It's not common for a filmmaker to become as much of a celebrity as the people he casts in his movies. But Kevin Smith has charted his own course, casting himself as the taciturn Silent Bob in several of his own films and going in front of the camera for the AMC TV series Comic Book Men and his online movie review show Spoilers. The common thread has been his role as a kind of pop-culture Everyman, never being shy about bringing his love of genre works to the public. Though the venue for An Evening With Kevin Smith is Wiseguys Comedy Club, don't expect a traditional stand-up performance. Smith's live appearances have tended to be free-flowing conversations with the audience, full of uncensored opinions about the stuff he loves and the stuff he hates in the world of TV, movies, comics and more. Get a taste of what Silent Bob is like when he's not so silent. (Scott Renshaw)