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  • Notable San Francisco: 7/12–7/18

    Wednesday 7/12: National Book Award winner Julia Glass (Three Junes) reads from her newest novel, A House Among the Trees. Free, 7:30 p.m., Green Apple Books on the Park. Thursday 7/13: RADAR Productions collaborates with Nomadic Press to present July’s edition of the…

  • Notable San Francisco: 12/28–1/3

    Wednesday 12/28: Back in the day, when Isaac Fitzgerald used to host the monthly Rumpus variety show at The Make-Out Room, comedian Nato Green was a frequent and popular guest. Tonight, he’ll be headlining at The Punch Line. That’s a…

  • Job Insecurity 101

    At California College of the Arts in San Francisco and Oakland, adjunct faculty have been trying for two years to win their first union contract. They are part of the Service Employees International Union’s Faculty Forward movement, through which some 13,000…

  • Nato Green Stand-Up Showcase

    Tonight, comedian Nato Green—who just joined us for our S.F. LitCrawl event—is hosting a live stand-up comedy showcase with comedians Will Durst, Kate Willett, Kelly Anneken, Josef Anolin, Natasha Muse, Dash Kwiatkowski, and Shanti Charan. The event will be held at Doc’s Lab in San Francisco.…

  • Join The Rumpus at SF LitCrawl

    People of the San Francisco Bay Area! This year’s Litquake festival is already underway, with outstanding performances happening all over town. Come help us cap off the whole shebang at The Make-Out Room on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. this Saturday!

  • Fuck Amazon: An Evening with The Rumpus

    If you’re in San Francisco this weekend, don’t miss our LitCrawl event, “Fuck Amazon: An Evening with The Rumpus”! Saturday, October 18th, 8:30–9:30 p.m., The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco. With readings by Molly Antopol, Courtney Moreno, and Maisha…

  • W. Kamau Bell and Nato Green Tonight in the Mission

    Rumpus pal W. Kamau Bell got all fancy and moved to New York to host his hilarious TV show Totally Biased. But we haven’t forgotten his San Francisco roots, and neither has he—he’ll be performing tonight at The Chapel on Valencia…

  • “The Nato Sessions” Premiere This Monday!

    Hey San Francisco! This Monday, April 8th is the premiere of The Nato Sessions: Live Conversating & Podcastery with Famous Smart People, hosted by comedian and Rumpus contributor Nato Green, and featuring literary and comedic figures such as Gerard Jones,…

  • Non-fan Nato’s Guide to Super Bowl Rioting

    As the 49ers head to the Super Bowl, San Francisco can’t stuff its excitement into a hemp messenger bag fast enough. In one season, our City—Bill O’Reilly’s favorite punchline for everything fey and un-American—may defeat the nation in baseball and…

  • Disasters are live-action infomercials for big government…

    Comedian Nato Green writes about Hurricane Sandy, the NYU hospital evacuation, and the contrast between the merit of big government and the villainization of all things public.

  • The Rumpus Interview with Nato Green

    “The first assumption people make when they think about comedy and social movements is that our role is to change the minds of people who disagree with us politically, but that’s both incorrect and simplistic.”

  • Nato Green Interview

    Rooftop Comedy talks with comedian Nato Green about his new CD, political humor, audience reactions, and fatherhood. After you read the interview, scoop up a ticket for tonight’s Celebration of Written Correspondence to see Green in action!

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