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Dan Gross: Sports talker opening comedy club
610 WIP's Steve Trevelise and fellow comedian Joe Matarese on Friday will open their comedy club, Sarcasm, at the Cherry Hill Crowne Plaza. The guys will also perform at the club, which used to be Rascal's, along with New Jersey 101.5's Dennis Malloy.
Matarese, a Cherry Hill native, has been seen on "The Late Show with David Letterman" and had his own Comedy Central special.
For tickets or info, call 856-382-6253, or visit the club
online at sarcasmcomedy.com.
Real-estate titan does Army/Navy
"Today" show real-estate contributor Barbara Corcoran will be at the Dec. 12 Army/Navy game at Lincoln Financial Field with her husband, Bill Higgins.
Corcoran, also seen on ABC's "Shark Tank," and Higgins will have a reunion with Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Roger Staubach, with whom Higgins played on the 1964 Navy team.
Out and about
CBS 3/CW Philly staff turned out to help Carol Erickson launch her children's book, "Not a Used Dog, At All," Monday at Ristorante Panorama (Front & Market). Susan Barnett, Chris May, Natasha Brown, Pat
Ciarrocchi and Jim Donovan, along with fellow meteorologists Kathy Orr and Doug Kammerer and general manager Jon Hitchcock toasted Erickson.
Also joining in the celebration was Dr. Jerry Geffen, her partner on CBS 3's "Ask the Vet" segment. Proceeds from the book, illustrated by CBS 3 graphic artist Jeff McCloskey, about a family adopting a shelter dog rather than buying a puppy from a pet store, benefit animal shelters, including the Pennsylvania SPCA.
* Matchmaker Steve
Ward of VH1's "Tough Love 2" stopped into Campo's Deli (214 Market) for an Italian special on a seeded bun. Ward and mom JoAnn, who got him into the business, are regulars at the steak spot.
Manayunk lights Yule tree
Manayunk plans to be the first neighborhood to host a Christmas-tree-lighting ceremony, at 6 p.m. Friday in Canal View Park (Main & Gay). The Manayunk Development Corporation plans to replant the tree in the park after the holidays.
Man walking for canine cancer
Luke Robinson, of Austin,
Texas, will be in town tomorrow with his dogs Hudson and Murphy, both Great Pyrenees. The trio are on a 2,000-mile walking tour from Austin to Boston to raise awareness for canine cancer.
The disease claimed the life of Robinson's dog Malcolm, also a Great Pyrenees, in 2006. Robinson plans to help a shelter feed the homeless and hungry tomorrow.
For more info on his canine caravan, visit 2dogs2000miles.org.
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