She So Funny

People, it’s been a while.  The main thing I want you to know is on Friday, March 20^th at 8pm, my Almost Spring Comedy Show will be happening at The Artist, 249 City Island Avenue, City Island in the Bronx.  $15 cover and NO minimum!  You may even BYOB.  There is a menu of light fare and delicious desserts to tempt you if desired but not required.  Desserts by Jenny's Sweets.

The line-up (Joe Fulton, Shelly Colman, Paul Hallasy, and me) guarantees laughter.  You will surely have a good time. 

I had a wonderful Valentine’s Day for the first time in a while. ❤❤  I was part of Evie Ivy’s Dance of the Word show.  I loved listening to the other performers and seeing the beautiful belly dancing.  

I was on the bill as a poet.  It was supposed to be all about love.  I really had to go through much of my writings to find poems for this reading.  Much of my poems are more about betrayal, hurt, struggles, and that sort of thing.  But I managed to find some stuff to share that had to do with love though not necessarily romantic love.  One was:

Feeling Love from the Universe

Tonight’s slice of moon

smiled to me.

I smiled back.

©Mindy Matijasevic

June 2021

There are other things to share – after a night of drinking wine at home, I awoke the next day discovering that I had had a water bug, and that I had killed it.  I thanked God/dess for protecting me from the trauma of even knowing I had a water bug in my apartment.  Apparently I killed it without knowing I did.  I always wear sandals or sneakers in my apartment, never barefoot.  I had much to be thankful for.  However, I could not deal with the corpse.  My best buddy/non-biological brother came over the next day to dispose of the corpse.  Even more to be thankful for.

My first poetry chapbook, No One Called Him Topless, is a reality.  More on that next time.  Much thanks to Esther K. Smith, Klytemnestra Press.

There’s always more – good and not so good.  But my main point here is:  get to the comedy show on 3/20, 8pm for much laughter! We need it!

So much love to CGG-M ❤❤❤

Mindy Matijasevic

March 12, 2026

People, here’s to a better year ahead for us all.  If you would like to have some guaranteed laughter to start off 2026, here are two shows I am part of:

-      Sat., Jan. 17^th - Eat Drink Laugh show 9pm at Pangea, 2^nd Avenue between 11^th and 12^th Streets, NYC.  Advance tickets are $10; $15 at the door.  Pangea has a $20 drink/food minimum.  I hear the food is delish!  Advance tickets here:  https://cur8.com/23871/project/136088

-      Fri., March 20^th - Almost Spring Comedy Show at The Artist, 249 City Island Avenue, City Island, Bronx, NY.  Cover $15; NO minimum!  A menu of light fare (vegetarian-friendly) and delicious desserts (from Jenny’s Sweets) is available and tempting but not required.  You may even BYOB.  Lovely wait staff will provide glasses, ice, and a corkscrew, if needed.  I book the show.  I have good taste.  You will enjoy.  If this is date night for you, what a great way to see what makes each of you laugh. 

For those who like to plan ahead, mark your calendars. 

Some interesting developments have taken place for me in the last month or two.  I read some of my poems at a poetry festival on zoom.  A small press publisher was interested, and now we have something cooking.  We’ll see where it goes.  Also an acting gig I did about 7½ years ago was supposed to result in a sizzle reel for a possible future series.  It finally did!  And now the sizzle reel is being considered for review at TLC.  I love this kind of excitement in my existence.  It helps me endure the hard stuff.

There’s more going on.  There’s always more …

So much love to CGG-M ❤ 💕 ❤

Mindy Matijasevic

January 2026

People, the Almost Winter Comedy Show was successful.  I still wish it were better attended, but it was a good show and the audience enjoyed it very much.  Some friends who are former co-workers surprised me and showed up.  That was thrilling!  Thanks, Richard and Steven.  You were a big part of my joy.  😂 😂

My closest friends, Bob and Judy, attended – one drove me there, and the other drove me home.  I’m always so happy when they can both make it.  They are family to me.  (The good kind.)  ❤❤❤  I'll be spending my birthday with them on 12/21 and am grateful.

After the show, Steven, Richard, Judy and I went to the bar next door for a drink and some fun talking.  It always makes me feel good when my friends tell me how much they enjoyed the comics.  And they did.  Jean Kim, Ron Long, Rhonda Hansome (and I) delivered.  They were all hilarious.  In my opinion, I have good taste.

My show at The Artist is seasonal.  The next one will be in March 2026 as long as the Glicks are still there running the place.  I am grateful to them for so much.  They are wonderful people.  I feel fortunate to know them.  ❤❤

January 17th at 9pm, I'll be in the EAT DRINK LAUGH show at Pangea.  Details to come.

Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy New Year, Three Kings Day, Eid, winter solstice …  hope we all are safe and healthy.  😍

May the gangsters take a time-out.  Maybe try something radically different  --  feeding a stray, bringing flowers to someone you care about, hugging yourself?

A little neighborhood news:  A drunk man in the liquor store told me he needed a dollar.  I told him I couldn’t help him.  Then he leaned closer and told me he wanted to take me home.  (Yes, these are the propositions I get.)  I told him he’d need way more than a dollar.  We both laughed and it ended on an okay note punctuated by a high five.  👐

Much love to CGG-M  💓  💕  💓

Mindy Matijasevic

December 2025

Hey people!  If you happen to be in the mood for a poetry reading, I’m one of three featured poets at the Green Pavilion, 4307 18^th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11218 on Wednesday, November 26^th at 7pm.  This event includes an open mic where most art forms are welcome!  Evie Ivy has produced and hosted this event for almost or over 2 decades, and she is a wonderfully warm and welcoming host.  It takes place on the last Wednesday of the month.

Teaching again with such a wonderful group of students has been a happy time each week.  Again, I am both pleased and saddened that I am experienced by students as so exceptional.  I am not the most knowledgeable or talented teacher, however, I respect people.  I think not running the class on fear is the big difference along with appreciating wherever one is on their journey, and going from there.  I am working on a collection of stories of my experiences working in adult education. 

If you could use some laughter (and who couldn’t), come to my “Almost Winter Comedy Show” at The Artist, 249 City Island Avenue, the Bronx, on Friday 12/12 at 8pm.  For choice of seating, arrive by 7:50pm.  It’s a space with good vibes, and you may even BYOB.  Cover $15; no minimum.  A menu of light fare and delicious desserts is available.  It’s tempting but not required.  (The way sex should be.)  A hat gets passed around for contributions, so I may pay the comics.

The wonderful line-up:

Jean Kim

Ron Long

Rhonda Hansome

Hosted by me, Mindy Matijasevic

Hope to see you and hear you laughing!

        The show at Pangea on 11/1 went well.  I enjoy watching the show as much as being in it.  However, I felt myself as kinda low-energy on stage.  It may have been because I was very hungry.  After the show, I spoke with some audience members who really liked my performance.  So maybe I wasn’t as low-energy as I perceived myself as being.  I’m a harsh judge when it comes to me.

After the show, most of us were still there for the photo.  Mike Hernandez Vacas had to leave before this.  I’m holding up the divorce shirts I sell.  (Was thrilled to sell one which meant I would be eating.) 

        December on City Island is a very pretty sight.  Spend the day.  Enjoy the restaurants and the shops.  Then come to The Artist for comedy and dessert. Desserts are by Jenny's Sweets.

Photographer Ron Terner 

Two weeks ago, I went with my buddy to an event at Van Cortlandt Park where we, along with a small group, rode a canoe.  There were many small groups getting into canoes.  This event was for all ages.  They usually do it for school-aged children.  With life vests on, we paddled in Van Cortlandt Lake.  It felt so meditative to me.  Peaceful. 

However, when it was time to get up, I had a difficult time standing up though I managed.  Getting out of the canoe involved stepping up higher than my legs would lift me.  My thigh muscles were not able to do their job.  I was scared.  My body just couldn’t do it.  So with two people trying to help me, I managed to get on the rock but only on my knees.  I crawled a few feet to allow the people behind me to get out of the canoe.  Then I was on grass but still on all fours.  My buddy and a woman took an arm each, and I leaned on them a lot in order to stand.  Geez.  That scared me enough to start doing exercises for my legs and taking the stairs up a flight more regularly.

My, my, my.  I still think of myself as young-ish and pretty (though with more pounds to lose), but my body seems to have another opinion.  Hopefully, I’ll get things better.  

So come see this pretty, young-ish woman, who had to crawl out of a canoe, do her hilarious comedy on Saturday night!  November 1^st, 9pm, at Pangea on 2^nd Avenue between 11^th and 12^th Streets, East Village, NYC.  Tickets in advance are $10.  Tickets at the door are $15. 

Get your advance tickets here:  https://cur8.com/23871/project/134577

Pangea, a beautiful cabaret room, has a $20 food/drink minimum.  I hear the food is very, very good.  The line-up will definitely cause much laughter.  Paul Hallasy produces and hosts the EAT DRINK LAUGH show.  He’s hilarious all by himself.

Hope to see you and hear you laughing!

So much love always to CGG-M  ❤❤❤

Mindy Matijasevic

October 2025

Hello people.  Thanks for coming back to read my updates.  I appreciate your interest.

        On Saturday, November 1^st at 9pm, I’m on the line-up in Paul Hallasy’s Eat Drink Laugh show at Pangea, 178 2^nd Avenue (near 12^th Street) NYC.  $10 in advance; $15 at the door.