Interview: Comedian Jon Lovitz Stops at Cobb’s This Week
Comedian Jon Lovitz has been making fans laugh for nearly 30 years, with a stint on Saturday Night Live, to appearances on TV shows such as Seinfeld and The Simpsons and films, including The Producers.
Five One-Liners From Mike Tyson’s One-Man Show in SF
“Thank you for coming out and welcome to my living room” is how Mike Tyson greeted San Francisco on the opening night of his one-man show, Mike Tyson Undisputed Truth, at Orpheum Theater.
Reggie Watts Returns for SF Sketchfest Reggidency
As Reggie Watts has grown in popularity, SF comedy fans have watched him move up from Hemlock Tavern’s small stage to multiple sold out gigs at The Independent and a gig at Outside Lands last year. He returns for his second Reggidency at SF Sketchfest, three nights of comedy with a different collaborator each night.
Sex in the City Gets a Drag Queen Makeover
Sex and the City: LIVE!, a send-up of the iconic HBO series from the 90s, returns to the Mission this week with a cast of San Francisco’s most fabulous drag performers.
Lion King Smashes SHN Orpheum Box Office Record
Running 16 years with over 70 major art awards and currently the highest-grossing Broadway show to date, it’s no surprise that the North American tour of Disney’s The Lion King has broken the box office record at the SHN Orpheum Theatre.
USF Professor and Poet Aaron Shurin To Read at UC Berkeley
A trip to the East Bay around lunch time on the first Thursday of every month may be in order for poetry lovers to catch Lunch Poems–a series of talks featuring award winning local poets reading their work in person.
Multimedia Performance Presents Novel Mix of Music and Poetry
Poetry and music have always gotten along great together–from the Greek chorus to the iambic pentameter of Shakespeare supplemented in the Elizabethan theater by interrelated musical entertainment.
The Paris Review Touches Down at Tosca Cafe
When perusing the capacious commentary of fiction writers on writing, the tireless researcher will find to his or her dismay a glut of contradicting advice on what makes a terrific short story, and how exactly to construct such a tale.
Day of the Dead Exhibition at SOMArts Cultural Center
In honor of the annual November day of the day tradition, SOMArts Cultural Center will be holding a number of events dedicated to giving Bay Area visitors and students a chance to experience firsthand an important cultural celebration for many communities around the world.
The Art and Science of Poker at the California Academy of Sciences
Upcoming at the weekly Nightlife at the California Academy of Sciences is a lecture series with Stanford researchers and casino-game experts being called a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the statistics and artistry behind gambling.
Apolitical Election Cycle Comedy at the Palace of Fine Arts
The Chicago-based comedy brigade Second City is coming to San Francisco to showcase their unique brand of straightforward political satire that they advertise as a relief to partisans of all affiliations weary of election year name calling and mistruth.
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