Youngmi Mayer: Hairy Butthole, Curated by Margaret Cho
Hairy Butthole is a one-person show featuring Youngmi Mayer based on the Korean saying "If you laugh while crying, hair will grow out of your butthole." The show follows highlights of her life based loosely on her memoir, I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying. It is a sad comedy show designed to make the audience laugh and cry at the same time.
This performance is part of the Joe’s Pub Vanguard Residency curated by Margaret Cho.
Advertising Week 2025 - Defusing Scam Culture in Marketing
Defusing Scam Culture in Marketing
Every major societal institution has some sort of scam culture in its bones. Politics, religion, art, technology – and advertising is no exception. In fact, the business of marketing ironically has a questionable reputation in the greater world. Many consider it dishonest or inauthentic, but the profession also has the responsibility of fairly and effectively selling, for the growth of… well, every other single business. So let’s explore the nature of scam culture, and where it lives (and doesn’t actually live) in marketing, and how to infuse integrity into your messaging to improve the future of all business.
Youngmi Mayer: Hairy Butthole, Curated by Margaret Cho
Hairy Butthole is a one-person show featuring Youngmi Mayer based on the Korean saying "If you laugh while crying, hair will grow out of your butthole." The show follows highlights of her life based loosely on her memoir, I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying. It is a sad comedy show designed to make the audience laugh and cry at the same time.
This performance is part of the Joe’s Pub Vanguard Residency curated by Margaret Cho.
Youngmi Mayer: Hairy Butthole, Curated by Margaret Cho
Hairy Butthole is a one-person show featuring Youngmi Mayer based on the Korean saying "If you laugh while crying, hair will grow out of your butthole." The show follows highlights of her life based loosely on her memoir, I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying. It is a sad comedy show designed to make the audience laugh and cry at the same time.
This performance is part of the Joe’s Pub Vanguard Residency curated by Margaret Cho.
SASS SUMMER POPSICLE POPUP
View this event on Partiful at https://partiful.com/e/ZMw3Bo6WgL1lXU6PQ5OZ
SASS presents Summer Popsicle Popup, a series of special initiatives taking place throughout the city from Aug 16 through Sept 7.
📘 We're closing out the series on Sept 7th at Cafe con Libros with author and activist Kari Ferrell. Pop in to support your local bookstore, buy her book, get it signed, and hear an excerpt.
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Catch us outside as we host a traveling celebration of queer replenishment, books, and community wellbeing 💕
We've partnered with some of our favorite queer + woman-owned bookstores and dispensaries for:
🍧 Traditional Mexican paletas (optional infused toppings at bookstores only)
📖 Book signing with Kari Ferrell
💅 Sassy gifts + summertime vibes
🌈 10% of onsite sales rev and 100% of all donations benefit queer nonprofits @citgny @tarabnycorg @lgbtbookstoprisoners
Come for the paletas and creatives. Stay for the community and radical joy🍦
Youngmi Mayer: Hairy Butthole, Curated by Margaret Cho
Hairy Butthole is a one-person show featuring Youngmi Mayer based on the Korean saying "If you laugh while crying, hair will grow out of your butthole." The show follows highlights of her life based loosely on her memoir, I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying. It is a sad comedy show designed to make the audience laugh and cry at the same time.
This performance is part of the Joe’s Pub Vanguard Residency curated by Margaret Cho.
Youngmi Mayer: Hairy Butthole, Curated by Margaret Cho
Hairy Butthole is a one-person show featuring Youngmi Mayer based on the Korean saying "If you laugh while crying, hair will grow out of your butthole." The show follows highlights of her life based loosely on her memoir, I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying. It is a sad comedy show designed to make the audience laugh and cry at the same time.
This performance is part of the Joe’s Pub Vanguard Residency curated by Margaret Cho.
Youngmi Mayer: Hairy Butthole, Curated by Margaret Cho
Hairy Butthole is a one-person show featuring Youngmi Mayer based on the Korean saying "If you laugh while crying, hair will grow out of your butthole." The show follows highlights of her life based loosely on her memoir, I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying. It is a sad comedy show designed to make the audience laugh and cry at the same time.
This performance is part of the Joe’s Pub Vanguard Residency curated by Margaret Cho.
Open Secrets Magazine Live!
Hosted by Open Secrets Magazine editor Rachel Kramer Bussel, this 1-day personal storytelling event will feature contributors to Open Secrets Magazine along with essayists, memoir authors, and storytellers from various fields sharing their life stories and the power of baring their souls to the public. Topics will include relationships, family, identity, LGBTQIA life, mental health, and work.
Youngmi Mayer: Hairy Butthole, Curated by Margaret Cho
Hairy Butthole is a one-person show featuring Youngmi Mayer based on the Korean saying "If you laugh while crying, hair will grow out of your butthole." The show follows highlights of her life based loosely on her memoir, I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying. It is a sad comedy show designed to make the audience laugh and cry at the same time.
This performance is part of the Joe’s Pub Vanguard Residency curated by Margaret Cho.
Youngmi Mayer: Hairy Butthole, Curated by Margaret Cho
Hairy Butthole is a one-person show featuring Youngmi Mayer based on the Korean saying "If you laugh while crying, hair will grow out of your butthole." The show follows highlights of her life based loosely on her memoir, I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying. It is a sad comedy show designed to make the audience laugh and cry at the same time.
This performance is part of the Joe’s Pub Vanguard Residency curated by Margaret Cho.
Books and Burlesque
Books and Burlesque combines award-winning writers with exciting burlesque performers for an evening of literary & sexy live entertainment.
The Big One with guest Kari Ferrell!
The show we've all been waiting for...are you prepared for THE BIG ONE?!
The Big One is a fully improvised show featuring a special guest monologist telling true stories from their own lives, and the performers use them as inspiration to make up scenes on the spot.
Every month features a special guest storyteller who is shaking things up in Portland alongside our rotating cast of Portland's top improvisers, The Kickstand CVLT!
Live Wire Radio
Live Wire cultivates joy, discovery, and connection by amplifying unexpected and riveting voices to a national audience. An independently produced non-profit in Portland, Oregon, the show artfully blends unpredictable conversation, live music, and original comedy featuring all types of cultural talent and creative minds, from emerging artists to established acts.