Comedy smashatron Linda’s Bar and Grill 203 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill Monday, Sept. 15, 9 p.m., free Steve Brady is a comic that, shall we say, loves to start shit. He can get quite confrontational on the mike, attacking the crowd when a joke or bit doesn’t play well.
Craig D. Lindsey
Bio: Craig Lindsey writes about pop culture for INDY Week. He lives in Raleigh.Link: http://unclecrizzle.tumblr.comTwitter: http://twitter.com/unclecrizzle
John Hodgman makes getting it wrong feel so right
John Hodgman Carolina Theatre Friday, Sept. 5, 8 p.m. $27–$59.25 carolinatheatre.org John Hodgman has built a lovely career for himself by being both pedantic and incompetent, a know-it-all who doesn’t know a damn thing.
Woody Allen’s dizzy rom-com about Jazz Age psychics disappoints, but it’s hardly his worst
Magic in the Moonlight Opening Friday I’ve been amused by the early reactions to MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT, the latest from nebbishy ol’ workhorse Woody Allen. Some believe that it’s his most disappointing film yet. Seriously? Worse than Match Point or Melinda and Melinda or Whatever Works or Anything Else or Hollywood Ending or You […]
Comics remember one of their community
Sean Webb Benefit Goodnights Comedy Club Aug. 13, 8 p.m. $5–$8 919-828-5233 goodnightscomedy.com Sean Webb was a comedian fellow comic Jim Darrien enjoyed. They started doing stand-up gigs together in Greenville and in Webb’s home base of Wilmington.
Quality Grocery: Part store, part grill, all good
Quality Grocery 701 E. Lane St., Raleigh 919-834-3188 www.qualitygroceryoakwood.com Store hours: Monday–Saturday, 8 a.m.–9 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m.–6 p.m. Grill hours: Monday–Saturday 11 a.m.–9 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Breakfast: Saturday–Sunday, 8–10:30 am.
Last Comic Standing winner Jon Reep returns to Raleigh, where he got his start
Jon Reep Goodnights Comedy Club July 17, 8 p.m. July 18–19, 7:30 and 10 p.m. $17–$29 If it weren’t for the city of Raleigh, Jon Reep probably wouldn’t have been the season-five winner of NBC comedy competition Last Comic Standing. In fact, he might not be a stand-up comedian at all.
Triangle music clubs take breaks from bands to embrace stand-up comedians
The Dangling Loafer July 18 and Aug. 15, Kings Kyle Kinane Aug. 12, Kings
Sinbad and Nate Bargatze clean up Triangle comedy stages this week
Sinbad Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh 8 p.m., June 26; 7:30 and 10 p.m., June 27–28 $35–$42 Nate Bargatze Motorco Music Hall, Durham 8 p.m. June 29, $10
How did my brother escape from a group home—and never return?
When I’ve told the story of my brother to people they don’t know how to respond. This is probably because they can’t even imagine anything so awful and unsettling happening to anyone. I can see the immediate desire to sympathize in their faces, their heads often cocked down, trying to come up with some words […]
Celebrating Jewish food
Jewish Food Festival Sunday, June 8, noon–5 p.m. Levin Jewish Community Center 1937 W. Cornwallis Road, Durham levinjcc.org


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