Kate Willett is a New York comedian whose career has been defined by the micro-meeting-the-macro, as a lot of her humor revolves around her personal life and its evolutions as the country and planet have descended into madness over the last several years. She first came onto my radar with an affectingly honest essay four […]
Nando Molina
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Comedy Tonight: Wednesday, May 8
Savage Henry Comedy Club is debuting a new show tonight at 9 p.m. Senor Molina’s La Loteria Madness kind of says it all but, just to be clear, this is a comedy show hosted by Nando Molina where the comedic cues will all come from a deck of those delightful, Tarot-adjacent random chance cards so […]
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Comedy Tonight: Tuesday, April 11
Savage Henry Comedy Club presents Shaved Pits, a dog-friendly comedy revue hosted by Nando Molina and Jason Merritt, who both encourage an audience of well- behaved pups and people at 9 p.m. ($10).
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Funny en Español
A modestly-sized audience listened attentively before cracking into applause at the Savage Henry Comedy Club. Bursts of laughter filled the back room after a joke in Spanish about the difference between Guatemalans and Mexicans. “En México tienen el taco, el burrito, la tostada,” Nando Molina, a fixture in the Eureka comedy scene, said. “En Guatemala […]
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Back in Town
I have written here before about my antagonistic relationship with nostalgia and the withering contempt it generates in me. As Spider Jerusalem from Warren Ellis’ excellent comic book Transmetropolitan observes, “The future is an inherently good thing.” However, with all of the familiar faces and returning musicians in this week’s column, I find myself flexing […]