Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Now that’s out of the way, let’s get on to a look at another unique way to spend the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. See, like many an out-to-towner, Megan McGinnis will be in downtown Chicago and wearing green Saturday, March 15. Only thing is, she’ll be in costume and onstage for… Continue Reading
Saturday night’s alright for fighting? Hah! Like I’ve ever been in a fight on a Saturday night. Also, it’s tough for me to picture Elton John fighting on a Saturday night – particularly back in 1973 when the song was released, given the shoes he wore. I spent my most recent Saturday afternoon and night… Continue Reading
It’s festival time! Pretty much every weekend in September out where I live is filled with a festival. I like to think it’s because suburbanites are big Dylan Thomas fans, which is to say, like he said, “Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” Which basically… Continue Reading
Until this Sunday’s 5th Annual Hibernian Hooligan Ball, the last time legendary Chicago comedian Bill Brady and Mike Houlihan shared a stage together was in the indie film, TAPIOCA. The movie starred Ben Vereen, Tim Kazurinsky and a legion of Second City all-stars. Brady played himself in the off-beat comedy. Brady threw Houlihan off the… Continue Reading
Last night at The Irish American Heritage Center a boisterous crowd braved the winter chill to catch Ardal O’Hanlon’s Irish comedy in a free-floating stand-up tour de force act that covered everything from Catholic guilt to some of the more obscure acronyms for certain nations of the European Union. O’Hanlon was hilarious! For over an… Continue Reading