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Introducing Borscht Belt Fest, an annual cultural and food event that will make its debut July 29, 2023 in Ellenville, N.Y. Created by the Catskills Borscht Belt Museum, the festival will celebrate the Borscht Belt era and pay homage to the Borscht Belt’s vibrant past and showcase its legacy and wide-ranging influence on contemporary […]
Join Merrick, North Merrick, Bellmore and North Bellmore Public Libraries to celebrate the end of summer reading on Wednesday, August 9th at 6:30PM in the Community Room, a collaborative event with the adult summer reading clubs of Bellmore, Merrick, and North Merrick libraries. Our featured speaker will be comedy writer Alan Zweibel, author of LAUGH […]
Now in its sixth year, the 25th Anniversary Red Door Bash is Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee’s biggest fundraiser of the year. The award-winning annual event celebrates free cancer support for individuals and families in 15 Middle Tennessee counties, as well as honors community leaders and volunteers for their giving hearts and extraordinary impact. This year’s […]
Join us for our annual William Cullen Bryant Lecture! #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach will present his new novel, The Golem of Brooklyn – an epic romp through Jewish history and the American present that wrestles with the deepest questions of our humanity – in conversation with comedy legend Alan Zweibel, a five-time Emmy […]
SPECIAL SCREENING! Join “Ernie in Kovacsland” co-authors Ben Model & Josh Mills along with guests Alan Zweibel, Heather Hendershot & NPR’s David Bianculli as we screen, discuss and sign copies of the new book at the Anthology Film Archives in NYC on Saturday Oct 14 at 7:30pm! Anthology Film Archives and the Estate of Ernie […]
A hilarious evening with an original star & writer of Saturday Night Live! Join original SNL cast member Laraine Newman and original SNL writer Alan Zweibel for an entertaining conversation that takes us behind-the-scenes of the early days of the iconic Saturday Night Live.
Sponsored by Edward Blank and Family, Ruth and David Levine, and The Shine Trust From the earliest jokes told on the Lower East Side to the comedy routines honed in the Catskills, Ashkenazi Jews developed radically new forms of comedic output in the 20th century. On film and television, pioneering Jewish comics broke norms and […]
Alan Zweibel will kick the 21st JCC International Jewish Film Festival on March 21, 2024 at 7pm. Zweibel will be joined by director Ron Frank on opening night to introduce the documentary, "Remembering Gene Wilder." "For me, it's more personal. Gilda Radner was was godmother of our three children so we were very close with […]
TICKET INFO COMING SOON! The event is part of the ongoing PaleyImpact series, Media’s Role in Combating Antisemitism and will take place at the Paley Center in New York. September date TBA Fifties Jewish comedy was undeniably inspirational to a whole generation of comedians, also having major impact on American comic history. Developed in New […]
Scheduled to appear: Craig Bierko, Jackie Hoffman, Ben Mankiewicz, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Michael Urie, Alan Zweibel and more to be announced soon. CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY is back at the Triad! "Critic’s Pick" -NY Times “The funniest show in town - hands down!” -NY Post CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY is the Drama Desk Award-winning, international comedy Broadway sensation that features stars […]