The kids at Chicago Underground Comedy are inaugurating a new series of shows, The Pop Stand, riffing on pop culture topics and showcasing the best bits on Rooftop Comedy.com.

Show up at the Beat Kitchen (2100 W. Belmont) on Fridays starting on June 29 to see Ken Barnard, Tony Sam, Hannah Gansen, Kumail Nanjiani, Robert Buscemi, Josh Cheney, David Angelo, Ricky Carmona, and more rip hilarity from the pop culture headlines. Be there or be an idiot.

The Bastion hung out at the Blerdsiversary party last Saturday night at the Spot. Yes, our head still hurts. But it was an awful lot of fun. Photos from the soiree can be seen here.

Also, last week, Bastion photog Krystle Gemnich got some great shots at the Random Acts show at the Lodge (including the one of Matt Braunger, who now does comedy in L.A. but told us he's still "totally gay for Chicago", where he learned everything he knows about being funny, at right), and a ton of good pics of the Dwight Nights shows, which can be gawked at here.