Entertainment & Arts
“Earth Day Mirth Day,” an evening of environmental comedy, with stand-up comics Rick Overton, Ritch Shydner and Judy Toll, will take place at the Santa Monica Improvisation’s Cabaret Room on April 21 at 8:30 p.m.
April 10, 1993
Travel & Experiences
When actor-comedian Rick Overton takes time off from the daily grind, he likes to ride motorcycles, the horsepower-stuffed ones such as his Harley-Davidson FLT or his Kawasaki 750.
March 31, 1994
California
A shooting that killed a 25-year-old party-goer Saturday had racial overtones but was not gang-related, police say.
July 27, 1993
Comedians including Kathy Griffin (“Suddenly Susan”), George Lopez, Richard Jeni, Rick Overton, Mark Cohen and Dana Gould will perform in “Laughter From the Heart,” a benefit for the nonprofit Hollygrove Children’s Home tonight at 8 p.m. at the Improv, 8162 Melrose Ave., Hollywood.
April 8, 1997
An evening of comedy, hosted by “Ellen” co-stars Arye Gross and Joely Fisher, will be held as a benefit for KidsPeace, at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood on Nov. 3.
Oct. 27, 1994
The band Venice, comedian Rick Overton and the Remnants of Eden band are among the featured entertainers who will perform at “Earth Day ’96 Concert for Survival” at the Alligator Lounge in Santa Monica on April 21, beginning at 7 p.m.
April 11, 1996
Best Medicine: “Comedians Against AIDS” will hold a second annual benefit Sunday at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood.
Alliance for Survival’s “Happy 2000 New Millennium Earth Party” will promote peace, human rights and environmentalism and ring in the new year Friday with stand-up comedy, music, dancing, dinner, guest speakers and poets at the Church in Ocean Park from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Dec. 29, 1999
Los Angeles Alliance for Survival’s “New Year’s Eve Earth Party” will remember the late singer-environmentalist John Denver on what would have been his 54th birthday, at the Church in Ocean Park, 235 S.
Dec. 20, 1997
Bomb Threats at the Laugh Factory: The owner of Hollywood’s Laugh Factory comedy club said he has been receiving telephone bomb threats since announcing a Pro-Choice Feminist Majority Foundation benefit set for tonight.
Nov. 25, 1991