Alternative Comedy Festival Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square May 9 and 10, 8pm [ Website | Tickets] Yes, Virginia, comedy can be funny and unpredictable again. Don't be lulled by jokesters treading over the typical, fallow topics trying to be the next Jerry Seinfeld or Ray Romano. In what will hopefully be the first year of a new local institution, the Somerville Theatre hosts the Alternative Comedy Festival tonight and tomorrow. Some may roll......

http://www.myspace.com/unionsquareroundtable" target="_blank">Union Square Round Table Friday, February 29 PA's Lounge, 345 Somerville Ave, Somerville (Union Sq) 9:00 p.m., $8 for 21+ / $11 for 18+ It's the bonus day of the year, so Bonus! is tonight's theme of the (now) bimonthly multi-media performance night that's usually two hour-long segments. How the theme will manifest itself is a surpise until the performance, but frequent musical guest Yoni Gordon usually tries to tie in at least......

Bostonist would like to congratulate Heather for winning our contest for two free tickets to the Revenge of the Book Eaters show at the Berklee Performance Center. 826 Boston just sent word that tickets are still available. Not only will the show be a blast, but the money also goes to a good cause - the new 826 Boston writing center/Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute. Revenge of the Book Eaters Wednesday, September 26, 7:00 pm,......

Revenge of the Book Eaters will take place on Wednesday, September 26th, at the Berklee Performance Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. For ticket info, visit 826 Boston's website. This fall, the latest branch of 826 National, the series of fantasy stores/writing centers created by author Dave Eggers and Nínive Calegari, will open in Egleston Square. Students will be able to explore the wonders of cryptozoology at the Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute, and then......

Londonist are starting to think their city is getting just a little bit too expensive, when even Christian Slater can't afford to go out there. And there's no escaping, as local singer Lily Allen discovered when she was barred entry to the US. The British mapping agency caused further bad karma, by blocking a 3-D representation of London in Google Earth. But the smiles returned to Londonist's faces as they interviewed Baroness von Reichardt,......

Ok – it's a hard state to spell. What if I my true god was…a sandwich? Eugene Mirman, one of Bostonist's favorite comedians, and a former Cambridge resident, comes back to the Bay State and interviews schmucks homeless tourists people in hopes of getting to better know Massachusetts. Watch the video posted to Super Deluxe as Mirman taunts Harvard students, orders (based on market price) about $100 worth of food at Summer Shack, wonders who......

Eugene Mirman and Bobby Tisdale have been running a well received comedy show in New York for a bit called Invite Them Up. It's a venue for comedians to test a bit of new material on stage. The "super deluxe holiday show" (language from their website) will be making the on the road appearance at the Paradise Rock Club tonight at 8 pm. Along with Mirman and Tisdale, Jon Benjamin, AD Miles, and David Cross......

Because you're the only one in the office today and you've got the music cranked up as it flows from your computer – but you just want a little bit something different. Because last comic standing isn't going to be on tomorrow night (NBC shows the Macy's fireworks from NYC) and you're itching for some comedy. Because you can't stand the fact the Eugene Mirman calls New York home and not Cambridge. Because you're......

LAist has so much fun this week! They go to E3, where they overhear the timeless remark "Man, this is where nerdy girls get laid." Is that a promise? They also give us this week's best CDs and make us realize that LA is the best place to use Zillow. Ah, Houstonist. They're biking to work, that is, if they can figure out how to get there. That's right, Mapquest says "Houston had the......

Since our marathon-running friends are in hardcore training mode and refuse to go out, Bostonist has decided to make up for their loss this week. So, we're going to keep this party going and head out tonight to see some very funny guys take the stage. We got an e-mail from Bostonist's comedian friend, Todd Barry, a few weeks ago about him teaming up with fellow funnyman Eugene Mirman at the Middle East. Bostonist first......

Do you want to meet The Daily Show's Rob Corddry? (Like Bostonist and Abigal Adams, a native of Weymouth, MA!) Because he's going to be at The Somerville Theater on Friday night along with Brant Serensen, Darren Goldberg, and the ever-funny DJ Hazard promoting their festival film Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story. It features Upright Citizens Brigade members and paintball. That's just one of the options that you, gentle reader, have at the Independent Film......