Pacific Stand-Up Holiday "Ho"-Down This Thursday!

Here's this week's stellar lineup:

Mike Recine (Conan!)

Carmen Lagala (Vermont Comedy Divas!)

Steve Wrigley (New Zealand Favorite!)

Dina Hashem (Comedy Central!)

Hosted by Matt Koff (The Daily Show)

One-Man House Band: Tony Zaret

Date/Time: Thursday, December 15, 7:00 pm

Admission: FREE!

More info: HERE

This Saturday: A Christmas Special Special!

Join us for the very best of the very worst of the very best in holiday entertainment. We will be screening half a dozen Christmas episodes, some popular and some you never knew even existed. In between, play reindeer games, win prizes and dodge the Ballistic Mistletoe. Bring a (inexpensive, optional) present for the gift swap. Come celebrate the season with He-Man, Rambo, the Power Rangers and more. And since this is my gift to you, it is free, free, free!

Date/Time: Saturday, December 10, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm (Screening starts promptly at 5:00, but late arrival is no problem.)

Admission: FREE!

Standard Time this Thursday!

Hunk hosts. Funny-ass mofos. In-depth interviews. If you're into all that, then you're in luck! Standard Time is your one stop shop for all of those things!

We've got comedy from:
Cathy Humes (CINDERBLOCK COMEDY FESTIVAL)
Ethan Simmons-Patterson (FLOODWATER COMEDY FESTIVAL)
Conor Delehanty (LIMESTONE COMEDY FESTIVAL)

and a special guest interview with Alyssa Limperis (MTV).

It's free as hell. It's fun as hell. You're going to love it! See you there!

Date/Time: Thursday, December 8, 8:00 pm

Admission: FREE!

The Opiate Returns this Wednesday at 7:30!

Come celebrate winter, the immaculate conception, and the release of The Opiate Vol. 8. Readers will include:

John M. Keller

Sarah Francois

David Z. Morris

Amy Berg

Hailey Foglio

Cooper Wilhelm

Genna Rivieccio

Date/Time: Wednesday, December 7, 7:30 pm

Admission: FREE!

More info: HERE

Pacific Stand-Up This Thursday!

Pacific Stand-Up returns this Thursday at 8 pm to soothe your post-election blues. Here's the line-up:

Amber Nelson (Comedy Central)

Jeff Simmermon (The Moth)

River Clegg (Clickhole, The Onion)

Shalewa Sharpe (Laughing Skull)

Plus special surprise guests!

Hosted by Matt Koff (The Daily Show)

House Band: Tony Zaret (UCB)

Date/Time: Thursday, November 17, 8:00 pm

Admission: FREE!

More info: HERE

Standard Time returns this Thursday!

Hunk hosts. Funny-ass mofos. In-depth interviews. If you're into all that, then you're in luck! Standard Time is your one stop shop for all of those things!

This month, we've got comedy from:

Dario Joseph (CLEVELAND COMEDY FESTIVAL)
Chanel Ali (LIMESTONE COMEDY FESTIVAL)
Emily Galati (CONAN)

and a special guest interview with Maria Wojciechowski (SEESO'S SCHTICK OR TREAT).

It's free as hell. It's fun as hell. You're going to love it! See you there!

Date/Time: Thursday, November 10, 8:00 pm.

Pacific Stand-Up: The "Oh F**k!" Election Special this Thursday!

Pacific Stand-Up is back this Thursday for an Election Week distraction. Here's the line-up:

Eliza Cossio (The Daily Show)
Charles Gould (Comedy Central Comic to Watch)
Doug Smith (Conan)
Sachi Ezura (Seriously TV)
Alison Leiby (Triumph Election Special)

Hosted by Matt Koff
House Band: Tony Zaret

More Info: HERE

Date/Time: Thursday, November 3, 8:00 pm
Admission: FREE!

More Pacific Stand-Up!

Pacific Stand-Up is now happening twice a month! Here's this Thursday's line-up:

Clark Jones (New York Comedy Festival)
David Angelo (The Daily Show)
Tyler Fischer (America's Got Talent)
Liz Miele (Comedy Central)
Chase Mitchell (The Tonight Show)

Hosted by Emily Blotnick and Matt Koff
House Band: Tony Zaret

Date/Time: Thursday, October 20, 8:00 pm.
Admission: FREE! (with one drink minimum)

More info: HERE

Pacific Stand-Up this Thursday!

Pacific Stand-Up returns this Thursday at 8:00 pm! Here's the lineup:

Asterios Kokkinos (The Nerdist, Maximum Fun)
Amy Nico Schwartz (The Annoyance Theater)
George Gordon (Bridgetown)
Ryan Beck (Comedy Central)
Jess Salomon (Just For Laughs)

Hosted by Matt Koff (The Daily Show) and Emmy Blotnick (Comedy Central Comic to Watch)
Plus House Band Tony Zaret

Date/Time: Thursday, October 6, 8:00 pm.
Admission: FREE (with one drink minimum)

Great Weather for Media Reading This Wednesday!

In celebration of the release of their fifth annual anthology, The Careless Embrace of the Boneshaker, Great Weather for Media returns to Pacific Standard for a night of boneshaking poetry.

Readers will include:

Gabriella M. Belfiglio
Carol Brown
John Clinton
George Guida
Vicki Iroio
Craig Kite
Soodabeh Saiednia
Jared Singer
Francine Witte
Anton Yakovlev

Hosted by Russ Green

Date/Time: Wednesday, September 28, 7:00 pm
Admission: FREE!

More info: HERE

Pacific Stand-Up this Thursday!

You've waited long enough! Pacific Stand-Up returns this Thursday night! Here's the lineup:

Aparna Nancherla (Comedy Central)

Adam Lowitt (The Daily Show)

Chase Mitchell (The Tonight Show)

Plus, co-host Emily Blotnick returns!

Along with host Matt Koff!

And house band Tony Zaret!

Date/Time: Thursday, September 22, 8 pm.

Admission: FREE! (with one drink minimum)

More info: HERE

FLAPPERHOUSE This Wednesday!

FLAPPERHOUSE returns this Wednesday night for their tenth reading and Issue 11 Flight Party. Readers will inclued:

Nancy Hightower

Armando Jaramillo Garcia

Alibi Jones

Monica Lewis

Ilana Masad

Adam Tedesco

Stu Watson

Cooper Wilhelm

and

the late Emily Dickinson

Date/Time: Wednesday, September 21, 7 pm

Admission: FREE!

More info: HERE

Standard Time Comedy Show this Thursday!

Standard Time returns this Thursday for another exiting and hilarious show! This time they've got HARD HITTING stand-up from Alex Ptak (Fingerlakes Comedy Festival), Wanjiko Eke (Charm City Comedy Festival), and Patrick Hastie (Beast Village Comedy Festival)!

AND an even HARDER HITTING interview with Chris Calogero (Not Quite Midnight)!!!

Date/time: Thursday, September 15, 8:00 pm.
Admission: FREE!

Pub Quiz Season XXI Playoffs!

Season XXI Playoffs begin this Sunday, September 11th. Here are the matchups:

(1) Merrick Garlando Calrissian vs (12) Malia Obama's Jury Summons

(2) Newtown Kriek vs (11) Move to the Poconos!

(3) Celibacy Squad vs (10) Fine With Megan

(4) Quizzie McGuire vs (9) Scruffy-Looking Nerf Herders

(5) What We Talk About When We Talk About Hitler vs (8) I Love to Laugh

(6) A Place for Grandma vs (7) Fleetwood Big Mac

If you didn't make the top twelve, the quiz will just be for the usual prizes for your team during the playoffs. Also, any playoff teams that don't show up will be subbed in for with any other teams that do show up, based on the final season standings.

Grabbing the Apple Reading this Thursday at 7 pm!

Grabbing the Apple (JB Stillwater Publishing, NM) is an anthology of poems by New York Women Writers. Readers will be Terri Muuss (co-editor), Gabriella Belfiglio, Teri Coyne, Linda Kleinbub, Jane LeCroy, Liv Mammone, Stella Padnos and Miriam Stanley. Books will be on hand for $14.00. Please come out to support local authors and an independent press!

Date, Time: Thursday, September 8, 7:00 pm.
Admission: FREE!

More info: http://bit.ly/2cxWxY9

Fiction Stranger Than Fiction this Wednesday at 7 pm!

Join us for FICTION STRANGER THAN FICTION, a reading series spotlighting writers whose work radically undermines conventional approaches to language, form, style, theme, content, narrative, and structure. Following the readings, John Madera will lead a conversation with all the readers. The event is free and open to the public.

(It's also host John Madera's birthday, so all the more reason to come out and celebrate!)

Here's the lineup:

Robert Lopez
John Madera
Edward Mullany
Dawn Raffel
John Reed
Laurie Stone
Terese Svoboda
John Dermot Woods

Date, Time: Wednesday, September 7, 7:00 pm
Admission: FREE!

More info: http://bit.ly/2bUHSro

FLAPPERHOUSE Reading #9 this Wednesday at 7 pm!

FLAPPERHOUSE returns this Wednesday, August 3rd from 7-9 pm for another reading! Here's the line-up:

Leland Cheuk

Jessie Janeshek

Alibi Jones

Ron Kolm

Billy Robison

Abigail Welhouse

the late Jack Kerouac

& more!

Admission: FREE!

The Opiate Vol. 6 Release Party and Reading this Tuesday!

The Opiate is celebrating the release of its sixth volume with readers from the current issue, as well as a few from past ones. Whether you've got summertime sadness or just a hint of sand crotch, stop by to see the following beach bunnies read (we'll also have copies available for sale):

Amy C. Berg
Ron Kolm
Michael Tilley
Hannah Assadi
Sam Farhi
Genna Rivieccio
Armando Jaramillo Garcia

Date/Time: Tuesday, July 19th, 7-9 pm
Admission: FREE!

Pacific Stand-Up This Thursday with Janeane Garofalo and Ilana Glazer!

After a month hiatus, Pacific Stand-Up is back, and this time they've got a STACKED line-up!

Here it is:

Janeane Garofalo (Janeane Garofalo)
Ilana Glazer (Broad City)
Pat Brown (NBC's Comics Unleashed)
Brendan McLaughlin (Best Week Ever)

Hosted by Matt Koff
House Band: Tony Zaret

Date, Time: Thursday, July 7, 8:00 pm
Admission: FREE! (with drink purchase)

FLAPPERHOUSE Returns this Wednesday at 7 pm!

Join the good people of FLAPPERHOUSE this Wednesday, June 22nd from 7 - 9 pm for their Reading #8 and Issue X Flight Party. Guests will include:

Deirdre Coyle
Armando Jaramillo Garcia
Alibi Jones
Devin Kelly
William Lessard
Monica Lewis
Dolan Morgan
Jeanann Verlee
and the late Oscar Wilde.

Admission is FREE!

Pub Quiz Scheduling Update: Sunday, June 19.

Due to Game Seven of the NBA Finals, Pub Quiz will not be taking place this Sunday, June 19th. Pub Quiz will return on Sunday, June 26th. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please have a happy Father's Day.

FLAPPERHOUSE this Wednesday at 7 pm!

FLAPPERHOUSE will be returning on May 25th for their seventh reading and YEAR TWO Flight Party.

Here's the line-up:

Mary Breaden

Shawn Frazier

Luis Galindo

Alibi Jones

Ron Kolm

Ilana Massad

Darley Stewart

Kailey Tedesco

and

the late Dorothy Parker

Time: 7-9 pm

Admission: FREE!

Stuck Between Stations Stand-Up Comedy this Thursday at 8 pm!

As we've learned from Q on the final episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, all good things must come to an end. Alas, we have reached the final Stuck Between Stations at Pacific Standard. Rather than cry about it, come by and enjoy all of the great stand-up comedy on offer. Here's the line-up:

Daralyn Kelleher (@deekizzle)

Ryan Crawford (@Rawford)

Nate Fridson (Sklarbro County, Hot Tub)

Clark Jones (Comedy at the Knit, Night Train w/ Wyatt Cenac)

Peggy O'Leary (Just for Laughs, Hard Lonely and Vicious)

Nick Turner (Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central)

Hosted by John Bilancini (@JOHNBILANCINI)

Admission: FREE!

Ace Cider Night this Tuesday!

Join us on election night, Tuesday, April 19th for some tasty Ace Cider. We'll have a few different cider offerings on tap, as well as delicious tacos to pair with them! Plus we'll be infusing one of the ciders on the spot, to create a unique flavor that you can only get here tonight! Come in, grab a cider and a taco, and watch the primary results. Here's the line-up:

Ace Joker Cider
Ace Perry Cider
Ace Pineapple Cider

Victory Brewing Night This Thursday Night!

Come by this Thursday night and try some great beer from our friends at Victory Brewing! We'll have several of their beers on tap, including some new and specialty brews. Here's the line-up:

Agave IPA with Grapefruit
Kirsch Gose
Prima Pils
Summer Love

Pub Quiz Season XX Playoffs Begin Sunday, April 3rd!

The round of twelve will take place on April 3rd at 8:00 pm. The six remaining teams will face off on April 10th, and the three-team final will be held on April 17th. Here are the matchups:

(1) A Saison in Hell vs (12) Fullstack

(2) The Toilet Boys vs (11) Big Dogs! Go Big or Go Home!

(3) Darth Bader Ginsburg vs (10) Malia Obama's Peer-Reviewed Paper

(4) Areola Bagels vs (9) Netflix and Krill, Like Whales Do

(5) Angela Merkel's Boner vs (8) What We Talk About When We Talk About Hitler

(6) Quizzie McGuire vs (7) Cleveland Steamed Clams

As always, if your team didn't make the playoffs, you should still come, because you can still compete for the usual Pub Quiz prizes. Also, there's always at least one team that doesn't show up, in which case we will sub in teams that did show up, based on the final Season XX standings.

Pacific Stand-Up Returns Thursday, April 7th at 8 pm with Headliner Judah Friedlander!

Pacific Stand-Up will be back on April 7th at 8 pm, with another stellar lineup, including headliner Judah Friedlander!

Here's the full lineup:

Judah Friedlander
Zach Sims
Travis Irvine
George Gordon
Eliana Horeczko

Hosted by Matt Koff.

Admission: FREE (with one drink minimum).

FLAPPERHOUSE Reading #6 this Wednesday at 7 pm!

Join us as we welcome back the folks from FLAPPERHOUSE for another reading this Wednesday from 7-9 pm. It's their Issue 9 Flight Party, as well as a Pre-Launch Countdown for The Voyager Record.

Featured Readers:

Leona Godin
Alibi Jones
Stephen Langlois
William Lessard
T. Mazzara
Christina M. Rau
Joanna C. Valente
the late Carl Sagan
and
Anthony Michael Morena,
reading from his forthcoming book,
The Voyager Record (Rose Metal Press, May, 2016)

Wednesday, March 23rd, 7-9 pm
Admission: FREE!

Stuck Between Stations Stand-Up Comedy this Thursday at 8 pm!

Escape the St. Patrick's Day crowds and see some great stand-up comedy this Thursday at Pacific Standard. Here's the line-up:

Andy Plamer (Emblem Free Comedy)

Chris Daniels (Brooklyn Comedy Festival)

David Piccolomini (Philly's Phunniest)

Niles Turner (Show/Tell Comedy)

James Hamilton (The New Movement)

Alison Zeidman (NY Times)

Courtney Maginnis (Not Quite Midnight)

Hosted by John Bilancini (@JOHNBILANCINI).

Admission: FREE!

Stand-Up Comedy this Thursday at 8:00 pm with headliner Roy Wood, Jr.!

Daily Show Correspondent Roy Wood, Jr. headlines another fantastic line-up as Pacific Stand-Up returns this Thursday at 8:00 pm!

Check it out:

Giulia Rozzi (VH1, Comedy Central)
Jordan Temple (MTV's Decoded)
Adam Sokol (Comedy at Beauty Bar)
Justine Cabulong (US Marines, Daily Show)

Headliner: Roy Wood, Jr. (Daily Show Correspondent)

with One-Man House Band Tony Zaret

Admission: FREE! (with one drink minimum)

Sixpoint Brewery Night this Sunday, with Special Beer-Themed Pub Quiz!

Join us this Sunday night as we continue to celebrate NYC Beer Week with Sixpoint and their friends. We'll have some great Sixpoint beers on tap, including their collaboration with Yonkers Brewing Co., Back in the B.E.E.R.! We'll be pouring it all during our Pub Quiz, which will have beer-themed rounds, and special prizes donated by Sixpoint. The grand prize will be a private tour of the Sixpoint Brewery in Red Hook!

Here's the line-up:

Sixpoint Double Sweet Action (American Strong Ale)
Sixpoint NYC Beer Week SMaSH (Kettle-Soured Golden Ale)
Sixpoint The Crisp (Pilsner)
Yonkers Brewing Co. Back in the B.E.E.R. (Russian Imperial Stout, Collaboration w/ Sixpoint)

Festivities start at 7 pm, Pub Quiz kicks off at 8 pm!

Beer Week Kick-Off with Barrier Brewing this Friday!

Join us this Friday, February 19th for a night with Oceanside, New York's Barrier Brewing. We'll have several of their delicious brews on tap to celebrate the beginning of Beer Week! Here's the line-up:

Half & Half (Imperial Milk Stout)
Money (IPA)
Rotationer (Pilsner)
Make It Rain (Collaboration IPA with Other Half)

Festivities start at 7 pm!

Stuck Between Stations Stand-Up Comedy Returns This Thursday at 8 pm!

Everyone should come this Thursday night at 8 pm for Stuck Between Stations' one-year anniversary show! They've got another great lineup, featuring:

Brendan Eyre (Just For Laughs)
Nate Fridson (Sklarbro Country)
Rachel Coleman (@racheliscoleman)
Cate Weinberg (Straight Up and Dirty Comedy)
Bill Stiteler (Match Game '16)
Josh Branham (Upcoming Album on Stand Up! Records)

Hosted by John Bilancini (@JOHNBILANCINI)

Admission: FREE!

Pacific Stand-Up Returns this Thursday at 8 pm with Ronny Chieng!

Daily Show Correspondent Ronny Chieng will be headlining another great Pacific Stand-Up this Thursday, starting at 8 pm!

Here are the details from host Matt Koff:

In honor of Valentine's Day, this month we've got comedy from some of the funniest couples on the NY comedy scene.
That's right, comedians performing with other comedians that they're dating! (Mostly!)
AND I'll be hosting it with my GIRLFRIEND. How crazy is that shit!

Come see Duo Acts from:

Ashley Brooke Roberts & Nick Maritato (Serious Relationship)
Lizzie Martinez & Tim Racine (Super Serious Relationship)
Abbi Crutchfield & Luke Thayer (Married)
Brendan McLaughlin & Claudia Cogan (Platonic)

Headliner: Ronny Chieng (Daily Show Correspondent, Engaged)

House band: Tony Zaret

Hosted by Matt Koff & Erin Gloria Ryan

Price: FREE with a one-item minimum.

Fiddlesticks Stand-Up Comedy Returns this Wednesday at 8:00 pm!

Join us this Wednesday, January 27th at 8:00 pm for Fiddlesticks, a new stand-up comedy show!

Here's the line-up:

Matt Lynch

Alexandra Kayhart

Jon Fisk

Ajai Raj

Lauren Hope Krass

Admission: FREE!

New Food Items: Tacos! Pulled Pork Sliders! Sloppy Joes!

Look at these Pulled Pork Sliders! They've got basil mayo and a spicy mango slaw, all served on a toasted potato roll. You know you want them! Lucky for you, they're one of the new additions to our food menu. We've also got a Chili-Cheese Sloppy Joe, and... wait for it... TACOS!!! All of these would make a perfect companion to a delicious craft beer. Good thing we have plenty of those, too!

Stuck Between Stations Stand-Up Comedy Returns This Thursday at 8 pm!

New year, same Hold Steady references, new group of outstanding comedians coming at you!

So let's surround ourselves with doctors and deep thinkers, and enjoy this amazing lineup:

Will Carey (You Can Use That)
Shane Torres (Comedy Bang Bang)
Greg Stone (Caroline's)
Christi Chiello (New York Comedy Festival)
Megan Gailey (Conan)
Joel Walkowski (Wildcats)

Hosted by John Bilancini (@JOHNBILANCINI)

Drink Giveaways. Always Hilarious, Always FREE!

Press 2 For English Stand-Up Comedy this Thursday!

Don't miss a new stand-up comedy show, Press 2 For English, this Thursday night at 8 pm! Check out this awesome line-up:

Matteo Lane
Seaton Smith
Christi Chiello
Amber Nelson
Aparna Nancherla
Randy Syphax

Hosted by Tyler Richardson and Ayanna Dookie

Admission: FREE! (with one drink minimum)

Victory Brewing Company Night this Wednesday!

Come by on Wednesday night and try some great beer from our friends at Victory! There will be specials and giveaways! Here's the line-up:

Vital (BRAND NEW "East Coast" IPA! )
Helles Lager
Winter Cheers

State of the Union this Tuesday!

Watch President Obama's final State of the Union Address with us this Tuesday. We will be showing it on our big screen in the back. Seating is limited, so come early! Start time is 9:00 pm.

Pacific Stand-Up Returns Thursday at 8 pm with Ted Alexandro!

This month's boss line-up:

Hari Kondabolu (NY Comedy Behemoth)
Carolyn Castiglia (NY Comedy Institution)
Nate Fridson (NY Comedy Icon)

Headliner:
Ted Alexandro (NY Comedy Legend)

House Band: Tony Zaret

Hosted by: Matt Koff

Cost: Free with one drink min.

FLAPPERHOUSE Reading #5 this Wednesday at 7:00 pm!

From the FLAPPERHOUSE guys and gals:

Come experience a post-Solstice epiphany & join us as we celebrate the flight of our 8th issue with our 5th reading on 3 Kings’ day– that’s  WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6 from 7 to 9 PM at Pacific Standard.

Starring B. DIEHL, SHAWN FRAZIER, ALIBI JONES, RON KOLM, J.E. REICH, JON SAVAGE, BUD SMITH, JOANNA C. VALENTE, and the late FRANZ KAFKA.