Comic Corey Alexander will be one of the laughmeisters at AOH Dennis Kelly Div. 1 Comedy Night.
You have almost one more week to rest up after the St. Patrick’s Day marathon, then the Irish events start to pick up by next weekend.
One reminder: The Shanachie in Ambler is gone, but its weekly session lives on down the street at Finn McCool’s at 34 E. Butler Pike every Tuesday. The musicians start to assemble at 7 PM. Bring your bouzouki and join in.
We like a good laugh, and the Dennis Kelly AOH Div. 1 is delivering them on Friday night, April 13. It’s comedy night at The Palombaro Club featuring local comics Corey Alexander and David James and it benefits Hero’s Homecoming Fund, an organization started by an AOH member that helps wounded soldiers.
Alexander, a Steve Carrell look-a-like, hails from the Philly area and has played at Caroline’s, Gotham, Catch a Rising Star, Comedy Zone, and Comedy Works, among others. He was recently drafted to perform as part of NYC Comix “Best of New Talent.”
David James, also a local lad, won the Helium Comedy Club’s first annual “Philly’s Phunniest” Competition in 2006. Check out the videos on his website to find out why you should never heckle a professional comic.
A little glimpse into the following week:
On Saturday, April 14, lace up your running shoes for the 2012 Irish Memorial Run. Proceeds from this event, which takes place on Kelly Drive, helps defray costs for the upkeep of the Memorial at Front and Chesnut Streets.
On Sunday, the Annenberg Center on Walnut Street will host some of the world’s top Irish traditional musicians, including Clare fiddler Martin Hayes, fiddler Cathal Hayden; singer Iarla O Lionnaird, guitarists Dennis Cahill and Seamie O’Dowd, accordionist Mairtin O’Connor, and uilleann piper David Power. Read our interview this week with Martin Hayes.
Also next week: The award winners from the Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade will actually get their awards at a program at Finnigan’s Wake in Philadelphia on Wednesday.
On Thursday, Theatre Exile presents the Martin McDonagh play, “A Behanding in Spokane,” in which the playwright explores—in a funny way, of course—the culture of violence in post 9/11 America.
Also on the calendar for April: St. Patrick’s Day in April at the Reading Phillies (April 21), a benefit for Project Children, which brings children from Northern Ireland to the US in the summer (April 21), and Celtic harpers Grainne Hambly and William Jackson (April 21).
Events are added to the calendar every week, so check back frequently.
