Comedian Francisco Ramos brought a hilarious stand-up routine to WCU as a part of the Southeastern Latinx Student Leadership Conference. A crowd of around 150 people gathered in front of the stage at A.K. Hinds University Center to hear Ramos Ramos regaled the crowd with jokes and comedic stories from his own life, talking about […]
Catamounts roar with laughter at comedy night in the UC
February 1, 2019 by
Western Carolina’s Last Minute Productions continued its Best of the West competition with the comedy event, “Last Catamount Standing” on Jan. 30. Performing for a crowd of around 50 people, students Casey Jowers and Alex Sapp competed for a spot in the series finale. Though neither had ever done stand-up comedy before, both were […]
WCU students laugh off stress at Homecoming Comedy Show
October 26, 2017 by
Laughter filled the UC Grand Room on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. when Drew Lynch and Erin Jackson brought their one-liners to campus. To shake off post fall break blues and celebrate homecoming week, Arts and Cultural Events (ACE) brought the Homecoming Comedy Show to the students. One of the co-directors for the comedy […]
Magician Nash Fung performs for WCU in LMP’s final spring show
May 1, 2017 by
Magic was in the air Tuesday, April 25, as Seattle-based magician Nash Fung performed in WCU’s University Center for more than 50 students. For more information on this event, see Andrew Cline and Travis Bilger’s video story: Fung is much more than a simple card trick. Immigrating from Hong Kong at age 13, he often felt the […]
Comedian, magician, and balloon artist John Cassidy performs at WCU
April 20, 2017 by
The U.C. Grand Room room was popping on Wednesday, April 19, when comedian, magician, and balloon artist John Cassidy performed a hilarious show for Western students. The record-holding and critically acclaimed entertainer, and self-proclaimed “balloon guy,” kicked off his act by lapping the room distributing more pre-made balloon sculptures than the roughly 60 audience members. Once […]
Comedian Emma Willmann performs stand-up at WCU
February 27, 2017 by
Emma Willmann has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and headlined her own sold out show in the New York Comedy Festival, and on Friday, Feb. 24, she performed in the UC Illusions Room at WCU. The NY comic was generally well-received by a small crowd of about 40 students, as she sprung from […]
