About this Event
Misguided Meditation is a comedy show about the mindfulness journey of comedian Matt Ruby. It's about death, therapy, psychedelics, meditation, and way more. Plus, there's a live ambient soundscape and visuals.
Along the way, Matt offers hard-earned wisdom, discusses the thorniness of the mindful life, pokes fun at woo woo wackos, and discusses his own failures/successes on the path to wellness.
Music by Steve Pestana.
Visuals by Sophia Sobers.
This is a small venue so limited tickets available – ACT FAST. Proof of vaccine required. Beverages and more available for purchase. Note: Attendees will be seated on yoga mats.
Sponsored by Misguided Spirits. Every attendee will receive a FREE yoga mat and cocktail courtesy of Misguided Spirits.
PSYCHEDELICS ?
THERAPY ?
MEDITATION ?
DEATH ?
TECH ?
ZEN ☸️
COMEDY ?
Let's get into it!
"Loved it. You normalized cracking up while attempting to zen out. Thank you!" -Gina W.
"The best and most important moment I witnessed in comedy this year was Matt Ruby closing out his show at Doc’s Lab on the day after the election.. It was a night I won’t forget...Everyone in the room that night witnessed something really special." -Jeff Zamaria, Comedy Booker at Doc’s Lab (SF)
About Matt Ruby
Matt Ruby is a standup comedian from New York City. His comedy has been filmed by Comedy Central, MTV, NBC/Seeso, and FOX and his most recent special Feels Like Matt Ruby ("funny" according to The NY Times) is available on YouTube. His two albums, Feels Like Matt Ruby and Hot Flashes are in regular rotation on Sirius and also went top 10 on the iTunes Comedy charts. He's also been featured on CNN, The Huffington Post, New York, and Time Out. He's a regular at the legendary Comedy Cellar and co-produces Hot Soup, one of NYC’s longest running independently produced comedy shows. He also performs all over the country and internationally too (England, France, Holland, Israel, Canada, etc.) and has appeared at festivals including SXSW, Bridgetown, NY Comedy Festival, and the Boston Comedy Festival. Outside of standup, he's the creator of Vooza, a video comic strip about the tech world that’s received millions of view and was called the "The Spinal Tap of startups" by Mashable and he’s the author of the Rubesletter, a weekly newsletter with over 15,000 subscribers.
https://www.mattrubycomedy.com/
About Steven Pestana
Steven Pestana’s multidisciplinary artwork explores the relationship between speculative thought and the visual codes of authority. Using immersive installation, sculpture, mixed media and painting, Pestana draws big-picture connections among unspoken historical, social and cultural tensions at play in everyday life. He was raised in South Florida before obtaining a BA in Art History at NYU and MFA from RISD.
http://www.stevenpestana.com/
About Sophia Sobers
Sophia Sobers is an interdisciplinary artist specializing in installations and site specific work. She is interested in investigating the boundaries between science, technology, nature and the spiritual and her work ranges from installation and sculpture to drawing, photography, and digital objects. Sobers holds an MFA in Digital + Media from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BS in Architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
http://sophiasobers.net/
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Yoga to the People – East Village, 12 Saint Marks Place (#2R), New York, United States
USD 25.00