No, it’s not that damn comic strip. Penny Arcade is an ageless New York personality who does something you could loosely describe as stand-up—often hilarious, often educational, and just big-hearted as hell. She also started the great Lower East Side Biography Project. And she’s one of those people who’s apparently delighted when you give them an unsolicited drawing.

Anyway, she’s performing in San Francisco next weekend at The Marsh! The Sunday show also has Marga Gomez as a “special guest”, which is tempting, but I’ll probably be going to the Friday show (along with a Brooklyn pal who’s been living in Berkeley for ages now and I keep failing to meet up with). Come on and join me! There’ll be swear words, you’ll like it.