Events
From the Borscht Belt to Broadway
Temple Emanu-El of Closter 180 Rd., Closter, NJ, United StatesCape May Stage – National Playwrights Symposium
Cape May Stage 405 Lafayette St,, Cape May, New JerseyThe National Playwright Symposium brings talented emerging and professional playwrights together with some of the world’s most renowned artists in an environment of community, creativity and craft. Held every spring at Cape May Stage, the 2023 symposium will feature Tony, Pulitzer, Oscar, Emmy and Olivier Winners! The 2023 symposium will feature master playwrights Alan Zweibel, Eisa Davis, John Patrick […]
The Last Laugh Screening/Q & A
YIVO 15 W. 16th Street, New York, New York$8 – $10BORSCHT BELT FESTIVAL
Borscht Belt Museum Market Street Studios 11 Market Street, Ellenville, NY, United StatesIntroducing 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 […]
$23.39Featured Speaker- Adult Summer Reading Club
North Belmore Public Library 1551 Newbridge Road, North Bellmore, NY, United StatesJoin 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 […]
Free registration with library cardCELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY — Triad NYC
Triad Theater 158 W. 72nd Street, New York, NY, United States$60 – $95Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee – 25th Anniversary Red Door Bash
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 […]
$300In Conversation: Literary Delights & Humorous Insights: Adam Mansbach & Alan Zweibel on The Golem of Brooklyn
Bryant Library 2 Paper Mill Road, Roslyn, United StatesJoin 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 […]
FREEAnthology Film Archives – Ernie Kovacs: TV Comedy’s First Auteur
Anthology Film Archives 32 Second Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesSPECIAL 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 […]
$6 – $12From SNL & Beyond: Laraine Newman & Alan Zweibel LIVE
Irvine Barclay Theatre 4242 Campus Dr, IrvineA 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.
$30 – $135IS ANYTHING OKAY? THE HISTORY OF JEWS AND COMEDY IN AMERICA
ZOOMSponsored 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 […]
FREE