Erik Charles Nielsen in Boston (various venues, 6/18-7/1)

[ErikNielsen]

Hello, people! On June 18, 2004, I left the city of Boston, where (a year and a half earlier) I had started performing comedy. On June 18, 2009 -- five years to the day after moving away -- I will be returning to Boston for the first time. My schedule is as follows!

June 19 and 20: Mottley's at Faneuil Hall.

I'm pretty excited about doing Mottley's, a relatively new club run by Tim McIntire et al. I'll be doing a couple of 20-minute sets here, opening for very funny stand-up comic (and Walsh Bros. associate) James Patterson. Also on the bill: host Bethany van Delft, and (last I heard) Zach "Mr. Napkins" Sherwin on Friday and Ken Reid on Saturday. http://www.mottleyscomedy.com

June 24 and 26: The Comedy Studio in Harvard Square.

This is where it all began for me! The second show I ever did, and most of the next couple hundred, were at this place. I'm looking forward to performing at this place -- it's probably the thing I've missed most about Boston. http://thecomedystudio.com/schedule.html

I'm also doing Chris Coxen and Robby Roadsteamer's "Greater Boston Alternative Comedy Sleepover" at the Cantab in Central Square... actually the place where I did my third show ever. That's one of the Mondays -- not yet sure which one. http://www.cantab-lounge.com/

And... you know, looking for shows! Doing shows, if I can manage to find them! Yea, verily!

[yumitree]

erik, you're going to be gone when i'm in l.a.!
i was going to try and stand around awkwardly with you again... maybe make comments about how you need that beard.

[ErikNielsen]

I'll make sure to leave my beard in Los Angeles. Perhaps I will glue the beard to a tree, and you can stand next to that.

(Boston has seen enough beards anyway. I don't want to compete with Dave Walsh in this category -- I will lose.)

[yumitree]

no one loses with a beard, erik.

p.s.
go see ecn in boston, massholes.