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Contact a Nationwide agent in San Francisco. December 2016/January 2017 39 Commedia. Dec. 26, 7:30 p.m. Open mic night for stand-up comedy, as well as sweets and treats inspired by the Umbrian countryside. Free. Caffe Frascati, 315 South First Street, San Jose, 408/287-0400. New Year’s Eve with Clayton English. Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Hailing from Atlanta, English is the winner of NBC’s 2015 edition of “Last Comic Standing.” The joke jockey has also opened for comedy greats including Dave Chappelle and Bill Burr. Tickets $40-$55. Rooster T. Feathers Comedy Club, 157 W. El Camino p.m. Docents conduct public tours of exhibitions. Signed tours for hearing-impaired visitors may be booked on request. Tickets $5-$8. San Jose Museum of Art, 110 S. Market St., San Jose. 408/271-6883. Stanford Memorial Church. Fridays, 2 p.m. This tour explores the Memorial Church, the physical heart of the campus that is replete with stained-glass windows, mosaics and stone carvings. Meet at the church entrance in the Main Quad. Free. Stanford University, Stanford. 650/723-3469. Comedy DECEMBER ComedySportz. 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. This interactive comedy show pits two teams of “act-letes” in a competition for laughs and points while improvising scenes, games, operas and musicals based on audience suggestions. The audience votes for winners and sometimes even wind up on stage. Tickets $12-$15. Cinema 3 Cinemas, 288 S. Second St., San Jose. 408/985-5233. Ali Siddiq. Dec. 1- 4, 8 p.m. Siddiq is an ultimate story of redemption, having begun his career while serving a prison term. Regularly performing stand-up in sold-out arenas and streaming on Pandora and XM, the rising star recently taped the Comedy Central special, “This Is Not Happening.” Tickets $15-$23. Rooster T. Feathers Comedy Club, 157 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale. 408/736-0921. Matthew Broussard. Dec. 8-11, times vary. Before doing stand-up, this dashing young comic earned a degree in Applied Math from Rice University but ultimately got fired from a job as a financial analyst. Broussard, who is also a sculptor, can be seen in MTV2’s “Guy Code” and “Not Exactly News” along with the college comedy circuit. Tickets $15-$23. Rooster T. Feathers Comedy Club, 157 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale. 408/736-0921. Aries Spears. Dec. 15-18, 8 p.m. As a principle cast member on the hit comedy sketch show, “MadTV,” Spears honed his skills as a comedic chameleon. He brings his standup game to the stage with wry observations of current events and everyday issues. San Jose Improv, 62 S. Second St., San Jose. 408/280-7475. Hampton Yount. Dec. 15-18, times vary. Yount is a fan favorite at festivals such as Just For Laughs Montreal Festival, South By Southwest and The DC Comedy Festival. His wry with has secured him recurring spots at many clubs and garnered him praise in publications like Esquire. Tickets $14- $22. Rooster T. Feathers Comedy Club, 157 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale. 408/736-0921. Real, Sunnyvale. 408/736-0921. JANUARY Paula Poundstone. Jan 7, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Comedienne, author, actress and commentator, Poundstone has amassed a laundry list of accolades. The humorist is a quick-witted regular panelist on NPR’s hit news trivia show, “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me.” Tickets $48-$55, $35 for pre-show cocktail party. Carriage House Theatre, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga. 408/961-5858. CALENDAR What’s precious to you is precious to us.SM Auto. Home. Life. Business. They all matter, so wrap them all in a blanket of Nationwide® protection. We put members fi rst.SM Join the Nation® that knows what’s important. 415-335-7312 | NationwideSanFrancisco.com Products underwritten by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and A liated Companies. 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