Ben Roy & Andrew Orvendahl, Standup Comedy
Apr 12, 2025 7 pm | 6 pm – Doors Open | $25 general seating | TICKETS here
General seating | Beer & wine available for purchase | adult themes, language
Historic Palmer Lake Town Hall, 42 Valley Crescent St, Palmer Lake, CO 80133
Ben Roy
COMEDY CENTRAL | HBO | HULU | VARIETY’S TOP TEN COMICS TO WATCH
If you aren’t familiar with Ben Roy, he’s been taking comedy audiences by storm since 2004, bringing an unparalleled energy and unique voice to the stage. Often compared to Lewis Black or Bill Hicks due to his passionate, ranting approach, Roy has a style that is definitively his own.
Roy cut his comedic teeth in Denver at the world famous Comedy Works. Since then, Ben has been selected to perform at the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival (for New Faces, The Nasty Show, and his own hour show), Just For Laughs Toronto, Just For Laughs Chicago, The New York Comedy Festival, Austin’s South by Southwest festival (where he was an official invitee for both music and comedy in the same year), and many more.
Roy has been featured on HBO’s Funny as Hell series; as well as on the Comedy Central shows Adam DeVine’s House Party, Corporate, @midnight, This Is Not Happening, and TruTV’s Talk Show The Game Show. Ben has also released five stand-up comedy albums and was listed as one of Variety’s Top 10 Comics to Watch. In 2023 his first streaming stand up special, ‘HYENA’, was released on YouTube by 800LB Gorilla Media. That same year NPR listed ‘HYENA’ as one of their Top Specials Of 2023. From that success, ‘HYENA’ was licensed by HULU and began streaming on their platform in July of 2024.
Along with fellow Denver Comedians Adam Cayton-Holland and Andrew Orvendahl (who collectively perform as The Grawlix), Ben also created, wrote, and starred in the original comedy series Those Who Can’t that ran for three seasons on TruTV and HBOMax.
He’s also currently the host of two podcasts, 97.9 The Rat Race on the All Things Comedy network, and The Grawlix Saves the World.
In addition to stand-up comedy, acting, and writing, Roy is a prolific musician and the current lead singer of pop punk outfit SPELLS, signed to indie label Snappy Little Numbers Records
Andrew Orvendahl
Andrew Orvendahl is a comedian from Denver, Colorado. He has performed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon as well as on Comedy Central. He has released three albums, and his first special, DOOM MATH, was released in 2024. His stand-up mixes true stories from his life with winning observational comedy. Andrew is 1/3 of the comedy trio The Grawlix, who created the sitcom Those Who Can’t and currently host the podcast Advice Fight. In 2007, Orvendahl was a core member of “Los Comicos Super Hilariosos,” a regular show that welcomed big-name comics like Arj Barker, Maria Bamford, Tig Notaro, and Moshe Kasher. The group eventually dissolved and reformed as The Grawlix in 2011.[10]
The Grawlix consists of Orvendahl, Ben Roy and Adam Cayton-Holland. The trio performed a monthly show at The Bug Theater in Denver, featuring standup sets from each of the principals, a variety of national guest comedians, and screenings of their web series videos, produced by The Nix brothers.
2025 Art Classes by Megan Acosta
Follow the links to the Arts Council webpage [plartscouncil.org]
Jan 24, 2025 Process Art Class, Session 1, ages 4-6
Feb 28, 2025 Process Art Class, Session 2, ages 4-6
Feb 7, 2025 Beginner Printmaking Workshop, 2-90 min classes, ages 5-adult
Mar 7, 2025 Suminagashi Paper Marbling Workshop, ages 5-adult
2025 Art Classes by Megan Acosta, M.Ed
Beginner Printmaking Workshop, Session 2-ages 5-adult
REGISTER – Session 2
Beginner Printmaking Workshop, Session 1 – ages 5-adult
REGISTER – Session 1
Zentangle Class
Zentangle is a relaxing form of artistic expression that involves creating intricate, structured patterns.
-–Linda Close, instructor lindaclose@msn.com
–All ages and artistic abilities. 3 series class.
–Registration for the series/3 class meetings: — $60 [includes all materials]
• Nov 16 10:30 – 12:30 @ Senior Center at Grace Best Elementary, 36 Jefferson St, Monument CO 80132
• Dec 7 10:30 – 12:30 @ Palmer Lake Town Hall, 42 Valley Crescent St, Palmer Lake CO 80133
• Jan 11 10:30 -12:30 @ Senior Center at Grace Best Elementary, 36 Jefferson St, Monument CO 80132
In the December class we will be making a Christmas ornament.
Zentangle began in 2014 by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas. Rick was a long-time meditator and Maria a professional calligrapher. Together they came up with a way to teach a method of art that they could teach to anyone. This art form uses mostly black pen and white paper and branches into color with black, tan and gray paper along with colored gel pens, chalk pencils and even watercolor pencils. Zentangle can be very meditative and challenging enough to keep those brain cells working
For more info: https://zentangle.com/
Linda Close has held several different positions in the health and wellness field as a registered nurse since 1980. She began exploring alternative healthcare practices in 1990 including different forms of meditation along with qigong practice. Qigong is considered the mother of Tai Chi. It is a gentle meditative exercise form that has many benefits for mental, physical and spiritual health. Along the lines of health practices, Linda started exploring art as a meditation practice along with learning the skill set. In 2017 Linda started Zentangle as an art form and became CZT (Certified Zentangle Teacher ) in 2019.