Meet the comics behind a new showcase at Club Café
BIG APPLE, BIGGER MOUTH: A Q+A WITH NY COMIC PAUL VIRZI
Not to say there aren’t great comics in LA, it just seems like they’re all out there trying to get famous. You’re from Boston, you understand. It’s the blue collar wise-ass remarks, fast talking with a little bit of swag to it. I think the audience gets a kick out it.
DESPERATION WINS
How the creatives behind a Boston ‘reality sitcom’ made it to TV, got screwed, and fought back
STATE OF THE BOSTON COMEDY UNION
Seven comics. Two hours. One historic summit on the state of stand-up comedy in the Hub.
MICHAEL IAN BLACK: NAVEL GAZING WITH COMEDY’S CULT ACTOR
Comedian, actor, and all around entertainment icon Michael Ian Black talks about everything from celebrity expectations to Connecticut egos before reading from his new book, Navel Gazing, at Brookline Booksmith.
FOTOBOM: THE BEST SHOW (TOM SCHARPLING AND JON WURSTER) @THE SINCLAIR, SUN 11/29
The Best Show, a radio show on WMFU, brought creators Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster to The Sinclair for a solid night of comedy.
Q&A AND EXCERPT: GONDELMAN & BERKOWITZ EXPLAIN HOW YOU’VE ALREADY RUINED YOUR LIFE
For instance, one of the authors is fervently anti-brunch, and the other is NOT a monster.
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE 2015 DIGBOSTON STUDENT GUIDE
Keep this bookmarked through the school year, and, in the words of the patron saint of getting wild, Andrew W.K.: “Party till you puke.”
FARCE TO THE FUTURE: THREE GENERATIONS OF COMEDY FILMMAKERS RELEASE LATEST
A judge and a detective get involved as the seventh and eighth wheels, because this is that type of movie—the type of comedy they might’ve made in the ’30s, when detectives and judges were always walking into farcical scenes at the wrong time.
DIG THIS: BACKYARD STAND UP, STRANDBEESTS, AND KUNG FU SUNDAYS
Lots of great FREE EVENTS you cheap bastards!
