Chicago has original, unforgettable comedy every single day of the year. I started these calendars to see if I could prove that statement 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 […]
Your Chicago Comedy Calendar for August 2015
August is not a quiet month, at least not in Chicago comedy. There is greatness everywhere. Greatness visiting from out of town and greatness we’re privileged to have year around. Comedians visiting this month include: Jim Gaffigan, Dan Telfer, David Heti, John Roy, Dwayne Kennedy, Lahna Turner, Miranda Sings, Jay Phillips, Doug Benson, K-Von, Bill […]
Talking with Hope Rehak: a Chicago comedian whose star is on the rise
A friend of mine who is a law professor and comedy fan wrote me to say I need to know about Hope Rehak. I love getting interview suggestions, so I was enthusiastic. I realized how great his suggestion was when I saw Hope’s clips on YouTube and saw a young, rising comedian who looks like […]
Q&A with Director Cathryn Michon: how Muffin Top became a rare and powerful rom-com
My husband and I have a tradition of bringing in the New Year with an argument. Stay in or go out? In 2015 we broke the tradition. We were in complete agreement about staying in, inviting friends over and watching Second City alum Cathryn Michon’s Muffin Top. The film is a unique rom-com. Its theme, […]
Derek Sheen to record live album at Chicago’s Comedians You Should Know on June 24, 25
Because of Derek Sheen, I will never again think of an escalator as an escalator. Instead, I will take the “wizard stairs.” Thanks to this Seattle-based comedian, the next billion times I say something in some mortifying way I didn’t mean (and believe me, those billion times all are likely to occur by next Tuesday), […]
A Q&A with comedian David Heti, and it was more than OK
Why aren’t philosophers listed in the Yellow Pages? I need a philosopher to articulate the reasons for my existential dread. I could use a philosopher combined with a lawyer. Lawyers construct arguments as beautiful as geometric theorems to force us to address the wrongs that created the dread in the first place. What if I […]
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