Oakland-bred comic and best-selling author Moshe Kasher (named “new comic of the year” by iTunes in 2009) comes back to the Bay in this standup special “Live in Oakland.” Back in his home turf, he finds comedy in these uproarious stories about the people he’s met, and how they see him.

• Author of Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16.