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SUMMARY:The Moth StorySLAM — Sweat
DESCRIPTION:The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true\, personal\, 5-minute story on the night’s theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! \nThis month’s theme is “sweat.” Prepare a five-minute story about perspiration. Realizing you forgot to wear deodorant to the job interview. Taking on that Ghost Pepper Wings challenge. Getting busted sneaking in past curfew. Bungee jumping or hot yoga. Opening night or the Sunday scaries. Being told “we need to talk” or fretting the small stuff that makes your palms clammy\, knees weak\, arms heavy… \nDoors open: 6:30 p.m.\nShow starts: 7:30 p.m. \nTickets for Detroit’s StorySLAMs go on sale three weeks prior to the show date at 3 p.m. ET. \nSeating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come\, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. As many as 10 tickets may be available at the door for all of our StorySLAMs on a first-come\, first-served basis. \nMarble Bar is 18+ unless with a parent or guardian.
URL:https://dev.wdet.org/event/the-moth-storyslam-sweat/
LOCATION:Marble Bar\, 1501 Holden Street\, Detroit\, MI\, 48208\, United States
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SUMMARY:WDET Comedy Showcase: What's So Funny About Detroit? - JULY
DESCRIPTION:The WDET comedy showcase What’s So Funny About Detroit? is back! \nEach showcase brings a new set of six of the city’s funniest stand-up comedians to the stage on Thursday\, July 27 to the iconic Old Miami bar & backyard in the Cass Corridor / Midtown neighborhood of Detroit. \nWDET’s Ryan Patrick Hooper (host of CultureShift\, weekdays 12 – 2p) will serve as your host and curator of comedy for the evening as he introduces you to stand-up comics from around Detroit. \nThis event is a benefit for 101.9 WDET-FM Detroit’s NPR station. The cost of your tickets directly support WDET and will also go towards compensating the comedians\, who are critical members of the city’s independent comedy scene and larger performing arts community. \nTickets are $25 per person. Tickets can be purchased in advance online right here. Walk-up ticket sales at the venue are available *if the event is not sold out* \nDoors open at 6:30 p.m. \nShow starts promptly at 7:30 p.m. The show will be less than two hours long. \nThis show will be recorded live for a later airing on 101.9 WDET-FM Detroit’s NPR station. \nThis event will be held in the gorgeous backyard of the Old Miami. Please dress appropriately for the weather. In the event of rain or severe weather\, this event will be canceled and your tickets will be refunded. \nThis event is BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR and/or BLANKET. Think of it as a comedy picnic. A food truck will be on site selling food (Mizz Ruth’s Grill). Outside food and drink is not permitted. \nThis is an uncensored comedy event. The opinions and jokes of the comedians are completely their own and are not a reflection on WDET’s editorial standards. \nNew for 2023: Mario’s Restaurant is offering the special package that includes complimentary shuttle service to and from the Old Miami\, happy hour specials and more. Get more details at mariosdetroit.com. \n********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** \nMEET THE COMEDIANS: \nCamila Ballario \nCamila Ballario is an Argentine-born comedian from Michigan. Voted ‘Best Comedian’ by Current Magazine in 2020\, winner of ‘Best of Fest’ at both the 2021 Big Pine Comedy Festival\, and 2022 Laugh After Dark Comedy Festival. Camila has been entertaining crowds far and wide with her fresh brand of stand-up\, where she often joins her ideas with songs to give you a unique look into her perspective on the realities of being a woman in her 30s. Camila will be releasing her first comedy special\, recorded in Detroit\, MI\,  in 2023! \nZech \nZech is a Cass Corridor resident\, visual and performance artist and Ryan Patrick Hooper enthusiast. \nGenevive Clinton \nOne of the hottest up and coming comedians in the country\, Genivive has opened for Joe Rogan\, Neal Brennan\, Tim Dillon\, Ron White and many other top headliners . From the East side of Detroit\, she combines her unique perspective with her killer punchlines\, and destroys everywhere she goes. She travels around the country performing her unique brand of stand up\, and Currently is based out of ATX. \nBrett Mercer \nBrett Mercer has been performing comedy and producing shows in Detroit since 2014. He’s performed in bars\, coffee shops\, living rooms\, recycling centers\, and (occasionally) comedy clubs all over the country\, wondering what “the deal” is with a variety of topics\, large and small. He is one of the hosts of the long-running comedy podcast Big Time Garbage. He has performed at Motor City Comedy Festival (Detroit)\, Whiskey Bear comedy festival (Columbus)\, and Let’s Fest (Fort Wayne) and has shared the stage with Paul F. Thompkins\, Andy Kindler\, Todd Barry\, and Stavros Halkias. \nTre Stewart \nTre’ Stewart found Comedy pretty early in life. While other kids were watching cartoons he was watching Saturday Night Live\, writing jokes and doing impressions preparing himself for his inevitable career in Stand Up Comedy. Tre’ first picked up the mic 9 Years ago at the tender age of 16 and never looked back. Stewart possesses a relaxed\, laid-back comedic delivery where the punch lines come in more of an intimate and conversational style of someone sharing a funny story over the water cooler at work or on the basketball court. The Detroit Native left the motor city in 2012 to pursue his dreams of performing comedy in Los Angeles. Just 6 months after moving to LA he was taken in by the World Famous Comedy Store and has been honing his craft there and various other clubs in and around the LA area ever since. Stewart made his television debut in April performing stand up on the show Laughs on Fox. \nVishnu Akella \nVishnu Akella is a Michigan born\, Los Angeles based\, stand-up comedian and writer. His debut special ‘For You’ released in 2022 and was featured in the New York Times. He has performed at clubs and colleges around the country and has opened for headliners including Ken Jeong\, Michelle Wolf\, and Hasan Minhaj. \nWhat’s So Funny About Detroit? is supported by The Finnish Long Drink. \n \n 
URL:https://dev.wdet.org/event/wdet-comedy-showcase-whats-so-funny-about-detroit-july/
LOCATION:Old Miami\, 3930 Cass Ave.\, Detroit\, MI\, United States
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