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Ahamefule J. Oluo is a Seattle-based musician, composer, comic, and writer. He spent 13 years as trumpeter and founding member of the groundbreaking jazz quartet, Industrial Revelation. As a writer and performer he has been featured on This American Life and has created two musicals, Now I'm Fine, and Susan, both of which completed critically-acclaimed runs at the Public Theater in New York City. Now I'm Fine was adapted into the film Thin Skin which Oluo co-wrote, stars in, and composed the score. Thin Skin won Best Director at the Harlem Film Festival.
EMMETT MONTGOMERY IS A COMEDIAN/STORYTELLER WHO WAS MADE IN UTAH BUT HAS LIVED IN SEATTLE FOR MOST OF THE 21ST CENTURY AND BEEN FAILING BEAUTIFULLY ON AND OFF THE STAGE FOR OVER A DECADE AND A HALF. WHEN HE IS NOT WANDERING THE COUNTRY TELLING JOKES AND FALLING IN LOVE WITH AMERICA, HE PRODUCES LOCAL SHOWS THAT FOCUS ON BUILDING COMMUNITY, PUSHING THE LIMITS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PERFORMER AND CELEBRATING THE UNIQUE BEAUTY OF THE CITY HE LIVES IN (WEIRD AND AWESOME WITH EMMETT MONTGOMERY, THE MAGIC HAT), AND WORKS WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE BUSHWICK BOOK CLUB (A COLLECTIVE OF MUSICIANS THAT CREATES ORIGINAL WORKS BASED ON BOOKS) AND 3-2-1 BATTLE! (AN INDECENT WRESTLING PROMOTION AND WRESTLING SCHOOL) AND SOMETIMES HE WEARS FOOTIE PAJAMAS WITH SANTA CLAUS FACES FOR FEET AND EDUCATES AUDIENCE ABOUT THE JOYFUL COSMIC HORROR OF CHRISTMAS AS SUGAR PLUM GARY.
Name: Dee’s Nuts: A comedy show for us
Tickets: $17
Dee’s Nuts is a monthly comedy talk show hosted by 206’s own Tibetan-American comedian Dewa Dorje (Dank Moms Podcast) featuring DJ Yaddy (KEXP) on the music. The show will feature a stand up comedians and other talented folks you need to know. Come down to the Here After on a hump day. Let’s laugh, get silly, and listen to some cuts.
Dewa Dorje is a Tibetan American stand up comedian and single mom of two; born and raised in the 206. She jokes about life’s hardships with a smile and explicit honesty that make her hilarious and easy to love. Dewa says her jokes are “rooted in feminism and anti-white supremacy” AND she also has an inordinate amount of “stepping in shit” stories(not metaphorically). Dewa is passionate about healing intergenerational trauma, vintage stuff (from the 80s and before), and hot babes.
Instagram: @dewadorje WWW.DEWADORJE.COM twitter: @theonlydewa
DJ Yaddy is blowin up!!! She’s been hosting parties since her teens, which led her to to spinning at nightclubs all over the US. Yaddy is a DJ at KEXP hosting the popular Street Sounds on Friday nights from 10p-1am. When not DJing, she’s inspiring students in her Special Education classroom. Yaddy spins on stage during the show interweaving music, comedy, and riffing with Dewa.