BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//172.64.80.1//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Chadds Ford Live X-WR-CALDESC:Building Community - One Story at a Time X-FROM-URL:https://chaddsfordlive.com X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-194540@chaddsfordlive.com DTSTAMP:20240328T180817Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Featured CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Def Comedy Jam’s Barry Naylor and Ms. Darkchild Host “Comedy Ex plosion” featuring comedians Jonas Barnes\, Rob Maher and Freddie Ricks\n \nThree of the country’s hottest comics- Jonas Barnes\, Rob Maher and Fred die Ricks- are headlining Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center’s Comedy E xplosion event on Friday\, October 15 at 8 PM.\n \nBased out of New York C ity\, Barnes has written for Comedy Central’s roast of Bruce Willis and ha s been featured on Sirius XM’s Fight Club and Busted Open podcasts in addi tion to hosting his own. Born homeless in Oregon\, Barnes has the ability to find humor in both the dark and light sides of his life.\n \nJoining th e stage is Maher who recently released his Dry Bar Comedy Special\, “You C an Make It Here.” He is a semi-finalist in Comedy Central’s “Up Next” comp etition and has starred in an episode of Kevin Hart’s Comedy Central show\ , “Hart of the City.” Maher has also performed across the globe for the mi litary\, performing in 17 countries including Afghanistan\, Japan\, South Korea\, Turkey\, Greece and Italy.\n \nComedian\, writer and actor\, Ricks recognized his gift early on by gathering crowds in his hometown of the B ronx and impersonating characters he saw on television and in everyday lif e. He has been featured on BET’s “ComicView\,” Def Comedy Jam\, “The Apoll o Comedy Hour” and “It’s Showtime at the Apollo.” Ricks has also appeared in the motion pictures\, “Shaft” and “Baby Boy.”\n \n\n“Comedy Explosion i s sure to bring the audience laugh after laugh\,” said April Evans\, execu tive director of Uptown!. “These three comedians have performed on some of the country’s biggest stages\, and we’re thrilled that they’ll be adding the Uptown! stage to that list.”\n\n \nDef Comedy Jam’s Barry Naylor and M s. Darkchild will host the event. Tickets can be purchased at: secure.upto wnwestchester.org/2614/2616.\n \nAbout Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Cent er\nEstablished in 2017\, Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center features w orld class performing arts in historic downtown West Chester\, PA. Uptown! offers professional musical theater\, opera\, jazz\, comedy\, classical a nd contemporary music\, film and renowned speakers\, not to mention award- winning performing arts education classes and workshops for youth and adul ts.\n \nThrough its programming and outreach efforts\, the nonprofit theat er has become a special gathering place in the community\, reflecting the demographic and cultural diversity of the region.\n \nUptown! Knauer Perfo rming Arts Center is conveniently located near parking\, shopping and rest aurants at 226 North High Street\, West Chester.\n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211015T200000 LOCATION:Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center @ 226 North High Street\, We st Chester SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center Explodes in Laughter October 15 URL:https://chaddsfordlive.com/event/uptown-knauer-performing-arts-center-e xplodes-in-laughter-october-15/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nDef Comedy Jam’s Barry Naylor and Ms. Darkchild Host “ Comedy Explosion” featuring comedians Jonas Barnes\, Rob Maher and Freddie Ricks
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Three of the country’s hottest comi
cs- Jonas Barnes\, Rob Maher and Freddie Ricks- are headl
ining Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center’s Comedy Explosion event on Friday\, October 15 at 8 PM.
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Based out of New York City\, Barnes has written for Comedy Central’s roast of Bruce Willis and has been featu red on Sirius XM’s Fight Club and Busted Open podcasts in addition to host ing his own. Born homeless in Oregon\, Barnes has the ability to find humo r in both the dark and light sides of his life.
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Joining the stage is Maher who recently released his Dry Bar Comedy Special\, “You Can Make It Here.” He is a semi-finalist in Comedy Central’s “Up Next” co mpetition and has starred in an episode of Kevin Hart’s Comedy Central sho w\, “Hart of the City.” Maher has also performed across the globe for the military\, performing in 17 countries including Afghanistan\, Japan\, Sout h Korea\, Turkey\, Greece and Italy.
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Comedian\, writer a nd actor\, Ricks recognized his gift early on by gathering crowds in his h ometown of the Bronx and impersonating characters he saw on television and in everyday life. He has been featured on BET’s “ComicView\,” Def Comedy Jam\, “The Apollo Comedy Hour” and “It’s Showtime at the Apollo.” Ricks ha s also appeared in the motion pictures\, “Shaft” and “Baby Boy.”
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\n\n“Comedy Explosion is s ure to bring the audience laugh after laugh\,” said April Evans\, executiv e director of Uptown!. “These three comedians have performed on some of th e country’s biggest stages\, and we’re thrilled that they’ll be adding the Uptown! stage to that list.”
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Def Comedy Jam’s Barry Naylor and Ms. Darkchild will host the event. Tickets can be p urchased at: secure.uptownwestchester.org/2614/2616.
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Establis hed in 2017\, Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center features world class p erforming arts in historic downtown West Chester\, PA. Uptown! offers prof essional musical theater\, opera\, jazz\, comedy\, classical and contempor ary music\, film and renowned speakers\, not to mention award-winning perf orming arts education classes and workshops for youth and adults.
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Through its programming and outreach efforts\, the nonprofit the ater has become a special gathering place in the community\, reflecting th e demographic and cultural diversity of the region.
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Upto wn! Knauer Performing Arts Center is conveniently located near parking\, s hopping and restaurants at 226 North High Street\, West Chester.
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