The Chicago comedian and writer Dwayne Kennedy has a pretty raw joke about summer being “shooting season” in Chicago that I’ve heard him perform a few times on stage. Kennedy says, “I don’t know what it is about the warm weather in Chicago that just brings everyone out. ‘Hey, it’s 79 degrees!’” and then makes […]
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Dwayne Kennedy is the voice of Chicago
And it’s a voice the rest of the world needs to hear.
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The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: days 43 and 44
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
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My favorite things
Chicagoans share the objects that make their homes good places to be.
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Zanies comedy club has lasted 40 years with an old-school stand-up model
The club continues to draw audiences and motivate local comics to obtain a paid slot.
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Tour de Fat, Wicker Park Fest, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Comedian Dwayne Kennedy, MMA fighter-turned-podcaster Brendan Schaub, and more happenings from 7/28-7/30.
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 1/3: Magas at Empty Bottle, Second City’s 100th revue, and Dwayne Kennedy
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, January 3, 2013