Courtesy Photo Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is performing stand-up comedy at the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center this week. Brenna Swanston [follow id = “Brenna_Swanston”] World-renowned comedian Jerry Seinfeld will take the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC) stage Thursday night, performing stand-up comedy which draws from even the most mundane details of daily life. Fruit […]
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Koy comedy to take over Madonna Expo Center
Comedian Jo Koy will take the stage at the Alex Madonna Expo Center on Nov. 16, bringing laughs, anecdotes and brand-new material for his audience.
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Comedian T.J. Miller to bring laughs to Cal Poly
Actor and comedian T.J. Miller will be performing on Oct. 16 in Chumash Auditorium. Miller has been in films including “Get Him to the Greek,” “Cloverfield,” “She’s Out of My League,” “Our Idiot Brother” and on TV shows including “Conan” and “Chelsea Lately.”
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Smile and Nod meets greek life, hemlock and condoms
“Am I boxing using condoms as boxing gloves, but instead of the condoms, I’m creating a religion based around ‘Mean Girls’ and instead of my opponent, I’m fighting the saying, ‘that’s the way the cookie crumbles?’”
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Q&A with ‘prittay’ YouTube star Anjelah Johnson
Not many people older than 30 know of comedian Anjelah Johnson, but her success from a YouTube video posted longer than six years ago still sells out arenas nationwide.
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Meet the Blue Men: Two PAC shows and discussion on campus
Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net Making its Central Coast debut, the Blue Man Group will be taking over the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC) Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The quirky multimedia entertainment group will be performing a new theatrical show featuring wacky instruments, musical selections and water elements to engage the audience. The performance […]
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Get your laughs at SLO Comedy Festival
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net Want the abdominal workout of a lifetime? Try an entire weekend of jokes and laughter at the third annual SLO Comedy Festival, starting Thursday night. The festival showcases 40 comedians from around the country in 20 different shows at venues such as The Graduate, Creekside Brewing Company and Mo|Tav. Comic Flip Schultz said […]
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‘Phallacies’ shatters macho-man stereotypes
Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net Hegemonic masculinity. This complicated phrase was broken down by the Gender Equity Center’s quarterly event, “Phallacies: Who wears the Pants?” on Tuesday night in the Julian A. McPhee University Union. This comedy theater dialogue brought issues of stereotypical masculinity to light through a combination of skits, videos and monologues followed by a […]
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Smile, nod and fall off your chair laughing
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net Not a single person is still. All around there is hopping, jumping, clapping and chanting. Kanye West’s “Ni**az in Paris” fills the small, curtained room with energy. Three groups form, laughing, shaking and shuffling their feet against the concrete floor. They make up skits, jokes and stories. To an outsider, it may […]
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Visitors and local comics alike bring laughs to SLO
It’s hard to turn on a sitcom or prime-time sketch show and not see someone who got their start with the improvisational comedy team The Second City. Tina Fey, Chris Farley and Stephen Colbert are just several of the hundreds of stars who found success after a stint in the Chicago-based company. San Luis Obispo will get […]
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Comedian Margaret Cho brings ‘raunchy’ act to SLO
On Dec. 2 Margaret Cho will perform a comedy act at the Alex Madonna Expo Center as part of her Cho Dependent Tour.