She So Funny

 

 

Last Wednesday, 3/18/2026, I was invited to do a comedy set in the Diva Dive jazz show at Tio Pepe’s on West 4^th Street.  I had a very nice time.  Diana Gitesha-Hernandez is someone I know from the NYC poetry circle.  However, she is a woman of many talents – a singer and a percussionist, etc.

 

People who attend a jazz show seem to be very open to comedy.  I was well received and enjoyed delivering.  The place is really nice.  I’d never been there before.  But I will plan to be there again.

Tio Pepe's

 

Then on Friday, 3/20, I had my Almost Spring Comedy Show at The Artist on City Island.  The line-up was great.  I was very pleasantly surprised by some folks who attended – my poetry pal Fred Simpson came and brought his wife, son, daughter, and son-in-law.  I felt very grateful.  My closest friends attended as did some newer friends.  I appreciate everyone – the audience and the comics and most importantly, Elliot and Monica Glick, who run the place.  Our Almost Summer Comedy Show will be in June.  Once the date is set, I’ll announce it.

The Bronx Museum of the Arts holds events for the community, and I attended two of them recently.  Loved my experiences.  One was an art-making experience led by MutShat Mahone-Lonesome.  I ventured into something I’d never done before – assemblage.  It is 3-dimensional work.

 

 https://bronxmuseum.org/

 

I loved the experience.  It felt like I felt as a child doing arts and crafts with my darling mother.  The time flew by.  When I left, I said to my mother (in Heaven), “We had a good time.”  It was only after I said it that I realized I was talking to my mother.  It felt so natural.

Thanks for your interest and support.  It means a lot.

 

 

So much love to my darling CGG-M ❤❤❤

Mindy Matijasevic

March 24, 2026

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

A Mustache Mystery & a Comedy Show

 

Four days after the incident in my last blog entry, Jose (the man who takes care of Mustache the cat) saw me in the deli.  I nodded to him, trying to keep our new status of ‘not enemies’ alive.  He came over, referred to me respectfully as Miss, and told me, as he struggled through English, that Mustache left and hasn’t been back for a whole day.  He told me that he saw on the camera where she headed, but she didn’t return.  He said that in the past year, she once left for two days and did return.  That felt hopeful. 

Mustache is very smart and skillful.  She’s an indoor/outdoor cat.  For years, she has navigated the world outside – people, dogs, other cats, cars, weather, etc. – and always knew when to wait by the door of the store until someone opened it and she’d run inside.  A real survivor.  I’m remaining hopeful. 

 

Those of you who know and those of you who want to find out how hilarious women comics can be, come to my Almost Spring Comedy Show at The Artist, 249 City Island Avenue, on Friday, March 14th at 8pm (7:50 for seating of your choice).  In honor of Women’s History Month, the wonderful comics are:

Lisa Harmon

 

Linda Marcus Smith

 

Rachael Parenta

 

And me, Mindy Matijasevic

 

      I hope so much you get there, enjoy the island and the comedy.  You may get your tickets in advance or pay at the show.

Almost Spring Comedy Show

 

UPDATE: Mustache returned after two days and nights.  Thank God/dess.  Jose said that Mustache came back all dirty.  Where she’d been remains a mystery.  

 

Constant love to CGG-M ❤ ❤ ❤

Mindy Matijasevic

March 10, 2025

 

 

 

Those of you who are regular readers know I have a strong friendship with Mustache who lives in a nearby discount store. 

 

Well tonight (Monday), I went out at about 9:30 to go to a couple of stores.  From up the block, I saw a cat outside of that discount store trying to get in, but the gate was down and the store was closed.  The markings looked like Mustache, but in the street, she looked smaller than how she looks in the store.  As I got closer, I saw it was her.  She was meowing to me as if I could get her inside. 

I wondered if I should take her home for the night.  It felt cold out there.  But she’s not a house cat as much as she’s a 198^th Street cat.  As much as she loves me, I don’t feel sure she’d let me carry her for a few blocks.  Then it occurred to me to go into the 24-hour deli and see if they could do anything.  It’s one family that runs both stores, and I thought they may have the keys and be able to solve this.  I went in and told the man behind the counter that Mustache the cat was locked out of the store across the street.  He asked if she was outside the store right now.  I told him yes and that she was meowing for help.  He yelled, “Jose!” and I felt so relieved. 

Jose is the man who feeds her and deals with her physical needs.  He’s also the man who once made enemies with me some years ago (I think for loving the cat – go figure).  Apparently tonight, after locking up, he went to the deli.  But when he heard that Mustache was locked out of the store, he hurried to fix that.  I told him that I was going with him so she knows I got help.  He told me she’s done this twice before.  He unlocked the gate and lifted it up.  I petted her.  I told Jose that I was glad he was still here.  Jose thanked me sincerely.  Maybe he realized that other people loving his cat is not a bad thing.  I think that moment may have changed our status from enemies to not enemies.

Whether it is God, Goddess, the Universe, or something else, I am so glad I was out there when I was.

Now, March 14^th at 8pm is my Almost Spring Comedy Show at The Artist, 249 City Island Avenue.  Only $15 cover and NO minimum.  You may even BYOB!  There is a menu of light fare and delicious desserts available for purchase -- quite tempting but not required.  For Women's History Month, it is an all-female line-up.  Lisa Harmon, Linda Marcus Smith, Rachael Parenta, and me!  Laughter guaranteed.

City Island is a lovely village-like atmosphere, filled with seafood restaurants and other options as well.  Spend the day, enjoy the shops, the foods, and then come to The Artist by 8pm for comedy and dessert.

Hope to see you there and hear you laughing.

 

 

 

Huge love to CGG-M  ❤ 💕 ❤

Mindy Matijasevic

March 4, 2025

 

 

 

Hello everyone.  If you’d enjoy an evening of poetry, song, and an open mic, come on over to the Green Pavilion in Brooklyn on Wednesday, February 26^th at 7pm.  4307 18th Avenue Sign up for the open mic if you’d like to share a poem, short prose, song, dance, or a short comedy set.  This is a very long-running, successful reading series produced and curated by Evie Ivy, poet, belly dancer, good human being.

 

I, along with poets Evelyn Katz and Sylvia Rivera and singer/musician Peter Vecchio will be featuring.  And YOU (if you desire) at the open mic.  Sure to be a good evening!

 

F train to 18th Avenue, last car, right staircase out, about 1/2 block from the corner you will be standing on.  $6.50 min. food purchase, inexpensive, varied menu. $4 suggested donation to reading.  

 

 

Now, my comedy fans, mark your calendars for Friday, 3/14/2025 @ 8pm.  My Almost Spring Comedy Show will be at The Artist, 249 City Island Avenue in the Bronx.  (#6 train to Pelham Bay and then the #29 bus to City Island.)  Here is the hilarious line-up:

 

Rachael Parenta

 

Lisa Harmon

 

Linda Marcus Smith

 

And me, of course! 

 

Unlike many comedy shows, it is only $15 cover and NO minimum.  You may even BYOB.  Friendly staff will provide corkscrew, glass, ice, whatever.  A menu of light fare and delicious desserts* is available and tempting but not required.  Laughter is guaranteed!!!

 

 *Jenny’s Sweets https://www.facebook.com/JennysSweetsSA

 

So much love to CGG-M  ❤💕❤

Mindy Matijasevic

February 2025