February 2014 – Page 2 – NashvilleStandUp.com

February 5, 2014

Stewart Huff @ SPiFFY SQUiRREL Comedy Show (The East Room) 2/9/2014

“Stewart may be one of the best comedy writers America has seen since Woody Allen. He is able to pull comedy from subjects that shouldn’t be able to illicit any more jokes.” – Darrin Hensley, Lexington Comedy Examiner

Stewart Huff was born in Campbellsville, Kentucky and grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee. He has been performing comedy for over 15 years, beginning when he decided to drop out of college to become a writer. Currently touring theatres, comedy clubs and special events across the country, Huff reaches past the norm for his genuine — and genuinely unexpected — comedy. His knack for embracing the foibles of humanity and his refreshing originality make him as likeable as he is hilarious. A storyteller at heart, Huff continues to amaze with his clever material and personal wit.

Huff has performed in comedy clubs nationally and internationally, including the Improv in Los Angeles and New York, the Punchline in Atlanta and the Funny Bone in Omaha, as well as countless others.

Invited to perform in the HBO Las Vegas Festival, Huff’s act can be viewed on pay-per-view. He was also a finalist in the Boston Comedy Festival in 2006.

He currently lives near Athens, Georgia with his girlfriend. There, in his crooked farmhouse, he drops off the various items he collects while on the road, including an antique barber chair, countless vintage photographs, and an extensive collection of LP’s. She likes this.

Look for him in the upcoming documentary Road Comics: Big Work on Small Stages, currently in post-production and slated for release in Fall 2011.

Stewart Huff can be found online at Facebook.com/pages/Stewart-Huff/123680094331169.

Here’s video of Stewart’s standup:

SPiFFY SQUiRREL is Nashville’s only truly independent, underground professional weekly alt comedy show. Featuring touring comedians from all corners of the earth, plus outstanding local regulars who are worth paying attention to. Sundays at 7:30pm at The East Room for just $5 cover. Produced and hosted by NashvilleStandUp.com’s Chad Riden.

2/9/2014 7:30pm: Stewart Huff w/ Will Copeland, Daniel Carrillo, a MYSTERY GUEST COMIC & more (FB)

6:30pm doors open
7:30pm show begins
7:31pm you’re late, dummy

The East Room
2412 Gallatin Ave., Nashville, Tennessee 37206
615-335-3137
Facebook.com/TheEastRoom
Twitter.com/TheEastRoom

TICKETS: $5 at the door or in advance online

MORE INFO:
Twitter.com/SpiffySquirrel
Facebook.com/SpiffySquirrel
Facebook.com/events/677446358972885/

For Booking Inquiries, contact N’Sup

(NEXT WEEK: Stefan Davis!)

February 4, 2014February 4, 2014

The Great Eastern: Storytelling in the Heart of East Nashville – 1st Wed of every month

The Great Eastern is a show held on the first Wednesday of the month that aims to bring Nashville’s people and places into dialogue through the art of storytelling. Those in attendance will hear the stories of four or five booked story tellers and will have the opportunity to put their name in a hat for the chance of telling their own story of 5 minutes or less.

Our first show will be an open format, but subsequent shows will have themes that we hope can focus the diversity of our experiences into a greater narrative. The Great Eastern welcomes stories of all moods- humorous or heart-wrenching, triumphant or tragic. We ask only that your story be true, thoughtful and performed without a script. We hope to see you there.

The 1st Wednesday of Every Month, starting Feb. 5, 2014
7:00pm until 8:15pm
FREE

Cult Fiction Underground
2915 Gallatin Pike, Nashville, TN 37216

Twitter.com/NashvilleStory
Facebook.com/CultFictionUnderground
Facebook.com/events/1452415474980693/

February 3, 2014February 3, 2014

Burning Daylight – Standup comic Jessica Watkins to walk across North America for tour, film

Jessica Watkins is a New York City based standup comic, actress, and writer. Originally from East Nashville TN, she moved to Los Angeles at the age of 18 to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Following her time at acting conservatory Jessica became involved in her first feature film, Bad Batch of which she helped produce and starred in. After 6 years in Los Angeles, Jessica moved to NYC to focus on writing and performing standup. She has spent the last five years developing her style of comedy, a bit of personal storytelling with a satirical look into politics, religion, and the world as a whole. Most recently at Chicago’s Women’s funny Festival Jessica is preparing for her first comedy tour. The tour will be on foot and cover more than 3,000 miles.

Jessica has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund her tour and a film documenting a standup comedian who walks across North America in search of material, finding a fresh perspective on her country.

Here’s what Jessica had to say about the film:

This March 2014 I will start walking across North America. I am a standup comedian, actress, and writer who lives in New York City. For the better half of a year I will walk over 3,000 miles in pursuit of material for my first comedy special, creating a documentary film in the process.

My life is that of a full-time waitress and comedian. I spend my days serving pizza and writing jokes. As night falls I perform at open mics and in the back of bars and small comedy venues. For more than 6 months I will leave behind my day job, boyfriend and dog, for hiking shoes, a camera and cart. Setting out on a pilgrimage, walking from the East Coast to southern California, writing and performing comedy along the way, in search of gaining a fresh perspective on my country, the people in it and what they feel affected by.

Each comedy show could be weeks apart in distance. I will walk anywhere from 10 to 30 miles a day. I will stay with comics on the road, or sleep in locals’ homes, camp in yards, in beautiful national parks or in the middle of the desert. Sometimes I will wonder where I am going to lay my head at night and sometimes I will be like… What the f*ck, where am I, why did I do this, my feet HURT!! The journey must continue, as does life, ol’ FDR said “Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”. So, I decided to film it.

The feature length documentary will follow me as I travel through the changing demographic of this vast land. It will capture the many comedy shows I seek out at the end of a long day, the interesting people that I meet, the unique places I visit. Burning Daylight is a collaborative project where I’ll meet up with local film makers, and they will help me capture the journey. The ambitious project will compile over a hundred hours of footage. To properly store the information, post-production will begin as soon as I leave New York City. Every two weeks I will send the footage I have gathered to my editor for safe keeping.

The cameras won’t stop rolling in Cali. A few weeks after my arrival back in NYC (flight) I will film my first standup special. The special will tell the story of my adventure, and that will be the beginning of the documentary. The film will be partially narrated by standup, as some jokes flashback to the walk and you get to see footage of the events at hand. You will see the evolution of a joke, the evolution of a journey, the evolution of a country.

$15,000 would cover the bare bones expenses to get me on the road, with some basic equipment and an editor to help retrieve footage from the road.

Go to Jessica’s Kickstarter page and chip in a few dollars to help one of our own do something interesting and fun.. and stay tuned for news about Jessica’s journey. She plans on passing through and doing shows in Nashville, so who knows? You might even be able to sneak your way into the film.

Here’s several ways to keep an eye on Jessica:
JessicaWatkinsComedy.com/
Facebook.com/jessicawatkinscomedy
Twitter.com/dangnoscreename

February 3, 2014February 3, 2014

The Explosive OPEN MIC Mondays at TNT’s Billiards

The Explosive OPEN MIC Mondays at TNT’s Billiards, Bar and Grill

when: Every Monday
sign up: 8:30 pm
show: 9 pm
Hosted by: Bubba Bradley, Martin Dove
cover charge: none
smoking: yes
food: yes
drinks: full bar

Open mic hosted by Bubba Bradley and Martin Dove beginning February 3rd, 2014. Every comic gets 3-7 minutes depending on how many show up.

TNT’s Billiards, Bar and Grill
4523 Nolensville Rd, Nashville, Tennessee 37211
(old Lowes / Food Lion shopping center)
615-315-5400
www.TNTsbilliards.com
Facebook.com/pages/Tnts-Billiards-Bar-and-Grill/202313606545983
Facebook.com/events/1408211286094161/