Join us for a night of comedy, storytelling, and humor readings. The Jan. 27th show features humor and satire writers from Last Week Tonight With John Olive,r The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and more!
Venue: Kramers bookstore (Dupont Circle)
RSVP here.
Humor writing comes alive in July! Four of the best humor writers in the business take the stage to read brand-new jokes. Asher Perlman (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), Evan Waite (Family Guy), JiJi Lee (The New Yorker), and Alexandra Petri (The Washington Post) share their silly and whip-smart perspectives on culture, politics, and the absurdities of daily life. This event (hosted by comedian Emmy Blotnick) also celebrates the launch of new books by Perlman and Waite.
Tickets here
Holding Court is a tennis-themed comedy show where comedians serve their hot takes on tennis.
Rivalries, epic meltdowns, first tennis crushes, and more. Because just like Rafa Nadal’s wedgie, there’s so much to delve into.
Venue: Caveat in NYC. Buy tickets here.
Join us for a night of comedy, storytelling, and humor readings. The April 30th show includes humor writers from The New Yorker and McSweeney’s and storytellers from Story Collider and Story District.
Venue: Kramers bookstore (Dupont Circle)
RSVP here.
Join New Yorker cartoonist and author Emily Flake as she discusses her process, work, and inspiration with fellow New Yorker writer and humorist JiJi Lee.
Link to tickets here
Hosting The Moth storytelling live stream at Barnard College
Featuring:
Alex Song
Alison Leiby
Amanda Hunt
LaGina Hill
Matt Starr
Michael Cruz Kayne
Musical guest: Leah Latorraca, violinist at The Phoenix Symphony
Hosted by:
Angel Yau and JiJi Lee
Doors 3:30 PM, show 4:00 PM.
Tickets $12 in advance, $15 at the door.
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Asian AF is a variety show featuring the best Asian American talent in Los Angeles and New York. Improv, sketch, stand-up and even some music. This show isn't just lit AF, it isn't just funny AF, it's Asian AF!
Doors 9:00 PM, show 9:30 PM.
Tickets $15 in advance, $17 at the door.
$7 cover
Featuring humor writing and stand-up, poetry, nonfiction, and fiction
Hosted by X and Novi - Unsung Heroes is a variety show that celebrates the underrepresented champions of the past. It includes a rotating ensemble of people of color who build original content based on a new monthly theme. You will learn and laugh your ass off! Basically, it's like if Dave Chappelle taught you.
Hosted by Art Cai and Wanda Noonan
Where a comedy show made in 24 hours exclusively by people of color takes place at a poppin' a** party.
WMTPS is a bi-monthly show featuring the hottest comedians performing in NYC, in addition to providing audiences with stellar cookout bites, drinks, and the most lit DJ and dancers on the East Coast.
Goddard Riverside at 647 Columbus Ave (91st) as part of Women History Art Month. A portion of the proceeds from the event will go to support their community arts programs. Tickets are $20.00. The event starts at 7:30.
Where do great jokes go when they don’t make it to the stage, screen, or print? Right here! We’re taking to the Caveat stage for a night of celebrating rejection. Writers for popular late night TV shows (SNL, Desus & Mero, etc) and print publications (The New Yorker, McSweeney’s) take to the stage to resurrect their favorite sketches, essays, and bits that didn’t make it the final cut. Plus! We’ll be joined by New Yorker cartoonists who will break down their process.
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:00pm
Tickets: $15 adv / $20 door
21+
This event is mixed seated and standing room. Seats are first-come, first-served.
https://www.caveat.nyc/event/rejected-w-karen-chee-3-24-2019
Hosted by:
Karen Chee (Late Night with Seth Meyers)
Featured Writers:
Josh Gondelman (Desus & Mero)
Ziwe Fumuduoh (Desus & Mero)
Sudi Green (Saturday Night Live)
Ariel Dumas (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert)
Jiji Lee (New Yorker)
Featured Cartoonists:
Jeremy Nguyen (New Yorker)
Jason Adam Katzenstein (New Yorker)
Matthew Jordan and Willy Staley (Shitty New Yorker Cartoon Captions)
We’re all gonna die! (Eventually). We spend most of our days allowing this truth to slip to the back of our minds. But for the duration of this show, comedians will address it head on, through standup, improv, and perhaps some pedantic infotainment. Let your fear of death be overcome by your love of jokes!
Enter the bananas mindscape of Lauren Maul and Selena Coppock at their consistently lit monthly showcase, featuring stand-up, dance routines and buckets of wigs. For February's edition, they recruit Raj Sivaraman, Courtney Maginnis, Pat Wise, Gabe Morales, Jiji Lee and Larry Owens.