University of California President Dr. Michael Drake Congratulates KUCR’s 55th Anniversary
KUCR Comedy Apocalypse 14
Featuring 3 comics — diverse, unique and original comedic talents — all rising stars from the LA comedy scene.
Thursday May 12 7:30pm BARN
LIVE! IN-PERSON!
DANIELLE PEREZ is a Los Angeles based comedian, actor, and writer personal and biting stand-up has been featured on Stand Up NBC, CBS Network Television, Sundance, Hear To Slay, NPR‘s Ask Me Another, CNN, The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine called her one of the “13 Powerful Women Who Are Making L.A. a Better Place.” Time’s Up, MTV’s DECODED, Comedy Central, A Little Late with Lilly Singh!, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (HBO), SPECIAL(Netflix),RUSSIAN DOLL, DIARY OF A FUTURE PRESIDENT.
EVER MAINARD is a non-binary, award winning actor, writer, and comedian, whom Variety Magazine describes as a “Wildcard,.. Hysterically funny and a force one can see a mile away…” for their performance in Netflix’s The Feels. Ever has also been seen in Paddelton, Conan O’Brien’s new digital series, Meet the Staff. Ever has written for Scy-Fy, E!, Huffington Post, The Guardian, Wilshire Studios. Ever was rated as one of the Top-3 U.S. Imports in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for their one-person show, Let Me BeYour Main Man, and has performed stand-up across the U.S. and Europe.
Madison Shepard is a stand up, writer, and actor based in Los Angeles, cited by Comedy Central and NPR as an “up and coming comic to watch.” She’s opened for Maria Bamford and her standup was featured on WhoHaha, Funny or Die, and Buzzfeed. She can be seen in Comedy Central’s The New Negroes, HBO’s Barry, and she plays Gail on Freeform’s new series Single Drunk Female. In 2020, she was on the creative team for the 72nd Primetime Emmy’s, written for seasons 4 & 5 of Netflix’s The Circle, and currently is writing on the Roku Original’s Roku Recommends. Madison’s debut EP “Goodnight Silverlake Lounge” .She studied acting at Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, in London.
A partial list of the comedians the KUCR 88.3FM Comedy Apocalypse series has presented at the Barn—
Jerrod Carmichael, Shane Maus, Willie Barcena, Ian Edwards,Zack Selwyn, Al Madrigal, Jesse Joyce, Rod Man, Billy Randolf, Dean Edwards, Brent Weinbach, Nate Bargatze, Greg Fitzsimmons, Jimmy Dore, Paul Gilmartin, Bobby Miyamoto, Omar Nava, Jade Catta-Preta, Kevin Shea, Dan Levy, Sidney Castillo, Ron Funches, Gene Pompa, Dwayne Perkins, Robert Yasumura, Rory Scovel, Alice Wetterlund, Beth Stelling, Hampton Yount, John Roberts, Emily Heller, Byron Bowers, Matt Braunger, Baron Vaughn, Ramin Nazzer
May 12, 2022, 7:30 – 9pm. UCR Students — FREE ADMISSION. The BARN.
KUCR 88.3FM returns to The Barn with THE KUCR COMEDY APOCALYPSE 14!
Thursdaym, May 12, 7:30-9PM.
UCR Students: Free admission
KUCR 88.3FM and The Highlander Newspaper present full live coverage of
The 2022 Big West Tournament
Complete Coverage: All UCR Men’s and Women’s Games
Live March 8-12, from Henderson, Nevada
Access: 88.3FM (Live Broadcast)
KUCR.org (Streaming)
Listen live on the free KUCR iPhone app
for Android, use Tune-In
KUCR presents a Black History month broadcast special. Two days only: Sunday, February 27 from 9AM to 9PM, and Tuesday, March 1 from 7AM to 7PM.
KUCR, in affiliation with Pacifica Radio, presents two full days of Black History in marathon broadcasts — documentaries, discussions, music, poetry and more — culminating Black History Month in a Celebration of Information.
On Air LIVE: KUCR 88.3FM,
Online: streaming live at KUCR.org
(download the FREE KUCR iPhone app at the Apple App Store; Android
users -- download the TuneIn app, or similar, and enter "KUCR.")
Hour 1 – Origins and Meaning of Black History Month / Black Thinkers
Hour 2 – MLK Speech in South LA 1963
Hour 3 – “One Drop Rule” and History of Blackface
Hour 4 – Langston Hughes/Nikki Giovanni and Javon Jackson
Hour 5 – Elaine Race Riots
Hour 6 – Bans on Critical Race Theory / Is an Apology Enough?
Hour 7 – Maya Angelou / Jazz of the Blackbyrds
Hour 8 – Protest Music as Resistance
Hour 9 – The Last Poets
Hour 10 – Malcolm X Dedication Music
Hour 11 – Malcolm X- Ballot or Bullet
Hour 12 – From Negro History to Pan African
These broadcasts on KUCR are dedicated to the memory of Dr. Sterling Stuckey, UCR professor, renowned author, historian, and longtime KUCR Jazz DJ.
“Dr. Stuckey was the greatest among us.” –Dr. Cornel West on Sterling Stuckey’sextraordinary legacy as a leading African American historian.