Sometimes, history is just laughable.

Things were a lot weirder back in the day, and they get plenty weird at a Stand-Up History show. Stand-Up History features an unruly gang of feral raconteurs and defrocked historians daring to shatter fragile factoids and lob cream pies into the fawning faces of moldy old legends with wit, jollity and the authentic inside dope regarding historical curiosities. You will experience history as you have never heard it before.

Here are your Stand-Up Historians on June 8, 2026:

Amy Whalen
Amy Whalen is a family history researcher and the owner of Love Letter Books, a pop-up bookstore. She chronicles interesting family history stories on her blog, “How Your Ancestors Died.” Her presentations on the 1884 Riot, the Tanyard Murders and Grave Robbing are highly entertaining and informative.

Dann Woellert
Dann Woellert is a self-proclaimed food etymologist with a blog.  He has published five books about our weird regional foods and will hop down any historical rabbit hole if there’s a food story at the other end. His books have covered goetta, Cincinnati chili, Cincinnati’s iconic restaurants, Cincinnati wine, and Cincinnati candy.

Greg Hand
Greg Hand is a bona-fide Cincinnati Curiosity. He runs a blog called Cincinnati Curiosities and has a book out called, amazingly, “Cincinnati Curiosities.” He contributes curious bits about local history to Cincinnati Magazine.

Michael Perrino
The master of ceremonies for Stand-Up History, Michael Perrino has performed as a guitarist and singer in a variety of bands, has performed on theatrical stages, co-hosted two television shows and serves on the board of the Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra.

This is too much history and humor for just one hour. So, this special program is 90 minutes.