Please confirm all details before leaving home in case something’s changed! Shows to add? Please email me at temewring@gmail.com. Wishing you laughter every day! This list’s goal is to help make that happen with events for every day of the year. I add frequently, so check back. Infinite thanks always to the Chicago comedy community […]
Orly K.G. will be at City Winery with Shahar Cohen this Wednesday night. As we slog through bleak, dystopian times, what we need most is light. What are the odds that a single comedy show—coming up on Wednesday—features both an opener and a headliner whose names literally mean ‘light’? “You’re just making that up,” I […]
Who’s the funniest generation? Are sarcastic Gen X’ers, the latchkey veterans who battled AOL dial-up and stern parents, the comedy champs? Or are mellow Millennials, breezing in with the speed of Tik Tok and the earnestness of avocado toast, the clear heroes of humor? Generational conflict has plagued humanity since the Garden of Eden. But […]
I haven’t done one of these in a while. Doesn’t it seem harder to laugh lately? ALL THE MORE reason to celebrate Valentine’s Day at one of Chicago’s signature comedy venues. If laughter is the shortest distance between two people (Victor Borge), then prioritize punchlines over pick-up lines, and let go and let laugh. You […]
Please confirm all details before leaving home in case something’s changed! Shows to add? Please email me at temewring@gmail.com. Happy laughing! And infinite thanks to the Chicago comedy community for making this site possible. JANUARY January 1: Ladylike at Lincoln Lodge January 1: Comics That Kill at Laugh Factory January 1: The Devil is in […]
The Mee-Ow Show put Evanston’s Northwestern University on the comedy map. And someone finally wrote about it! Mee-Ow alums include Paul Barrosse, Dana Olsen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Seth Meyers, Ana Gasteyer, Dermot Mulroney, Craig Bierko and Kristin Schaal. Joseph Radding was the Mee-Ow Show’s first Surrealist in Residence. Paul W. Warshauer was one of the show’s […]
December 17, 2024 I got this text today: Dear Comedians Defying Gravity, Do you know what comedy is happening this weekend … wow, do I need it! ~Signed: This Year Was Too Much Dear TYWTM, Perfect timing! I just caught up with Victoria Zielinski, Paul Barrosse and Dana Olsen a/k/a The Practical Theatre Company. Their […]
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