The New Parish (Oakland, CA)
Three of the Bay Area's most deeply underground and thought-provoking comedians band together for a unique stand-up comedy show which promises to be an evening filled with biting political and social commentary that will attack all points along the spectrum from the rightest right to the leftest left.
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The last date listed for Laughter Against The Machine: Comedians W. Kamau Bell, Nato Green, & Hari Kondabolu was Saturday January 9, 2010 / 11:00pm.
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Centrally located in the heart of Uptown Oakland, the city's burgeoning arts and entertainment district, The New Parish is home to the East Bay's most progressive live music and comedy acts. Once a vibrant speakeasy, The New Parish now serves as an intimate venue for popular music and comedy. The space features two full bars and a courtyard featuring gourmet food from a mesquite grill. Please see the event description for more information about the performers and a schedule. Learn More
These guys slayed me. Damn funny, intelligent, crazy humor. They were all great, but Hari nearly stole the show...and this snazzy new venue, The New Parish, in Oakland is awesome! Finally, poor neglected, heavily-bashed Oaktown gets its own decent venue for showcasing 1st class comedy. I hope they get more great acts like these guys. Sheesh, this town can use some good chuckles (that aren't usually directed at itself).
Laugh out loud and roll on floor funny! All the comedians where smart, quick, hip and to-the-point hilarious. We will be returning. Thank you!
This event was a great time. The venue is very, very cool; I'll be back with more friends. The comedians were great - especially the M.C., Hari, and the headliner. The two friends I went with and I agreed we liked Hari the best. I'd highly recommend the venue and the show!
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Website: http://www.wkamaubell.com/
ABOUT THE COMEDIANS
W. Kamau Bell has been called very much in the mold of politically outspoken comedians like Dave Chappelle and Margaret Cho. Margaret Cho said, “W. Kamau Bell is the most important guy doing comedy right now. Do yourself a favor and go see him. He’s got the most astute, hilarious and completely righteous material going and he’s going to be a legend in his own lifetime like Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce. Think Bill Hicks but slightly taller.” Kamau was named Best Comedian 2008 by The SF Weekly, and also was featured in a cover story in 2009. Also seen on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend and performing his critically-acclaimed solo show, The W. Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism In About An Hour.
www.wkamaubell.com
According to the Seattle Times, Hari Kondabolu is a young man reaching for the hand-scalding torch of confrontational comics like Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor. Hari has performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live and Comedy Centrals Live at Gotham. His short film MANOJ was selected to play at the 2008 Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and was a Finalist in the 2007-2008 Boston Motion Picture Awards. Born and raised in Queens, NY and a graduate of Bowdoin College with a B.A. in Comparative Politics in 2004, Hari also earned a Masters in Human Rights from the London School of Economics in 2008.
www.harithecomic.com.
San Francisco native Nato Green continues in the tradition of hard-hitting Jewish comedians like Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, and Joe Lieberman. Nato is the mastermind of Iron Comic, Laugh Out the Vote, Laughing Liberally Local 415, and the New Jew Revue. He blogs on Huffington Post, is the Official Comedian of the Progressive Reading Series, appeared at Comedy Day 2009 and SF Sketchfest 2008 & 2009. Nato claims that an anonymous reviewer on an unnamed website — who Nato has reason to believe is not related to him — wrote that Nato, “always manages to look completely relaxed saying the most incendiary sh*t”
www.natogreen.com
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