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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Paula Poundstone\nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.
 org/event/detail/441257871/Paula_Poundstone\nEvent Date Begin: 2011-07-08
 \nEvent Date End: 2011-07-08\n\nAppearing on stage with a stool\, a microp
 hone\, and a can of Diet Pepsi\, PAULA POUNDSTONE is famous for her razor-
 sharp wit and spontaneity. Audience members often leave complaining that t
 heir cheeks hurt from laughter. Hailing from Sudbury\, MA she began her st
 andup career as part of the Boston comedy scene\, and then moved to San Fr
 ancisco where she continued to flourish. By 1990 she'd moved to LA and sta
 rred in several comedy specials for HBO\, as well as appeared on Saturday 
 Night Live when friend and mentor Robin Williams hosted the show. Paula's 
 first one-hour HBO special\, &ldquo\;Cats\, Cops\, and Stuff.&rdquo\; made
  her the first woman to ever receive the Cable ACE Award for best standup 
 comedy special. In 1992 Paula got her own show on ABC\, aptly named\, &ldq
 uo\;The Paula Poundstone Show&rdquo\;\, and behind-the-scenes coverage of 
 that year's EMMY Awards for which she was critically acclaimed. She also b
 ecame the first woman to perform at the White House Correspondents dinner.
  In 1996 she taped her second hour special for HBO\, &ldquo\;Paula Poundst
 one Goes to Harvard.&rdquo\; The Boston Globe said about Paula\,  &ldquo\;
 Poundstone improvises with a crowd like a Jazz musician&hellip\;swinging i
 n unexpected directions without a plan\, without a net.&rdquo\; Her off-ki
 lter sensibility and impeccable timing made her a perfect fit for NPR's &l
 dquo\;oddly informative&rdquo\;\, weekly news quiz program\, &ldquo\;Wait 
 Wait&hellip\;Don't Tell Me\,&rdquo\;. It took her eight years to write her
  first book\, There's Nothing In This Book That I Meant To Say. &ldquo\;Th
 at's because I was writing it in real time\,&rdquo\; Poundstone jokes. Par
 t memoir\, part monologue\, Paula's unique laugh-out-loud book features bi
 ographies of legendary historical figures including Abraham Lincoln\, Joan
  of Arc and Sitting Bull. In 2007 BRAVO premiered Paula's newest standup c
 omedy special: &ldquo\;Paula Poundstone: Look What the Cat Dragged In&rdqu
 o\; The show was taped before a live audience in Los Angeles at the landma
 rk Orpheum Theatre. Other credits include: Garrison Keillor's &ldquo\;A Pr
 airie Home Companion\;&rdquo\; Voice of Judge Stone on ABC's Saturday Morn
 ing &ldquo\;Science Court&rdquo\; aka &ldquo\;Squigglevision&rdquo\;\, and
  &ldquo\;Paula&rdquo\;\, the mom in Cartoon Network's 'Home Movies'. She h
 as made numerous appearances on &ldquo\;Late Night with David Letterman\;&
 rdquo\; &rdquo\;Sesame Street\;&rdquo\; &ldquo\;To Tell The Truth&rdquo\; 
 and &ldquo\;Comic Relief.&rdquo\; In 2009 she released her first comedy CD
 : I HEART JOKES: Paula Tells Them In Maine\, 60 minutes of the smartest co
 medy recorded live - because as Paula says\, &ldquo\;It's very hard to do 
 it any other way.&rdquo\; She is also the National Spokesperson for (ALTAF
 F)\, The Association of Library Trustees Advocates Friends & Foundations. 
 Says Poundstone: &ldquo\;It's funny that we think of libraries as quiet de
 mure places where we are shushed by dusty\, bun-balancing\, bespectacled w
 omen. The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech\, cont
 roversy and community. Librarians have stood  up to the Patriot Act\, sat 
 down with noisy toddlers and reached out to illiterate adults. Libraries c
 an never be shushed. If you haven't been to your library lately\, you're o
 verdue.&rdquo\;\n\nThe Bull Run is a full service\, farm-to-table restaura
 nt and concert venue located 30 miles from Boston and minutes from Rt. 495
 .\n\nStart time: Doors open for dinner and seating at 6pm. Show begins at 
 8pm.
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