BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:03c4e225-d281-417e-a30a-8e93c1256d91@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261012T015213Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261116T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261116T093000 SUMMARY:BrownTown DESCRIPTION:All-in price (includes service charges): $29.50 GA\, $47.50 r eserved When: Monday 7:30 Spotlight: BrownTown isn’t just a comedy show – it’s a fan-favorite celebration of top South Asian and Middle Eastern comedians from across the nation. Additionally\, the show includes a wil dly popular Q&A where Badar\, also a civil rights lawyer\, poses outrage ous\, unrehearsed questions about race to a white comedian. Every BrownT own performance has sold out! This is a special BrownTown show presented in collaboration with The Muslim House®\, which is produced by the Musl im Public Affairs Council (MPAC)® Hollywood Bureau. The show features so me of the best and brownest Muslim comedians around. Featuring: Badar Ta reen\, Nina Kharoufeh (headliner)\, Mahmoud Jaber\, Yasmin Elhady\, Mike Kurtz Badar Tareen is a civil rights attorney by day and an award-winni ng stand-up comedian and filmmaker by night. Known for his sharp\, energ etic\, and analytical comedy\, Badar captivates audiences with his wit a nd engaging presence\, drawing rich material from his day job\, family\, and background as a Pakistani Muslim who grew up in a small town in Nor th Dakota. He has opened for comedians like Zarna Garg\, Aparna Nancherl a\, Akaash Singh\, Tony Woods\, and Marcello Hernandez\, and has been fe atured at over a dozen comedy festivals\, performing at clubs across the U.S.\, Europe\, Asia\, and the Middle East. In 2024\, he was selected t o headline his own show at the DC Capital Fringe Festival\, which receiv ed the “Best of the Fest” designation and was featured in The Washington Post. This year\, Forbes named Badar as one of the 12 Rising AAPI Stand -Up Comedians To Watch. Instagram: @badartareen Nina Kharoufeh is an Ara b-American Muslim stand-up comedian\, author\, and amateur boxer who qui te literally wears her religion on her head. A hijabi since age 13\, Nin a has built her comedy around being unapologetically herself. Her stand- up explores identity\, faith\, relationships\, and the absurdities of na vigating everyday life as a Muslim woman in America. A graduate of Montc lair State University’s College of the Arts\, Nina has performed across the U.S. and internationally. She even hosted a series on TLC called Mat ch Me Abroad. Nina is also the author of the children’s book I’m a Princ ess Too\, which follows a young Muslim girl learning to embrace her iden tity and is available wherever books are sold. Whether she’s on stage\, on screen\, in the ring\, or writing for the next generation\, Nina brin gs humor\, honesty\, and a perspective entirely her own. Instagram: @nin akharoufeh Born in Egypt\, raised in Alabama\, and armed with a sharp wi t and even sharper legal mind\, Yasmin Elhady has mastered the art of ju ggling identities without dropping the ball (or her kids). She’s the law yer who’ll argue you under the table by day and have you ugly-laughing a bout it by night. Yasmin turned to comedy to roast life’s absurdities wi th fearless takes on faith\, culture\, and motherhood. She’s appeared on stages across the US and Europe—including The Kennedy Center—and been f eatured on NBC\, NPR\, Netflix Is a Joke Radio\, and Hulu’s Muslim Match maker. Instagram: @yasminelhahahady Mahmoud Jaber is a Lebanese-American comedian hailing from Beirut and now based in Washington\, D.C. He has performed at historic venues such as the Kennedy Center (before it was b ad)\, the Lincoln Theatre (not to be confused with the theater where tha t bad thing happened to Abe Lincoln)\, and has featured for global acts such as Nataly Aukar\, Nemr Abou Nassar\, Sammy Obeid\, and Neema Naz. M ahmoud's stand-up and sketch comedy find the absurd in the space between Arab and American cultures\, and the mundane in the midst of war. His c omedy has reached millions online. Instagram: @mahmoudjabs Mike Kurtz is a shameless anecdotal comedian representing PG County. He’s been on the comedy scene since 2018\, both on the stage and behind the scenes. Mike won Comedy Kumite 37.1 (winter 2023) at the DC Improv. Instagram: @pret tyhurtskurtz\n\nTickets: https://dcimprov-com.seatengine.com/events/1438 55\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/03c4e225-d281-417e-a30a-8e93c125 6d91 LOCATION:Improv Comedy Club- DC\, 1140 Connecticut Ave N.W.\, Washington\ , DC 20036 URL:https://findlocal.community/event/03c4e225-d281-417e-a30a-8e93c1256d9 1 STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR