Literati: A Comedy Show About Books and the Idiots Who Write Them
Presented by Caveat
Join us for a very special Underground Science Festival edition of Literati, where Colin and Michael delve into the 500's of the Dewey Decimal System and explore the awe-inspiring world of SCIENCE BOOKS.
Literati is a night of comedians in character performing hilarious readings. Sophisticated, satirical, and sometimes wigs. Do you ever leave a comedy show saying “Hmm that was pretty funny but not enough reading..” Well then this is the show for you!
Your hosts Colin O’Brien (JFL New Faces) and our special guest co-host Becky Chicoine (Reductress) love to read. They’ve read upwards of one books between the two of them and now they want to share that love of literature with you!
Featuring guest panelists
Lynn Brunelle (Emmy Award-winning writer for Bill Nye the Science Guy)
Julio Torres (SNL)
Ariel Dumas (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert)
Ayo Edebiri (The Rundown with Robin Thede)
“A highly literate offering” – The New York Times
“…pokes fun at literary pastime by taking it out of bookstores and into comedy clubs” – LA Weekly
Doors 8:30pm, show 9:00pm.
Tickets: $8 adv/ $10 door.
21+
This event is mixed seated and standing room. Seats are first-come first-serve.
A four-time Emmy Award-winning writer for Bill Nye the Science Guy, Lynn Brunelle has over 25 years experience writing for people of all ages, across all manner of media. Previously a classroom science, English, and art teacher for kids K-12, an editor, illustrator, and award-winning author of over 45 titles (including Pop Bottle Science, Camp Out!, World Almanac Puzzler Decks, and Mama’s Little Book of Tricks), Brunelle has created, developed, and written projects for Chronicle, Workman, National Geographic, Scholastic, Random House, Penguin, A&E, The Discovery Channel, Disney, ABC TV, NBC, NPR, The Annenburg Foundation, World Almanac, Cranium, and PBS. A regular contributor to NBC’s New Day Northwest as a family science guru, Martha Stewart Radio as a family activity consultant and a contributor to NPR’s Science Friday, she is the creator of the Mama Gone Geek blog and Tabletop Science—videos that make science fun and accessible. She has also written for several children’s and parenting magazines.
She has won five Telly Awards and two CINE awards for her music videos which range in topics from bullying prevention, child protection and the adolescent brain for international curriculums through Committee for Children, to independent projects encouraging science literacy and STEAM. Her latest book for adults, a memoir called Mama Gone Geek, was released in 2014 and won the Independent Publishing Award Gold Medal. Her latest book for kids, Big Science for Little People: 52 Activities to Help You & Your Child Discover the Wonders of Science was released October 2016. Her latest book for kids, Turn this Book into a Beehive, from Workman Publishing came out in April 2018.
About the Underground Science Festival
Unearthing science buried by racism and sexism
Tired of hearing the same names honored at every science event? Wondering what’s missing from the mainstream narrative? Sick of boring panels with high ticket prices - or have you just avoided these things at all costs? The Underground Science Festival was created for you. Subversive science comedy, unconventional deep dives into the failures that drive science, and introductions to the unsung and forgotten science heroes who should have gotten credit all along. Come have a drink with us and go home smarter.
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