For sexy spy songs with chanteuse Niki Luparelli, go-go to Oberon on Wednesday
Chanteuse Niki Luparelli and the Gold Diggers perform favorite James Bond and spy-themed songs live at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Harvard Square’s Oberon. “Diamonds are Forever, but this show is one night only,” Luparelli says.
Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival plays Harvard Square, Boston in June
The Sinclair hosts the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival the last weekend in June in three chunks, including a Sunday vaudeville-style night led by musician and author John Wesley Harding that combines music, literature and, of course, comedy.
Five things to do this weekend: April 27-28
A flea market on Saturday and juried art salon on Sunday. Frank Black in Harvard Square. The Walsh brothers in Davis Square. A free showing of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” at MIT. A free flute concert at Tufts. This weekend is all about choices.
ImprovBoston tries again with offer of free, healing comedy performance Friday
With a lockdown in place for much of Friday while police hunted a Boston Marathon bombing suspect, ImprovBoston was forced to cancel its offer of six free comedy shows. It’s trying again with free admission for first responders through May and a free Friday performance of its National Touring Co.
To help heal after violence at marathon, ImprovBoston makes Friday comedy free
ImprovBoston is offering free admission to its six Friday shows to provide some healing laughs and collect donations for victims of the violence Monday at the Boston Marathon.
Comedy club takes step back from damaging intellectual property fight
There are fewer laughs at ImprovBoston this year, and leaders at the Central Square comedy club vow a change in culture to repair the damage. It’s just not clear how big a change a new policy will be.
Violence and comedy? Sweet’s ‘You Only Shoot the Ones You Love’ explains it
Jeffery Sweet literally wrote the book on improv comedy, but his gig Saturday in Central Square goes a different direction, looking into how history, violence, storytelling and comedy relate.
Cambridge celebs: Afflecks take on ‘Bunker Hill’ and bring film festival to Somerville
“Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution,” gets the “Argo” gang back together, while the Casey Affleck-curated Independent Film Festival of Boston aims to spend lots of time in Somerville and Cambridge. Also: Dane Cook and Rihanna? Mindy and Danny? Matt Damon and Stan Lee?
Walsh brothers are coming back in April (and maybe bringing their own ‘Fung Wah’)
The Walsh brothers are indeed coming back. The Charlestown natives, who moved their unique brand of comedy to Los Angeles in 2007, say they will be appearing April 26-27 in Davis Square with the Grownup Noise, the band who played in their beloved “Fung Wah” sketch.
Who’s funniest? On this episode of Katz’s ‘Explosion Bus’ series, it’s kind of a draw
The animated Web series “Explosion Bus” already had plenty of local talent, but the episode out today turns the Cambridge up to 11. (Which sounds good until you realize it’s on a scale, described in the show, of 1 to 100.)
