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OMG!!! Big news — I’m going to SF Sketchfest! 🤩I’ll be performing on the Stand-Up Showcase at The Lost Church , and I still can’t believe it. SF Sketchfest is where so many incredible comedians have stepped onstage — and now I get to be part of it! When I started stand-up, I didn’t even know what “stand-up comedy” was . (Honestly, I thought it was like karaoke but with opinions.) And now… I’m headed to SF Sketchfest. Life is wild. AND it gets even bigger:This February , I’m

My Stationerycation is officially over — and I’m back to “normal life.” (If performing comedy and organizing stationery festivals count as normal!) A few days before the Pop-Up, I had the honor of performing with Daisuke Muramoto in West LA. His set was incredible — sharp, fearless, and full of heart. Watching him reminded me why I started doing comedy in the first place. It reignited my dream of one day performing at Madison Square Garden . (Yes, I said it out loud — mani

I’m back at it — organizing another Pen Paper Palooza Pop-Up this weekend on Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice! 🎉 Yes… I quit my job at a stationery company to focus on comedy — and somehow ended up creating the West Coast’s first stationery festival . Life is funny like that. Literally. This Pop-Up is a smaller, cozier version of the big festival — but packed with just as much creativity (and probably more washi tape). All our vendors are amazing local artists — mostly women-o

I’m so excited — I’m teaching a Stand-Up Comedy class at Conejo Recreation & Park District in Newbury Park, starting November 9! 🎉 I’ve taught comedy workshops at Second City Hollywood and improv at Conejo Valley Adult School, but this one feels extra special — because they reached out to me to teach this class in my neighborhood! When I first started stand-up, I didn’t even know what stand-up was. Now I get to help new comics (and the secretly funny people who don’t know it

Hi! I’m Michelle MaliZaki — the 17th Wonder of Japan! (At least in my mind. The first 16 are all Hello Kitty.) When I started stand-up comedy… that’s actually when I learned what stand-up comedy was. I didn’t grow up with it. In Japan, we have manzai — two comedians talking fast and yelling at each other. But one person, standing alone with a microphone, talking about their life? That was new to me. When I began, everyone kept saying, “You need a tight five.” I was like, “W

Are you in the mood for some laughter and cultural insights? Look no further than the comedic stylings of Michelle MaliZaki. This...