Macomb Community College Foundation presents annual Comedy and Cocktails benefit Oct. 18

Gala supporting college’s arts and cultural programs features Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood from TV’s “Whose Line is it Anyway?”

The Macomb Community College Foundation will present Comedy and Cocktails, an annual benefit for the college’s arts and cultural programs, Friday, Oct. 18, at the Lorenzo Cultural Center and Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, located on the college’s Center Campus in Clinton Township.

Presented by First State Bank, the event begins in the Lorenzo Cultural Center at 6 p.m. with music by the Kroon Trio, gourmet appetizers, strolling dinner stations, a silent auction with mobile bidding and raffle prizes. In honor of the college’s 70th anniversary year, the event will feature a 1950s comedy club theme.

At 8 p.m., guests will move to the Macomb Center and take their reserved seats to see comedians Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood in Asking for Trouble, an unscripted improvisational comedy show.

Tickets for Comedy and Cocktails are $175 each and include premiere theater seating at the Macomb Center. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.macomb.edu/comedy or call the Macomb Community College Foundation at 586.445.7302.

About Arts and Cultural Programs at Macomb

Macomb Community College provides a breadth of cultural enrichment opportunities to more than 110,000 individuals annually with programming that supplements educational objectives, spans generations and enriches community life.

About the Macomb Community College Foundation

Established in 1999, the Macomb Community College Foundation engages friends of the college to enhance its impact in transforming lives and communities. The foundation offers tailored opportunities for passionate individuals, foundations and corporations to invest in the work of the college and in the success of Macomb’s students.

About Macomb Community College

Macomb Community College (www.macomb.edu) is about transforming lives and communities through the power of education, enrichment and economic development. Macomb grants the largest number of associate degrees in Michigan and is the largest community college in the state. The college provides programming for youth through seniors, including early college for high school students, university transfer and career preparation programs, workforce education, continuing education and certification, and a wide range of enrichment opportunities encompassing arts, culture and lifelong learning.

Contact: Sean M. Patrick, 586.445.7271, patricks28@macomb.edu