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'Bernie' Sahlins, co-founder of Second City, dies at 90
Bernard "Bernie" Sahlins, the co-founder and former owner of Second City and a crucial and essential innovator in the field of American comedy, died peacefully Sunday at his home, his wife, Jane Nicholl Sahlins, said. He was 90. It is hard to...
Tags: Entertainment, Bernie (movie), Television, Arts and Culture, University of Chicago
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Bernie Sahlins, Second City Troupe Founder, Dead at 90
ReutersJun 17 (TheWrap.com) - Bernard "Bernie" Sahlins, a founder of the famed Second City improvisational comedy troupe and a producer on the TV show "SCTV," died Sunday at his home in Chicago. He was 90. Sahlins founded the Chicago comedy group with Paul...Tags: Bernie (movie), Entertainment, Television, Toronto (Canada), Arts and Culture
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Bernard 'Bernie' Sahlins dies at 90; co-founder of Second City
Bernard "Bernie" Sahlins, co-founder and former owner of The Second City, the influential Chicago comedy venue that pioneered rapid-fire comedy sketches using ideas plucked from the audience, died Sunday at his home in Chicago. He was 90. His wife, Jane...Tags: Bernie (movie), Entertainment, Television, Arts and Culture, University of Chicago
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Predictions for WWE Payback pay-per-view
JOHN CENA VS. RYBACK: 3 STAGES OF HELL FOR WWE TITLE John Cena will win in two straight falls and we won't see an ambulance match. Just kidding. One "guarantee" in this match is that it will go to the third fall. To me, this is more important for...
Tags: WrestleMania, Stanley Cup Playoffs, Chicago Blackhawks, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.
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Judy Blume, forever
The first time I read Judy Blume's "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" was on an eight-hour road trip over the winter holidays. I was 7. We were on our way to visit cousins and I was squeezed in the backseat with my two older brothers, sandwiched...
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Classical Corner
Baroque Band: David Schrader is harpsichord soloist for the Chicago period-instrument ensemble's season finale, which holds works by Johann Sebastian and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Telemann and Rameau. 7:30 p.m. Friday at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500...Tags: Festive Events, Concerts, Music, Arts and Culture, Chicago Cultural Center
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JUST FOR LAUGHS: Seeking out the hangers-on
Here's a funny thing about arts festivals: You know they're really cooking not so much by what acts are part of the official lineup but by what's tagging along. Exhibit A is the Edinburgh Festival. If that annual entertainment conflab in Scotland were...
Tags: TBS (tv network), Bill Maher, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Fringe Festival
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Crain's gets contract to publish CSO program
Tribune reporterJust call it Crain’s Chicago “Show” Business. Beginning in September, Crain’s is replacing Playbill as publisher of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s program guide in a three-year deal. “We’ve been...Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Book, Goodman Theatre
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Thursday: Eat. Drink. Do.
For RedEyeEAT Chicago Craft Beer Week Pairings Owen & Engine 2700 N. Western Ave. 773-235-2930 Go a la carte with small plates including boneless chicken galantine stuffed with ramp-mushroom sausage ($7), which you can pair with Half Acre's The Hammer, the...Tags: Memorial Day, CBS Corp., 2 Broke Girls (tv program)
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Orlando Fringe review: 'Happy Pink Girl Sings!'
Somehow, it's not too surprising that rainbows and unicorns are among the opening images in "Happy Pink Girl Sings!" Just as happily, however, the comedic-minded musical – written and performed by the Orlando team of Sarah A. Hanchar and her...
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Orlando Fringe review: 'The Humor Mill Orlando Presents Barack to the Drawing Board'
Zany premises and a few political jabs are part of the fun in "Barack to the Drawing Board," presented by The Humor Mill, a 5-year-old Orlando comedy troupe. Based on the improvised comedy styles made famous by the Second City in Chicago, "Barak" is a...
Tags: Entertainment, Amusement and Theme Parks, Holy Land Experience, Gatorland, Rick Scott
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NBC orders 'Ironside' remake, 'Chicago PD' and 'Undateable'
NBC continued to flesh out its 2013-14 schedule on Friday, ordering a remake of the 1960s and '70s detective drama "Ironside," plus a cop-show spin-off of "Chicago Fire." The network also added "Undateable," a young-adult sitcom starring Chris D'Elia as...Tags: Entertainment, Dick Wolf , Television, Chicago Fire (tv program), 1600 Penn (tv program)
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