five years of cheap-date
NYC’s SMUT Show Gets TV treatment
By Jonas Barnes Coming up on October 6th & 7th, the man writing this article and the editor of this very website are taping The SMUT Show for a TV pilot. But wait, you haven’t heard of The SMUT Show? Well, first off, how dare you. Second off, you’re in