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Inspired by the sketch comedy of Milwaukee’s broadminded Comedy and Patrick Schmitz’s semi-annual Sketch 22 and encouraged by Milwaukee Comedy Festival founder Matt Kemple, a handful of Milwaukee comedy performers formed the Sketch Marks late last year. Sketch Marks includes individuals* recognizable from other Milwaukee comedy groups such as ComedySportz, The Improvised Musical (T.I.M.), Bye Bye

Stop missing The Onion in Milwaukee, or at least its online offshoot, A.V. Club Milwaukee. Because Matt Wild and Tyler Maas are starting Milwaukee Record. That's why. According to an article in the Shepherd Express and one in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and an interview with Milwaukee Magazine, Matt and Tyler are launching their Milwaukee Record website

If it's madness you're seeking, you needn't follow the bouncing ball of the perennial basketball tournaments.  Because our friends at the Caste of Killers Comedy Collective are causing another form of insanity through a bracket-style comedy competition at Milwaukee's Karma Bar and Grill. That's why.  March Comedy Madnesss starts at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 19, at Karma, 600 E. Ogden Ave.

'Tis the third week of March, which calls to mind the green of St. Patrick's Day, the green of the Spring Equinox and the very colorful The Improvised Musical (T.I.M.). At 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 20 (the first night of spring), the cast of improvisers, musicians and theater technicians will make up a musical and perform it in about an

The Love of Laughter Comedy Club is offering a six-session workshop on the craft of humor. For $35, students can learn the basics of talking funny and work toward delivering a humorous speech. The workshop will run from 6:35 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays beginning March 27 at Herzing University, 555 South Executive Drive,

The previous performance of the Sketch Marks comedy troupe was the last day before winter. Now the next show of Sketch Marks is the second day of spring. Talk about fair-weather performers! The Sketch Marks are just part of the next Comedy Arcade Show, the monthly variety show that features standup, improv and sketch talent.

Wisconsin high school basketball tournaments are a perennial sign of winter ending and spring warming up. They offer a chance to exert local pride while admiring the talent from elsewhere. Somewhat similarly (except for the athletics and the competition and many other details), that's what Milwaukee Comedy is presenting on Friday, March 14. The Grand Comedy Hour showcases

If someone asks if you want to stay in Monday night, just answer, "No Dice." That's the name of the improvised comedy show led by Milwaukee's James Boland at the Riverwest Public House Cooperative. In No Dice, James adapts the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game to improvise audience-involved comedy. From Facebook: "Nationally performing comedian James Boland will get some