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Comedian Palma Florentino performs at Sticks and Stones Comedy Club on February 7. COURTESY STICKS AND STONES COMEDY CLUB

Comedian Palma Florentino performs at Sticks and Stones Comedy Club on February 7. COURTESY STICKS AND STONES COMEDY CLUB

authorStaff Writer on Feb 3, 2025

The Hamptons’ year-round comedy club — Sticks and Stones Comedy Club — presents an evening of live stand-up comedy with Palma Florentino plus a special film screening of “Apple Pie Dreams” from the Hamptons Comedy Film Fest, on Friday, February 7, at 7 p.m. at the Southampton Cultural Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. so guests can mingle in the art gallery and enjoy drinks and nibbles while listening to the original music of local composer and guitarist David Kra of Kramin.

Palma Florentino is known as one of the funniest people on Long Island. With five kids, three grandkids, two ex-husbands and a lifetime of chaos, Florentino has more material than most comedians dream of. Now in her 60s, she’s survived cheating men, parenting disasters, and cancer — twice — without losing her sense of humor (or her sanity, mostly).

From the absurdities of aging to the joys of realizing you don’t have to pretend to care anymore, her comedy hits every note. Come laugh with the woman who’s proof that funny only gets better with age.

The film “Apple Pie Dreams” is a timely and humorous take on immigration. A group of immigrants have no idea what they’re in for when they sign up for Adelaide’s naturalization class. At first, they’re excited to become U.S. citizens, but wacky Adelaide and their dashed expectations have them questioning ... should they actually go back to where they came from?

Writer/producer/actor Elisha Jachetti and director Alexander ‘Sasha’ Vorobyev will be in attendance at the screening.

“This film is important for the world, especially right now, as we explore the first-gen experience in the United States,” said Vorobyev in a director’s statement. “As someone who immigrated here about 10 years ago, I not only related to the script but also worked with the producer to employ as many first-gen artists as we could.

“From our first AC, to the majority of the actors, to even the movie poster artist, we got to celebrate both the difficulties and hopes immigrants may have when coming to the U.S. via the story and our collective firsthand experience — and we did it all with a bit of humor.”

Sticks and Stones Comedy Club is at the Southampton Cultural Center, 25 Pond Lane, Southampton. For tickets and more information, visit sticksandstonescomedyclub.com.

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