Long Island Comedy Festival News

 
Events on Long Island
New York Times
A guide to cultural and recreational events on Long Island. Items for the calendar should be sent at least three weeks in advance to lical@nytimes.com. Comedy ELMONT Elmont Memorial Library “Laughs at the Library Comedy Extravaganza,” featuring Mark ...


 
Queens Courier
New Queens Comedy Champ Crowned
Queens Tribune
BY JASON PAFUNDI After eight days of comedy, the inaugural Laughing Devil Comedy Festival came to a close on Saturday, May 19, with Michael Lawrence being crowned the champion at the Laughing Devil Comedy Club in Long Island City.
Queens comedian competes for comedy crownQueens Courier

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Newsday
Matthew McConaughey pulls off Cannes double header
Newsday
In Jeff Nichols' "Mud," which screened Saturday as the festival's final competition entry, he is a story-spinning fugitive holed up on an island in the Mississippi who is befriended by two local boys. MAP: Movies shot on Long Island PHOTOS: Movies on ...

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Stars compete in LIC comedy festival
Queens Chronicle
The exposed brick, narrow cavern of Laughing Devil Comedy Club in Long Island City was filled to the brim on Friday night — for the club's pre-festival event. The festival began the following Saturday and will run until May 20. During the week-long ...


 
New York Times
Lazy, Hazy Summer Days: A Guide
New York Times
STEVEN McELROY Governors Island opens this weekend. Visitors who hop the free ferry there on Sunday can pig out at 5 Boro PicNYC, a craft beer, food and music festival. There are competitive cooking events to watch, as well: sausage and grilled cheese ...


 
Events on Long Island
New York Times
A guide to cultural and recreational events on Long Island. Items for the calendar should be sent at least three weeks in advance to lical@nytimes.com. Film HUNTINGTON Cinema Arts Center “Seventh Annual First Exposure Student Film Festival,” short ...

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Events in New Jersey
New York Times
“Bringing Up Baby,” comedy directed by Howard Hawks. June 2 at 8:30 pm $5 and $7. Landmark Loew's Jersey Theater, 54 Journal Square. loewsjersey.org; (201) 798-6055. MONTCLAIR Montclair Public Library Classic Thriller Film Festival: “Saboteur,” drama ...

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