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Mary Lynn Rajskub

Mary Lynn Rajskub is an actress, comedian and writer, best known for playing ‘Chloe’ on the Fox drama 24 and also ‘Gail the Snail’ from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. You have also seen her in Night School, Safety Not Guaranteed, Wilson, Little Miss Sunshine, Legally Blonde 2, Julie and Julia, Punch Drunk Love, Mysterious Skin, Firewall, Grey’s Anatomy, Gilmore Girls, The Girlfriend Experience, The Larry Sanders Show, Two Broke Girls and Mr. Show. Most recently, she was in the ensemble cast of the film Night School, the No.1 comedy film in 2018. Mary Lynn just returned from a US tour with comedian Fred Armisen. She performs stand up comedy all over the country.

March 3rd & 4th

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Don't Miss This Special Event

“Til Death Do Us Part… You First!”

ROBERT DENIRO DISCOVERED ACTOR CHAZZ PALMINTERI & PALMINTERI DISCOVEREDACTOR/COMEDIAN PETER FOGEL'S HILARIOUS MULTI-MEDIA SOLO SHOW

'TIL DEATH DO US PART... YOU FIRST!" 

Directed by Academy Award Nominee CHAZZ PALMINTERI

Non-Stop Laughs for Single, Divorced, Devoted Couples!

"A Very Funny Show about Love & Marriage! Go See it!"Ray Romano- (Everybody Loves Raymond)

"HYSTERICAL!" -- NY Post

"A HILARIOUS cross between 'Men Are From Mars/Women Are From Venus!'Meets 'Defending the Caveman!'" - MiamiArtZine.com

"Fogel's a Powerhouse on Stage! Uproarious Belly Laughs!Broadwayworld.com 

March 31 & April 1st

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DC Film Society's 30th Annual Oscars Party

Celebrate the Oscars at the Washington, DC Film Society’s annual “And the Winner Is…” Oscar Night party. You’ll get a whole lot more than just viewing the show: We present the 95th Academy Awards LIVE ON THE BIG SCREEN.

The Motion Picture Academy has celebrated the return of film in a big way to our movie theaters with a quality lineup of films for its 95th Annual Awards and you’ll have a front row seat. All proceeds support Filmfest DC, DC Film Society's parent organization.

We’ll again have DC’s favorite film critics Tim Gordon and Travis Hopson to give you the real lowdown on the nominees. There’s a record for Asian-American nominees, including the first-ever nominated for Best Actress and note the power of two. Two-time Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel returns, there are two “comeback kids” Ke Huy Quan and Brendan Fraser, and the two-highest commercially successful films in the Best Picture category.

We'll have movie posters and giveaways, theatre, film and event tickets and some movie items in the Silent Auction (cash/check only) and our “Predict The Winners” contest, where your movie acumen will be tested.

March 12th

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A Night In Mission Hill W/ Creators Bill Oakley And Josh Weinstein

Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein (writers, producers, and showrunners for The Simpsons, Futurama, and Disenchantment) present a new, never-before-seen high-definition restoration of their TV show Mission Hill with the series' original music! Select episodes screened followed by a Q&A with the creators and a special trivia game for a chance to win exclusive Mission Hill memorabilia 

Presented by @ThisMyShow follow us on Instagram for upcoming events giveaways and more Instagram.Com/ThisMyShowPresents 

March 5th

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Women's Adventure Film Tour 2023

The Women’s Adventure Film Tour is a celebration of the inspiring women around us who are doing extraordinary things in the name of adventure. Every year, our selection of unique films is carefully chosen to show awesome women achieving their personally adventurous goals. Being adventurous doesn't always have to mean being the fastest, going the highest, or doing the most extreme things. Adventure for most of us is stepping outside our comfort zone and climbing our own personal Everest. The films showcase real stories about women from a variety of cultures and sports around the world.

March 8th

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REEL ROCK 17 | ON TOUR SPRING 2023

Supported by Bouldering Project

Don't miss three heart-stopping new films featuring the year’s biggest climbing & adventure stories: a wild expedition on Nameless Tower in Pakistan; a new cutting-edge route in a massive limestone cave in France; and a journey to Palestine’s West Bank to explore the power of climbing to change lives. Presented by The North Face and supported by Black Diamond & Yeti.

March 23rd & 24th

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Yannis Pappas

Yannis Pappas is a stand-up comedian, podcaster and TV host. He’s a regular on The Joe Rogan Experience, Tim Dillon Show, Your Mom’s House, 2 Bears 1 Cave, Bad Friends and Tigerbelly. His insanely popular podcast LongDays with Yannis Pappas is available on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts. His previous podcast History Hyenas with Chris Distefano is also available on Youtube and wherever you listen to podcasts. Yannis has two hour-long stand-up comedy specials on YouTube (Mom Love 2022 & Blowing the Light 2019), an hour-long album (Let Me Be Yannis) and a half hour Comedy Central Special (2014) all available on YouTube. He was the host of NextVR's virtual reality live stand-up series, Live In Gotham (44 episodes 2018-19). He was also the host of AOL's award winning Original Series, 2 Point Lead (a sports comedy show). Yannis was also the co-host of MSG's sports fan show, The Bracket, BetMGM’s Unleashed with Olivia harlan Dekker and the co-host of ABC's Fusion Live. Yannis has been part of the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, New York Comedy Festival and tours the world as a stand-up comedian.

March 9th, 10th, 11th

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Ian Fidance

Ian Fidance is an offbeat yet upbeat New York City comic, actor, and writer originally from Wilmington, Delaware. An absolute force on stage, his act is insanely positive and positively insane. Equal parts

thoughtful, explicit, and silly, he can be seen performing nightly at the iconic Comedy Cellar in the heart of New York City’s Greenwich Village and is the host of the wildly popular podcast “Bein Ian”. He’s been featured on “This American Life” and is a favorite guest on podcasts and radio shows alike. He

co-starred in the latest season of “The Last OG” with Tracy Morgan, was featured on “This Week at the Comedy Cellar” on Comedy Central, was a contributing writer on the last season of Crank Yankers, also on Comedy Central, and has done punch up work on Michelle Obama’s children’s cooking show “Waffles + Mochi” on Netflix. His work has been published alongside Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Odenkirk, Ray Ramano, and Maria Bamford in a book of poems entitled “Eating Salad Drunk: Haiku’s for the Burnout Age by

Comedy Greats” available now through Macmillan Publishers. His comedy has been written about in The New Yorker and the New York Times.

March 16th, 17th & 18th

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The Boondock Saints & Green Beer

1hr 48min Rated R (1999)

Join us on St. Patrick's Day for a classic film with green beer on the side!!

The Boondock Saints is a 1999 American vigilante action thriller film written and directed by Troy Duffy. The film stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus as fraternal twin brothers Connor and Murphy MacManus, who become vigilantes after killing two members of the Russian Mafia in self-defense. After both experience an epiphany, the twins, together with their friend "Funny Man" Rocco (David Della Rocco), set out to rid their home city of Boston of crime and evil, all the while being pursued by FBI special agent Paul Smecker (Willem Dafoe).

March 17th

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Rich Vos

ABOUT THE LEGEND

Rich Vos’ has four specials on Comedy Central and over 100 television appearances. He has been seen on HBO, HBOMax, Netflix, Showtime and Starz. Rich also produced and starred in the documentary “Women Aren’t Funny”, appeared in Judd Apatows “King of Staten Island." He’s a two time writer for the Academy Awards. Rich hosted Woodstock 99, The Virus Tour, and the Washington Monument Drug Awareness Concert. Vos can be heard on numerous top podcasts such as WTF with Marc Maron, The Church of What’s Happening Now with Joe Diaz, and The Joe Rogan Experience.

Along with wife Bonnie McFarlane, Rich has a hit podcast “My Wife Hates Me” that looks inside the marriage and day to day life of the two comics. Rich has also been clean and sober for 35 years, leading to performances at countless 12 Step Conventions. He has 6 albums in rotation on Sirius XM. He has the best Roast in the history of Roasts on YouTube vosroast.

March 24th & 25th

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See, The Thing Is...FRIENDS W/ BENEFITS Tour

‘See, The Thing is…’ is a society & culture podcast hosted by Seasoned Podcaster/Media Personality Mandii B and Grammy Award winning Singer/Songwriter Bridget Kelly. Every week the ladies sit down, with each other or sometimes joined by theirs “Friends with Benefits” to discuss personalized topics around current events, entertainment, and Music while navigating life/love in their 30’s from a grown, honest & slightly toxic perspective. The show has a playlist segment called "Freshly Squeezed" where they showcase new music and put their audience onto new and old artists. The show airs every Tuesday wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

March 26th

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Caitlin Peluffo

Originally hailing from San Francisco, Caitlin Peluffo is a stand up comedian living in New York City.  This lovable loose cannon recently made her network television debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, was featured on the Late Late Show with James Corden, and has been seen on NBC Seeso’s “New York’s Funniest” as well as the Comcast Network as a finalist in the ‘Trial By Laughter Comedy Competition.’ She was named a 2022 Just for Laughs New Face and appeared on JFL Network. She opens regularly for Maria Bamford, Brian Regan, Matteo Lane, and Fortune Feimster. Peluffo is a regular in the NYC comedy scene performing in clubs like The Comedy Cellar, New York Comedy Club, Gotham Comedy Club, Stand Up NY, and was recently featured in the Caroline’s on Broadway Breakout Artist Series. She has performed in festivals across the country like the Limestone Comedy Festival, Brooklyn Comedy Festival, Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, Laugh Your Asheville Off, Accidental Comedy Festival, All Jane Comedy Festival, Women in Comedy Festival, Maine Comedy Festival, and was runner up in the Big Sky, Finger Lakes, San Diego, and the Stand Up NY Comedy Competitions. For the past 2 years she's hosted her weekly podcast, Good Time Gal with Caitlin Peluffo, she performed in San Francisco’s Sketchiest in the Audible’s Fresh Voices Showcase and was featured on both Sirius XM’s “Raw Dog” and Audible’s “Punchlines.” 

March 30th

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