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177 events · Comedy, Theater, Food & Drink
Today · Saturday, September 5
Sat · Sep 5 · 2:00 PM
Still A Constant Struggle, Part 2
Beverly Arts Center
Sat · Sep 5 · 7:00 PM
Music Mondays 2026
Beverly Arts Center
Sat · Sep 5 · 9:30 PM
Kori King
The Den Theatre
↻ RecurringSat · Sep 5 · 10:30 PM
The Infinite Wrench
The Neo-Futurists
Sat · Sep 5
Leon Tilbrook and My Autumn Attic
Uncommon Ground
Sat · Sep 5
Jay Jurden
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago
Tomorrow · Sunday, September 6
Monday, September 7
Tuesday, September 8
Wednesday, September 9
Wed · Sep 9 · 6:00 PM
Maddi Mays – Special Event
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago
Wed · Sep 9 · 6:30 PM
Robert Patrick Conlon, "Celtic Knot"
The Book Cellar
Wed · Sep 9 · 7:15 PM
WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME PRESENTS: COMEDY GRAB BAG W/ ALZO SLADE!
The Den Theatre
Wed · Sep 9
River Run Ben with Tyler Stock and Jane Hobson
Uncommon Ground
Thursday, September 10
Thu · Sep 10 · 4:00 PM
Jill D. Swenson - "The Land of Everlasting Sky" - MT Cozzola
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
↻ RecurringThu · Sep 10 · 5:00 PM
Jam's Market & Deli Food Pop-Up
Burning Bush Brewery
Thu · Sep 10 · 6:00 PM
Featured Players
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago
Thu · Sep 10 · 7:00 PM
Victor Ladis Schultz in conversation with Michael Welch, "The Book of the Jaguar"
The Book Cellar
Thu · Sep 10 · 7:15 PM
George Civeris
The Den Theatre
Thu · Sep 10
Willows and Soul Called Ida
Uncommon Ground
Friday, September 11
↻ RecurringFri · Sep 11 · 11:00 AM
Children's Storytime!
The Book Cellar
Fri · Sep 11 · 2:00 PM
ESPN Radio Live with Waddle & Silvy
Burning Bush Brewery
Fri · Sep 11 · 7:00 PM
Yosha Gunasekera, "Midnight Taxi" w/ conversation partner Mia P. Manansala
The Book Cellar
Fri · Sep 11 · 7:00 PM
DNA: A Bountiful Harvest
The Den Theatre
↻ RecurringFri · Sep 11 · 10:30 PM
The Infinite Wrench
The Neo-Futurists
Fri · Sep 11
Co-Stanza with Cam Warland and Joe Packham
Uncommon Ground
Saturday, September 12
Sat · Sep 12 · 3:00 PM
&Rise Presents – Comedy for a Cause
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago
Sat · Sep 12 · 7:00 PM
Burning Red: Tribute to Taylor
Beverly Arts Center
Sat · Sep 12 · 9:30 PM
Gabby Bryan
The Den Theatre
↻ RecurringSat · Sep 12 · 10:30 PM
The Infinite Wrench
The Neo-Futurists
Sat · Sep 12
CLR
Uncommon Ground
Sat · Sep 12
Nick Murphy
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago
Sunday, September 13
Monday, September 14
Mon · Sep 14 · 5:30 PM
Afterwords Book Club
The Book Cellar
Mon · Sep 14 · 6:30 PM
Racial Justice Book Club (Online)
The Book Cellar
↻ RecurringMon · Sep 14 · 6:30 PM
Writing & Performing
The Neo-Futurists
↻ RecurringMon · Sep 14 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Guinness Open Gate Brewery
↻ RecurringMon · Sep 14 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Pilot Project Brewing - Logan Square
↻ RecurringMon · Sep 14 · 8:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Riddles Comedy Club
Tuesday, September 15
Tue · Sep 15 · 4:00 PM
Valena Beety - "Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity" - Nathan Maxwell
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
Tue · Sep 15 · 5:00 PM
Football Themed Trivia + Taco Tuesday
Burning Bush Brewery
Tue · Sep 15 · 6:00 PM
Stand-up for the Homeless
Zanies Comedy Club Chicago
Tue · Sep 15 · 6:30 PM
Dane Bahr, "The Dead Ringer" with conversation partner Michael Welch
The Book Cellar
↻ RecurringTue · Sep 15 · 9:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Laugh Factory Chicago
Wednesday, September 16
Thursday, September 17
Thu · Sep 17 · 1:00 PM
Rachel Walther, "Born to Lose" @ Music Box Theater
The Book Cellar
Thu · Sep 17 · 3:00 PM
GOLD
The Den Theatre
Thu · Sep 17 · 4:00 PM
Michael E. Sawyer - "The of No Return: Being-As-Black"
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
↻ RecurringThu · Sep 17 · 5:00 PM
Jam's Market & Deli Food Pop-Up
Burning Bush Brewery
Thu · Sep 17 · 6:00 PM
Alexander McCall Smith, 'The Big Cats Dance Party' @ Harold Washington Library
The Book Cellar
Thu · Sep 17 · 6:30 PM
Mary Dean Cason, "Daughters of Eve"
The Book Cellar
Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM
A Conversation with Nikita Gill!
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM
BAPA Presents: Old House Lecture Series
Beverly Arts Center
Thu · Sep 17 · 9:30 PM
Nick Thune: Special Taping
The Den Theatre
Thu · Sep 17
Bill Brickey, Joe Gorka, and Jules Klee
Uncommon Ground
Friday, September 18
↻ RecurringFri · Sep 18 · 11:00 AM
Children's Storytime!
The Book Cellar
Fri · Sep 18 · 6:30 PM
Veronica Bane, "We're All Going to Die Tonight!" with conversation partner Courtney Corlew
The Book Cellar
Fri · Sep 18 · 7:00 PM
75th Anniversary Celebration of Nelson Algren's "Chicago: City on the Make" @ Bernice's Tavern
The Book Cellar
Fri · Sep 18 · 7:00 PM
Cortney LaCorte (@cheesegal), "Oversharing" at Everybody's Coffee
The Book Cellar
Fri · Sep 18 · 7:30 PM
Wonderlove “The Stevie Wonder Experience”
Beverly Arts Center
↻ RecurringFri · Sep 18 · 10:30 PM
The Infinite Wrench
The Neo-Futurists
Fri · Sep 18
Sons of the Never Wrong
Uncommon Ground
Saturday, September 19
↻ RecurringSat · Sep 19 · 12:00 PM
Writing & Performing
The Neo-Futurists
Sat · Sep 19 · 1:00 PM
75th Anniversary Celebration of Nelson Algren's "Chicago: City on the Make" @ Old Town Ale House
The Book Cellar
Sat · Sep 19 · 3:00 PM
Just A Comedian
The Den Theatre
Sat · Sep 19 · 3:00 PM
Serena Solin - "A Barer Sky" - Rob Macaisa Colgate, Lisa Low, and Leah Flax Barber
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
Sat · Sep 19 · 7:00 PM
Jaz Saini: Favo(u)rite Child
The Den Theatre
↻ RecurringSat · Sep 19 · 10:30 PM
The Infinite Wrench
The Neo-Futurists
Sat · Sep 19
Wildered, Matty Timmons, and Annabelle Cuitino
Uncommon Ground
Sunday, September 20
Sun · Sep 20 · 5:00 PM
75th Anniversary Celebration of Nelson Algren's "Chicago: City on the Make" @ The Hideout
The Book Cellar
↻ RecurringSun · Sep 20 · 7:00 PM
The Infinite Wrench
The Neo-Futurists
Sun · Sep 20 · 7:15 PM
Rami Abushhab: Special Taping
The Den Theatre
Sun · Sep 20
Shure Sponsored Open Mic Semi-Finals
Uncommon Ground
Monday, September 21
↻ RecurringMon · Sep 21 · 12:00 AM
Writing & Performing
The Neo-Futurists
Mon · Sep 21 · 7:00 PM
Salon Classics Book Club
The Book Cellar
↻ RecurringMon · Sep 21 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Pilot Project Brewing - Logan Square
↻ RecurringMon · Sep 21 · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night
Guinness Open Gate Brewery
Mon · Sep 21 · 7:15 PM
Broadway Barbara Live!
The Den Theatre
↻ RecurringMon · Sep 21 · 8:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Riddles Comedy Club
Tuesday, September 22
Tue · Sep 22 · 4:00 PM
Jeremy Simmons - "Sea of Treasures" - Derek Kennet
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
Tue · Sep 22 · 6:30 PM
Lectures on Tap - Dating Apps, Endless Choice, and Why Modern Love is Hard
The Den Theatre
Tue · Sep 22 · 6:30 PM
Aaron Crippen, "Love At First Fall"
The Book Cellar
↻ RecurringTue · Sep 22 · 9:00 PM
Open Mic Night
Laugh Factory Chicago