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Give thanks for some promising November live performances

The table is set this month with theater world premieres, dance works in progress, and comedy with cured meat.

Comedian Shannon Noll is using their new webseries and photo project to subvert expectations of gender and sexuality.

From parental career pressure to porn, no topic was off the table at this Chicago Ideas Week event.

And you know what? It’s really good!

Matthew Payne cancels the comedy festival that he intended to be an alternative to SketchFest.

Must-see shows at the rival comedy festivals

After the powerful Chicago comedy-scene figure’s departure amid harassment allegations, the theater behind SketchFest begins a new era without him.

Chicago Jazz Festival and other happenings from August 29-September1.