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Seven L.A. Comics Report From the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a festival unlike any other. The 65-year-old whirlwind event lasts the entire month of August and is essentially a free-for-all: interested performers merely have to book their own venue, travel, and accommodation, then show up, self-promote like mad, and pray you get butts in seats......
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10 Best Stand-Up Comedy Shows in Los Angeles

See also: *10 Comedy Acts to Watch in 2012 *How Best Fish Taco in Ensenada Became One of the Hottest Comedy Clubs in L.A. Live comedy is once again enjoying a boom period, even if some of the bigger clubs and bloated chains around the country are going bust. Thanks......
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Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani: Nerds of a Feather

Two of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. When Kumail Nanjiani was 18, he came halfway around the world from Karachi, Pakistan, to one of the whitest places on Earth, Grinnell College in Iowa. Appropriately, at 34, he's......