ComedyBeat to Host 'Comedy and Activism' Panel, 3/7

Comedybeat presents a special edition of their quarterly "Comedy Dialogue" series on the fascinating theme: "COMEDY AND ACTIVISM," on Monday March 7, 2016 @ Book Culture on Manhattan's Upper West Side beginning at 7:00pm. Moderated by comedian and journalist TRAVIS IRVINE (The Huffington Post, The Guardian & Jay Leno Show), the free event will feature brilliant stand-up comedy performances and an exciting panel discussion with some of the top comedy performers on the scene today:

*PANELISTS:

LIZZ WINSTEAD (Co-Founder of "THE DAILY SHOW" and author of "LIZZ FREE OR DIE")

JEFFREY JOSEPH (Comedy Central; "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon")

SHARRON PAUL (Internet Action Force; "Lady Parts Justice")

KATIE HALPER (Laughing Liberally; WBAI)

JESSICA WATKINS (Women in Comedy Festival; "Let's Take a Walk" web series)

DATE: Monday March 7, 2016

TIME: 7:00 pm

VENUE: Book Culture, 536 West 112th Street, NYC 10025 (between Broadway & Amsterdam Street, near Columbia University)

(212) 865-1588 (www.bookculture.com)

FREE EVENT

*EVENT SCHEDULE:

7:00 PM: Reception & Refreshments

7:30 PM: Stand-up Comedy Performance & Panel Discussion

8:45 PM: Ending Reception

ComedyBeat is a start-up independent news organization serving the comedy market through its flagship Web news site ComedyBeat.com and trade publishing arm ComedyBeat Press. The mission of ComedyBeat is to provide fair and accurate news, reviews and analytical commentary about the world of comedy from a business, economic, and legal perspective, to create and distribute trade information resources to comedy professionals, and to become the national leader of comedy trade news.

ComedyBeat managing editor Carl Unegbu studied journalism at Columbia after graduating law school at the University of Miami and is is the author of "Comedy Under Attack: The Golden Age and the Headwinds."