Caveat
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CAVEAT is a downtown venue that offers a unique blend of intellectual events and entertainment. With a focus on learning, playing, and socializing, it's the ideal place for those seeking an unconventional and curious experience, complete with delicious food and drinks.
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Up N' Coming with Reformed Whores
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Irreverent musical comedy duo, Reformed Whores is bringing you their variety show Up N’ Coming. Join “NYC’s most brilliantly deranged musical duo” for a night of hilarious comedy and variety performances featuring some of the best acts in the country! If Dolly Parton & Flight of the Conchords got drunk and had a baby, you’d get the comedic song stylings of Reformed Whores. Serving up “southern-fried feminism”...
A Lot On The Mind: Autism
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Come join us for a night of educational and theatrical fun while learning about some of the most misunderstood and stigmatized neurological disorders! Each month we’ll highlight a different neurological disorder and address the science behind the disorder, research being done in that field, and the stigmas patients face, featuring performances from patients themselves. Do vaccines cause autism? What are the signs of autism spectrum disorder and...
The Kids are All Great
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The Kids are All Great takes a look at what today's kids are into and why adults just don't understand, man. Hosts Reed Kavner and Taylor Lorenz will take a look at what the kids are into—apps, memes, songs, fashion trends—through a lens of empathy and genuine curiosity. You'll hear from experts and actual teens about latest developments in youth culture, leaving a bit hipper and more understanding of kids these days. This venue is mixed standing/seated....
Yeah She Did: Riot Grrrrl
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Yeah She Did is a storytelling series that shines a light on the sheroes that should have been. A lineup of female-identifying comedians, writers, and storytellers join forces to share the stories of some of the greatest women the world has ever known (but history forgot). Yeah She Did is fucking up Valentines Day with a counter-celebration of all things Riot Grrrl. We'll be banging out an evening of girl power, great music, and stories of the women...
Secret Life of Your Gastrointestinal Intestinal Tract
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Full Course Name: Masters Of Social Gastronomy: What Goes In, Must Come Out, The Secret Life Of Your Gastrointestinal Intestinal Tract Each month, the Masters of Social Gastronomy take on a curious food topic and break down the history, science, and stories behind them. This month, we cover the human body from mouth to butt. What's the story with your microbiome, all those little microbes living in your gut? Soma takes apart the science behind...
Midnight Society
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Was it Aliens... or Hypnosis, Ghosts... or Hallucination, Demons... or Delusion? Our storytellers dive in to the scary stories that have haunted us for generations, and the psychology behind them. We explore the unexplained and find that the reasons we invent supernatural stories are often more terrifying than the stories themselves. July Theme: Urban Legends Venue is mixed seating and standing-room: arrive early to get a good seat!
Satire and Humor Festival: Evening Of Humorous Readings
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Literary humorists reading their most literary humor! An Evening of Humorous Readings is a long-running, popular show of literary humorists reading their most literary humor! The show is a showcase of short humor, like the kind you find on McSweeney’s or Shouts and Murmurs, read aloud by the people who wrote them. An Evening of Humorous Readings has featured writers from Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Onion, The New...
Burnin' Down the Mouth: The Secrets of Spicy Foods
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Full Course Name: Masters Of Social Gastronomy: What Goes In, Must Come Out, The Secret Life Of Your Gastrointestinal Intestinal Tract Each month, the Masters of Social Gastronomy take on a curious food topic and break down the history, science, and stories behind it. This month, MSG breaks into the secret world of hot peppers to pull back the curtain on everyone's favorite Rooster-branded hot sauce and the worldwide affection for spicy, spicy food....
Yeah She Did: She Built This City
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Yeah She Did is keeping it homegrown for Women's History Month. We're celebrating the badass women who built this city from the ground up. She Built This City highlights femme founders, public servants, and protesters who were as bold, bright, and brassy as NYC. YEAH SHE DID is a storytelling series that shines a light on the sheroes that should have been. A lineup of female-identifying comedians, writers, and storytellers join forces to share the...
New York City's Secrets and Lies
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Can you tell the difference between a secret and a lie? Four expert storytellers spin incredible tales about the secret pasts of NYC locations you walk by every day. All the stories are true except for one. If you can identify the lie, you’ll be in the running to win a pair of tickets to a secret NYC event.
The Symposium: Academic Stand-Up
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Kick those boring old lectures goodbye! Discover a new side to Academia in this evening of research-inspired stand-up comedy. Academics, researchers, teachers, & comics take the mic to give life to those dusty textbooks and show you what research & teaching is really like. From statistics to evolution, philosophy, history, and more, come for the laughs and the cutting-edge ideas, stay for the laughs and the cutting-edge ideas. ...
Drug Test
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Since the dawn of mankind, humans have tried to get high in one way or another. Why? Altered states of consciousness can be profoundly dangerous or dangerously profound. Knowledge makes the difference. We welcome a panel of experts and comedians to discuss how these drugs work! Trigger warning: this will be a frank discussion of drugs and drug use. Please Note: This event is mixed seated and standing room. Seats are first-come, first-served.
Sex ed
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Their kink is paying her? Comedian/Financial Dominatrix spills all! What happens when you moonlight as a comedian, but your dayjob is sex work? Welcome to Sex Job! This show gives you an inside look into the life of a financial dominatrix. How does it work? What even is financial domination!? Learn the in’s and out’s of what it’s like to be a sex worker: the good, the bad, and the shockingly hilarious! You will walk out of this show feeling...
It's Complicated: How the U.S. Shaped the Middle East
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Middle Eastern politics can make your head spin. Fear not, we’ve made a comedy show to dive in to the most complicated stories of the region, and break down the West’s role in it all. Caveat’s senior Iranian comedian Mehdi Barakchian and writer Kylie Holloway will answer your biggest questions about the Middle East- why the U.S. is still hanging out with Saudi Arabia, why Iran is so mad at America, and what the hell is an Aleppo, and is it...
Drug Test: Decompression
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Sad Burning Man is over and you have to wear clothes now? Do you segue into talking about the Burn any time someone mentions men or something that could burn? Time to DECOMPRESS. Come learn about Burning Man and drugs! Please Note: This event is mixed seated and standing room. Seats are first-come, first-served.
The Science of Monsters
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Based on their book, The Science of Monsters, Kelly Florence and Meg Hafdahl will explore the science behind horror movies’ most iconic villains. Join Kelly and Meg as they unravel the medical mysteries and scientific marvels that inspired the creation of famous monsters like Freddy Kruger, Norman Bates, and many more. This event is mixed seated and standing room. Seats are first-come, first-served.
Exolore: Stories Your Alien Grandma Would Have Told You
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Exolore: Bedtime Stories Your Alien Grandma Would Have Told You Have you ever wondered how J.K. Rowling designed the politics at play in the wizarding world, or how James Cameron decided what plants and animals would live on Pandora? Wonder no more! Astrophysicist/folklorist Moiya McTier is here to show you how to use real-world knowledge to create imaginary universes. In each show, you’ll see Moiya and a team of expert guests build a...
Publish or Perish: Scientists Review Jurassic Park
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Publish or Perish brings peer review to the big screen! Scientists and comedians watch and discuss the science of hit movies, and, with your help, decide if the film deserves to be published and have its findings endorsed across the land, or should perish for its crimes against science! This time around, we'll discuss the science of Jurassic Park. What were dinosaurs really like? How do actual scientists do genetic engineering? And does life, uh,...
Chaos Theory
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What if you were at a TED talk about chaos theory that suddenly went wildly off the rails? A super serious lecture about Chaos Theory explodes into a series of interactive games and experiments inspired by the science of chaos theory, Jurassic Park, and the ultimate chaos: middle school crushes. Your guide, chaologist Dr. Genevieve Saoch, whose personal life continuously interferes with her objectivity as a chaologist, invites you to play through...
80 Minutes Around the World
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Eighty Minutes Around the World: Immigration Stories highlights true stories told by local immigrants and allies and is curated by 30+ time Moth StorySlam winner Nestor Gomez.
Reviews of Caveat
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Science Exclamation Point
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Vocabaret
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Masters of Social Gastronomy: The Secrets of FAKE MEAT!
This wasnt the class scheduled It was a class about pumpkin pie -
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Fun time overall. -
ANYBODY: Improvised Historical Hip-Hopera w/North Coast
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Encyclopedia Commedia
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Versus
I thought the topic was an interesting choice. Both side had very strong points and it was very entertaining. -
Encyclopedia Commedia
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Encyclopedia Commedia
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Happier Hour: Philosophy To Make Your Life Suck Less
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A Lot On The Mind: Huntington's Disease
This was a very informative and engaging class. -
A Lot On The Mind: Huntington's Disease
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Romance & Revenge, History of Aphrodisiacs & Poisons
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Romance & Revenge, History of Aphrodisiacs & Poisons
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Happier Hour: Philosophy To Make Your Life Suck Less
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Yeah She Did: Women in Food
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Yeah She Did: Women in Food
Venue perfectly matched the ease, wit and cadence of the evening. Great “show” and awesome group activity! I’ll defintely go back to Caveat and want to check out the next Yeah She Did! -
Yeah She Did: Women in Food
This was amazing -- I loved hearing from such badass women about other badass women who deserved to be remembered. The venue was reasonably priced, comfortable, and not crowded. -
Science Exclamation Point
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A Lot On The Mind: Epilepsy