Ophira Eisenberg is Back From The ‘Quar’ To Record Her New Live Comedy Album at New York Comedy Club on Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 7pm and 9:30pm Stand-UP Clips From The Comedy Cellar: Canadians Being Nice High Dog-Walker WHAT: Brooklyn-based, Canadian comedian and host of NPR’s trivia radio show Ask Me Another Ophira Eisenberg… Read more »
Category: Comedy
A Call to #SaveNYComedy
On Tuesday afternoon, in downtown Manhattan, there was a press conference calling on state and city officials to safely reopen comedy clubs and save arts venues from economic collapse due to COVID. The event was sponsored by New York Comedy Coalition (which Kambri Crews, owner of QED Astoria, is a main part of). Speakers included… Read more »
Queens-bred KC Arora’s Debut Comedy Album is Out June 12
[From Shark Party Media] ANNOUNCING KC ARORA’S DEBUT COMEDY ALBUM DRAW 4 OUT JUNE 12 ON BLONDE MEDICINE Pre-order: https://music.apple.com/us/album/draw-4/1511605792 KC Arora is an Indian-American Queens-bred comic who was raised in a diverse neighborhood where everybody acted Italian. He’s been working for the last decade in clubs all around NYC. Draw 4, out June 12… Read more »
Matt Koff’s Debut Comedy Album Who’s My Little Guy? Release Party
On Friday, November 1st, Matt Koff will release his debut comedy album, Who’s My Little Guy? Koff will be celebrating at QED in Astoria along with famed comics Jo Firestone (The Tonight Show), Ronny Chieng (The Daily Show, Crazy Rich Asians), Matt Wayne (Comedy Central) and Brendan McLaughlin (Best Week Ever). Fans know Matt from his… Read more »
Astoria Comedian Katie Compa’s HARD PASS – Out on Friday the 13th (of September)
Astoria comedian Katie Compa, whose debut album Hard Pass presented by Little Lamb Recordings is out on digital platforms today (Friday the 13th of September), is witty, astute, and most importantly, very funny. One of her main topics is men (gay guys, straight guys, her father), but she keeps it light and none of it… Read more »
Mike Vecchione’s New Comedy Album
Mike Vecchione, an Astorian comedian who recently appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, recently released his second comedy album, The Worst Kind of Thoughtful. Recorded live on Long Island at Governor’s Comedy Club, this high-octane comedy album from one of NYC’s top comedians gives you over an hour and twenty minutes of autobiographical stand… Read more »
A Community for Comedy: Lisa Huberman Interviews Zoe Yellen, Host of Truth Serum at Q.E.D.
“Horny! Horny! Horny!” comes the roar of the crowd at Truth Serum, the monthly comedy game show at Q.E.D. hosted by the boisterous Zoe Yellen. A comedian who performs regularly with the sketch comedy troupe Face for Radio at The Peoples Improv Theater, Yellen assembles a motley crew of drunken contestants for a raucous evening… Read more »
Ben Rosenfeld’s New Comedy Album Release
COMEDY DYNAMICS TO RELEASE THE UNITED STATES OF RUSSIA, BEN ROSENFELD’S NEW COMEDY ALBUM ON JANUARY 19, 2018 “A year after the inauguration, The United States of Russia is hysterical!” LOS ANGELES, CA – Comedy Dynamics announced today it will release Ben Rosenfeld’s third comedy album The United States of Russia on all digital audio retailers on January 19, 2018. Almost banned on Russian iTunes,… Read more »
Featured BOAST Location
MoMA PS1
22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org
An exhibition space rather than a collecting institution, MoMA PS1 devotes its energy and resources to displaying the most experimental art in the world, and supports innovation in contemporary art. Warm Up, a popular program on Saturdays in the summer, takes place in the courtyard where DJs spin and people dance for hours.