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Second City Inc.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Yeah, Because It'd Be Just Awful If Dallas Were More Like Chicago or Detroit

    ​Wilonsky just knows how to push my Yankee carpetbagger buttons. He keeps calling to jab me about the charges that Dallas mayoral candidates Ron Natinsky and Mike Rawlings are trading today, each one accusing the other of wanting to make Dallas like Chicago or Detroit. Being a native of that end o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2011

    LaughenStuff

    ​Wilonsky just knows how to push my Yankee carpetbagger buttons. He keeps calling to jab me about the charges that Dallas mayoral candidates Ron Natinsky and Mike Rawlings are trading today, each one accusing the other of wanting to make Dallas like Chicago or Detroit. Being a native of that end o ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 31, 2009

    To Hell With The Recession -This Year Gave Dallas Audiences The Best Productions Of The Decade

    ​Wilonsky just knows how to push my Yankee carpetbagger buttons. He keeps calling to jab me about the charges that Dallas mayoral candidates Ron Natinsky and Mike Rawlings are trading today, each one accusing the other of wanting to make Dallas like Chicago or Detroit. Being a native of that end o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Year in Review: The Worst Lyrics of 2009 Aren't Trying for Funny, But Get There Just the Same

    ​The lowest common denominator having been achieved in 2005 with the release of the Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business, popular musicians have had to work extra hard in recent years to find new and inventive ways to be inane. They found great success in 2009, with artists as varied as Lady Gaga, Bru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Days Gone Bite: Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips

    ​Ah, the very nearly late Arthur Treacher's.The chain was named for a well-known English actor, counted the original fish and chips house as its own and had the support of Dave Thomas (of Wendy's fame, not the one from Second City). And there was a time when Arthur Treacher's had a solid reputatio ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 26, 2009

    When Scary Met Sally

    ​Ah, the very nearly late Arthur Treacher's.The chain was named for a well-known English actor, counted the original fish and chips house as its own and had the support of Dave Thomas (of Wendy's fame, not the one from Second City). And there was a time when Arthur Treacher's had a solid reputatio ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 25, 2008

    Trysts in Toledo: Theatre Three's 17th-Century Nunsense Doesn't Wear Well

    Written by a nun, Theatre Three's Trysts in Toledo dusts off an old, unconventional comedy

  • Calendar

    November 6, 2008

    Chicago Wisecracks

    The Second City comes to Dallas

  • Calendar

    February 7, 2008

    Stud Farm

    See SC's future legends

  • Culture

    January 3, 2008

    Embarrassment of Riches

    Were there 10 great shows in 2007? More like 11—no, make it 12.

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2007

    You Down With JCC?

    Celebrate the Jewish arts downtown

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2006

    Funny Bonin'

    Celebrate the Jewish arts downtown

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2005

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Celebrate the Jewish arts downtown

  • Culture

    November 24, 2005

    Homo for the Holidays

    Visit Queertown for all-out comedy; Morning's at Seven awakens a need for nostalgia

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2005

    Free to Be

    It's OK to be gay in Queertown

  • Film

    April 29, 2004

    Teen Spleen

    Talking smack wreaks high school havoc in Mean Girls

  • Film

    April 15, 2004

    None Like It Lame

    Connie and Carla models a classic but ends up being a drag

  • Calendar

    March 4, 2004

    American Girl

    Sarah Vowell's readers don't feel so alone with Radio On

  • Calendar

    February 12, 2004

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Sarah Vowell's readers don't feel so alone with Radio On

  • News

    January 8, 2004

    Funny Boy

    Life is coming up cow patties for kid comedian Corbin Corona

  • Culture

    November 20, 2003

    School's In

    There's Strangers, then there are its strange fans

  • Calendar

    April 10, 2003

    Day Jobs

    Four Day Weekend wants to second that emotion

  • Culture

    August 2, 2001

    Money Men

    Five years after Swingers, Jon Favreau just wanted to get a movie Made

  • Calendar

    March 29, 2001

    Second to None

    The famous Second City alumni may be missing, but their wit isn't

  • Culture

    November 2, 2000

    What, Them Worry?

    As Mad celebrates its 400th issue, its editors wonder how to stay funny in a world gone mad

  • Calendar

    April 6, 2000

    Section-al harassment

    Who's improv bit is it anyway?

  • Culture

    February 3, 2000

    Girls, girls, girls

    The Kids (in the Hall) are still quite all right

  • Film

    March 6, 1997

    Amateur hour

    Standing center stage, Guffman salutes and satirizes small-town America

  • Calendar

    February 27, 1997

    Events for the week

    Standing center stage, Guffman salutes and satirizes small-town America

  • Calendar

    July 11, 1996

    Events for the week

    Standing center stage, Guffman salutes and satirizes small-town America

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