Misguided Meditation with Matt Ruby: A Psychedelic Comedy Show

Misguided Meditation is a comedy show about the mindfulness journey of comedian Matt Ruby. Plus, there's an ambient soundscape from musician Steve Pestana, live visuals mixed by artist Sophia Sobers, and a 1-hour open bar courtesy of Misguided Spirits.

The show is about death, therapy, psychedelics, meditation, and way more. Along the way, Matt offers hard-earned wisdom, discusses the thorniness of the mindful life, pokes fun at woo woo wackos, and discusses his own failures/successes on the path to wellness.

Music by Steve Pestana.

Visuals by Sophia Sobers.

Drinks by Misguided Spirits.

“Funny, moving, powerful.”

-Nick Gillespie

“Brilliant and fantastic.”

-Shawn Leventhal

“Riotously funny.”

-Matt Levy

“Original and entertaining.”

-Dr. Lisa Levy

“Captivating.”

-Cierra Burton

About Matt Ruby

Matt Ruby is a standup comedian from New York City. His comedy has been filmed by Comedy Central, MTV, NBC/Seeso, and FOX. His most recent special "Substance" is now available on YouTube and features him doing sets high, drunk, and on shrooms. His previous special "Feels Like Matt Ruby" ("funny" according to The NY Times) is also available on YouTube. His two albums, Feels Like Matt Ruby and Hot Flashes are in regular rotation on Sirius and also went top 10 on the iTunes Comedy charts. He's also been featured on CNN, The Huffington Post, New York, and Time Out. He's a regular at the legendary Comedy Cellar and co-produces Hot Soup, one of NYC’s longest running independently produced comedy shows. He also performs all over the country and internationally too (England, France, Holland, Israel, Canada, etc.) and has appeared at festivals including SXSW, Bridgetown, NY Comedy Festival, and the Boston Comedy Festival. Outside of standup, he's the creator of Vooza, a video comic strip about the tech world that’s received millions of view and was called the "The Spinal Tap of startups" by Mashable and he’s the author of the Rubesletter, a weekly newsletter with over 15,000 subscribers.

https://www.mattrubycomedy.com/

About Steven Pestana

Steven Pestana’s multidisciplinary artwork explores the relationship between speculative thought and the visual codes of authority. Using immersive installation, sculpture, mixed media and painting, Pestana draws big-picture connections among unspoken historical, social and cultural tensions at play in everyday life. He was raised in South Florida before obtaining a BA in Art History at NYU and MFA from RISD.

http://www.stevenpestana.com/

About Sophia Sobers

Sophia Sobers is an interdisciplinary artist specializing in installations and site specific work. She is interested in investigating the boundaries between science, technology, nature and the spiritual and her work ranges from installation and sculpture to drawing, photography, and digital objects. Sobers holds an MFA in Digital + Media from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BS in Architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

http://sophiasobers.net/

SUBSTANCE:

Watch "Matt Ruby: Substance"

Watch Matt's newest comedy special "Substance" free on YouTube. Matt performs sets on W**d, booze, shrooms, and sober in this one-of-a-kind standup special/documentary/experiment. Does he crash and burn or stick the landing? Watch to find out!

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