Comedian and actor Hasan Minhaj鈥攕enior correspondent on and host of the 鈥攚ill appear at 黑料不打烊 on Friday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Schine Student Center鈥檚 Goldstein Auditorium as guest of University Union and the University Lectures series. Tickets鈥�$5 for SU students with I.D. and $10 for the public鈥攇o on sale Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 9 a.m. in person at the Schine Box Office and online at .
The event is co-sponsored by the , the 聽and the with the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Planning Committee.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) are available. Requests for accessibility and accommodations may be made to the Equal Opportunity, Inclusion and Resolution Services (EOIRS) office at 315.443.4018.
Minhaj is an addition to the previously announced fall University Lectures lineup, which includes journalist/documentarian/news anchor on Sept. 14; , co-host of NPR鈥檚 鈥淢orning Edition鈥� on Oct. 3; and noted historian/author on Nov. 9.
Minhaj was Jon Stewart鈥檚 last hire when he joined 鈥淭he Daily Show鈥� as a full-time correspondent in November 2014. That same year, he was invited to be a part of the Sundance Institute鈥檚 prestigious , where he developed his solo show,聽 The show then debuted off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre in winter 2015 to critical acclaim. His comedy special debuted on Netflix in May 2017.
Prior to his critically acclaimed role at the 2017 White House Correspondents鈥� Dinner, Minhaj drew rave reviews for his presentation at the in June 2016. He was the keynote speaker at the 2013 Social Good Summit in New York City, speaking alongside such notables as Al Gore, JJ Abrams and Will.I.Am, and he had the honor of being chosen as a 鈥淣ew Face鈥� at the 2014 Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal.
Minhaj is host of the documentary series Financed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and filmed in South Africa, India and the United States, the series highlights economic problems throughout the world through the lens of stand-up comedians.
He also recently filmed the feature films 鈥淩ough Night鈥� alongside Scarlett Johansson, Ty Burrell and Kate McKinnon, and mystery/comedy 鈥淢ost Likely to Murder鈥� with Rachel Bloom and Adam Pally.
