Saturday Night Live sensation Kenan Thompson will perform a stand-up comedy routine in Bailey Hall on April 15. Tickets will go on sale the Thursday after Spring Break, March 29 for students and on March 30 for the general public.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Billy Joel will perform at Bailey Hall on Dec. 2 in an event titled “Billy Joel: An Evening of Questions & Answers ... and a little music."

Dan Savage, a popular sex columnist and memoir writer, spoke at Statler Hall Monday about the struggle of high school for LGBTQ youth, conveying a message that after high school, life gets better.  

The men who inspired the Oscar-nominated film come to Statler Auditorium.

Comedian Louis C.K. brings the laughs with jokes about poop and sex. Not necessarily together. 

Indie rap phenom, star of NBC’s hit TV show Community and rising comedic virtuoso — how did Donald Glover ever find time to make his way up to Ithaca? Glover somehow made time from his busy upward trajectory to grace the stage of Statler Auditorium this Saturday, his 27th birthday. The event was sponsored by Cornell University Programming Board (CUPB) that, in addition to Glover, fills out its comedic schedule with Louis C.K. later this fall. 

We all know that at times, Cornell hates fun. It gives us prelims after fall break, makes papers due on holidays, and forces us to buy unassigned books, simply because they have forwards written by Professor _____ of the ____ Department at Cornell University. It denies us Pabst coolers at football games, Barton’s at frat parties, and the solemn, patriotic joy of sleeping off a hangover on a class-free Presidents’ Day.

We bitch, moan, and monologue our own personal kvetches in the lines at Terrace. So many of us chose Ithaca over Boston, New York, and Chicago because we wanted to have a social life on campus, in part provided by our smaller campus setting. And Cornell seems to have let us down.

I’ve seen enough florescant-tinged signs over the past few weeks, announcing the imminent arrival of Howie Mandel, that news of the comedian’s scheduled appearance had been seared into my brain. So effective were the highlighter-colored posters, reading “HOWIE IS COMING,” my subconscious had begun to anticipate the return of the Messiah. All I knew was that I didn’t know who this “Howie” character was, but he was coming, and he must be a big freaking deal, because not even Obama advertises with neon paper.

Deal!: Comedian and gameshow host Howie Mandel left the crowd at Barton Hall in stitches last Friday night.