If you love to laugh and also love donating to awesome causes, you’re going to lose your mind at the Paid Protest comedy show/fundraiser, tonight at Starr Bar at 7 p.m. The show will feature stand-up performances from New York comedians to benefit the Democratic Socialists of America. 

Bushwick resident, comedian, and co-host of tonight’s show/fundraiser, Alex Ptak, says that while admission to the show is free, any donations they receive will benefit the DSA, and help to save the Bedford-Union Armory from being developed into a luxury building. “We’re raising money that goes directly towards the causes we’re working on at a local level,” says Ptak. “So if you come to the show and stay involved in whatever the cause is that month, you actually get to see that money get put into action.”