Due to limited space, registration is required for this program and will be checked at the door. Priority will be given to Englewood Library card holders.

The Friends of the Englewood Library present comedian Bill Ervolino, best known to NJ audiences as the longtime features writer and humor columnist at The Bergen Record. He is the former editor-in-chief of Nightlife magazine and reviewer and features writer for The New York Post. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Daily News, Vogue, Entertainment Weekly and Parents Choice. He is the author of the book "Some Kind of Wiseguy" (1997) and two plays, "The Lights on Walden Court," which was the first play presented by the Producers Club in New York's theater district and "Frankinatra," a comedy that had its world premiere in March, 2023 at the Manes Studio Theater on Long Island, playing to sellout crowds in March and April, 2023. He has taught continuing education courses in East Rutherford, Emerson and Ridgewood. And he has performed in comedy clubs, colleges and venues all around the Garden State and Manhattan. 

His newspaper column focuses on humorous quirks involving his friends and family, social activities and New Jersey's unique culture and destinations- always uncovering amusing elements in the most mundane episodes of daily life.

Ervolino is a four-time winner of the Society of Silurians medal for humorous writing; a four-time winner National Society of Newspaper Columnists, (best humorous writing in the United States); a two-time finalist for the Penney-Missouri national feature writing competition; and has received multiple awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the New Jersey Press Association. In 1988 he won the Jane Chambers Playwriting Award for “The Lights on Walden Court.”

This event is sponsored by The Friends of the Englewood Library.