2013

Why wait for the weekend? Milwaukee has comedy for you right away to start the week. For free, you can check out the Mellow Monday Comedy Showcase at 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 21, at INdustri Café, 545 S. 2nd St. Tom Grimm will be the emcee, with performances by Ryan Mason Ryan Lowe Liza Marie […]

Those rascals at Milwaukee’s Caste of Killers Comedy Collective are at it again. By that, we mean they’re presenting another monthly showcase of standup comedians at the Karma Bar & Grill. The Milwaukee Stand Up Comedy Showcase begins at 8:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 17, at 600 E. Ogden Ave. Our good friend Steve Breese is

Milwaukee is the fourth of five stops in a five-day tour by first-string comedians (from left to right) Eugene Mirman, John Hodgman and Kristen Schaal. The three friends – whose burgeoning body of work includes “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” (Schaal and Hodgman), “Flight of the Conchords” (Mirman and Schaal) and “Bob’s Burgers” (Schaal and Mirman) – perform

In my opinion, nutmeg is the spice of life. Variety is not stuff to be sprinkled on food or blended in a batter. It’s another dimension. Think of how flat your life would be if every hour of every day was exactly the same without change. Sorry. Does that pretty much describe your existence? Then

Another Tuesday night Open Improv kicks off a busy week in improvisational comedy in Milwaukee. The Open Improv welcomes all improvisers at all levels of experience. It runs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Underground Collaborative, 161 W. Wisconsin Ave., lower level. The bi-weekly session costs $3. But that’s just the beginning. There’s

We love humpday comedy – those midweek diversions that give us apes in the Milwaukee comedy jungle the momentum to swing from one weekend vine to the next. This week, Ryan Holman and Nate Seek, dba Inventing Situations, bring us “Because You Deserve It.” From Facebook: “Because You Deserve It, is a new stand up

So maybe you don’t have 22 minutes right now to watch a video of broadminded Comedy‘s sketch show from the 2013 Milwaukee Comedy Festival. When you do have time, watch the video. You will thank me. Speaking of thanks, think about your Thanksgiving plans, and take the time now to order tickets for broadminded‘s next

Most Mondays – including Monday, Oct. 14 – you can find a free comedy show at the Bremen Cafe, 901 E. Clarke St., in Milwaukee’s hip Riverwest neighborhood. It’s called the Comedy Show Comedy Show Open Mic. If you’re looking to catch some laughs, the show starts at 8:30 p.m. If you’re looking to try

Outside of a brewery, I can’t think of a more quintessential Milwaukee venue than a bowling alley. Inside of a brewery, I’d be too busy drinking. But you can drink and laugh – and carouse with keglers – at the Comedy Show Comedy Show, Saturday, Oct. 12, at Landmark Lanes, 2220 N. Farwell Ave. Jake

I read this on Facebook: “Comedy does not exist for laughs. Comedy exists to make you feel and think. It’s the strongest genre and the strongest emotion.” It was posted by Jacob Bach, co-founder of The Improvised Musical, the Broadway-style song-and-dance shows that are made up right in front of the audience with experienced comedy