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Season Finale with Dave Hill, Hari Kondabolu, and Quasi

  • Revolution Hall 1300 Southeast Stark Street Portland, OR, 97214 United States (map)

Show starts at 7:30pm • Doors Open at 6:30pm
$30 General Admission • $45 Preferred Seating
LIVE WIRE MEMBERS RECEIVE $5 OFF

DAVE HILL

Dave Hill is a comedian, writer, actor, and musician who has appeared on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Girls5eva, Joe Pera Talks with You, Inside Amy Schumer, @midnight, and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, among other programs. He is the author of four books, including The Awesome Game: One Man’s Incredible, Globe-Crushing Hockey Odyssey in which Dave searches to answer the ultimate question in sports: Why is hockey so incredibly awesome? He is a regular contributor to public radio’s This American Life, hosts the podcast The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour, and is the resident heavy metal expert on Malcolm Gladwell and Rick Rubin’s Broken Record podcast. Dave also plays guitar and sings in his own rock band, Valley Lodge, whose song “Go” is the theme song for HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

HARI KONDABOLU

As one of Live Wire's very favorite guests, comedian Hari Kondabolu might be the smartest person you laugh at this year. Before becoming a regular on public radio and appearing on NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me and Midday on WNYC, Hari earned a Masters in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and worked as an immigrant rights organizer in Seattle. Because of his educational background, his comedy is a complex blend of social commentary, honest personal experience, and trenchant political wit. He has released two comedy albums and has performed on Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and The Late Show with David Letterman among others.. His 2018 Netflix special, Warn Your Relatives, made many "Best of" lists, and his critically-acclaimed documentary, The Problem with Apu, has been making waves since 2017. He also co-hosts the podcast The Untitled Kondabolu Brothers Podcast with his younger brother. Website

QUASI

Portland indie legends Quasi was formed in 1993 by Janet Weiss and Sam Coomes and has spent the last thirty years touring the world and releasing ten albums, including this year's Breaking the Balls of History. Concurrently, Janet (who Rolling Stone called "a drum goddess") was a longtime member of Sleater-Kinney, while she also recorded and/or toured with Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Bright Eyes, the Shins, Elliott Smith, the Go-Betweens, and others. Sam has worked with Elliott Smith, Built to Spill, Jandek, the Go-Betweens, and others, and has toured and recorded as a solo artist. The band was inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame in 2017.

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