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Home » The Comedy Bar

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The Comedy Bar teaches the business of being funny

by Brianna Wellen February 28, 2017August 18, 2021

The internship program at the stand-up club offers rare lessons in what happens behind the scenes in comedy.

Posted inBlogs

Feminist Happy Hour, “Off the Wall,” and more things to do in Chicago this week

by Jack Ladd January 16, 2017August 18, 2021

Ice Cream Beer Social, Kim Kong: Comedy Monster, and more happenings from January 16-19.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best comedy club located in a pizzeria

by Drew Hunt June 24, 2015August 18, 2021

The Comedy Bar Some of Chicago’s best comedy clubs aren’t actually comedy clubs. Many of the city’s most noteworthy stand-ups carry on in places without doormen, two-drink minimums, or even a stage. The Lincoln Lodge, the city’s premier stand-up revue for more than a decade, spent most of its existence in the back of its […]

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Fri 4/25: C2E2, Sean Flannery, and Behemoth

by Osita Nwanevu April 25, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, April 25

Liza Treyger
Posted inArts & Culture

Comic Liza Treyger on the funny thing about being a young woman

by Molly Adams December 26, 2013August 19, 2021

Comic Liza Treyger offers incisive commentary with a stoner-sweetheart affect.

Thora Birch
Posted inArts & Culture

In Chicago, comics do it by the seat of their pants

by Jena Cutie March 28, 2013August 19, 2021

No fooling: The 16th annual Chicago Improv Festival kicks off April 1.

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