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From there, Willie Macc confirmed that no age range would be safe from jokes by launching into an extended series on his 103-year-old grandmother — and occasionally cracking on an audience member or two from Long Beach.

Now twice a week, the event sees a potpourri of burgeoning and celebrity comics alike, such as Willie Macc, Ian Bagg, Erik Griffin and Iliza Shlesinger, who was especially captivated by their ethos.

Today, the neat premises of Havana’s Fine Arts Museum contrast with the MACC’s dilapidation.

Some officials believe MACC’s partial reopening will presage a wider recovery of the art scene, as the authoritarian government of President Nicolás Maduro abandons radical socialist economic and social policies in favor of a more moderate approach designed to attract private investment.

This is Venezuela’s Caracas Museum of Modern Art, or MACC, once a regional reference for cultural education, that has fallen victim to economic collapse and authoritarianism.