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National Comedy Center Named One Of TIME Magazine’s “World’s Greatest Places”
JAMESTOWN – The National Comedy Center was named one of TIME’s “World’s Greatest Places” in the publication’s September 2019 cover story. The center was selected as one of only 100 new and newly noteworthy destinations …
Entertainment
National Comedy Center Touts Success Of This Year’s Festival
JAMESTOWN – This year’s Lucille Ball Comedy Festival was estimated to be the biggest in the event’s 28-year history drawing in people from 41 states and headlining twice the number of shows, according to officials …
Arts & Music
Smothers Brothers Donate Artifacts, Documents To National Comedy Center
JAMESTOWN – Iconic comedic artifacts, creative papers and legal documents were donated to the National Comedy Center Monday by the Smothers Brothers. The duo’s iconic red suit jackets, Tom Smothers’ guitar, Dick Smothers’ bass, scripts, …
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NCC Named One Of PEOPLE Magazine’s “100 Reasons to Love America”
JAMESTOWN – The National Comedy Center was named one of PEOPLE Magazine’s “100 Reasons to Love America” in the publication’s July 1, 2019 cover story this week. One of only three museums on the publication’s annual list, PEOPLE cited …
Entertainment
NCC To Digitally Preserve Lucille Ball Archives
JAMESTOWN – On the 30th anniversary of Lucille Ball’s death, the National Comedy Center announced Friday they will begin to digitally preserve hundreds of documents, photographs and media from the Ball archives. Center officials said …
Entertainment
NCC Adds Second Mulaney Show After First Sells Out
JAMESTOWN – The National Comedy Center announced Monday that it has added a second John Mulaney show after his initial show sold out in the first day on sale to the public for the 2019 Lucille …
Business
NCC Announces Preservation Of “Dick Van Dyke Show” Archive
JAMESTOWN – The National Comedy Center and legendary producer, director, and writer Carl Reiner announced Wednesday that an initiative to digitally preserve Reiner’s extensive personal collection of production-used scripts from “The Dick Van Dyke Show” …
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NCC Adds Second Maniscalco Show Following Sell Out
JAMESTOWN – The National Comedy Center announced Monday that it added a second show for headliner Sebastian Maniscalco after both his and John Mulaney’s shows sold out in the first day on sale to the …
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NCC Bill Reaches President Trump’s Desk
JAMESTOWN – The National Comedy Center is one step closer to being the official “center for comedy”. Congressman Tom Reed (R) announced Tuesday that the bill designating the Jamestown landmark as the “Official Center for …
Community
Empire State Winter Games Torch Relay Kicks Off In Jamestown
JAMESTOWN – The Empire State Winter Games torch relay kicked off Monday morning at the National Comedy Center. Founded in 1980, the Empire State Winter Games is a multi-day winter athletic competition headquartered in Lake …
