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More Info for Brandi Carlile: A Very Special Solo Performance
More Info for KANSAS: Another Fork in the Road - 50th Anniversary Tour
More Info for JALC: Samara Joy
Sun / Oct 22, 2023
Concert Hall

JALC: Samara Joy

2023 Grammy Winner, Best New Artist

More Info for CMS: American Panorama
Sun / Oct 29, 2023
Krasnoff Theater @ Tilles Center

CMS: American Panorama

More Info for An Evening with John Legend I Tilles Center Gala
More Info for JALC: Etienne Charles - Creole Christmas
Fri / Dec 8, 2023
Krasnoff Theater @ Tilles Center

JALC: Etienne Charles - Creole Christmas

More Info for CMS: An Evening with David Finckel and Wu Han
Sat / Jan 27, 2024
Krasnoff Theater @ Tilles Center

CMS: An Evening with David Finckel and Wu Han

More Info for CMS: String Magic
Sun / Apr 7, 2024
Krasnoff Theater @ Tilles Center

CMS: String Magic

More Info for JALC: Internationally Ellington with the Future of Jazz Orchestra
Fri / May 17, 2024
Tilles Center for the Performing Arts

JALC: Internationally Ellington with the Future of Jazz Orchestra

Jun 2023

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Currently in exile from his home country Egypt, comedian and activist Bassem Youssef will appear at Tilles Center on Thursday, September 28. A former heart-surgeon and pioneer of political satire in Arabic, Youssef has reinvented himself as an English-speaking stand-up comic. How did he get here? In 2011, when millions of people in Egypt took to the streets and demanded the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, Youssef used his medical skills and took action by going to Tahrir Square, where he helped treat wounded protestors. State propaganda blamed the protests on foreign operatives. Frustrated with the state media portrayal of protestors during the uprising, Youssef began recording short satirical YouTube videos from his laundry room to ridicule government propaganda. He showed snippets of state news broadcasts to which he added satirical commentary. What Youssef hoped would garner a few thousand views turned into millions! He was given his own program on which he could continue to parody news reporters, as well as Egyptian celebrities and politicians. In Egypt, his brand of comedy was groundbreaking… and put a target on his back. He fled Egypt, made a home here in the US, and started his career as a stand-up comic. This will be stand-up like you’ve never experienced before 🎙 Tickets go on sale Friday, May 12! . . . . #BassemYoussef #StandUpComedy #StandUpComedian #ComedyShow #EgyptianComedy #Egypt #ComedyNight #TillesCenter #TillesCenterForThePerformingArts #LIUPost #LIU #LongIslandUniversity #LongIsland #DiscoverLI #DiscoverLongIsland #PerformingArts #ThingsToDoOnLongIsland