June 2015

Milwaukee Comedy Festival

Milwaukee Comedy Festival Announces Line Up!

10 Years of Funny celebrates best lineup to date. The Milwaukee Comedy Festival, Wisconsin’s largest comedy event, celebrates Ten Years of Funny, Aug. 6-9, 2015. The annual festival will feature performers from across the U.S. And Canada and will take place at Next Act Theatre and for the first time at the Historic Turner Hall. This year’s final […]

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Chastity Washington wins again

Congratulations to Milwaukee’s own Chastity Washington for winning win the 2015 American Black Film Festival’s Comedy Wings Competition, sponsored by HBO. Chastity is a dynamic, energetic standup who tours nationally and just happens to call Milwaukee home. From the competition site: Chastity is a former teacher and coach turned comedian and actress. Her stand-up career highlights include HBO

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Comedy Café to go

We saw the signs outside the building. Now it’s in the news media. So it must be true. Milwaukee’s Comedy Café is moving. The club, formerly known as JD’s Comedy Café , has scheduled a June 20 finale for its venue at 615 E. Brady St. After 27 years, the Comedy Café is moving to

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Even more pride

Officially, Pridefest Milwaukee is just June 5-6, but we know that beyond Milwaukee, June is Pride Month, and heck, it’s just something we should be celebrating all year. And, of course, the aforementioned comedy shows contributing to Pridefest weekend are just a tip of the iceberg. We already reported on performances by The Midnite Show

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Pridefest proud!

Congratulations to the Milwaukee comedy community members participating in Pridefest celebrations this weekend, including: The Midnite Show – 7 p.m. Friday, June 5 The long-running weekly uncensored improv comedy show  (usually seen at midnight on Saturdays at ComedySportz) takes to the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center Stage at Henry Maier Festival Park (aka Summerfest grounds). From The

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