Reminder: Queer Comical Night at Readers Cafe And Bookstore, Fort M... @ Thu Jan 27 6:30pm - 9:30pm (Queer Things)

more details » Queer Comical Night at Readers Cafe And Bookstore, Fort Mason Queer Comical Night, January 27th at Readers Cafe And Bookstore WHAT: Friends of the San Francisco Public Library and Qcomedy Showcase Present: Queer Comical Night, An Evening Of Readings, Art, Performance, And Stand-up By Funny Queer And Queer-friendly Creators. Our January 27th event features comedian and author Betsy Salkind, writer, publisher and musician Larry-Bob Roberts, Baruch Porras-Hernandez, Loren Kraut, and Lynn Ruth Miller with host Nick Leonard. Part of Readers Cafe & Bookstore's Thursdays at Readers series, featuring specially priced drinks and snacks, literary themed events, such as movies, poetry readings and more. WHEN: Thursday January 27th SHOWTIME: 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm WHERE: Readers Cafe & Bookstore Building C, South End Fort Mason Center San Francisco, CA COST: Free WEBSITE: http://www.Qcomedy.com http://www.friendssfpl.org/?Event&id=349 PERFORMER BIOS: BETSY SALKIND The Boston Globe said, "there are countless ways to make someone laugh, and Betsy Salkind knows most of them. Want sarcastic wit? Political humor? Or maybe just a good animal mime? Salkind can pull all that off and more. Best known as 'Squirrel Lady,' Betsy has appeared on "Girls Night Out," "Last Comic Standing," and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Betsy was a staffwriter for SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL and ROSEANNE, and is author of "More Than Once Upon A Time" and "Betsy's Sunday School Bible Classics" (children's books for adults) as well as the blog "Ethel's Law." Betsy's Sunday School Bible Classics is an Award-Winning Finalist in the Humor category of the "Best Books 2010" Awards, sponsored by USA Book News. www.BetsySalkind.com LARRY-BOB ROBERTS Larry-bob Roberts brings the spirit of Do It Yourself creativity to the queer world. Writing about his new book from Manic D Press, "The International Homosexual Conspiracy," the SF Weekly called him "the Stephen Colbert of queer culture." He started the zine Holy Titclamps in 1989, and for over a decade has maintained the SF Bay Area queer cultural calendar Queer Things To Do aka SFQueer.com. He co-hosts the monthly open mic Smack Dab at Magnet in the Castro with Kirk Read. The International Homosexual Conspiracy is contains 88 short essays on a range of topics (not all of them queer-related). Alternately sardonic and heart-felt, this written variety show reflects a viewpoint interrogating the cultural mainstream. www.holytitclamps.com JAMES "CLAM" LYNCH Clam is a professional and lifelong artist with a wide range of skills and experience including performance artist, comedian, the development of children's programming, authoring of children's books, production designer for film and t.v. as well as theater and large art insulations which he has designed and constructed . he also teaches art to children in his free time. after working on the creation of a television show based on a character developed from several successful thearter runs , he is now focusing on his artwork and paintings and the creation 63Bluxome Street Gallery with his brother Mike. He authored the children's book, "RUBY GLOOMS KEYS TO HAPPINESS", He's written and performed his one man comedy show entitled "Cut the Crap" about a motivational speaker with his own "life" issues for a four month run at the Steve Allen Theater in Los Angeles and has performed in numerous appearances including the Tom Green show, Roseanne Barr's "Blond and Bitching" DVD, and the Air America radio show. www.clamlynch.com NICK LEONARD Nick Leonard performs stand up, improv and sketch comedy in the Bay Area, around the US and around the world including NYU and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He's taught at The Hyena Comedy Institute, BATS' Laughing Stock, Too Many Larry's Summer School and Jim Cranna's Workshops. He's performed excerpts from his solo show "I'm from Queens" at the Marsh Theatre, Jon Sims Center For The Arts and the SF Solo Festival. He produces the "Qcomedy Showcase" , San Francisco's longest running queer and queer friendly comedy show, now in it's 11th year. As a cartoonist has regularly contributed to many publications Holy Titclamps, Baby Split Bowling News, Strange Looking Exile, BoyCrazyBoy, Boy Trouble and the Best Of Boy Trouble book.www.nickcomic.com When Thu Jan 27 6:30pm – 9:30pm Pacific Time Calendar Queer Things Who • Larry Bob Roberts - creator

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