The show, happening on Jan. 8, will feature four notable African-American comedians, including Teddy Carpenter, Chris Thomas, Shuckey Duckey and Alonzo “Hamburger” Jones. The host of the show will be the lovely actor/author Bern Nadette Stanis (pictured), whom you should remember as Thelma Evans, aka the original “It” girl from the ’70s sitcom, Good Times.

$39.50. 8 p.m. Ovens Auditorium, 2700 E. Independence Blvd. 704-522-6500. www.ovensauditorium.com.

Anita Overcash, Associate Editor at Creative Loafing, has toiled in journalism for nearly a decade. She' a former arts and entertainment editor for The University Times at UNC Charlotte, where she graduated...

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