2026 Chicago Comedy Ticket Alerts: 365 Days of Laughter (A Work in Progress)

By Teme Ring | December 10, 2025

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 […]

Ten shows this week: Monday, July 24-Sunday, July 30, 2023

By Teme Ring | July 24, 2023

ADVANCE TICKET ALERTS August 4: Hot Dish with Lauren Hooberman, Colleen Brennan, Amy Sumpter and Special Guest Geoffrey Baer at Steppenwolf August 28: Maurice Benard, “Sonny Corinthos” General Hospital Tour. Comedy, Q&A, mental health awareness and advocacy at The Comedy Vault, Batavia September 29-30: Patti Vasquez at CG’s Comedy Club, Bolingbrook September 29-30: Jess Hilarious […]

Ten shows this week: Monday, July 17-Sunday, July 23, 2023

By Teme Ring | July 17, 2023

Hallmark’s special collection of Golden Girls glasses. What do they have to do with Chicago comedy? Please read on …. Chicago comedians in the news: Joey and Faith Soloway‘s Transparent musical is headed to Broadway after a successful run at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. And Just Like That – the sequel to […]

The Woman King of Comedy Comes to Chicago: A Q&A with Gina Yashere

By Teme Ring | July 4, 2023

Gina Yashere is known for soaring to great heights. Before she became a comedian, Gina rode on elevators. No, not in elevators. As the first female electrical engineer hired by Otis UK, Gina stood on top of elevators – designing, installing, repairing, wiring – as the machines hurtled through skyscrapers’ vertical canyons. As a comedian, […]

Father’s Day Weekend with “World’s Greatest Dad(?)” A Q&A with Jimmy Carrane

By Teme Ring | June 15, 2023

Don’t be the world’s latest dad! Get tickets to Jimmy Carrane’s World’s Greatest Dad(?) before they sell out completely. Jimmy is reprising his critically acclaimed show this weekend in honor of Father’s Day. Two of the three shows are already sold out. Tickets are still available for Saturday night’s performance at 9:00 p.m. at Glenview’s […]

Want to Understand Chicago’s Stand-Up Scene? Michael Alexander’s “Out of the Loop” is Mesmerizing Must-See Viewing

By Teme Ring | June 7, 2023

Michael Alexander’s new film about Chicago stand-up, Out of the Loop, is wall-to-wall “wow” moments. From the first minute, we’re flies on the wall in the lives of Chicago’s comedians. As the film opens, we hear a personal voicemail to Michael from Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk (Berwyn native, student of Del Close, Second City […]

Luke Mones Reveals What’s Happening in His Head

By Teme Ring | May 16, 2023

Luke Mones (MOHN-ess) will make your day funnier. I’m not just talking about the day you listen to his new album Happening In My Head. That day will be funnier, but so will every day thereafter. Every time I drive by a 7-Eleven now, I laugh and think about bananas. I can no longer pick […]

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