Top Picks 06/13/12
More Top Picks
-
06/13
Win the Ultimate 10 Pin Experience!
Wed. 06/13 | 8:00PM @ 10pin
-
06/13
The Grant Park Music Festival
Wed. 06/13 | 6:30PM - Sat. 08/18 @ Jay Pritzker Pavilion
-
06/13
Conan - Live Taping 3 @ The Chicago Theatre
Wed. 06/13 | 4:00PM @ The Chicago Theatre
-
Every Wednesday
ALL
-
Rising Star Showcase
Every Wednesday 9:30PM @ Zanies Comedy Club
-
Events For You
-
-
-
Valis, Windbreaker, Night Terror, Ken *Free with RSVP*
Wed. 06/13 | 9:00PM @ Empty Bottle (map)
Tickets -
Do312 + Beauty Bar Present: Bargain Wave! (June 13)
Wed. 06/13 | 9:00PM @ Beauty Bar (map)
-
-
-
-
Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
May 31, 2012Amy Schumer’s blend of wholesome, girl-next-door good looks and edgy comedy has earned her a rapid rise in the comedy world. Her comedy embraces a friendly, conversational tone that makes it all the more shocking—and funny—when she suddenly veers into a taboo area or attacks a member of her audience before skillfully segueing back into more relaxed, easygoing material. Schumer smartly exploits the contrast between her mock-ditsy persona and the exquisitely worded nastiness of her material on her debut album, Cutting—No. 9 on The A.V. Club’s list of the best comedy albums of 2011—which would ring false if not so finely crafted. It’s an impressive album for any comic, much less such a relatively green one. more at avclub.com
-
-
-
-
-
DISCERN: An Exhibition of Photographs by John Sturdy featuring A special performan...
Wed. 06/13 | 6:00PM @ Empty Bottle (map)
Tickets -
-
-
-
Mad Bread Presents: Roots Revival at Double Door with...Mad Bread
Wed. 06/13 | 8:00PM @ Double Door (map)
Tickets -
Pearls And Bones, Apollo House, The Lucky Dutch, Da$Htone,
Wed. 06/13 | 8:00PM @ Beat Kitchen (map)
Tickets -
-
-
-
-
-
Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
May 31, 2012Just For Laughs: The Nerd Show
Pete Holmes and Brian Posehn and Brent Weinbach and Mike Lawrence
Pete Holmes is just one of those guys you want to succeed. His short films are clever. His appearances on VH-1 don’t grate. His onstage presence is relaxed, natural, and almost immediately likable. And above all, his comedy is smart and funny. Though his most visible—or invisible, as the case might be—job is as the voice of the E-Trade baby, Holmes is perhaps best known in comedy circles for his podcast, You Made It Weird, which features the comedian riffing with and interviewing other notable stand-ups. Impregnated With Wonder, Holmes’ 2011 stand-up record, was named one of the year’s best by The A.V. Club. Here, Holmes hosts The Nerd Show, and with Brian Posehn, Brent Weinbach, and Mike Lawrence as guests, offers a version of The Nerdist focused more on comedy, though no doubt with its share of nerdy essentials. more at avclub.com -
Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
May 31, 2012Like the good Gen-Xer that she is, Janeane Garofalo rose with grunge in the ’90s. And though she may have doffed her flannel since then, she’s remained a consistent performer. She’s found her way reliably into film and TV (most recently playing FBI agent Janis Gold on 24) and, thanks to her pointedly political perspective, hosted a talk show on Air America. Garofalo always makes time, too, to prowl the stage, notebook in tow, to deliver meandering monologues about politics and pop culture that always find their way to punch lines eventually. more at avclub.com
-
-
-
-
The Auxiliary Art Center Presents: The Logandale Community Road Show
Wed. 06/13 | 9:00PM @ Quencher's (map)
