Your Stand-Up Weekend in a Smattering of Mentions
Okay Bastionland, here's the thing: if you end up in a glum mood for ANY reason this weekend, then you're obviously not paying very close attention to what's going on right in your very own city. And even more than the usual amount of wonderful hilarity, it's a big weekend for Young Chicago Stand-Up Comedy:
You'll see in our forthcoming post, but tonight and tomorrow are huge nights for local stand-up Kumail Nanjiani, who you've probably already read about in Chicago Magazine, Time Out, and Chicagoist (we're the last in the game, haha). Tonight he opens for Zach Galifianakis at the Vic, and tomorrow he stages his one-man show at the Lakeshore Theater.
We talked to stand-up comic Mike Bridenstine about his stint at Zanies last night, and his exact words were, "Dude! Young Zanies pwned!" Catch him, Brooke Van Poppelen, and Baron Vaughn tonight, tomorrow, or Sunday night (see listings for times), and support the "club youth movement" at Chicago's only full-fledged stand-up comedy club.
ALSO tonight, the Blu Mic at the Apollo Theater is hosting an "international selection" of comics, with Vince Carone (Chicago), Katie Hall (LA) and Jeff Mirza (England).
Also ALSO tonight: The Smoke Show is having a FREE show at the Spot, celebrating scenester Francie McGowan's birthday. Come on up to the loft and see Chad Briggs, Mike Cody, and Eric Campbell, and of course, buy the birthday girl a drink or three.
Photo of Baron (top) stolen from Drink at Work; photo of Mike Cody (bottom) stolen from his MySpace profile. Thanks!
Comments
Zanies is not Chicago's only full-fledged stand-up club. Jokes and Notes is the other one. They are very much a full-time club.
Posted by: Steve Heisler | July 6, 2007 12:18 PM
They meant to say "the only full-time club that only white people go to."
Posted by: fritz | July 6, 2007 2:04 PM
Oooooh, backfire.
The term "comedy club" came out of comedy-only nightclub. You know, because nightclubs used to have variety acts and burlesque shit, along with their comedians and magicians and shit.
Zanies is a comedy-only nightclub. Jokes and (here's the kicker) Notes is a place where they do stand-up, yes. But they have poetry and music and variety. You know, the 'and Notes' part. So technically.... Zanies is the only comedy club in the city.
Jokes and Notes is part of a great South Side comedy scene. But it is not a comedy-only nightclub.
Posted by: Come on, Heisler | July 6, 2007 7:02 PM
You know what would really show the comedy editor of Timeout? An anonymous person taking themselves too seriously. BURN.
Posted by: Dan Telfer | July 9, 2007 12:14 AM