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L.A. Times - Entertainment — A couple of weeks back, in the July 3 edition of The Times Sunday Calendar, I wrote about and spoke with the brilliant comedian Tig Notaro, the subject of a new documentary, "Tig," that has just premiered on Netflix. (You can read Mary McNamara's re... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — If the Bill Cosby scandal has caused many to reexamine the dangers of fame and fandom, the documentary "Tig," which begins streaming Friday on Netflix, offers most welcome proof that not every revelation by or about a famous person need be scandalous... more info

Time — The stand-up comedian talks about her famous cancer set more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Sharon Van Etten at Governors Ball 2015 (more by Gretchen Robinette) The new Tig Notaro documentary, Tig, comes out on Netflix this Friday (7/17). For the film, Sharon Van Etten wrote the original song "Words," which is now streaming.... more info

Stereogum — A few years ago, the great stand-up comic Tig Notaro was diagnosed with breast cancer. And in an instantly legendary stand-up set at Largo in L.A., she processed that diagnosis, as well as the death of her mother, an infection that almost killed her,... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — Comedian Tig Notaro lives in an old house on a curving street in the Hollywood Hills with a Takamine acoustic guitar on a stand in the living room and a sign in the kitchen that reads "Take chances, abolish all the rules, ditch the recipe." As in coo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — New York Magazine's pop culture blog, Vulture, is bringing back Vulture Fest for a second year of screenings, talks and live performances, happening May 30 & 31 mostly at Milk Studios in Chelsea. A few of the events (such... more info