How I Learned About Sex May 27, 2009

This is not only going to be fun and educational, but there is bound to be some dry humping at the very least. Whatever happens, the bar supplies the special cocktails and the free condoms, so you'll be ready to prove it all night long. I'm totally pulling for you.

The How I Learned Reading Series is super excited to present:

HOW I LEARNED ABOUT SEX

Featuring:
CRAIG BALDO
("Premium Blend", "Last Comic Standing")

CLAUDIA COGAN
(ECNY Awards Best Female Stand Up Comic Nominee)

DAVID HEATLEY
(My Brain is Hanging Upside Down)

CYNTHIA KAPLAN
(Why I'm Like This, Leave the Building Quickly)

Hosted by BLAISE ALLYSEN KEARSLEY

PLUS live music and visual aids! If that doesn't make you want to hump I honestly don't know what will.

Wednesday, May 27th
8:00PM (Doors open at 7:00)
FREE
HAPPY ENDING
302 Broome Street
(between Forsyth & Eldridge)
Look for the pink awning that says "XIE HE Health Club"
(212) 334-9676
www.happyendinglounge.com

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CRAIG BALDO has been featured on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Comic Remix, NBC’s Late Friday and numerous VH1 and Bravo talking head shows. Craig was a finalist on the first season of Last Comic Standing although he was not left standing. He has performed in countless clubs and colleges throughout North America and has been featured on national tours such as the College Humor Short Bus Tour and the Nobodies of Comedy. Craig has warmed up audiences for TV shows hosted by the likes of Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert and Demetri Martin. His writing has been featured in scores of on- and off-line publications such as The Onion, TimeOut New York and CollegeHumor.com. Oh, and he was pictured in Playgirl once wearing short-shorts. He was recently featured in New York magazine as one of ten comedians in NYC that funny people find funny.

CLAUDIA COGAN is a New York City comedian who has been called "hilarious" by TimeOut New York and an "acerbic wit" by the New York Post. It’s in print and can’t be undone. For the second year in a row, comedy fans and industry nominated Claudia for Best Female Stand Up at the ECNY Awards. If you’re observant, you may have seen her act at Caroline’s, Comix, Stand Up New York, Laugh Lounge, M Bar in LA, the UCB Theatre and the DC Comedy Festival. She also spent last October in swing states as part of The Obama Girls of Comedy Tour. Fans of satellite radio may have experienced the invigorating joy that is Claudia’s voice on Raw Dog Comedy and the Derek and Romaine Show. Her work has appeared in AfterEllen’s "Fake Gay News", CollegeHumor.com, and BestWeekEver.tv and was one of the authors of mock corporate site BiggCo.com. Look for her on here! tv’s Hot Gay Comics. She’s the lesbian in the blazer.

DAVID HEATLEY's book My Brain is Hanging Upside Down was published by Pantheon Books in the US and Jonathan Cape in the UK in 2008. His performance for his 2008 tour, which included music, slides and breakdancing is documented on Google's author channel on YouTube. A mini-LP soundtrack for the book, produced by grammy award-winner Peter Wade was released by WonderSound Records in October '08 and is available on iTunes. He sometimes collaborates on comic strips for the New York Times with his wife, the writer Rebecca Gopoian.

CYNTHIA KAPLAN is the author of two collections of essays, Why I'm Like This: True Stories and Leave the Buidling Quickly. Her work has been published in the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Huffington Post, and New York magazine, among others, as well as in journals and anthologies. She is the co-writer of the indie cult classic film Pipe Dream starring Mary-Louise Parker and Martin Donovan, and she herself has apeared in many plays and some movies as well as in comedy and rock clubs throughout the U.S. Kaplan has never appeared on Law & Order. Who's to say why? She is also the creator of The Confessions of Captain Scruffy, which is the video blog of a dog, and can be seen on the website smartmandaily.com. Visit her, if you wish, at cynthiakaplan.com

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THE SERIES
How I Learned is a brand new monthly reading series featuring a mix of writers, comedians, bloggers and performers as chosen by hostess Blaise Allysen Kearsley based primarily on personal hygiene and make out prowess. Offering fact, fiction, and everything in between, How I Learned strives to share invaluable life lessons against a dimly lit, self-indulgent, sexually tense and booze fueled backdrop. It's education that works.

THE HOSTESS
Blaise Allysen Kearsley (also known as Blaise K because she's lazy) is a writer, photographer and veteran blogger who has appeared at PS 122, Lolita, Bowery Poetry Club and Collective Unconscious. Her writing has been published in Nerve, Vice and The Black Table, and in the books Mortified and Cringe. She has been written up by Gawker, Gothamist, several major New York publications, a glossy British magazine for teen girls, and a newsletter for young orthodox Jews who live in Toronto. She doesn't blame you for being jealous.

www.howilearnedathappyending.blogspot.com

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