New York comic Ben Lerman is in Chicago and will be performing tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30 at Hamburger Mary's on Clark in Andersonville. He'll be whipping out his ukulele for some inspired insanity (see poster) and will also be tapping some local talent, including Carrie Callahan, Cameron Esposito, and Dan Polydoris. Plus, Hamburger Mary's serves those awesome boozy slushies that go well with nachos and (finally!) hot and humid Chicago weather.

The Blewt! folks are taking Los Angeles by storm and doing a little non-Don't Spit the Water performing while there. Check out this Flickr set of Ken Barnard and Brady Novak (who is there independent of the DSTW gang) performing at a UCB show with Kyle Kinane.

Time Out Chicago's Kids in the Hall bit is up. "The conversation is flowing. A little too well—we’ve covered Canadian censorship laws, Lorne Michaels’s condescension and, of course, dressing in drag."

Schadenfreude's Justin Kaufmann has a part in the new film EGON, a dark comedy that features "guns, incest, booze, and blood," while telling a partly fancifal version of the life of Austrian artist Egon Schiele. The film is by Keith Dukavicius, who, along with Chad Wilson, directed Paul Thomas' Tighty Whiteys video. The film runs May 30-June 5 at the Gene Siskel Film Center. Justin's clip below.

The Portfolio Scene from "EGON" from Keith Dukavicius on Vimeo.