Dinner and Comedy with Yolanda Smilez

Ithaca, New York,  February 18th -- Enjoy a 3 Course Dinner and the best of NYS Comedy hosted by Upstate's favorite comedian, Kenneth McLaurin, with nationally touring headliner Yolanda Smilez, and food provided by Ithaca's premier Soul Food caterer, Lotsa Love Catering.

Kenneth McLaurin

North Carolina native, Kenneth, has long called himself, "The Funniest Person You've Never Heard Of." But his first album, Cuttin' Up Comedy at the Shop, his Kitchen Theatre show Southern Fried Ithaca,  Comedy on The Commons, his recent production “So You Think You’re Anti-Racist Competition, and being named Ithaca’s Best Comedian is rapidly changing that.  He has written plays for the One Minute Play Festivals at the Kitchen Theatre.  His project 10 Short Films About Race was featured as a part of the Spring Writes Literary Festival and is scheduled for production once we are out of the pandemic. 

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Currently, Kenneth and his wife SingTrece…