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Join QED for a variety of Halloween events including a Rocky Horror singalong, horror classics reading, ghost lecture, stand-up comedy, and costume contests. Something for everyone!

Andrew Barlow (hot bartender) and Justin Catchens (tattoo double for The King of Staten Island starring Pete Davidson) host this good stand up show. Just your everyday stand up show, but this one is good, from top to bottom, no stinkers on this line up.

For the 2nd year, Chelsea Music Hall joins the New York Comedy Festival as an official venue hosting 13 shows with over 50 comedians taking the venue's stage, including Janeane Garofalo, Larry Owens, Ian Lara, Seth Herzog, Alex English, Josh Adam Meyers and Sam Morrison between November 7th and 13th, 2022.

The CW has announced their Primetime listings for the week of April 24th. Check out the listing below. 

Legendary Queens-based podcasting duo Keith and The Girl will be holding their annual 24-hour comedy marathon beginning Saturday, January 30 @ 3pm EST, as more than 50 of their fans’ favorite guests will make appearances to celebrate their 16th year of podcasting.

Legendary podcasting duo Keith and The Girl have announced the lineup for the next edition of their popular movie-themed game show, Silent Trailers, and it's a livestream that comedy fans won't want to miss. Dave Hill (The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and Laurie Kilmartin (Conan) will compete alongside comedians Chris Mancini (Comedy Film Nerds), May Wilkerson (Crazy in Bed podcast with Alyssa Limperis) and more during the ticketed event on Saturday, October 17 @ 8pm ET. Tickets are on sale now for $10 or you can get 50% off by entering a?oeSILENTHALFa?? at checkout.

Here are some of the highlighted events coming to QED from Dec. 29 - Jan. 7, including: Evan Forde Barden and Patrick Cartelli host music podcast Repeater's Top 10 Coundown of 2019 (Dec. 29); NYE fun with Christian Finnegan, Usama Siddiquee, Sam Morrison, Courney Fearrington, Lauren Hope Crass, and Erin Maguire at QED's New Year's Eve Spectacular (Jan. 31); host Oril Matlow and guests revisit their favorite hopelessly-dated material at Comedy Time Machine (Jan. 2); Liz Simons & Jenn Wehrung host a night filled with their favorite local comedians at Laugh It Up, Astoria! (Jan. 2); Krowdwerk, an improvised comedy show based completely on the time-honored tradition of doing crowd-work (Jan. 3); a Golden Globes Watch Party & Trivia night (Jan. 5); and, much more!

Here are some of the highlighted events coming to Q.E.D. from Nov. 20a?"26, including: a Democratic Debate Watch Party with Frank Conniff, Christian Finnegan, and more (Nov. 20); Rory Scholl's comedic musical Thanksgiving Scarecrow: A Musical, with Rebecca Vigil and more (Nov. 21); QED Presents showcasing Lizz Winstead, Shalewa Sharpe, Liz Barrett, and Ben Katzner (Nov. 23); a bar trivia night for fans of true crime, Yellow Tape (Nov. 24); Myq Kaplan and friends Carolyn Riley, Carolyn Castiglia, and Carolyn Busa (Nov. 25); and, much more!

Laughing Liberally will present LAUGHING LIBERALLY OFF-BROADWAY - 'MAKE AMERICA LAUGH AGAIN,' featuring a diverse roster of political performers taking back the discourse and bringing joy and intelligent topical humor to the NY stage for 15 performances only, beginning tonight

Laughing Liberally, in association with Eric Krebs, will present LAUGHING LIBERALLY OFF-BROADWAY a?' a?oeMAKE AMERICA LAUGH AGAIN,a?? featuring a diverse roster of political performers taking back the discourse and bringing joy and intelligent topical humor to the NY stage for 15 performances only (September 3-21) at The Theater at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street- between 9th & 10th Avenues). The run promises a different lineup of artists at each performance a?' and the return to the NYC stage of the great Elayne Boosler.

Laurissa 'Lala' Romain's newest music video is for her single 'Black Girl Magic,' which features Once on this Island's Juliet Benn and Kenita Miller. The video was directed by Sea McHale, Shot by Zach Grullon, Produced by Laurissa 'Lala' Romain & Sea McHale, Edited by Laurissa 'Lala' Romain,

Comedians Brian McGuinness (Inside Amy Schumer) and Calvin Cato (named one of Time Out New York's "LGBT Comedians of Color You Should Know") are preparing to release the 100th episode of their long-running video game podcast Playable Characters on Monday, February 25th, 2019. The show finds its two hosts engaging in completely ad-libbed interviews with retro and often obscure video game characters. Past "guests" have included everyone from King Bowser to Diddy Kong to Arthur from Ghosts n' Goblins. Playable Characters' archive of 96 episodes are all currently available on iTunes.

Shop with a bag for life, wear fair trade shoes, recycle your yoghurt pots, go vegan, recycle your vegan yoghurt pots, retweet the # that'll dismantle the patriarchy. The ingredients that go into what makes a person good can seem endless and a lot of hard work. Who's the 'better' human being: the guy who gives to charity but cheats on his girlfriend or the sweet old lady who loves animals but voted to keep the immigrants out? But better still, what is good and how do we truly know if we are?

Shop with a bag for life, wear fair trade shoes, recycle your yoghurt pots, go vegan, recycle your vegan yoghurt pots, retweet the # that'll dismantle the patriarchy. The ingredients that go into what makes a person good can seem endless and a lot of hard work. Who's the 'better' human being: the guy who gives to charity but cheats on his girlfriend or the sweet old lady who loves animals but voted to keep the immigrants out? But better still, what is good and how do we truly know if we are?

Gilded Balloon announced that another 70 shows go On Sale today.

QED has your Valentine's Day date night covered! Christian Finnegan (Best Week Ever and Chappelle's Show) and Kambri Crews (owner of QED) will host The Perfect Couple, a fun new game show where couples will compete against each other to decide who is, in fact, the Perfect Couple!

The performance venue and learning space QED is getting in the Valentine's Day spirit with a variety of ways to celebrate including classes, comedy shows, and crafting workshops, no matter your relationship status. Come celebrate love!