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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2005
Comedy improv marathon
to benefit children s hospital
BY WHITNEY ISENHOWER
STAFF WRITER
Not every all-nighter derives
from procrastination.
A show tonight at the Arts Center
in Carrboro is one such all-nighter.
It will feature comedians from
across the country performing
improvisational sketches for 24
straight hours.
Called 24LIVE, the annual
charity event will run from 10 p.m.
today until 10 p.m. Saturday, with
all proceeds benefiting the N.C.
Childrens Hospital.
Zach Ward, executive producer
and one of the events core of nine
comedians, started the event four
years ago. He said it is a good expo
sure to on-the-spot comedy in the
community.
“It’s a really awesome opportu
nity to see a lot of improv in a short
time,” Ward said.
The event also brings in special
acts from across the nation that
will perform with the nine core
improvisers throughout the day.
Curtis Gwinn and John
Gemberling of the Upright Citizens
Brigade Theatre in New York City
will perform Friday and Saturday,
and N.C. comedy groups such as
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ComedyWorx and UNC’s CHiPs
will also perform.
The event was started as a way
to sponsor different charities in the
area, and though this is the first
year proceeds will go to the hos
pital, Ward said they will continue
their sponsorship in the future.
“When I went over there and saw
the things that they were doing, it
just clicked,” Ward said.
Comedians from Dirty South
Improv, the group that puts on
24LIVE, already have gone to the
hospital since the partnership was
started to perform for patients.
“It kind of gave everyone a break
from day-to-day hospital life,” said
Courtney Fancsali, development
coordinator for children’s programs
at the N.C. Children’s Hospital.
Donating to the hospital every
year could help funding and also
attract more interest in the show,
said Lisa Palmisano, assistant pro
ducer for 24LIVE.
24LIVE raised more than $2,000
last year, and its move from UNC’s
Hamilton Hall to the Arts Center
could help bring in a greater crowd
and more revenue, Ward said.
The event is a test of the come
dic skills of its performers.
IF YOU GO
Date: Friday, Sept. 9 and Saturday,
Sept. 10
Time: 10 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Carrboro Arts Center
Info: www.dirtysouthimprov.
com/24live
Performers are made up of
comedians with Dirty South
Improv in North Carolina, New
York, Los Angeles and Chicago, as
well as comedians from CHiPs.
Core performer Henry Droege
of Los Angeles said he was nervous
about its demanding time span.
“I’ve never stayed up 24 hours in a
row in my life.”
But performers often find some
of their best work in those last
hours of the night, said 24LIVE’s
artistic director, Ross White.
“After the 24th hour a piece of
the brain is unlocked that wouldn’t
necessarily be in a semi-conscious
state,” White said.
“There have been some abso
lutely amazing, hilarious and
touching moments at our previous
24LIVE’s.”
Contact the A&E Editor
at artsdesk@unc.edu.
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■ The Nested art gallery, 1188
E. Main St. in Carrboro, will hold a
reception from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today
for artists John Marsh and Jimmy
Kellough. Their works abstract
paintings and photomontages,
respectively are on display.
■ Company Carolina will hold
an interest meeting at 7 p.m. today
in Union 3206.
■ Chi Phi Fraternity is holding
a benefit concert at 8 p.m. tonight
at Sandbar, 136 E. Rosemary St.,
featuring Reality Show Band and a
GlO5 DJ. Tickets are $5 and are on
sale in the Pit, the Chi Phi House
(968-9073) and Sandbar. All pro
ceeds will go to the American Red
Cross for hurricane relief efforts.
■ Tony Bennett will be on cam
pus tonight as part of the grand
reopening of Memorial Hall, which
kicks off with Bennett’s sold-out
performance at 8 p.m.
■ WXYC will present its
fourth-annual Early ‘9os Dance
party from 10 p.m. today to 2 a.m.
Saturday at Wetlands Dance Hall,
formerly known as Treehouse, on
the corner of East Rosemary and
■ Ronald Alberto Lopez
Medrano, a Chapel Hill man with
no fixed address, was arrested at 8
a.m. Wednesday at 510 Umstead
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entering a vehicle, police reports
state.
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dripping wet from a nearby pond,
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■ The 2005 Southeast Regional
Barista Competition will be held
Friday to Sunday in the Center for
the Dramatic Arts. Baristas from
10 Southeastern states will prepare
one espresso, one cappuccino and
one specialty coffee drink for each
of the four taste judges in 15 min
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361-5282.
■ La Fiesta del Pueblo 2005, the
largest Latin American festival in
the Carolinas, will run from noon
to 8 p.m. Saturday and from noon
to 6 p.m. Sunday at the N.C. State
Fairgrounds in Raleigh. Tickets
are $2 for adults. Call 835-1525 for
more information, or go to http://
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■ The second annual “Run for
the Kids” 5K will begin at 9 a.m.
Saturday off Old Mason Farm
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police responded to a report of a
suspicious person.
Next to him on the ground, she
said, were several items, including
automobile parts, a Ford owner’s
manual, a dog bowl and a garage
door opener, she said.
Reports valued the items at
SSO.
Cousins said the police then used
the name written in the manual to
identify the Chapel Hill man whose
car had been broken into and con
tact him.
The man had not been aware
of the break-in, she said, but con
firmed that items were indeed his
when police asked.
Medrano was taken to Orange
County Jail pending an appearance
in Hillsborough District Court on
Thursday.
■ Three men in a car stopped on
Wilson Street near West Cameron
Drive were arrested at 10:28 p.m.
Wednesday after police discovered
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■ Street Signs production of
Moliere’s “The Miser” will run at 8
p.m. Saturday and at 2 p.m. and 7
p.m. Sunday in Swain Hall, Studio
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information.
■ Meredith College will host
Sister Hazel in concert Saturday
in Mclver Amphitheater. Tickets
are $5 and are available on a first
come, first serve basis. Gates open
at 7:30 p.m. and the concert begins
at 8:30 p.m. For more information,
call 760-8338.
■ Kenan Community and the
Residence Hall Association will
bring “The Freakin’ Sweet Family
Guy Season Kick-Off” at 8:30 p.m.
Sunday to the Great Hall of the
Student Union. Festivities include
big-screen projection of the show,
Family Guy trivia and prizes. This
will be followed by a discussion
about the show and controversial
topics prevalent in the episode.
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Kashif Johnson of Wake Forest
and Darryl Gregory Warren of
Durham were charged with pos
sessing a stolen firearm, according
to reports.
The driver, Jamaal Christian of
Burlington, was charged with driv
ing a vehicle with a revoked license
and displaying a fictitious registra
tion plate, police reports state.
■ According to police reports,
a Wendell woman’s vehicle sus
tained SBO in damage when
someone slashed one of her
Goodyear tires.
Police reports state that the
incident happened at Camelot
Village and that the victim dis
covered the damage at 7 a.m.
Wednesday.
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