Baltimore, Booze, Comedy!

In lieu of real news, I (Chris White) will let you know the following:

I am performing at the Baltimore Comedy Factory this weekend, Thursday-Saturday. The headliner is Bob Levy, who is a regular on Howard Stern's show.

Here's the cool part -- if you want to come out, when you make the reservation, tell them you're coming to see me and you want the drink special. That means that for $17, you get your admission, PLUS all you can drink (top-shelf liquor excluded, sorry hard-core drunks). Make sure you mention my name. The number for reservations is 410-547-7798.

You should be there! If not I'll be sad.

While we're on the subject ...

Comedians -- if you ever have similar deals you'd like to mention on this blog, just e-mail chris@dcstandup.com. Happy to post them if you need the extra publicity.

Tags: Baltimore

Madam President!

Here's an interesting story with DC ties -- Sheryl Underwood was in DC court last week, fending off a challenge to her recent election as president of her sorority.

Sheryl's back this way in January, opening up the new year at the DC Improv. Honestly, it's one of my favorite live shows to go see. She's crazy, in a good way.

Tags: Sheryl Underwood, DC Improv

Erin, Ellen

If you haven't heard the pretty cool news, Erin Jackson (in addition to being the local face of comedy in about five different recent articles/TV reports) has been booked to appear on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show some time next month.

You can read about it at Erin's Blog.

Tags: Erin Jackson

Fredericksburg Shows

A guy by the name of Michael Smart is organizing shows in Fredericksburg at two different venues; the shows are on a monthly basis. If you're a comic interested in making the trip, you can get a hold of him by e-mail.

There's actually a show this Saturday, at The Tavern in Lee's Hill (10649 Spotsylvania Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA). It starts at 9 and features Brian Kerns, Aparna, Leondardo, Travis Irvine, E.J. Edmonds and is hosted by Danny Rolando.

After that it's a show at Boxseats (5801 Southpoint Center Blvd., Spotsylvania, VA) on Saturday, Sept. 6. That starts at 9 and stars Rob Maher, Seaton Smith, Bryson Turner, Jim Pate and Kevin Dodd.

Tags: venues

JoJo Dancers

Hossman, onetime organizer of the open mic at The Library, has a new Tuesday show going at JoJo on the U St. corridor. The fun starts on Aug. 26 and it's going to be every week. The info is on the open mics page.

Tony Woods this weekend

Ian Salmon's $3 Comedy Show (at Floyd's in Alexandria) features Tony Woods this coming Saturday, August 16. You can get more info at the calendar page.

The Ginger Fund

Tags: open mics, venues