WIN TICKETS: Chicago Circus and Performing Arts Festival Returns With Family Friendly and Adult Circus Acts March 9-12, 2023

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March 9-12 at Wicker Park’s Den Theatre, Opening Gala March 9

Chicago-Based Ensembles Offer Circus, Burlesque, Dance & Comedy

Chicago Circus & Performing Arts Festival, the Windy City’s newest multidisciplinary fest, will run March 9-12, 2023, at Wicker Park’s Den Theatre at 1331 N. Milwaukee. Thirteen unique performances from Chicago-based companies include traditional circus acts, avant-garde sideshow and burlesque offerings, family-friendly juggling and clowning shows, queer-themed work, plus several evening-length pieces that also include dance. Several shows are double features: twice the fun for the same price!

Single tickets are $15-40 and are available online or at 773-697-3830. The lobby features cashless cocktails from the newly renovated Haven Lounge before and after performances. The Opening Gala is on March 9, from 6-10 PM and includes vendor tables from local businesses and Chicago circus schools, door prize giveaways, and a silent auction. Exclusive previews for media and donors will be performed throughout the night. Metered street parking is available, and the apps ParkChicago, Spot Hero, Park Whiz, and Parq Ex are recommended to secure a spot. The venue is also accessible to the Blue Line (north of Division, south of Damen stops) and via various bus routes. The Festival’s media sponsors are The Actors Gymnasium and CircusTalk.

 

SCHEDULE

Thursday, March 9

Heath Mainstage & Lobby: 

6:00-10:00 pm Opening Gala: Show previews for media and donors, silent auction, local vendors.

 

Friday, March 10

Bookspan Stage: 

6:00-7:30 pm Creature Double Feature by Such Creatures (circus + dance fusion, queer-themed)

7:45-9:15 pm BIPOC Circus Alliance Midwest (classic circus cabaret, all BIPOC cast)

9:30-11:00pm the Back Side Show by Yes Ma’am Circus (side-show, burlesque, circus, ages 18+)

 

Saturday, March 11 

Bookspan Stage: 

12:45- 2:15 pm Distillations & Don't Try This At Home- Double Feature by Luther Bangert & Dinder Brothers’ Circus (juggling solo show, family circus troop, side-show, family friendly)

2:30- 4:00 pm Double Feature- Poised & The Reluctant Mind Reader by Raphael Entertainment (solo juggling + solo magic, family friendly)

4:15- 5:45 pm BIPOC Circus Alliance Midwest (classic circus cabaret, all BIPOC cast)

6:00- 7:30 pm Autobiography of a Late Bloomer by Lucid Banter Project (dance, queer-themed, ages 13+)

7:45- 9:15 pm Circus Dungeon Crawl by Yes Ma’am Circus (circus cabaret, burlesque, nerd-themed, ages 18+)

9:30- 11:00 pm Queer Double Feature: And They Were Shipmates, A Queer Pirate Romance Adventure & Queer Dance Freakout by Counterfeit Combat & Gender Fucked Productions

 

Sunday, March 12 

Heath Mainstage: 

10:30 am- 12:00 pm Serious Cirque by Duo Refraction+ (circus, clown, family friendly)

12:15- 1:45 pm Circus Cabaret of Wonder by the Amazing Prizzini Brothers (classic circus cabaret, clowning, family friendly)

 

Bookspan Stage: 

12:15- 1:45 pm Double Feature- Poised & The Reluctant Mind Reader by Raphael Entertainment (solo juggling + solo magic, family friendly)

2:00- 3:30 pm Distillations & Don't Try This At Home- Double Feature by Luther Bangert & Dinder Brothers’ Circus (juggling solo show, family circus troop, side-show, family friendly)

SHOWS/ENSEMBLES

The Amazing Prizzini Brothers’ Circus Cabinet of Wonder: The Amazing Prizzini Brothers’ classic circus cabaret features family-friendly circus acts and clowning. The goal is simple: to make the audience complicit in the mischief. 

Autobiography of a Late Bloomer: Lucid Banter Project presents Autobiography of a Late Bloomer, a collection of work created over a span of 15 years, following the choreographer's coming-out journey. Following Paula, Lucid Banter Project's director, through professional growth, family drama, religious realizations, sexual awakenings, relationship highs and lows, injury, and emotional abuse, the audience is brought along through the experiences, emotions, and growth of a late bloomer lesbian.

BIPOC Circus Alliance Midwest Showcase: This circus cabaret features circus artists of Color as they share individual stories that depict human emotions and unique challenges faced by POC in contemporary America. Disciplines will include rope, straps, aerial hammock, diabolo, and silks. For ages 13+. 

The Back Side Show: Produced by Yes Ma'am Circus, the Back Side Show features burlesque, sideshow, and variety acts from around Chicago. For ages 18+. 

Circus Dungeon Crawl: Yes Ma’am Circus’ longest running cabaret! Come see the Chicago debut of Circus Dungeon Crawl, previously only shown to the elite crowd of gamers at GenCon in Indianapolis! Journey with Marcus the Bard as they attempt to drink, seduce, and thieve their way through the Multiverse, along with a cast of aerialists, clowns, and burlesque dancers.

Creature Double Feature: Creature Double Feature brings you not one, but TWO new works by Such Creatures Co-Directors Luke Greeff & Ashaand Simone. Missile Kid by Luke Greeff shows a punk-rock apocalyptic horror movement suite on unmasking the Autistic soul within the confines of an Allistic world … or a dancey existential crisis to good tunes… you decide. intimate youniverse by Ashaand Simone transports the audience into an 8-bit arcade world where they’re in charge of helping the protagonist’s disparate parts work towards some amount of peace. In doing so, they will learn firsthand what it looks like to re-wire the brain away from the impacts of (Complex) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and towards acceptance of intimacy and connection.

Distillations & Don't Try This At Home- Double Feature: A family friendly double feature. A solo contemporary juggling show performed by Luther Bangert, Distillations takes the audience on a multimedia and multidimensional journey through the anatomy of a moment, investigating causality, and emerging into the ground state of the juggling universe. Dinder Brother's Circus is proud to present the "DONT TRY THIS AT HOME SHOW!!!" Seen across the midwest since 2015 this blend of circus, magic, and danger is sure to entertain anyone ages 4 and up!  With mystifying aerials, feats of death, and astounding illusions everyone will find something they enjoy.

Double Feature- Poised & The Reluctant Mind Reader: A funny and dazzling 1-man duo show! Welcome to an experience that aims to have you question the absolute limits of what is humanly possible. Brought to you by one of Chicago's top jugglers, Poised is a family friendly show full of laughs and amazing feats of balance and coordination. Then stay and watch as someone with the ability to read minds shows off his powers while talking about the pains and annoyances that come with always hearing what people are thinking. The Reluctant Mind Reader showcases how some gifts aren’t what they’re cracked up to be.

Serious Cirque: Serious Cirque is a not so serious deconstruction of contemporary circus performance. It transparently and unabashedly reveals the hilarity, failures, successes and discoveries that come out of circus creation. What happens when Siri tries to third wheel your adagio duet opener? What if the duo trapeze porter loses his flyer and must perform only with sock puppets?

Queer Double Feature- And They Were Shipmates, A Queer Pirate Romance Adventure & Queer Dance Freakout: First, Counterfeit Combat presents a gay pirate show full of fights and fun that you can’t miss! Join us onboard Calico Jack’s ship, The Ranger, as we follow the tale of the infamous female pirates, Anne Bonny and Mary Read. This occasionally true story based on historical facts will have you laughing, sighing, and gasping, oh aye! Then stick around for Queer Dance Freakout, an interactive, choose your own adventure spectacle produced by Gender Fucked Productions. This company of queer, trans, and nonbinary choreographers and storytellers will perform up to 30 dances that will have audiences booty shaking, grooving, and connecting with the queer community.

*Click HERE for your chance to WIN a FREE Family 4 Pack of Tickets to your choice of any family friendly show at the 2nd Annual Chicago Circus and Performing Arts Festival!

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Winners announced at noon Thursday, March 9th.

ChiIL Mama and ChiIL Live Shows are thrilled to partner up with the 2nd Annual Chicago Circus and Performing Arts Festival to give away A Family 4 Pack of Tickets to Any Family Show and/or A Pair of Tickets to Any Adult Circus Act!

Netflix Premiers Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt THIS Friday #KimmySchmidt #ad

Netflix Original Series:

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Tina Fey and Robert Carlock's hilarious new comedy series starring Ellie Kemper (The Office), Jane Krakowski (30 Rock) and Tituss Burgess (30 Rock), premieres on Netflix THIS Friday, March 6th. 

As a Netflix Stream Team blogger, ChiIL Mama got a sneak peek at the first six episodes. Check out this hilarious new comedy, as Kimmy embraces a world of change. Meet Kimmy and her friends in the trailer below.

From “30 Rock” executive producers, Tina Fey and Robert Carlock comes this hilarious new comedy series starring Ellie Kemper (“The Office,” “Bridesmaids”) as a woman who is rescued from a doomsday cult and starts life over as a nanny for an Upper East Side socialite (Jane Krakowski from “30 Rock”) in New York City. Armed with just a backpack, light-up sneakers and a couple way-past-due library books, she takes on a world she didn’t think even existed anymore. http://www.netflix.com

Disclosure: ChiIL Mama is a proud member of the Netflix Stream Team. We've been compensated for sharing monthly posts with our readers.  As always, all opinions are our own.

Catching Up on the Present
Hey parents, while you're busy changing diapers, making dinners and doing everything to keep your little person alive, it's pretty easy to tune out everything else. You may know the theme song from Sofia the First, but you're left wondering, Sam Smith, who? But as your kids grow older, you finally have time to catch up on life -- kind of like how Kimmy re-enters the world after 15 years below ground. Can you relate or maybe this still sounds like you? 

Here at ChiIL Mama, my son is turning 14 in a few weeks and my daughter is 11. So, Kimmy would have been in the bunker my son's entire life and the duration of my parenthood! There have been a lot of changes in the world for better and worse in the past decade and a half. We always made a point to bring our kids with us to concerts, fests and multicultural happenings in Chicago and beyond, so we didn't miss much except SLEEP! Introducing our kids to our pop culture favs in TV, music and theatre has been one of my favorite aspects of parenting.

Kids Can't Break Us
Kimmy is strong as hell -- kinda like parents. And just like Kimmy, parents go through a lot those first few years as they find their new identity as Mom or Dad. You may not have been living under a rock for 15 years, but the adventures of parenting can change you in surprising ways. 

Here at ChiIL Mama, we agree wholeheartedly. All major life events--births, deaths, moves, career changes, weddings and divorces change people. Even parenting carries different challenges as the kids grow up. I have friends who handled the toddler years with ease, and their kids are now pushing every last boundary as teens.

Truly, the only constant is change. We enjoy Kimmy's optimism and scrappy tenacity in the face of reinventing herself and learning to negotiate society today. She has a childlike joy in indulging in everything she's missed out on for 15 years, and a stubborn strength that makes her a great role model. Check out this Netflix original series and let us know what you think.

@TheKimmySchmidt | fb.com/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt

Disclosure: ChiIL Mama is a proud member of the Netflix Stream Team. We've been compensated for sharing monthly posts with our readers.  As always, all opinions are our own.

INCOMING: Upright Citizens Brigade at ECC Arts Nov 15th #improv #comedy

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE TOURING COMPANY  BRINGS THEIR SIGNATURE LONG FORM OF IMPROV TO  ECC ARTS CENTER SATURDAY, NOV. 15, 7:30 P.M.

 
The ECC Arts Center Takes Pre-Show Dining Alfresco with First-Ever Food Truck Night

Here at ChiIL Live Shows we've been fans of Upright Citizens Brigade forever. I came from an improv background myself, founding the long running, award winning Miami University improv group, Tower Players back in the mid 80's. I've been a sucker for the genre since my first high school improv class way back in the day. Come check out UCB. You'll be glad you did!

The critically acclaimed Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) Touring Company comes to ECC Arts Center, located in Building H on the Elgin Community College Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Saturday, Nov.15th, 7:30 p.m. Known for their long form improv episodes inspired from a single suggestion, improvisers from UCB will create a hilarious, 90-minute show guaranteed to leave the audience laughing.

The ECC Art Center offers a special pre-show dining opportunity for this performance…Food truck Night! The Calle Wagon, a gourmet Mexican/Mediterranean mobile eatery, will be arriving at the Arts Center one hour before the show. Advance reservations are not required but audience members are encouraged to arrive early and enjoy food truck fare in front of the Arts Center. For more information visit tickets.elgin.edu or call 847-622-0300. Box office hours are noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday.

The UCB New York-based four-person cast scheduled to appear at the ECC Arts Center includes Yoni Lotan, Morgan Miller, Kim Parker and Keaton Patti. UCB has established the reputation of being a place to see the next generation of rising comedy stars and sports an impressive alum list featuring performers/writers from “30 Rock,” “Saturday Night Live” and “The Daily Show.” SPIN Magazine hails UCB as "New York City's only relevant live comedy troupe;" New York Magazine calls them, "New York's hardest-working sketch comics" and The Onion and Entertainment Weekly calls UCB "twisted and uproarious." 

In the 1990s, Chicago’s own Matt Besser ("Comedy Bang! Bang!") and native New Yorker Ian Roberts (Exec. Producer, Comedy Central’s “Key & Peele”), along with Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation”) and Chicago-born Matt Walsh (“Veep”) of Chicago’s improv community, formed the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe. The foursome went on to create their own Comedy Central series and later opened the affiliated Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and Los Angeles. Both theaters have become well-known hotspots for watching live alternative comedy and improv shows, and in recent years, have helped launch the careers of many of today's most popular comedians. Chicagoan’s had an opportunity to see UCB in action this past spring when they headlined the 2014 Chicago Improv Festival.

Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) Touring Company comes to the ECC Arts Center located in Building H on the Elgin Community College Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m.  Tickets are $27. For tickets or more information visit tickets.elgin.edu or call 847-622-0300.

The ECC Arts Center, located in Building H on the Elgin Community College Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin, presents amazing artists in intimate theater settings. Delicious dinners prepared through a partnership with the ECC's award-winning culinary arts program often accompany events. Parking is plentiful and free.

For more information about the ECC Arts Center, visit tickets.elgin.edu or call 847-622-0300. The arts center also can be followed on Twitter at twitter.com/ECCArtsCenter. Become a fan of the arts center on Facebook at facebook.com/ECCArtsCenter.

Parents' Nights Out: TBS Just for Laughs Chicago Comedy Fest June 11-16 #JFLChicago @TBSVeryFunny #comedy

Get a sitter... send the littles to Grandma's... do what you've gotta do.   Nobody needs a good (not kid appropriate) laugh like parents!   ChiIL out with ChiIL Mama this weekend, with the best medicine.   Yes, that would be laughter, and the Dr. is in the house.   The annual TBS Just for Laughs Chicago is baaaaaack in Chi, IL and this fest is a laugh riot.   Check out our TBS Just for Laughs Chicago coverage from 2012 here.

We're particularly stoked for Russell Brand, Bill Maher, and Seth Meyers, but laughter abounds at loads of our favorite venues all over town. 

We've adored Bill Maher since waaaaay back in the day.   Anyone seen him in Cannibal Women in The Avocado Jungle of Death from back in 1989?!   If not, check it out after the fest is over.   It's the good kind of cheese & one of our favs.  

A young Bill Maher stars with Shannon Tweed, Adrienne Barbeau and Karen Waldron.

The government hires a feminist at the local university to track down the Piranha Women living in the uncharted Avocado Jungle (westernmost outpost is San Bernardino) to convince them to move to a reservation condo in Malibu. She hires a guide at the edge of the jungle, a male chauvinist pig, and they have many arguments about men and women as they work their way in, and eventually confront the Piranha Women. Written by Ed Sutton 

The U.S. government, eager to protect the nation's avacado supplies, recruits feminist professor Margo Hunt to make contact with the Piranha Women, an all-female tribe who believe men are only good as a source of food. Accompanying Dr. Hunt on her trip are Jim, a guide of questionable competence, and Bunny, a student of unquestionable incompetence. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher

For the next 6 days, no Cannibal Women for YOU.   Get outta the house and laugh it up.   We've highlighted some of our top choices, but you can't go wrong... just follow the funny.   Some of the best shows are in the smaller venues, off the beaten path.   And like performers at music fests, famous comedians pop up unannounced, sit in with each other, and create some one of a kind mash ups.   TBS Just for Laughs Chicago is renowned for that.  Be there.

Here's what's happening:

June 11, 2013
6:30 PM - The Heat - FREE Advance Screening - ShowPlace ICON
7:00 PM - Double Threat: Junior Stopka & Mike Lebovitz - STAGE 773 - The Pro
7:00 PM - iO Theater presents TJ & Dave - STAGE 773 - The Box
8:00 PM - Pete Holmes - UP Comedy Club
8:30 PM - Double Threat: Kellye Howard & Brianna Baker (BEDE) - STAGE 773 - The Thrust
8:30 PM - Double Threat: Mike Stanley & Sean Flannery - STAGE 773 - The Pro
8:30 PM - Naked Sports Live Podcast - STAGE 773 - The Cabaret
9:30 PM -Secret Big-Time Local Comedy Showcase - STAGE 773 - The Box
10:00 PM - The Shit Show - STAGE 773 - The Thrust
10:00 PM - Wrestling with Depression Podcast - STAGE 773 - The Cabaret
10:30 PM - Pete Holmes - UP Comedy Club

June 12, 2013

7pm - Moshe Kasher - STAGE 773 - The Pro
7pm - The Comedy Bar Kickass Showcase - STAGE 773 - The Box
7pm - The Dailymotion Comedy Showcase - STAGE 773 - The Thrust
7:30pm - Anjelah Johnson - The Vic Theatre
7:30pm - Russell Brand - The Chicago Theatre 
7:30pm - The Whitest Kids U' Know - Park West
8pm - Second City Alumni - UP Comedy Club
8:30pm - The Todd Barry Podcast - STAGE 773 - The Cabaret
9:30pm - The Annoyance Theatre presents Messing with a Friend - STAGE 773 - The Box (*Hilariously recommended!   We dig Susan Messing big time.)
10pm - @DadBoner and Friends, You Guys - STAGE 773 - The Thrust
10pm - Above Average presents: Tripp & Tyler and The Katydids - STAGE 773 - The Cabaret

June 13, 2013
7pm - Moshe Kasher - STAGE 773 - The Pro
7pm - Team Coco Podcast - STAGE 773 - The Cabaret
7pm - The Dailymotion Comedy Showcase - STAGE 773 - The Thrust
7pm - The Lincoln Lodge - STAGE 773 - The Box
7:30pm - David Cross & His Super Duper Pals - The Chicago Theatre
7:30pm - John Hodgman, Performing as Celebrated Humorist John Hodgman in: JOHN HODGMAN TONIGHT! - Park West
7:30pm - Nick Swardson - The Vic Theatre
8pm - Pete Holmes - UP Comedy Club
8:30pm - A Tight 60 - STAGE 773 - The Cabaret
8:30pm - Chelsea Peretti - STAGE 773 - The Pro
8:30pm - Dancing Around the Shit Fire with Kyle Kinane - STAGE 773 - The Thrust
8:30pm - Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net - STAGE 773 - The Box
8:30pm - Stage Time - Jokes and Notes
10pm - @DadBoner and Friends, You Guys - STAGE 773 - The Thrust
10pm - Double Threat: Kumail Nanjiani & Friend - STAGE 773 - The Pro
10pm - Jokes and Notes Presents The Urban Comedy Hour - STAGE 773 - The Box
10pm - The Combo - STAGE 773 - The Cabaret
10pm - Knuckleheads - UP Comedy Club
11:30pm - Above Average presents: Tripp & Tyler and The Katydids - STAGE 773 - The Cabaret
11:30pm - The Super Serious Show - STAGE 773 - The Thrust
11:59pm - Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net - STAGE 773 - The Box

June 14, 2013
7pm - Doug Loves Movies Podcast - STAGE 773 - The Cabaret
7pm - The Dailymotion Comedy Showcase - STAGE 773 - The Thrust
7pm - The Playground presents Alone: Chicago's Best Solo Acts - STAGE 773 - The Box
7:30pm - Dylan Moran - Yeah, Yeah - Park West
7:30pm - Nick Swardson - The Vic Theatre
7:30pm - Seth Meyers with Special Guests Al Madrigal & Hannibal Buress - The Chicago Theatre
8pm - Knuckleheads - UP Comedy Club
8:30pm - A Tight 60 - STAGE 773 - The Cabaret
8:30pm - Chelsea Peretti - STAGE 773 - The Pro
8:30pm - Comics to Watch - Jokes and Notes
8:30pm - Dancing Around the Shit Fire with Kyle Kinane - STAGE 773 - The Thrust
8:30 - Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net - STAGE 773 - The Box
10pm - Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction - STAGE 773 - The Box
10pm - Double Threat: Kumail Nanjiani & Friend - STAGE 773 - The Pro
10pm - The Combo - STAGE 773 - The Cabaret
10pm - The Sullivan & Son Comedy Tour - Park West
10pm - Todd Barry - STAGE 773 - The Thrust
10:30pm - Bad Boys of Comedy - Jokes and Notes
11pm - Knuckleheads - UP Comedy Club
11:30pm - The Blackout Diaries - STAGE 773 - The Cabaret
11:59pm - The Super Serious Show - STAGE 773 - The Thrust
11:59pm - Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net - STAGE 773 - The Box

June 15, 2013
7pm - Bob Newhart Live - The Chicago Theatre
7pm - Chelsea Peretti - STAGE 773 - The Pro
7pm - Maria Bamford - Park West
7pm - Pete Holmes - You Made It Weird Podcast - STAGE 773 - The Cabaret
7pm - The Dailymotion Comedy Showcase - STAGE 773 - The Thrust
7pm - The Playground presents Alone: Chicago's Best Solo Acts - STAGE 773 - The Box
7:30pm - Stars of truTV's Impractical Jokers - The Vic Theatre
8pm - Knuckleheads - UP Comedy Club
8:30pm - 5-Star Leading Ladies - Jokes and Notes 
8:30pm - A Tight 60 - STAGE 773 - The Cabaret
8:30pm - Chelsea Peretti - STAGE 773 - The Pro
8:30pm - Dancing Around the Shit Fire with Kyle Kinane - STAGE 773 - The Thrust
8:30pm - Kill All Comedy - STAGE 773 - The Box\
9:30pm - Artie Lange - Park West
10pm - Double Threat: Kumail Nanjiani & Friend - STAGE 773 - The Pro
10pm - Stars of truTV's Impractical Jokers - The Vic Theatre
10pm - The Combo - STAGE 773 - The Cabaret
10pm - Todd Barry - STAGE 773 - The Thrust
10:30pm - Best of Chicago - Jokes and Notes
10:30pm - The Playground presents The Tomkat Project - STAGE 773 - The Box
11pm - Knuckleheads - UP Comedy Club
11:30pm - The Blackout Diaries - STAGE 773 - The Cabaret
11:30pm The Super Serious Show - STAGE 773 - The Thrust
11:59pm - Artie Lange - Park West

June 16, 2013 - Sunday
7:30pm - Bill Maher - The Chicago Theatre
8pm - The Lil Rel Show - Jokes and Notes

Here are the biggest shows broken down by venue:

Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St.:

David Cross & His Super Duper Pals - Thursday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Seth Meyers, Al Madrigal and Hannibal Buress - Friday, June 14 at 7:30 p.m.

Bob Newhart Live - Saturday, June 15 at 7:00 p.m.

Bill Maher - Sunday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m.

The Vic, 3145 N. Sheffield Ave.:

Anjelah Johnson - Wednesday, June 12 at 7:30 p.m

Nick Swardson - Thursday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Impractical Jokers - Saturday, June 15 at 7:30 and 10 p.m.

Park West, 322 W. Armitage Ave.:

The Whitest Kids U’ Know - Wednesday, June 12 at 7:30 p.m.

John Hodgman -Thursday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Dylan Moran: “Yeah, Yeah” - Friday, June 14 at 7:30 p.m.

Maria Bamford - Saturday, June 15 at 7 p.m.

Artie Lange - Saturday, June 15 at 9:30 and 11:59 p.m.