The ‘selfie’ personality quiz: How truly insecure are you?
Growing up, I never wanted a photograph of just me. The idea of hanging in my locker an image of myself slightly smiling with the mouth formation of a duck...
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Where to go to laugh while The Second City undergoes repairs
The early-afternoon fire on Aug. 26 that started in the Adobo Grill restaurant next door to The Second City has forced the historic theater to move or cancel all of...
Autoplaying videos: A pitiful and pathetic idea from the beginning
I hate having the thought in my head that it took something as upsetting as the horrendous killings of Alison Parker and Adam Ward to finally showcase how pathetic the...
The Puterbaugh Sisters to host final variety show ‘Entertaining Julia’
The Puterbaugh Sisters have sparked laughter across Chicago for eight years in their incredibly well-crafted comedy variety show "Entertaining Julia." And at 9 p.m. Sunday at The Empty Bottle, Danielle...
David Alan Grier joins cast of new NBC sitcom ‘The Carmichael Show’
David Alan Grier's career is astonishing, to be quite honest. From an adaptation of "Star Wars" on National Public Radio to playing Jackie Robinson on Broadway, to Best Actor accolades...
A sugarcoated life isn’t one Liza Treyger wants to live
Liza Treyger—like most comics starting a career in a big city—knew virtually no one. To solve that problem, the now 27-year-old, Skokie-raised comedian kept a case of beer in her...
Couples with joint Facebook accounts should have genitals tied together, too
Wow. A bit graphic, aren't I? Sorry, but I don't really care if that headline upsets you. Because, chances are, you'll have to ask for permission from your significant other...
Live improvisation still a colossal aspect of David Koechner’s routine
David Koechner moved to Chicago in the late '80s for one specific reason: to perform at The Second City.One day not long after he arrived, the Missourian stumbled upon the...
Unfollow: I’m booting bores, subtweeters clogging my Twitter feed
I blame myself, honestly. For thinking a single one of these accounts I follow on Twitter would actually provide even an ounce of value or creative commentary on a subject...
I became a journalist in hopes of becoming Jon Stewart
For a 12-year-old kid in suburban Detroit, the “real” world seems so far away. So impossible to fully comprehend. It was 1999, and I felt as tiny and insignificant as...