Great Neck Comedian Running Long Island Marathon
Written by Danny Pitt Stoller Friday, 29 April 2011 00:00
Just in case a nationwide comedy tour wasn’t enough of a challenge, Evan Wecksell has taken on another. For the second time in three years, the guitar-playing comedian and Great Neck native (South High School, Class of 1997) is touring the country while training for a half-marathon.
Evan’s 2011 Re-Run Tour began on March 26 at Columbia/Barnard Hillel and will continue through May 2, the day after the Long Island Marathon emanating from Eisenhower Park. So Evan still has more time to work out, run, sing and tell jokes, and driving/flying to the next gig. If he has any down time, he can be seen back in Great Neck running his hometown streets from Middle Neck Road all the way up to Gatsby Lane in Kings Point.
Besides the comedy-music routine that most recently gained fame on SiriusXM Radio with the release of his first album LOL, Wecksell is performing in College the Musical: A Musical About College, a full-length musical comedy he co-wrote with his wife and fellow performer Kelly Meyersfield, also from Great Neck (South High School, Class of 1996). The two-person show tells the story of a freshman girl who goes off to college and grapples with such issues as casual sex, binge drinking and sexually transmitted diseases.
Evan has some experience as a long-distance runner, having run varsity track and cross-country at Great Neck South and Tufts University. In 2009, he ran the ING New York City Marathon in 3:37 beating over 80 percent of the field. He also trained extensively for his 2008 appearance on the Sci-Fi reality game show CHA$E.
After taking a year off following New York City, Evan had the itch not only to lace up his running shoes again, but also to reunite with and fundraise for Fight for Kids, a youth advocacy campaign launched by the nonprofit organization Citizens’ Commission on Human Rights (CCHR). Fight for Kids seeks to resist the psychiatric over-drugging and labeling of children by educating and offering alternatives to parents. Evan is also selling copies of LOL, at all his shows to benefit Fight for Kids.
The final schedule tour date is Monday, May 2 and Bentley University in Massachusetts. He will also be at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota on Saturday, May 14.
Visit www.funnyevanmarathon.com to contribute to the cause, and go to www.funnyevan.com for up-to-date information on upcoming shows.
News
Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:00
On Tuesday, May 15, the 2012-2013 Great Neck Public Schools budget passed 1098 to 305.
The 2012-2013 Great Neck Library budget passed 949 to 366.
Friday, 18 May 2012 00:00
Mark Schimel withdraws his candidacy days after his initial acceptance announcement
Just days after announcing his nomination as the Republican candidate for New York State’s 16th Assembly District, Mark Schimel withdrew his candidacy. A flurry of controversy surrounded this upcoming election as Mr. Schimel’s nomination meant that he would challenge his estranged wife, Michelle Schimel, the Democratic incumbent.
Sports
Friday, 18 May 2012 00:00
It was another beautiful day for baseball, and the St. Aloysius seventh grade CYO baseball team was ready to rebound from the previous day’s loss to St. Dominics. St. Als broke out early, executing a series of “small ball” moments to take the early lead, and they never looked back en route to a 7-2 seven-inning victory over St. Patrick, putting them back over the .500 mark with a 3-2 at the halfway point of the season.
Friday, 18 May 2012 00:00
Jed Berman, longtime Kensington resident, just completed his eighth marathon on May 6. The 26.2-mile event was run simultaneously with a half marathon and a 10K race. Over 7,000 runners started the combined races together but only some 700 finished the full marathon this year. Jed is very proud to have finished the race comfortably under four hours. He ran in memory of his father Norman Berman, who died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56, and also in memory of his late father-in-law Meyer Hershkop, who survived Auschwitz and Birkenau, but died during heart surgery just a few years ago. Usually Berman runs to raise money for pediatric cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital. This year he will plant trees in Israel in honor of both men.
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Na’aleh Women’s Ensemble
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Education And Excellence Panel Discussion
Monday, May 21
Great Neck Garden Club
Monday, May 21
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