The Gull-Man Cometh

Comedian Gary Gulman (Deborah Feingold)

I wrote about comedian Gary Gulman, an artist I deeply admire, for the Paper of Record.

Talk Shop: My Washington City Paper cover feature on Story District's 20th* anniversary

Amy Saidman (center), seen in this 2005 postcard, wanted to be clear this was not for kids.

The oral yarn-spinning concern now known by the moniker Story District is the subject of this week's Washington City Paper cover feature—my fourth, I think. I'm reasonably happy with how it turned out. I only regret that I didn't find the right space to mention John Kevin Boggs, who was a huge contributor to that organization, and to DC's performing arts community in general, as a storyteller and instructor. He passed away in March of 2015, much, much too soon.

*Kinda. The Speakeasy open mics, which were started by Washington Storytellers Theatre (est. 1991), began in 1997. WST became SpeakeasyDC in 2005 and then Story District in 2015.

And I Am Not Lying: My You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown co-star Jeff Simmermon is recording a comedy album at the Black Cat tonight.

Jeff Simmermon looked only marginally less intimidating than this when we first met in 1986.

My boyhood chum Jeff Simmermon is recording his debut comedy album tonight at the Black Cat. I wrote about him for today's Washington City Paper.