Comedy December 4 at 8 pm!

The Holidays are almost here. And you know what that means: yet another installment of Pacific Stand-up's first annual Holiday Special!

And Ho-Ho-Hoo Boy what a lineup!

Jordan Klepper (Daily Show Correspondent)
Michelle Wolf (Late Night With Seth Meyers)
Hasan Minhaj (Daily Show Correspondent)
Joyelle Nicole Johnson (New York Comedy Festival)

Plus Special Guests and Holiday Surprises!

Featuring one-man house band Tony Zaret!

Hosted by Matt Koff and special guest co-host Brendan McLaughlin!

As always, this show is FREE!

Underhill Players December 11 at 8 pm!

Our December Show! December 11th at Pacific Standard. Can't wait to unfriend all the people that don't come. Listen, I read an article, well by article I mean the headline, and they were RIGHT ON about what's wrong with this country.

Featuring:

Craig Milch
Improv by The Yum Yums
Christi Chiello

Reading January 12 at 7 pm.

Join us on January 12 at 7 pm to hear three great authors read: Diana Whitney, Kim Addonizio, and Katie Byrum.

Diana Whitney’s first collection of poetry, Wanting It, was released by Harbor Mountain Press in August 2014 and quickly became a Poetry Bestseller at Small Press Distribution. Diana graduated from Dartmouth College and Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar, and attended the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. Her essays and poems have appeared in many publications, including The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Numero Cinq, Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, Puerto del Sol, and the Crab Orchard Review. Her irreverent parenting column, Spilt Milk, was syndicated for years, garnered an avid readership, and ran as a commentary series on VPR. A yoga instructor, Diana lives with her family in Brattleboro, VT, where she blogs for The Huffington Post and runs Core Flow Yoga & Sport. www.diana-whitney.com

Kim Addonizio has been called “one of our nation’s most provocative and edgy poets.” Her latest books are Lucifer at the Starlite, a finalist for the Poets Prize and the Northern CA Book Award; and Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within, both from W.W. Norton. Her novel-in-verse, Jimmy & Rita, was recently reissued by Stephen F. Austin State University Press (http://www.sfasu.edu/). Kalima Press published her Selected Poems in Arabic. Addonizio’s honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, two NEA Fellowships, and Pushcart Prizes for both poetry and the essay. Her collection Tell Me was a National Book Award Finalist. Other books include two novels from Simon & Schuster, Little Beauties and My Dreams Out in the Street. Her new story collection, The Palace of Illusions, materialized courtesy of Counterpoint/Soft Skull in September 2014. Addonizio offers private poetry workshops in Oakland, NYC, and online, and often incorporates her love of blues harmonica into her readings. www.kimaddonizio.com.

Katie Byrum is a native Kentuckian who currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she co-curates two poetry events: the witchy series COVEN and the Tri-Lengua Reading Series. Her work has been featured in Gulf Coast Magazine, Lumberyard, Big Bell, iO Poetry, Split Lip Magazine, Ghost Town, Pine Hills Review, H_NGM_N, Forklift Ohio, Handsome, Poor Claudia: Phenome, and elsewhere. Her first poetry collection, Burn It Down, is forthcoming in December 2014 from Forklift Books. More information is available at hellohumanblog.tumblr.com.

Reading December 9 at 6:30 pm.

Curated by Catherine Gigante-Brown

Please join us for an intriguing glimpse at the works of three very compelling writers—Beth Bosworth (The Source of Life and Other Stories), Anthony Vigorito (Seeing in 17) and Catherine Gigante-Brown (The El). Each will read excerpts from their most recent works. There will also be a Q&A and a meet and greet with the authors where their books will be sold and signed.

About the Authors

Beth Bosworth has taught at the New School for Social Research, CUNY’s NYC Technical College, and for many years at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn, where she is also founding editor of the Saint Ann's Review. Her publications include a debut collection, A Burden of Earth and Other Stories, a novel, Tunneling, and The Source of Life and Other Stories, which was honored with the 2012 Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Her works have appeared in the Kenyon Review, the Seneca Review, the Forward, Guernica, AGNI, and elsewhere.

A lifelong Brooklynite, Anthony Vigorito is a recently-retired New York City schoolteacher. Mentored by Ken Siegelman, Brooklyn’s third Poet Laureate, he currently hosts two monthly poetry readings: Ken Siegelman’s Brooklyn Poetry Outreach at the Park Slope Barnes & Noble as well as Tom Kane’s Boulevard Bards at Boulevard Books in Dyker Heights. Seeing in 17, an innovative collection of art-inspired haiku, is his fourth collection of poetry.

A writer of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, Catherine Gigante-Brown’s works have appeared in a variety of publications including Essence, Time Out New York, the Daily News, Industry and The Italian Journal of Wine and Food. She co-authored the biographies Raw Talent and Whips and Kisses for Prometheus Books. A number of her short stories and essays appear in anthologies. Her first novel, The El, is available as an ebook and as a trade paperback from Volossal Publishing.

Partnership with Brooklyn Boulders.

We're thrilled to announce that we've teamed up with Brooklyn Boulders to offer benefits to our Frequent Drinkers! From now on, your Frequent Drinker card will get you a day pass to Brooklyn Boulders for only $19 (regular price $25)--just display it there. Also, you can earn a free "Learn the Ropes" course (a $79 value!) at Brooklyn Boulders by racking up 800 Frequent Drinker yards. For those of you who are already Boulders members, you are now automatically included in our Frequent Drinker program--just ask a bartender to sign you up for free if you're not already and start getting benefits like all-night happy hours from Monday-Wednesday. Happy climbing and drinking!

Pacific Stand-Up November 12 at 8 pm!

Hey folks, Pacific Standup is back, and it's almost a week later than usual this month!

Our awesome lineup includes:

Michelle Buteau (VH1)
Myq Kaplan (Letterman)
Amber Nelson (Murderfist)
Joe Rumrill (Slacktory)

Hosted by Matt Koff and special guest co-host Brendan McLaughlin!

As always, this show is FREE!

The First Ever Pacific Standard Cozy Design Contest!

You may be familiar with our traditional blue and gold Pacific Standard cozies. They were a glorious bunch, but after seven years we're finally and tragically run out of them. So we thought for the next inevitable batch of cozies we would open the designing up to you, our faithful bar patrons.

The rules are simple:

--We need a one-color design only. You can specify a background color and a print color, but that's it. (As in, "I want the cozy itself to be blue, but the print on it to be yellow.")
--We'll need the image in a common format, and as high-resolution as possible without being completely silly. We'll let you know if the image you send doesn't work.

The winners of the design contest will receive:

--Grand Prize: 10 cozies of your own design, a $20 gift certificate to Pacific Standard, and a small collection of special bottled beer from the bar vaults to go in your new cozies.
--Second Prizes (as many as are merited): two of the winning cozies, a $10 gift certificate to Pacific Standard, and other prizes (pint glasses, beer, etc.) from our vaults.

The deadline: November 30, 2014.

So start designing, and e-mail us with any questions at pacificstandardbrooklyn --at-- gmail.com.

NYC Cider Week event with Ace Cider Tuesday night.

On Tuesday the 28th starting at 7 pm, Pacific Standard will celebrate New York City's Cider Week in our own West Coast way with two excellent ciders from our good friends at Ace in northern California. We'll have their delicious Perry pear/apple blend, as well as a special fall cider, their Pumpkin:

http://www.acecider.com/about/ace-ciders/ace-pumpkin-cider
http://www.acecider.com/about/ace-ciders/ace-perry-cider

Jason from Ace will be by to pour samples for y'all, and talk cider. AND if you buy one of these ciders, you will get a free Ace pint glass, while supplies last. So come early and celebrate fall with the quintessential fall drink.

Comedy November 6 at 8 pm: The Underhill Players Disregard the Chore Wheel!

Luke and Dan explore on-stage cohabitation!

Featuring comedy by:

Michael Antonucci (Captain Hippo)
Frank Hejl (Bucky-Fridays 7:30PM UCBEast)
Laura Willcox (Bucky-Fridays 7:30PM UCBEast, MTV's Hey Girl)

Lauren Camp, Amy King, and Lynn Melnick's poetry October 30 at 7 pm!

New Mexican poet Lauren Camp is the author of two books, most recently The Dailiness, winner of the National Federation of Press Women 2014 Poetry Book Prize and a World Literature Today “Editor’s Pick.” Her third book, One Hundred Hungers, was selected by David Wojahn for the Dorset Prize, and is forthcoming from Tupelo Press. She hosts “Audio Saucepan,” a global music/poetry program on Santa Fe Public Radio. www.laurencamp.com.

Of I Want to Make You Safe (Litmus Press), John Ashbery describes Amy King's poems as bringing “abstractions to brilliant, jagged life, emerging into rather than out of the busyness of living.” Safe was one of Boston Globe’s Best Poetry Books of 2011. King teaches Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College and works with VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. Check her latest blog entries at Boston Review, Poetry Magazine & the Rumpus and follow her on Twitter @amyhappens.

Lynn Melnick is author of If I Should Say I Have Hope (YesYes Books, 2012) and co-editor, with Brett Fletcher Lauer, of Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for the Next Generation (Viking, 2015). She teaches at 92Y in NYC and is the social media & outreach director for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts.

Great Weather for Media reading October 23 at 7 pm.

On Thursday, October 23 at 7 pm, Great Weather for Media presents its new anthology I Let Go of the Stars From My Hand featuring:

John Clinton
Terri Muuss
Trae Durica
Christian Georgescu
Vicki Iorio
Joseph A.W. Quintela
Evan Rosler
Eric Silver
Zev Torres
Jack Tricarico

7th Birthday Bash Wednesday at 7 pm!

On Wednesday the 24th starting at 7 pm, we'll celebrate our (belated) 7th birthday with the help of our friends at Sixpoint, and as usual it'll be epic. We'll have a bunch of rare/new/generally excellent Sixpoint beers. Also, with each Sixpoint beer purchased, you'll get a raffle ticket which will put you in a drawing for amazing prizes. Here are the details, beers first:

--4Beasts (the 2014 Beer for Beasts beer!): A brand-new, beastly porter brewed with 12 gallons of maple syrup in honor of our furry companions.

--Sensi Harvest: A brand-new beer! Juicy wet hops carefully selected by the Mad Scientists make SENSI HARVEST a unique delicacy available only at harvest time.

--Old Redhooker: Rare! An American barleywine made only from high-gravity first runnings. 9.6% ABV.

--Crisp: For those who'd like something lighter. What do you get when you fuse old world craftsmanship with new, clean, & bold flavors from right raw materials? The Crisp. It's Mad Science.

--Otis Stout (nitro): Sixpoint's classic smooth, creamy oatmeal stout with a light sweetness and dry finish. Full roasted flavor without a touch of harshness, made available specially for us on nitrogen pour.

The raffle prizes will include:

--Grand Prize: A private tour of the Sixpoint brewery for up to 8 people!

--Ten second prizes: Sixpoint and Pacific Standard merchandise, including t-shirts, gift certificates, pint glasses, beer cozies, and whatever else we dig up from our cellars.

In addition, brewery reps will be on hand and we'll have our usual happy hour prices until 8 pm, so come early to get the best deals and the specialest beers before they run out!

The Underhill Players September 25 at 8 pm.

Our first show at our new venue, PACIFIC STANDARD.

Come down for a night of amazing comedy and talk about the future and past (it doesn't matter, time is a flat circle) of The Underhill Players

Featuring:

Jim Search (Hot Time in Atlantic City)
Improv Comedy by "The Authors"
Josh Gondelman (Modern Seinfeld)
Time Traveling Cryofreeze Comedian Joey Asteroid
Marvin Berry and the Starlighters
and More!

The Disagreement Presents: Decay, September 11 at 7 pm.

The Disagreement has become homeless. Our former home is sadly no longer — on July 27, Culturefix closed.

Culturefix was an unexpected place, a place where things happened by chance. In their own words, it was “a bar, gallery and event venue that offer[ed] a different idea of a public space,” and like the best places in this city, both present and past, it never tried to be anything more than it was. It was not “cool” or “hip;” they had no designs on being the hottest place in the city or being the center of a scene. There was in fact no design to Ari and Cole’s establishment. They seemed merely to operate on the principle of filling their bar with things and people they liked and then letting the people they liked do their thing. Friends had art shows there. The Disagreement was born there. They put on one hell of a dinner party. And they used to make bitchin’ tacos.

Speaking of Decay, our city seems to be falling apart. What else could explain all the glass and steel that has leveled what was once an ocean of brick and concrete? The old has become useless, tradition unwarranted. “We’ve entered a new age,” they seem to keep telling us, “so stop trying to hold onto the past.”

But not everything ancient crumbles, just as not everything new lasts. A place like New York City only exists out of this constant collision between what is modern and what was already there. This has always been the case. It’s what made it a place that defined what was interesting to the rest of the world. Or at least until our modern age, that inexorable drive of progress and development that seems to be killing the things we love about this city — that it was a place where things just happened, where interesting people moved from all around the country and all around the world because it was a place where you could make your life your own, where you’d meet like-minded people and those whose disagreed with you alike, and together or alone, interesting things got made, where you used to not need money to be an interesting person.

Right now it seems as though the money is winning, because money only ever needs more money to keep it warm. And money, unfortunately, seems to be the one thing that doesn’t fall apart. A fortune made never dies, it is only plundered, stolen, or inherited, and its corrupting touch lasts much longer than the lives of those who possess it.

This modern age is a crappy one, one built with cheap shit and even cheaper money. This modern age is one built to rot right out of the gate. But luckily, glass was made to be broken; steel to melt.

On September 11, The Disagreement will present Decay, an evening of readings focusing on deterioration both mental and physical, the decline of the body and the soul, the degradation of both cultural and ethical standards. And so begins our itinerant phase.

At Pacific Standard. We’ll start at 7.

With:

Emily Cementina received her M.F.A. in Fiction from The New School. She co-hosts Sunday Salon, a monthly reading series in the East Village. Emily lives in Sunset Park, Brooklyn with her husband and their pet fish, Mingus.

Dustin Luke Nelson is the author of the forthcoming collection “in the office hours of the polar vortex” (Robocup Press, 2015). His 90-minute performance film “STRIKE TWO” debuted with Gauss PDF in April and his performance piece “Applause” debuted at the Walker Art Center’s Open Field in June. There’s stuff at dustinlukenelson.com about him.

Tobias Carroll lives and writes in Brooklyn, New York, where he is the managing editor of Vol.1 Brooklyn. His fiction and nonfiction have been published by Tin House, The Collagist, Underwater New York, The Paris Review Daily, Necessary Fiction, Bookforum, The Rumpus, The Collapsar, and Joyland.

Rachel Pelz holds an MFA in Fiction from NYU. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their dog. She is currently at work on a novel.

Third Rail launch August 28 at 7 pm!

Third Rail Beer, a new craft brewery owned by a trio of native New Yorkers, is launching in its hometown this summer. Third Rail Beer is driven by a passion for innovation and the endless pursuit of quality, honoring beer heritage, and pride in the culture and community of New York City. Third Rail Beer will make its NYC debut with two beers: Bodega, an abundantly hopped American Pale Ale brewed with Citra and Centennial hops; and Field 2, the brewery’s take on a classic Belgian Farmhouse Ale. There will be giveaways and specials, and the brewery’s staff will be on hand!

Painted Bride Quarterly Presents Slam, Bam, Thank You, Ma'am! September 15 at 7 pm.

Fret not, New York. We’re coming back! We’ll be hosting a special Bookend Event edition of Slam, Bam, Thank You Ma’am! at Pacific Standard on September 15th, 2013 at 7:00 pm. Who could forget the immense success that was our first Brooklyn Slam when guests were prompted to use octopi and puberty in their pieces? Get ready for another night of laughs and blue books. We’ll bring the pens, paper, and brotherly love if you bring the hospitality and those beautiful minds!

You can find more info on the festival here: http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/ and the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/853334868011027/.

Questions? Email pbq@drexel.edu.

Battle of the Books reading September 18 at 6:30 pm!

Late Night Library's 2014 Annual Battle of the Books is a bracket-style competition that pits debut books against each other until one is deemed worthy of the Late Night Library Championship Belt! Featured books are read by published authors and book industry professionals who didn’t write the books themselves. This year's event will be hosted by Julia Fierro, author of Cutting Teeth.

Featuring readings from:

The Anatomy of Dreams - Chloe Krug Benjamin
The Union of Geometry and Ash - Josh Booton
Wax Bullet War - Sean Davis
Son of a Gun - Justin St. Germain
A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain - Adrianne Harun
Hum - Jamaal May
Know the Night - Maria Mutch
Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng

Read by:

Robin Black (author of Life Drawings)
Scott Cheshire (author of High as the Horse's Bridle)
Chelsea Drake (of William Morris Endeavor)
Kelli Dunham (author of The Boy's Body Book)
Mira Jacob (author of The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing)
Kate Racculia (author of Bellweather Rhapsody)
Mike Scalise (author of works in AGNI and The Paris Review)
Cliff Thompson (author of Love for Sale and other Essays)

Flapperhouse reading August 26 at 7 pm.

After publishing just two issues of surreal, shadowy, sensual, satirical literature, the Brooklyn-based zine known as FLAPPERHOUSE has developed a modestly-sized but passionately-devoted following. On August 26 (Tuesday night, 7 PM), FLAPPERHOUSE will host its very first reading at Brooklyn's Pacific Standard, featuring performances by Mila Jaroniec (Thought Catalog, Medium, Playboy), J.E. Reich (Gigantic Sequins, Armchair/Shotgun, Vol. 1 Brooklyn), Brendan Byrne (FLURB, Rhizome, New Scientist), and FLAPPERHOUSE's esteemed Editorial Consultant, T. Mazzara. Admission is free. For more information, follow FLAPPERHOUSE on Facebook (facebook.com/FlapperhouseMag), or Twitter (@FLAPPERHOUSE), or visit Flapperhouse.com

Lineup for Pacific Standup Comedy August 7 at 8 pm.

Here's the official lineup for the debut of Pacific Standup comedy a week from now at 8 pm. Some big names for a free show!

Jessi Klein (Inside Amy Schumer)
Joe List (Letterman)
Jared Logan (Comedy Central)
Shalewa Sharpe (Host, "How Do I Get There?")

with your hosts Matt Koff and Emmy Blotnick.

Science + Art: Under the Stars on August 12.

Art Lab and SciArt Center have teamed up once again to host an an evening dedicated to sparking collaborations at the intersection between art and science! Join us August 12th at Pacific Standard to celebrate **THE COSMOS**. Playing on a fun "speed date" format, space scientists + enthusiasts alike are invited to pair off for a series of speedy conversations aimed at creating cross-disciplinary collaborative connections.

All are welcome, but if you are interested in OFFICIALLY participating as an artist or scientist, please let Maryam Zaringhalam know via direct message, or email her maryam.zaringhalam@thisisartlab.com! Speed meeting will kick off promptly at 7:00pm, followed by informal mixing + mingling over some out-of-this-world drink specials.

**Space for speed meeting is limited and will be offered up on a first come // first serve basis.

Tickets for U.S.-Portugal June 22.

First of all, huzzah! Thank you all for coming today to watch the U.S. beat Ghana 2-1. Now some details about watching the next match.

Because the U.S.-Portugal match on June 22 at 6 pm is going to be such a big event, we're selling tickets in advance for crowd control purposes. This way we can all have a bit of space to stretch out, and won't have to worry about being shoulder-to-shoulder and unable to enjoy the game properly. Your ticket will come with a free beer or well drink, and will cost $8 in order to pay for said drink and the extra staff we'll have on hand to make sure everyone gets good service. You can buy tickets starting immediately here at the bar; just ask your bartender. (The ticket doesn't mean you shouldn't tip your bartender for your drinks on the evening of the game!) You can also buy tickets at the door the day of the game, but we recommend buying them in advance to ensure you'll have space.

A couple clarifications: if you are coming and going earlier on Sunday, and won't be staying for the game, you don't need to worry about a ticket. On the other hand, for those of you who are coming later Sunday night for pub quiz, fear not: after 8 pm, we'll go back to normal, open to everybody at no cost. However, keep in mind that it may take some time for World Cup fans to clear out, so we'll probably be starting quiz later than usual to allow people to settle in. Be patient and we'll make it work.

We may or may not need to regulate admission to other U.S. games, and will keep you updated, but for now it's just the Portugal match. Any questions, just e-mail us. Go U.S.!

World Cup schedule!

For those who have been asking, yes, we'll be showing all the World Cup games we can on our two big screens, including, obviously, all the US games. We'll also be opening early some days in order to show especially important games. Here's the rundown of the bar's World Cup schedule so far:

In General

Fridays-Sundays: We open at noon, so we'll be able to show all the World Cup games on those days.
Mondays-Thursdays: We open at 4 pm, and will be able to show all games after then. On some days, we'll open earlier than usual in order to show afternoon games (see below).

Specifically

Monday-Thursday early openings:
--Monday, June 16th, we'll open at noon for Germany vs. Portugal (12 pm) and Iran vs. Nigeria (3 pm).
--Tuesday, June 17th, we'll open at 3 pm for Brazil vs. Mexico.
--Wednesday, June 18th, we'll open at 3 pm for Spain vs. Chile.
--Thursday, June 19th, we'll open at noon for Colombia vs. Ivory Coast (12 pm) and Uruguay vs. England (3 pm).
--Thursday, June 26th, we'll open at noon for United States vs. Germany and Portugal vs. Ghana.
 --Monday, June 30 and Tuesday, July 1 we MAY open at noon for Round of 16 games, depending on which teams are participating and popular demand. Call/e-mail us or follow us on Twitter/Facebook for updates.
--All games from the quarterfinals on will be shown during our normal hours.

If a game you and your friends really want to see isn't taking place during the times above, feel free to contact us. If we know that a group will come, we're happy to open early any day.

New cocktail!

In honor of being mentioned by Neil deGrasse Tyson as a bar to go to for astronomical events, we've invented a new cocktail in his honor. To wit:

Neil deGrasserac Tyson ($10): bourbon, Pernod, bitters, lemon peel, star anise.

It's heavenly. Here's how it looks:

Sixpoint NYC Beer Week Night February 27!

From the horse's mouth:

We are eminently (or imminently?) psyched for our mostly annual NYCBW Pacific Standard lots-of-taps event. The two Jo(h)ns, who started their Sixpoint fixation when they were roommates with a kegerator, a metrocard pass, and the old B77 bus line, have been proudly stocking our beer since they opened the Pacific Standard. For this night, we have specially-made custom Sixpoint/Pacific Standard mash-up pint glasses. Buy two Sixpoint beers and take the glass home. The beers will include Hi-Res, Gorilla Warfare, the Crisp, Seison, barrel-aged cask-conditioned Imperial Otis (!!!), and Spice of Life Sorachi Ace.

Gigantic Sequins 5.1 Release Reading February 18 at 6 pm.

Gigantic Sequins 5.1 has arrived & we're celebrating by inviting contributors from our newest & previous issue to read words that will remind you why you love to read modern poets and writers.

Come out & celebrate with us on a Tuesday night in Brooklyn! Here's who you'll hear:

Morgan Parker's first collection of poems, Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night, was selected by Eileen Myles for The 2013 Gatewood Prize and is forthcoming from Switchback Books. Recent poems are forthcoming from Tin House, The Atlas Review, Forklift, Ohio, and Gigantic Sequins. A graduate of NYU's Creative Writing MFA program and a Cave Canem fellow, Morgan lives in Brooklyn, where she is Education Director at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA). She also lives at www.morgan-parker.com.

Nichole LeFebvre manages foreign rights at The Friedrich Agency. She won The L Magazine’s Literary Upstart contest in 2013 and was published in their Summer Fiction Issue. She grew up in Western Massachusetts, lives in Brooklyn, and lives online at www.nicholelefebvre.com

Hannah Aizenman hails from Birmingham, AL, and received her BA from the University of Pittsburgh. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Black Warrior Review, Gigantic Sequins, plain china, Three Rivers Review, and Collision Literary Magazine. She is currently pursuing her MFA at New York University. She lives in Brooklyn.

Jennifer C. Werner was born in 1984. She was a suit, a cook, an assistant, a camp counselor, a bookseller, a carpenter. She teaches composition and creative writing at St. Francis College and Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is the online and social media editor for The Literary Review. More? www.jennifercwerner.com

Recipe comedy February 19 at 8 pm.

What happens when you take four comedians, give them a set of premises and joke formats, and see what delicious jokes they create?

RECIPE!!!

See our four comedians tell their carefully crafted, bacon-wrapped, eastern-inspired jokes, and then participate in an arbitrary competition for a baked good.

This show will feature:

Joe Zimmerman (Late Late Show w/ Craig Ferguson, upcoming Comedy Central Presents)

Noah Gardenswartz (NBC's "Stand Up For Diversity")

Selena Coppock (Author of the New Rules for Blondes)

Langston Kerman (Finalist in the 2013 Boston Comedy Festival)

Hosted by: Sean Wilkinson, Raj Sivaraman, and Jason Marcus

And treats for the audience!!!

Morning Show Comedy February 5 at 8:30 pm.

Here's the word from the horse's mouth:

Our theme is going to be "Relationships." The performers are:

--Will Miles (New York Comedy Festival, tours with Hannibal Burress)

--Matt Koff (writer for The Daily Show, writer for The Onion News Network, toured with John Oliver)

--Jo Firestone (Punderdome, Tiny Comedy Club)

--King Quail sketch comedy

As always, it's free and hilarious, and, beer, so there's no reason not to come by.