saturday night live

by Brenda Hillegas Many of Saturday Night Live’s cast members have been hitting the road lately to do stand-up routines in comedy clubs across the US. Fans of the show can clearly see the increase in stand-up comedians being hired as cast members and writers. While some SNL Read More

by Brenda Hillegas Bloomers began at University of Penn in 1978. A tradition at the Ivy League school open to men for many years, now the women were more than ready to start their own musical sketch comedy troupe. Entirely student-run productions are the core of Bloomers, so in Read More

by Brenda Hillegas For me (for most people), Saturday Night Live is a huge part of the American pop culture pie. Filmmaker Bao Nguyen strongly agrees. His new documentary, Live From New York!, explores the cultural phenomenon that is this show. From the very beginning in 1975 to Read More

by Andi Bricklin Saturday night local hipsters will fill the Trocadero to be mesmerized by Irish singer-songwriter Andrew Hozier-Byrne, better known to most people as just Hozier.  Did you get a ticket? No? Too bad. The show sold out long before his debut album, Hozier, was even Read More

by Brenda Hillegas     Christine Ohlman was getting ready for her weekend when I gave her a call. It was a Friday afternoon and yet another snow storm was scheduled to hit the New York area. I knew she needed to get to Studio 8H that weekend, where Saturday Night Live Read More

Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience Reviewed by Dan Emmons     I may have to say that the seven years it took from the last album release from Justin Timberlake was almost how long it felt like I was listening to this album.   Please do not get me wrong, I truly Read More