“Some people fly too close to the sun. Their curiosity, their need to create, and above all their willingness to say the unspoken take them high above the comforts of normal opinion and into dangerous elevations.”

This is the mission of Jersey’s 2nd annual Icarus Fest – a gathering of thinkers, comedians, & independent journalists joining forces at the historic Williams Center for a weekend of stand-up, film screenings, & a celebration of art considered dangerous in the modern era. Dangerous to imperialists. The empire. And the war machine. This is why comedy & art are such a powerful weapon in the right hands.

Few figures in the last decade have done more to put fear in the hearts of NATO, Big Pharma, Ukrainazis, CIA Spooks, Zionists, & every other merchant of death & corrupt lever-pullers on K-Street putting civilization at the brink of the apocalypse than The Grayzone founder / independent journalist Max Blumenthal.

In this rare debut performance of his new foray into stand-up comedy, Max uses comedy & scathing satire to put the empire & war machine in his crosshairs with deadly accuracy & hilarious results.