It’s A LOVEFEST

by The Happiest Medium on November 2, 2009

The next Improv Jam will be with IMPROVOLUTION’S finest!

A night of improvised games, scenes, long form, instant characters, experimental theater…and more fun fun fun!

Starring:
Holly Mandel * Anthony Minto  * Darrin Giglio * Orli Ben-Dor * Radhika Vaz  *  TJ Kenneally  *  Paul Pinizzotto  *  David Frenkiel  *  Barry Sacker  *  Mike Drummey

Directed by: Holly Mandel

Political Cartooning in New York City

by The Happiest Medium on October 27, 2009

Join the NYCIP (20 West 44th Street) as they explore New York City through comics. Visit  www.nycip.org for more information …

“Political Cartooning in New York City”, Tuesday, November 3rd, 6:30 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for members, and $5 for students

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I Like You, Maude: A Night of Comedic Storytelling & Music

by The Happiest Medium on October 22, 2009

I Like You, Maude

You quite possibly missed the show in August, and chances are you didn’t get a chance to see the one in September.  But now you’ve got no excuse.

I Like You, Maude is back again, this Sunday, October 25th and it promises to be as much fun as the first two.

Come out for a night of hilarious tales and plenty of drinking – this month’s theme is “Lost” and performers include:

Comedian/Writer
KUMAIL NANJIANI

(Michael and Michael Have Issues, Jimmy Kimmel Live)

Comedian/Writer/Actress
JESSI KLEIN

(Michael and Michael Have Issues, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, VH1 Best Week Ever)

Comedian/Writer
MARC MARON

(Comedy Central’s Short Attention Span Theater, WTF with Marc Maron podcast)

Comedian/Actor
TREVOR WILLIAMS

(UCB, College Humor, Channel 101 NY)

Musical Guest: Comedic Musical Duo
STUCKEY & MURRAY

(E! The Chelsea Handler Show, VH1 Webjunk)

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I Like You, Maude
Sunday, October 25, 2009
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Bar 4 (Park Slope) 444 7th avenue – Brooklyn

UNITARD Returns with an All-New Show

by The Happiest Medium on October 22, 2009

Unitard (photo credit: Tom Ackerman)

Coming to the rescue in this time of turmoil, like cash for your clunkers or extra-pure heroin, the Unitards (Mike Albo, Nora Burns and David Ilku) will bail you out of your dreary little lives with an evening of humor, wit, song and sarcasm. Following their sold-out evening at Joes Pub, Unitard returns with a brand-new twisted take on life in urbania. Spanning the gamut from Vampires to Burlesque, Hudson to Hindus, and Dungeons to DUMBO, their newest show promises to be brilliant, bawdy and hilarious, of course.
“Go see this!, a satirical triumph with no time to apologize for it’s hipness” – The Boston Globe

Showtimes:
Thursday November 5th at 9:30pm
Thursday November 12th at 9:30pm
Tuesday Novenber 24th at 8pm

Laurie Beechman Theater
WESTBANK CAFE
407 West 42nd Street @ 9th Ave.

Reservations: 212 695-6909
TICKETS: $20

Halloween in Socrates Sculpture Park

by The Happiest Medium on October 19, 2009

SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK



HALLOWEEN HARVEST FESTIVAL
2009 Theme: GLAMROCK! SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2009
11 AM – 2 PM / FREE

Join Socrates Sculpture Park for the 9th annual Halloween Harvest Festival. This FREE family and community event celebrates Halloween and the fall harvest with creative activities in the dynamic setting of Socrates Sculpture Park. Continue Reading…

Post AACC Wrap-Up with Keith Chow

by The Happiest Medium on August 20, 2009

Keith Chow

Paolo Javier chats with Keith Chow about the inaugural Asian American Comicon in post-convention glow.

Asian Americans have been vital contributors to the American comic book since, well, its birth, a fact rarely acknowledged by an industry that continues to uphold a homogeneously white and hetero imaginary on the covers and in the panels of its mainstream and independent titles. With this in mind, I cannot thank the BSG gods enough for the editors of Secret Identities, the first-ever anthology of Asian American comics published earlier this year, who followed-up their historic publication with an equally groundbreaking event on July 11th at the Museum of the Chinese in America: the inaugural Asian American Comics Convention. The AACC felt more like a day-long celebration; I got to participate in the morning as a reader on the panel ‘Every Comic is Asian American’, then geek out in the afternoon and evening as a reader and fan. (During my panel, I shared excerpts from obb, my on-going poetry comic collaboration with artist Ernest Concepcion that’s partially inspired by our lifelong interest in underground comic art and artists.) And I loved AACC for all the reasons that Keith Chow, co-organizer of the event and co-editor of Secret Identities, gives in our post-convention interview below.

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ODE TO ODIN works by Ernest Concepcion

by The Happiest Medium on June 10, 2009

Guest blogger Karla Vizcarra gives us eight reasons to hit up Ernest Concepcion’s solo art show.

Ode to odin, oil and ink on canvas, 48" x 60," 2006.

There are approximately 8 reasons why you have to go to see this show (If you only need one, see number 8).

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