J&R

”Culture helps your whole city, your whole community, even if you don't partake in it,” David Byrne said at Tuesday's rally on the steps of NYC's City Hall.

The 2019 edition of San Francisco's long-running SF Sketchfest goes down January 10 – 27 with an insane amount of seriously amazing comedy events.

Comedians performing at ”Padma Puts on a Comedy Show” include Michelle Wolf, Roy Wood, Jr., and Jo Firestone.

”The reality we experience is a mere creation of our consciousness, but our consciousness creates this reality based on those very same experiences. We are simultaneously the creators of our personal universe and creations of our personal universe. The Earth side of this album represents the world as I see it outwardly, the world that I am a part of. The Heaven side of this album represents the world as I see it inwardly, the world that is a part of me. ” - Kamasi Washington

Honoring the legacy of folk musician and activist (and festival founder) Pete Seeger, this is the 40th anniversary of Clearwater and the lineup also includes The Mavericks, Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Rhiannon Giddens, David Byrne cohorts Choir! Choir! Choir!, Ani DiFranco, and more.

There hasn't been a new season of Curb since 2011 -- it returns in October on HBO.

Acclaimed songwriter Jimmy Webb has given us such classic as "Wichita Lineman," "McCarthur Park," "Up Up and Away," "Galveston," and others. A tribute to this distinctive songwriter will happen in NYC...

The lineup also includes Usher & The Roots, Margo Price, Earth Wind & Fire, Wilco, Alabama Shakes, Dr. John, Big Freedia, Leon Bridges, and more.

The most unexpected album of the year?

A few comedy options for you over the next week. Tonight (11/5) at Housing Works it's "Loose: A Comedy Show," hosted by the funny/ubiquitous Jo Firestone and featuring a pretty great lineup of Chris Gethard, Megan Gailey (CONAN), Roy Wood, Jr...