Thursday, June 21, 2012

Holodeck improv comedy June 27 at 8 pm!

A monthly show where all the comedy is made up on the premises. See some of the city's best indie improv teams perform their stuff. Hosted by the improv group Local Hero with this month's special guests Babyface, The Sheinfeld Family, and Bottom Gun.

Step into the Holodeck where all your fantasies come true. Just be sure to knock if Commander Riker's in there.

Local Hero are:
Peter Cestaro
Alessandra Migliaccio
Michael Romanos
Bardia Salimi

Babyface are:
Michael Beberashvili
Brian Flynn
Sydney Harris
Ilana Meredith
Jordan Siegel
Ryan Stanisz
Ben Sumrall
Marti Zabell

The Sheinfeld Family are:
Sunita Deshpande
Katie Foster
Josh Luckenbach
Michael Romanos
Sam Taggart

Bottom Gun are:
Adam Bildersee
Aaron Gold
Claire Harris
Robert O'Neill
Christopher Toia
Lee Yanco

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Varsity Letters reading Thursday at 7:30!

Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, June 21, at 7:30 pm, at Pacific Standard, with a look at the most respected and detested organization in sports. Rob Fleder will be discussing the book Damn Yankees: Twenty-Four Major League Writers on the World's Most Loved (and Hated) Team, which he edited, along with Sports Illustrated writer Steve Rushin, who contributed a chapter, and Alex Belth of the blog Bronx Banter.