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See Josh in Minneapolis

The comedy team of Chris Bliss and our own J. Elvis Weinstein is in Minneapolis this week at the Acme Comedy Co., 708 North 1st St., through Saturday night.

More info here.

See Trace in Cleveland this Weekend

Trace will present readings from his book “Silly Rhymes for Belligerent Children” Saturday, Feb. 8, at 5 p.m. at the Negative Space Art Gallery, 3820 Superior Ave. E, in Cleveland.

He will be joined by our pal Len Peralta, illustrator of the book.

Admission is $10 for the reading and subsequent meet and greet.

More info (or, more or less the same info) here.

Documentary on Riffing Running Kickstarter Campaign

A filmmaker in Utah named Dave Chadwick is trying to pull together the funds he needs to make a documentary about riffing. He hopes to talk to some or many or all of the cast members, but he’s also planning to go beyond that and look at how movie riffing has grown into a phenomenon.

If you’d like to support him, the kickstarter page is here.

Reminder: Joel’s ‘Riffing Myself’ in California This Weekend

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Joel is bringing “Riffing Myself” to California for two nights in February:

February 7, 8 p.m.: Brava Theater, 2781 24th Street, San Francisco. Joel performs “Riffing Myself” during SF Sketchfest 2014. VIP ticket holders will join Joel post-show for an intimate meet-and-greet. More info here.

February 8, 7 p.m.: Tower Theatre, 417 Vernon Street, Roseville. Joel takes “Riffing Myself” to the Sacramento area. VIP ticket holders will participate in a post-show Q&A with Joel and can get their items signed by him. More here.

Composer John Cacavas, RIP

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BEVERLY HILLS,CALIF. — Film and TV composer John Cacavas, whose scores include the television series “Kojak” and “Hawaii Five-O,” died Jan. 28 at his home here. He was 83. Longtime MSTies will recall his scores for the movies in episodes K13- SST: DEATH FLIGHT, K15- SUPERDOME and K19- HANGAR 18.

A full obit is here.