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 […]
WHETHER YOU’RE LOOKING for a funny Valentine – or anti-Valentine vibe – here are nearly forty ways to celebrate. Please confirm all details before leaving home! But first … CHICAGO COMEDY IN THE NEWS Joseph Jefferson Award nominations (non-equity) were announced this past week. They include Gwen La Roka for Mi Casa Es Tu Casa! […]
Above: Self-portrait by Erin Nekervis Comedy fans in the know recognize the name Erin Nekervis. Erin was one of the first photographers to document Chicago’s alt-comedy scene. This “tiny do-it-yourself comedy scene … produced some of the most successful and influential stand-up comedians of their generation” during the late 1990s to early 2000s, according to […]
Harry Hickstein is not the man he used to be. He’s even better. Back in 1985, Harry went on stage for the first time at the Comedy Womb in Berwyn. He was “a hulky, intimidating presence” and audiences wondered whether he was a member of the Mob or Hell’s Angels, according to Vince Vieceli and […]
Chicago has original, unforgettable comedy every single day of the year. I started these calendars to see if I could prove it and I did! I’ll do the same in 2024 – find a show for every day and more. Feel free to send show info my way. I’m always adding, so keep checking back. […]
Once upon a time, you could switch on your TV in December and sink into a spectacular year-end special. Bleak skies, frigid temperatures and, God help us, the news, would be kept at bay for an hour or two as you luxuriated in comedy, music and holiday cheer with the King Family, Dean Martin, the […]
Please confirm all details! If you have a show to add, email me: temewring@gmail.com. Thank you for supporting Comedians Defying Gravity in 2023! Wishing everyone a happy, healthy New Year with as much happiness and as many laughs as a year can hold. Holiday Improv Brunch at Second City, 12:00 p.m. Steve Cochran’s NYE Comedy […]
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