comedy: BohoBlog, North Bay Bohemian

How Can Bill Maher Ignore Sandy Weill?

Holly Abrahams — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:37:00 -0700

As if in a stroke of comedic genius, Bill Maher performs at the shiny, brand-spanking new Green Music Center on Oct. 20. You know Bill Maher: the extremist-liberal and capitalism-skeptic who hosts the politically and comically fueled television show Real Time with Bill Maher.…

Burning Man Dating Profile

Brian Moss — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:10:00 -0700

Namaste Lovers,

My name is Root. I used to go by Cynthia, but all that changed when I left my career in finance back in '09.…

Video: Watch Our Editor Get a Pie in the Face

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:53:00 -0700

Who's that in the cover photo for this week's feature by Leilani Clark on standup comedy, you ask? The guy getting a banana cream pie smashed in his face?

Why, it's the Bohemian's very own editor, Gabe Meline.…

Mr. Magic Returns

Gretchen Giles — Fri, 21 May 2010 04:00:00 -0700

Former WFC entertainment director Rick Bartalini has a new plan.

Friday, May 14, and the buzz is on.…

The Luxurious Life of a Reporter

Gabe Meline — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0700

(Incidentally, not one of ours.)

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Live Review: Bill Cosby at the Lincoln Theatre

Gabe Meline — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:00:00 -0800

At the Lincoln Theatre in Yountville on Saturday, Bill Cosby made his first public appearance since America elected Barack Obama as its next president. One would hope that Cosby might have come up with some special material, in the three days since the historic election, to mark the occasion.…

George Carlin, 1937-2008

Gabe Meline — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0700

The news of George Carlin's death of heart failure hit particularly close to home for his many fans in Sonoma County, and especially those in the sold-out crowd at Carlin's two Wells Fargo Center performances earlier this year, on February 29 and March 1.

Wells Fargo Center Director of Programming Rick Bartalini offers this behind-the-curtain recollection:What impressed me most about Carlin's time here this past February and March was he made it a family affair.…

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Rocky Road ~ Chris Rock brings another kind of pain to Oakland.

David Sason — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:00:00 -0700

Live review: Chris Rock, Paramount Theater, Oakland – Saturday, April 5, 2008
Stand-up comedy genius (and film actor with poor judgment) Chris Rock brought his No Apologies tour to Oakland’s Paramount Theater over the weekend, with four sold-out nights that sadly showed the fallibility of the modern-day Mark Twain.
Momentum was high following a solid set from regular opener Mario Joyner and a powerful slide show of African-American art from the likes of Kehinde Wiley and Basquiat.…
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Dana Carvey at the Wells Fargo Center

Gabe Meline — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0700

“I told my agent, look, if I’m gonna do an HBO special. it’s gotta be in an old church near the freeway by Rohnert Park!”
Is Dana Carvey really 52 years old?…
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Margaret Cho & Liam Sullivan Deliver the Diverse Goods

David Sason — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0700

The Warfield, San Francisco – March 15, 2008
Former “All-American Girl” Margaret Cho returned for a pair of triumphant nights at the Warfield a couple weeks back, reminding us why she’s still the Bay Area’s biggest gay pride (and joy). Looking relaxed and slender in her red and white striped top and skin-tight jeans, Cho delivered a potent, acerbic set which seemed to delight the mostly gay and Asian-American audience.…
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George Carlin at Wells Fargo: March 1, 2008

admin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0800

Now that he's attained the septuagenarian rank of "old fuck," and like old fucks since humanity's rude beginnings, will next become a dead fuck, it's pardonable to take the long view of a George Carlin show and cite a few precedents. But first a rundown Saturday night's "It's Bad For Ya," concert, broadcast live for HBO from the Wells Fargo Center for the Performing Arts.…
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