comedy

Laugh flat out this Friday, as you lay on the beds at the Savvy Rest Natural Bedroom in Berkeley while a comedy showcase, performers from the Punchline, Sketchfest,even the Wall Street Journal(?) use the showroom to display their jocular talents. Some drinks provided. BYOB OK. Free.  

Bay seniors with grinning memories of “The Committee” and SF’s heyday of comedy, improvisational and otherwise, might enjoy checking out the 2016 version called Sketchfest which runs until January 24 at venues around town. Of special interest is an evening of the Upright Citizens Brigade from LA. Its alumni include Amy Poehler and Aziz Ansari. […]

Bay seniors wise enough to know that the least crowded, most serene time to visit wine country is right now, might consider checking out the 13th annual Sonoma Valley Olive Festival which runs until January 31. Events include a Blessing of the Olives Ceremony at the Sonoma Mission, an olive comedy night, a martini contest, […]

Bay seniors should know who they are by this point in life, comfortable enough in their own skin to play around with other possible identities, right? Why not pretend to be someone else? With no thought of actually going onstage or screen, go sign up for an acting class. You can find them all over […]

Bay seniors who missed last season’s hahaha production at the SF’s Marsh Theater of “Geezer” (no relation to yours truly) will be heartened to hear it is back until November 18. Geoff Hoyle, one of the City’s comic treasures, gives a solo performance exploring his idiosyncratically San Franciscan seniority. Saturdays at 3. Sundays at $7. […]