Swani Beyondananda's Wake Up Laughing Tour

We’re living in serious times. And yet ... there’s something funny going on. Which means there is more reason to laugh, and more need for it. The more unfunny occurrences that occur, the more important it is to fortify ourselves with heart-opening, mind-expanding comedy. Wholehearted laughter is the ultimate weapon of “mass-deconstruction” to blow apart the insanity that masks itself as “sanity” in this shrinking world that could use a good shrink.

That’s why we are calling Swami’s upcoming tour -- that will take us to the Big Island of Hawaii, to Charlottesville, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and Asheville, North Carolina in April -- the Wake Up Laughing tour. We need to awaken, and what better to wake us up than through the sound of our own laughter?

On Friday evening, April 18th at 7:30 p.m., Quest Bookshop in Charlottesville is sponsoring a Swami performance at the Sojourners United Church, 1017 Elliot Ave. in Charlottesville. Tickets are $15 advance, $20 door and can be purchased at Quest Bookshop, 619 W Main, Charlottesville. For information, call (434) 295-3377. Or online at http://www.thequestbookshop.com/