2013 Traverse City Winter Comedy Arts Festival a Smashing Success ‘Magical Weekend’ in Frozen Downtown Traverse City Leaves Thousands Smiling and Sneezing Traverse City, MI (February 18, 2013) — The 2013 Traverse City Winter Comedy Arts Festival wrapped up Sunday with more comedians, more admissions, more bonfires, more kids dancing on Front Street, more movies, [...]
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The festival is pleased to announce the winners of our 2013 competitive events! Congratulations, one and all! SOUP’R BOWL Blue Ribbon and 1st Place: Aerie Restaurant & Lounge for their Chicken Chipotle 2nd Place: The Kitchen for their Buffalo Chicken Soup 3rd Place: Bubba’s Restaurant for their Harvest Chicken Chowder BED RACE Bed Race Grand [...]
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By Jennifer Buechel of Traverse, Northern Michigan’s Magazine 5 highlights, must-sees, and plain ol’ neat stuff happening on Front Street this weekend. We’re in the final hours of the festival madness, so I’m just gonna get straight to the point: 1. The Ferris Wheel: Sure, it’s 16 degrees outside. But how often do you see [...]
Read MoreTraverse City Events: There’s not much better than breakfast for lunch—unless it’s breakfast for lunch wtih Allan Havey. We met up with the world-class comedian at the Omelette Shoppe near Cass and State, where what began as a quick QA turned into a private comedy show in itself. Coffee and wit a-flowing, we could only [...]
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Traverse City, Michigan––– Todd Barry‘s racked up quite the repertoire of comedic performances—Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central 1/2 Hour Special, Jimmy Kimmel—it’s a lengthy list. And where else would he be right now but Northern Michigan? The Traverse City Winter Comedy Arts Festival flew in the best of the business for a side-splitting weekend of [...]
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Traverse City, MI––The 2013 Winter Comedy Arts Festival has officially begun roaring through Northern Michigan. The hilarity kicked off with last night’s lively performances by Colin Quinn and Kathleen Madigan. And, as more headliners trickle into town, we’re catching up with the comedians for some pre-show pleasantry. We snagged a phone date with funny [...]
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When a Jew, a Christian, a Muslim, a Hindu, a Buddhist, and an atheist walk on to a stage…What in God’s name could possibly go wrong? After one comic bails, a live comedy concert film that started as an exercise in co-existence turns into a documentary, as the filmmakers desperately go in search of a [...]
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We’ve just received word that “30 Rock’s” Judah Friedlander will make his way to Traverse City this Friday and Saturday! He’ll do a solo show at the Opera House on Friday, and a joint show with Todd Barry and Ian Edwards on Saturday night. Judah plays Frank on the show, the wisecracking comedy writer with [...]
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Dick Gregory is coming to Traverse City. Now, if you’re over 50, you know what that means. It’s as if this were 1955 and I said, “Lenny Bruce is coming to Traverse City!” Or go back another decade and pretend I just wrote, “The Marx Bros. are coming to Traverse City!” Imagine it’s 1935 and [...]
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