Rad Stuff This Week: Comedy Edition
By Kristy Mangel in Arts & Entertainment on Jul 6, 2010 3:20PM
Wherein we collect a few of the funnier goings-on about town.
Schadenfreude performs during Just for Laughs 2010 | Photo by Erin Nekervis
- Sketch comedy assault Pistol Party is back at the Town Hall Pub with its twelfth monthly installment. In keeping with the tradition of loosely incorporating a theme for all the shows, tonight is deemed the Swimsuit Edition. Wearing your bikini or trunks is optional but highly encouraged.
TONIGHT, Town Hall Pub, 3340 N. Halsted, 9 p.m., $5 - Wednesday is the monthly installment of the comedy
variety-meets-politics showcase Laughing Liberally, in
Rogers Park. In addition to stand-up comedy with a lefty leanings, LL welcomes
a fire eater, a hip hop artist, and an interview with Josh Kalven from Progress
Illinois.
Wednesday, July 7, No Exit Cafe, 6970 N Glenwood Ave., 8 p.m., FREE - Join “uber-local” yuksters Schadenfreude this Thursday for their last show of the summer. The sketch group takes their show to indie rock club Lincoln Hall and welcomes hip-hop/funk band the Jordan Years and beatboxer Yuri Lane.
Thursday, July 8, Lincoln Hall, 2424 N Lincoln Ave., 8:30 p.m., $10 - The Wilmette Theatre, in partnership with Chicago Underground Comedy, now invites Chicago comedians monthly to its stage. See long sets from Cameron Esposito and James Fritz, with host Ricky Carmona, in this suburban film and live performance venue.
Saturday, July 10, Wilmette Theatre, 1122 Central Ave., Wilmette, 9:30 p.m., $12 - Did you catch the first episodes of Louie, comedian Louis C.K.’s highly anticipated new television show? If so, you saw Chicago expat and rising comedy star Hannibal Buress playing a little poker with the likes of Rick Brom, Nick DiPaolo, Jim Norton, and Eddie Brill. Buress told Red Bar Radio last week that C.K. had asked Buress to open for him during the live stand-up shows filmed for the sitcom; after seeing Buress perform, he immediately wrote him into the poker scene. Didn’t catch it? It’s available now from the ‘Tubes (and it’s NSFW, obvs). See it after the jump.