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...just go off. If you hung out with us, it gets quite jazz. We're united by deep curiosity. So from stand-up comedy to quantum physics, there's nothing we don't cover. For me, that's what makes [good] company...
...private life that seemed an unending soap opera--outbursts of violence, run-ins with the law, and drug abuse that culminated in 1980, at the height of his freebasing years, when he set himself on fire and nearly died. All of which, remarkably, became fodder for his stand-up. "You know something I found out?" he said of his self-immolation. "When you're on fire and running down the street, people get out of your way." Multiple sclerosis, diagnosed in 1985, all but silenced him in his later years. But his ruthless honesty and performing brilliance set a standard...
...with. His no-holds-barred acts were matched by a private life that seemed an unending soap opera?outbursts of violence, run-ins with the law, and drug abuse that culminated in 1980 when he set himself on fire and nearly died. All of which became fodder for his stand-up. "You know something I found out?" he said of his self-immolation. "When you're on fire and running down the street, people get out of your way." CHARGED. JACOB ZUMA, 63, former Deputy President of South Africa; with rape; in Johannesburg. A one-time heir apparent to President...
...Church Congregational. 8 p.m. $16 general admission, $8 students. (CNC)“Such Sweet Thunder.” The Harvard Jazz Band performs the music of Duke Ellington with guest artist Don Byron. Lowell Lecture Hall. 8 p.m. $10 general admission, $7 students. (CNC)Comedy For A Cause Stand-Up Comedy Night. The Harvard Concert Commission brings you a night of stand-up comedy to benefit the victims of the South Asian earthquake. Comics scheduled to perform include Lisa Lampanelli, Kevin Brennan, Mitch Fatel, Modi, Judah Friedlander, Todd Barry, and Azhar Usman. Sanders Theatre. 8 p.m. $25 general admission...
...coalition of other student groups have employed an unlikely weapon: comedy. After a rocky semester-long push to raise awareness and funds, a coalition of student groups will end their relief efforts this Saturday night with “Comedy for a Cause,” a two-hour stand-up show. Teaming up with the Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) and the Undergraduate Council (UC), the Earthquake Relief Group, which Mir heads, hopes that the show will help them meet their goal of $50,000 of aid for the devastated region. “Keeping in mind that Harvard gave...