It’s Never Too Late For A Laugh

By Suzy Evans in Arts & Entertainment on Nov 13, 2009 5:40PM

Tickets might be going for $1800 on Craigslist for Second City, but you can still hear and see some funny (and cultural) things on the cheap at the Chicago Humanities Festival. From the dance lecture “Foot is a Funny Word” to the panel “Laughter and the First Amendment” and, a personal favorite, “Laughter Bollywood Style,” the final weekend seems to be full of reasons to chuckle. So what if Tony Kushner was a round last weekend and we missed it?

We’re particularly looking forward to Steppenwolf Artistic Director Martha Lavey leading a panel of hilarious theater artists Leslie Buxbaum Danzig, director of 500 Clown, Tanya Saracho, founding artistic director of Teatro Luna, and Lauren Katz, founding member of the long-form improv group ED, in "Four Women Talk About Being Funny" (Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Francis W Parker School, 2233 N Clark Street). We’re big fans of what these ladies do and can’t wait to hear them talk about it.

Most events are free for students and really cheap for everyone else. Seriously, funny and smart people live in Chicago. You should go laugh with, or at, them.

The Chicago Humanities Festival ends Sunday November 15. For event information, visit the festival’s site.