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Williamsburg International Film Festival Party!
at Brooklyn Bowl     Tuesday  May 11th

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Join WILLiFEST for an amazing night of live music, drinks and mingling at one of Brooklyn's hottest venues - Brooklyn Bowl. The event is a fundraiser for the Open Space Alliance (OSA).
 Performances by SPARDA DELEON, BIG DADDY PROJECT and Latin sensation NATALIA SEGURA.
Admission is free with a suggested $10.00 donation.
Come!!
It's going to be awesome!  
7-11pm

open space alliance

Ochi's Lounge  (COMIX) Friday, April 23rd

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I'm telling a story at Calvin Cato's friday night show at OCHI'S LOUNGE

14th Street and 9th Avenue

7:15pm

it's free, and RAD! The lineup is hella sweet

Thursday  APRIL 22nd     7:30pm

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The Consulate! at The Creek   Sunday May 9th

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come see some regal improv with THE CONSULATE

8pm
FREE


at The Creek and the Cave (take the 7 from Manhattan, first stop in LIC)

The Moxie Observatory presents: Secrets and Lies

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at the Parkside Lounge
(Houston & Attorney on the LES)

Saturday, May 24
2:45pm-4pm


Let's face it: Women are liars. That's why our April show, themed secrets and lies, is all babes! Come check out stories from:

Jenna Brister
Selena Coppock
Nicole Drespel
Malaika Gordon

Your hosts:   Mary Traina &  Lindsay Gebhart

Special guest:   Deanna Michalopoulos

AND an interactive game with a special prize.

PLUS a completely original vocal performance inspired by Compton/"the streets"/hundred dollar bills y'all

Bicycles or Drugs      Perch cafe   Monday April 19

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storytelling show!
from 8-10pm

Perch Cafe in Park Slope
5th ave in between 4th and 5th Streets

featuring:
Ellis Bahl
Kyle Depew
Abigail Murphy
Christopher Booth
Jenna Brister
Harrison Greenbaum

With host: Nisse Greenberg

There will be opportunities to share your own stories and there will be Bicycle or Drug themed drinks to imbibe. Come Enjoy!

Monday April 12th   Two sweet shows!

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"Telling a story slash spitting some truth at
Luca Lounge

222 Avenue B

hosted by hilarious ladies Selena Coppock and Giulia Rozzi

This show starts at 8pm in the LES
with FREE PIZZA and BEVERAGES


come out to this one, I'm going to share a never before revealed legend from the diary of jenna brister



then, power-walk with me over to the bowery, to maybe catch the m101 bus uptown a few stops to what can only be described as "Improvised Storytelling Mayhem Rock & Roll" and "Your Wildest Dreams and Your Worst Night Terrors".....

then to Under St. Marks for THE BTK BAND   9pm  Thurs 4.12.10

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The BTK Band is NYC's hardest-drinking improvised storytelling rock band. Raconteurs regale the audience with true stories from their lives while music and lyrics are improvised to turn their stories into songs. As if Tom Waits and The Moth delivered a baby from the gaping maw of Chaos.

No joke. you want to come to this, because its going to be captain insano.

I'm telling a story with the band on MONDAY NIGHT, APRIL 12TH
9pm
under st marks
East Village

The Third Wheel.      Thursday  April 1st     7:30pm
standup. storytelling. shenanigans.

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hosted by real-life comedy duo
Brendan + Jenna

at Belleville Lounge
on the corner of 5th Ave and 5th Street
Park Slope

7:30pm-9ish

featuring HILARIOUS comedians and storytellers !

I'm in the WOMEN IN COMEDY FESTIVAL in BOSTON!
Sunday. March 28th.  9pm at the ImprovBoston

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if you are in boston (or have a car and love cruising) come to the WICF festival!

here is the link to my page for the show: Brister does Beantown

tickets are $7 bucks ($5 for scholars and the elderly)
so stoked!

Fireside stories presents: Family Business
Thursday March 25th. Belleville Lounge. FREE.

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The Consulate:  at Variety Underground Thurs March 4th

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The show is from 7-9pm

Parkside Lounge
317 E. Houston St.
F/V to 2nd Avenue
Free admission - 2 drink minimum


hosted by Sean and Shawn
www.varietyunderground.com

The Consulate: MARCH MADNESS  2 shows at THE PIT !

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THURSDAY march 11th
9:30pm

MONDAY march 22nd
9:30pm

The PIT is at: 154 West 29th Street
(between 6th and 7th Aves)

The Living Room at Postmark Cafe  8pm

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Friday night, February 12th.

326 6th Street
(between 4th & 5th aves)
Park Slope
(2nd & 4th Fridays at 8:00PM) FREE
livingroomcomedy.blogspot.com

hosted by Luke and Abbi (a real life married comedy duo!)

The Moth  GRANDSLAM   Wednesday, January 27th
doors open at 6pm.  STORIES start at 7:30pm

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at the Highline Ballroom in NYC
431 West 16th Street (between 8th and 9th Aves)

check www.highlineballroom.com the tickets are on sale now!

the theme is UNCHARTED TERRITORY, and is sure to be amazing.
Solid lineup. Glorious venue. Moth glory.
Hosted by Dan Kennedy

The Consulate. Wednesday, January 6th

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After a brief holiday hibernation, we are back on stage at THE TANK
354 West 45th Street
between 8th and 9th streets

show starts at 9:30pm


The Consulate shows at The Creek
 in mid-to-late November

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Good news bears!!
If you live at The Creek in LIC, then this is your LUCKY DAY

We will be there on Thursday night Nov. 19th at 8pm to do a show with Jake Goldman's group
and YET AGAIN on Saturday night Nov. 21st at 7pm to bring it HARD

The Creek & The Cave, in Long Island City
10-93 Jackson Ave (7 train LOCAL to Vernon Jackson)

Sideshow Goshko   Wednesday Nov. 18th

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Showtime is 7:30pm

Ochi's Lounge
aka Comix downstairs
353 West 14th Street (by 9th Avenue)

The host Leslie Goshko is HILARIOUS, and puts on a sweet lineup of comedians to tell true stories about our jacked up lives. let's talk about it.

her website:
http://www.ohmygoshko.com/

plus it's FREE! yessssss

UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE   new team harold!

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Tuesday, November 17th

at 6:30pm

5 bucks

at the UCB Theater
26th Street and 8th Ave




beast with two backs.

Melanie Hamlett's HOBO SHOW   Friday, Nov. 13th
I'm telling a story at it, and the lineup is awesome.

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The show is at 8pm

The Creek & The Cave, in Long Island City
10-93 Jackson Ave (7 train LOCAL to Vernon Jackson)


check out www.melaniehamlett.com for details
but you can trust that the adventure, randomness
and being a nomad will be themes that prevail.

yesssssssssss

The Consulate 
improv show! as part of EmmaFest 2009

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Friday, October 6th
from 10-midnightish
at The Grand Theatre at the Producers Club
358 West 44th Street
(between 8th and 9th Aves)

$1 suggested donation

True Tales from College    
Wednesday, October 14th

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7:30pm - 9ish
Hosted by Adam Wade + Jake Goldman

Ochi's Lounge
(at Comix)
353 West 14th Street   Just east of 9th Avenue
New York, NY

Come hear true-life stories from hilarious people!
I'm going to tell one of my legends from living in rural Oregon for four years at Linfield College.
I love you, Vivian Bull.

Fireside presents: The Haunting Hour
Hosted by me and Ashley Harrell

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thursday, October 29th
11:15pm-12:15am

at Cafe Vivaldi
32 Jones Street (off Bleecker)
Greenwich Village

featuring stories from your favorites:
John Flynn
Giulia Rozzi
Nicole Drespel
Adam Wade
Becky Flaum
Melanie Hamlett

Come join us for a night of legends!
This is the first night of our monthly FREE storytelling show, come check it out and holler at firesidestoriesnyc@gmail.com with any questions.
 
Cafe Vivaldi has a full bar, amazing desserts, lots of vino, and a real working fireplace.

The Consulate     improv show
Sunday, October 18th

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7pm
The Creek & The Cave, in Long Island City
10-93 Jackson Ave (7 train LOCAL to Vernon Jackson)
SHOW IS FREE! No drink minimum!

THE CONSULATE  public appearances
at Gotham City Improv for some sort of tournament sitch

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Gotham City Improv
48 West 21st Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY

friday, september 4th
friday, october 2nd
friday, october 9th


8:30pm - 9:30pm

if you wear a batman suit to this show I will personally buy you a sandwich. or buffalo wings. or whatever bats eat... fruit?!

EMAIL FOR RESERVATIONS: TheBracketImprov@gmail.com

STRIPPED STORIES
thursday, September 10th    9:30pm
upright citizens brigade theatre

come spend 9/11 eve laughing at real life mortifying stories from myself, hosts Margot Leitman and Guilia Rozzi (hilarious and lovely), and some other randoms. The show is always a blast -

Reserve tickets at www.ucbtheatre.com

check out their site at: www.strippedstories.com

THE CONSULATE     Wednesday, September 2, 2009

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word! the sweet improv group I'm in has a show at The Tank for their pilot season. This is our debut to the mass public. holler!

9:30pm - 11:30pm

The Tank:
354 West 45th Street  New York, NY

ten bucks

Improv class grad show Monday, May 27th

featuring the improv genius of charlie parker (pictured left) and 14 hilarious people in my class!

at UCB Theatre
26th st and 8th ave
6:30pm
5 bucks (cash money hoes)


Storytelling shows!  AKA Seven minutes in heaven

Storytelling 201 class show
Saturday, April 25th
4:00-5:00pm

myself and 8 other humans each tell a story
(Mine is about my recent, naïve and freaky close-call with “making it” in show-business)
at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
26th street and 8th ave in Chelsea
5 bucks  (cash flow)

1001 Nights: "First Times"
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 
8:00-9:00pm

at:
The Creek & The Cave, in Long Island City
10-93 Jackson Ave (7 train LOCAL to Vernon Jackson)
SHOW IS FREE! No drink minimum!


COMIX new talent show tuesday, march 31tst at 7pm


<---this is from a karaoke rendition
of dr. evil's "just the two of us" that will sadly not be a part of this show.  it will be JOKES ONLY. but this is the closest visual i have of me holding a microphone.
yes, i'm wearing an afghan shall. it was on lolo's couch, and it was freezing.

 
Comix
353 West 14th Street (just east of 9th ave)

to reserve tickets (so they're only 10 bucks and you have to namedrop me) call: (212) 524-2500

www.comixny.com


The Shits of our Lives friday, jan 30th 11pm

at upright citizens brigade theatre    26th st + 8th ave
5 bucks for a night of legendary poop stories
i'll be telling my most intense, recent and vengeful shit story
get tickets here: www.ucbtheatre.com


thanks for coming! so much love -jenna