An Ounce of Suicide Prevention and A Pound of Comedy Cure

Gothamist puts in a lot of time at the old day job, but if we didn’t work, we wouldn’t have things like happy hour, healthcare and sweet, sweet paid time off. Of course there are some jobs whose perks are harder to come by like working the overnight shift at a suicide hotline, but if you’re clever enough, you can turn that in to a one man show. Brian Finkelstein, a frequent storyteller and host of The Moth and performer at the UCB has taken his funny, sad life as a stoner/suicide counselor and performs it every Thursday at 8pm at the UCB. With Amy Rhodes’ show Growing Up Amy. [UCB Theater, 307 W. 26th Street - $5]

On Monday August 15, East Village comedians will be holding “A Night for Kevin”, a benefit for Kevin Randell, a fellow comedian unable to perform comedy due to a debilitating disease. The event, held at Rififi [332 E. 11th Street] is organized by Cary Prusa (Late Night with Conan O’Brien) and Brad Steuernagel (The $1 Room). Gothamist wishes we had friends as good as Kevin’s especially since Kevin’s friends made him up.