She So Funny

This Friday night!!!  8pm  

These women are bringing it for International Women's Day!

249 City Island Avenue/ BX29 bus stops a half block away.  Cover only $15.  Light fare (vegetarian-inclusive) and delicious desserts by Jenny's Sweets available for purchase if desired; not required!  You may even BYOB.

For tickets in advance: March 8th Comedy Show

Hilarity guaranteed.  Hope to see you.

Mindy Matijasevic / March 2024

With constant love to CGG-M  ❤❤❤

 

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This Friday, people!  Going to be a blast!  Make a day of it.  Visit City 

Island, a small boating community in the Bronx, visit the many quaint shops, enjoy some seafood (if you like seafood), and then get over to the The Artist (formerly the Starving Artists Café) for a fantastic comedy show.  Just ten bucks admission, no minimum (though they do sell light fare, beverages, and yummy desserts), and a jar will be passed around for contributions for the performers.  We will earn every dollar.

  

249 City Island Avenue.  If you are taking public transportation, you 

ultimately have to get the BX29 Bus.  You can take the #6 train to Pelham Bay Park, and catch the bus there.  It’s worth the trip.

Those of you who already told me you will be there, a big hug to you.  I 

appreciate your support, and I guarantee mucho laughter.  

big love to CGG-M

Posted by Mindy Matijasevic at 8:43 PM | Labels: City Island, comedy show, End-of-Summer Comedy Show, Joanna Briley, Lisa Harmon, Mark Larsen, Melissa Diaz, Mindy Matijasevic, stand-up comedy, Starving Artists Café, The Artist | 2 comments | Email This BlogThis! Share to X Share to Facebook |

End-of-Summer Comedy Show

at The Artist, 249 City Island Avenue

Friday, September 13 @ 8pm (arrive at 7:45)

          

                         Mindy Matijasevic

            

                                     Mark Larsen      

                                                        

                                                         Lisa Harmon

   

                                                                         Joanna Briley                            

                          Melissa Diaz

$10 cover; no minimum; light fare and desserts and beverages available for purchase; jar passed around for contributions for the performers; laughter guaranteed.

#6 train to Pelham Bay Park, then the BX29 bus to City Island.   

                                                                                                    

                                                                                 

love to CGG-M

Posted by Mindy Matijasevic at 3:03 PM | Labels: City Island, comedy, comedy show, Joanna Briley, Lisa Harmon, Mark Larsen, Melissa Diaz, Mindy Matijasevic, Starving Artists Café, The Artist | 7 comments | Email This BlogThis! Share to X Share to Facebook |

End-of-Summer Comedy Show! at The Artist (formerly the Starving Artists Café) 249 City Island Avenue, City Island will be rockin’ on Friday, September 13, 2019 .  Arrive at 7:45 for seating and settling in.  Showtime 8pm.  Ten bucks admission.  No minimum though you may be tempted to try a delightful dessert.  A jar is passed around later to show your appreciation for the comics.  And what a wonderful line-up we have!

Mark Larsen is a writer, poet, comic, and a Yankees fan.  Mark has 

performed at Broadway Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club, Greenwich Village Comedy Club, and will be bringing his funny to City Island for this show.  https://www.facebook.com/mark.larsen.9028

Lisa Harmon has been causing laughter in all boroughs of NYC and beyond.  She’s performed at all the major NYC clubs, at the 17^th Annual BAAD! 

Ass Women Festival (Bronx, NY), the Third Annual Ladies Laugh Comedy Festival (Madison, WI), the She Makes Me Laugh Femme Fest (NYC), and has a weekly show at Phoenix Bar in the East Village (NYC).  More at her website:  www.lisaharmon.net

Joanna Briley, known to some as Miss Swipe, is the friendliest, and very 

likely the funniest, token booth clerk.  Joanna has performed at Gotham Comedy Club, Caroline’s on Broadway, Stand-Up New York, and many other clubs.  Now she produces her own show:  Laff Tracks Comedy Showcase which is monthly.  She wrote, produced, and performed, “Swipe This: My Life in Transit!” which received great reviews.  Always providing opportunities for others, she co-founded the Black Women in Comedy Festival.  https://www.facebook.com/joanna.briley

Melissa Diaz is a comic, writer, and actress from the Bronx.  As a 

youngster, Melissa made up stories and plays for her friends and family, which were supposed to be very serious, extremely epic tragedies that, instead, made everyone crack up.  Now she talks about overcoming the patriarchy while patrons drink beer and laugh in her face.   Melissa co-produces two comedy shows:  Bunga’s Den every 1^st and 3^rd Wednesday of the month, and a monthly comedy/variety showcase at New York Comedy Club every second Friday of the month.  http://www.melissadiazcomedy.com/

Curated and hosted by Mindy Matijasevic, comic, actress, writer, human 

being, woman, mom, ex-wife, and originator of the Divorced Divas of 

Comedy   https://www.facebook.com/threedivorceddivas/ .   Her comedy was aired on WBAI-FM’s feminist radio show “Joy of Resistance,” and she has performed at clubs, cafes, and special events.  Mindy regularly blogs at https://getyourpoemon.wordpress.com/   and at  www.SheSoFunny.org.

Before the summer officially ends, stroll along the quaint City Island, 

enjoy the restaurants, and get your laughs at the End-of-Summer Comedy Show!  at The Artist.

Posted by Mindy Matijasevic at 12:00 AM | Labels: City Island, comedy show, End-of-Summer Comedy Show, Joanna Briley, Lisa Harmon, Mark Larsen, Melissa Diaz, Mindy Matijasevic, stand-up comedy, Starving Artists Café, The Artist | 4 comments | Email This BlogThis! Share to X Share to Facebook |

Hi all.  You may have noticed this already.  The last few blog entries each 

have recently received a comment.  Apparently someone wants us all to know he once suffered from having a small penis.  Geez.  I don’t know how to delete the comment.

It reminds me of a blog I wrote a while back about size.

http://www.shesofunny.org/2017/06/enlarge-compassion-sac.html

Us humans in general worry about the wrong things.  Just be a decent 

person. 

Speaking of decent human beings, a few things have made me feel all hope 

is not lost. 

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/17/dozens-arrested-over-1000-jewish-activists-and-allies-shut-down-entrances-ice?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3xXgn7Y26A5faaIglNncek88rdoVUCEJ3uriayIs_P7bPbagBN_JHFld8

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/70-catholics-arrested-in-dc-protest-over-trump-immigration-policies/2019/07/18/1f3b2bd6-a973-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html?fbclid=IwAR1aLXWpcz4AIAOGkmhU547TGalFWeBda9wtAIyKhJX2SI_y8YuVglmxFtc&utm_term=.0748185ac8e8

(But if the sadism from the malignant narcissist in the White House with 

the support of his followers continues, I don’t know if we will recover.) 

Next time you see me, I’ll probably be a brunette again.  I’m in a 

production that needs me to have my original color hair.  I welcome the change.

By the way, I received a job listing that sounded right for what I could 

use right now.  Two evenings a week.  Perfect.  Teaching math to returning adult basic students.  They want an experienced person who understands the students and is dynamic.  I thought this is the job I can do now and that I qualify for.  It turned out to be for the place I worked for 18 years.  They HAD dynamic math teachers who understood the students.  They got rid of us.  Aside from a couple of lovely math teachers, they kept people students consider bitches.  A number of students complained to the coordinator about the evil ones, and they felt unheard.  The program is disintegrating.  It took years for the previous administrations to build it, and 2 years to destroy it.  Sound familiar?  Like our democracy (that still needed work) and has after 2 years been worn down to a very sad place.

I was tempted to apply, but I didn’t.  They want someone like me but who 

will drop their integrity to do shit like throw people out due to absences or latenesses.  Fuck that.  The only reason I ever got a student removed from my class is if they made the atmosphere feel unsafe.  I promised my class a safe space, and I meant it.  I don’t think we should repeat the crap that didn’t help people the first time around.  I don’t criminalize people for lateness, and I don’t want bullies ruling the room.

I can’t say it didn’t hurt to see that job listing.  One of the other loved 

(by students and unappreciated by administration) math teachers also received it and contacted me.  I told her, “They had ‘dynamic’ and they didn’t appreciate it.” 

Of course the students are who lose out.  Of all the former co-workers 

and friends I told about the job opening, only the former counselor (who can see from the students’ view) told me to apply.  My best buddy told me to apply just for the “shits and giggles.”  I haven’t.  I’m enjoying being appreciated.  The thing with teaching, I normally feel appreciated by the students.  It’s the administration I have trouble with.  When I first began at that place, the administration both appreciated me and seemed to hate me.  That’s a longer story.  They liked my work, just didn’t like me.  I told one of them that my ‘work’ was an extension of me and who I am; it wasn’t a sofa I bought in a store. 

Geez.

At least I got some comedy bits out of all that.  But I need to get more 

comedy, poetry, or prose out of all the shit I went through.  I am writing memoir about my years in adult education. 

The beauty that no one was able to poison is many former students from 

several jobs are in contact with me.  I LOVE hearing when someone who had been in my class continued on and earned their diploma.  No matter what I may be going through in my personal hell, it makes me smile. 

Speaking of smiling, laughing, and all good feelings –

September 13, 2019 – Comedy show at The Starving Artists 

Café (now The Artist) 8pm.  $10 to enter.  Jar passed around later for the comics.  This is a show I’m booking and can guarantee a good time.  249 City Island Avenue, City Island (the Bronx), New York.  Line-up:  Lisa Harmon!  Mark Larsen!  Melissa Diaz!  Joanna Briley!  I will host.  Laughter is guaranteed.  The weather should still be pleasant, and everyone should visit City Island especially if they live in NYC.  It’s a lovely experience.  Come early, walk around, and explore.  Then get your butt to The Artist before 8pm and laugh with us! 

  

          Love to CGG-M 

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I performed on Randy Epley’s Comedy Dungeon show at Jazz on the Park Hostel.  It’s not necessarily an easy audience, but it is interesting.  People are visiting NYC for different reasons from other parts of the country and the world.  The audience included a young woman from Ireland, another from New Zealand, another from Ohio, and others whose homes I don’t know.  Then there were the comics in the audience.  One comic from Michigan brought his little dog.  The dog wasn’t part of the act; he was in the audience.  I love dogs, so it made me smile.

Randy has an unusual style, and it does tickle me. 

The audience may have different levels of English comprehension – and 

there’s the expressions, slang, and curse words.  It’s not a comedy club.  Though people are welcome to BYOB, most are not drinking.  So it is a different experience.  I enjoyed it.  This time, I couldn’t stay until the very end.  I like to when I can. 

When I made reference to Trump without mentioning his name, they got 

it.  They knew who the crotch-grabber I mentioned was.  When I spoke of male/female relationships, they got it no matter where on the globe they were from.  When I said “amoeba,” I wasn’t sure people knew what that was or if the joke just didn’t land.  So it’s a different kind of challenge.  I like the intimacy of the show.  Randy’s style has grown on me.  When I first saw him perform, I think I was just shocked.  Lol.  I am one of those comics who enjoys watching other comics do their thing.  And when I’m tickled, I laugh.  I also learn from watching, especially when a joke doesn’t get the laughs one may have expected.  Those are the hard moments.  Some comics handle it so well and turn it into a funny moment.  That is something I still need to further develop.

It was good to be back on the comedy stage.  It had been a while. 

Trying to not smoke cigarettes.  I’m a mess.  Went out at 4am to get a 

pack.  That’s how well I’m doing with this.  Oy oy oy. 

Reminder:  Mark your calendars for a special evening on City Island.  

September 13^th, 8pm (get there at 7:45).  End-of-Summer-Comedy Show at The Artist (formerly the Starving Artist Café), 249 City Island Avenue.  $10 admission.  NO minimum.  Jar passed around for the comics.  Line-up:  Mark Larsen, Lisa Harmon, Melissa Diaz, Joanna Briley, and me!

Much love to CGG-M  

Posted by Mindy Matijasevic at 4:34 AM | Labels: City Island, Comedy Dungeon, comedy show, Joanna Briley, Lisa Harmon, Mark Larsen, Melissa Diaz, Mindy Matijasevic, Randy Epley, stand-up comedy, Starving Artist Café | 2 comments | Email This BlogThis! Share to X Share to Facebook |