This Sunday, August 29, the Hideout presents Chicago expat/rising superstar Kumail Nanjiani. Kumail’s back in town for one night only, before he starts work on the upcoming TNT sitcom Franklin & Bash. Kumail was recently featured on Variety Magazine’s Top Comics to Watch list, Comedy Central’s Hot List, in the New York Times, and on NPR’s This American Life. You might have also seen him on the Late Show with David Letterman and on Comedy Central’s Michael and Michael Have Issues. more ›

Local comedians Jared Logan and Robert Buscemi, formerly local comedian Kumail Nanjiani, and filmmaker Steve Delahoyde have cured our afternoon grumpies. more ›

Batman flew off to Hong Kong. Here's what he'll be missing: Coming up: As we’ve mentioned, Kumail Nanjiani is a funny, funny man. Now he’s ditching us for New York. Send him off Thursday night at The Hideout, where he’ll pay tribute to Jonathan Messinger and his new book. It’s your last chance to see Kumail before he gets mega-famous or chewed up by the Gotham comedy scene. The young performers at Thirteen Pocket Productions... more ›

About a month ago, Chicagoist spoke with Kumail Nanjiani about his then-new one-man show. In Unpronounceable, Nanjiani breaks from his usual stand-up routine and talks about his religious Muslim upbringing in Pakistan, his move to Iowa when he was 18, and his subsequent loss of faith and turn toward atheism. more ›

Chicago’s comedy scene is more than a small world, it’s a densely knit web. Everyone’s leaning on someone for something, from professional improv instruction to drunken 2 a.m. inspiration for the next routine. And with fame comes increasing gratitude for close friends and casual online “friends.” more ›

During Kumail Nanjiani’s (all-too-short) set Friday night at the Vic, the comedian had a couple of woo-ers. Not suitors, per se, but people doing shout-outs to basically anything he mentioned. The most notable “Woo!” came when he started a joke about waiting for the train, which caused him to reflect that he’d never heard anyone give interjectoral props to the CTA in his life. After incidents like last Tuesday’s hour-long shutdown on the Green Line and Saturday’s cluster on the Red, our understanding of Kumail’s statement has increased tenfold. more ›