Tag: tig notaro
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Q&A with Tig Notaro: Out of nowhere into everything, from stand-up to ‘Star Trek’
Some of the best jokes come out of nowhere. For Tig Notaro, one of them changed everything. Despite pursuing comedy for more than a decade prior, the comedian, actor and producer became known for opening a 2012 stand-up set with four words that stunned the audience: “Hello. I have cancer.” What began as an unfiltered…
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The countdown begins: Introducing ‘150 Years of Colorado Cultural Shakers’
Part 1 of 6: Meet our surprising first class of first-class artists as we build toward Colorado’s 150th birthday Philip K. Dick, Blinky the Clown and the String Cheese incident walk into a bar … As Colorado approaches its 150th birthday, we at The Gazette wanted to attempt something both impossible and irresistible: identifying 150…
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Colorado doc lights up Academy Award nominations
‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ chronicles last year of Colorado State Poet Laureate Andrea Gibson’s cancer journey For a documentary, the light doesn’t get much better than it does at the Academy Awards. The critically acclaimed “Come See Me in the Good Light,” which focuses on the late Colorado State Poet Laureate Andrea…
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Pikes Pick: Colorado poet laureate Andrea Gibson, comedian Tig Notaro to perform in Denver
Colorado’s newest poet laureate, Andrea Gibson, gives me goosebumps with their poetry. The poet will perform some of that tingly material Thursday and Friday at Paramount Theatre in Denver. And riding the stage alongside Gibson will be comedian Tig Notaro. The two met 25 years ago and have both overcome cancer diagnoses; paramountdenver.com. — Jennifer Mulson,…