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Music, Gossip Wolf, Apr 26, 2012
Gossip Wolf: The Promise makes good

Producer Mulatto Patriot and MC Squair Blaq finally drop The New Deal. Plus: A new variety show at Saki and a birthday party for half of Football
- by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Mulatto Patriot, MC Squair Blaq, Psalm One, Pugs Adamz, Creative Control, Joe McAdam, Cameron Esposito, Mannequin Men, Football, Saki

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Performing Arts, Culture Vultures, Feb 16, 2012
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This week's Culture Vultures recommend . . .

Patsy Cline cover band Weepin' Willows, ComJourn.com, Destruction Myth
- by Joey Jachowski and Drew Hunt
- Tags: Culture Vultures, Cameron Esposito, Andy Keil, Ever Mainard, Weepin' Willows, comjourn. com, Destruction Myth

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Performing Arts, Performing Arts Feature, Sep 15, 2011
Accidental comic

Adam Burke didn't mean to become a comedian, but it's working out pretty well
- by Brian Costello
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Adam Burke, stand-up, comedy, Spike Mulligan, Bill Hicks, Kiss Kiss Cabaret, Greenhouse Theater, Chicago Social, Hug City, Speak Easy, Cole's Bar, Cameron Esposito

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Performing Arts, Comedy Critic's Choice, Jun 30, 2011
ComedySportz celebrates the Fourth with Stand-up for America!
- by Brian Costello
- Tags: Comedy Critic's Choice, ComedySportz, Stand-up for America!, Jamie Campbell, Lisa Laureta, Chad Briggs, Cameron Esposito, Kelsie Huff

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Music, Nightlife, Jun 16, 2011
Nightcrawler: Cameron Esposito

The comedienne and ringmaster for El Circo Cheapo Cabaret takes us behind the scenes of her Friday night
- Tags: Nightlife, Cameron Esposito, El Circo Cheapo Cabaret, Feminine Comique, Metro, Alien Queen, Battlestar Fantastica, Jyldo, Pick Me Up Cafe, Second City Skybox, Second City

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Performing Arts, Performing Arts Feature, Jun 9, 2011
When Lyons roared

The open mike where Chicago comedians learned to kill.
- by Steve Heisler
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, comedy, Lyons Den, Joe Tozer, Tim Adamz, Jeff Carpenter, Three-Ring Comedy Circus, Jeff Klinger, Dan Kaufman, John Roy, T.J. Miller, Matt Braunger, Kyle Kinane, Kumail Nanjani, Deon Cole, Hannibal Buress, Pete Holmes, Tommy Mayo, Emily Dorezas, Dave Odd, Edge Comedy, Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, Red Lion Pub, Thomas Lawler, Mark Geary, Pat Brice, Mark Bridenstine, Bill O'Donnell, Jason Fever, Nick Vatterott, Brady Novak, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, George Carlin, John Roy, Globe Pub, Steve O. Harvey, the Elevated, Lincoln Lodge, Chicago Underground Comedy, Comedians You Should Know, Red Bar Comedy Club, Entertaining Julia, Riot Comedy, Cameron Esposito, Adam Burke, Zanies, Jokes & Notes, Lakeshore Theater, Laugh Factory, Second City, Levity Entertainment, Piper's Alley, Prescott Tolk, James Fritz, Junion Stopka, Beth Stelling, Chris Ritter, Dan Telfer, The Globe Pub

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Arts & Culture, Culture Vultures Slideshow, Apr 28, 2011
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Culture Vultures

Why is stand-up comedian Cameron Esposito taking advice from David Sedaris? And a local entrepreneur recommends Second City's take on lame gifts.
- by Lauri Apple
- Tags: Culture Vultures Slideshow, Ethan Austin, GiveForward, Second City, A Good Old-Fashioned Mix of This and That, Barbara Koenen, Chicago Artists Resource, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, James Gleick, Cameron Esposito, David Sedaris, Todias Wolff, Winifred Haun, Winifred Haun & Dancers, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ken Saunders, Ken Saunders Gallery, Susan Phillipsz, Museum of Contemporary Art, Slideshow

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 20, 2010
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Fish Out of Water DVD release party

Fish Out of Water, Ky Dickens, Vanderbilt, bible, coming out, sorority, documentary, DVD, First Run Features, Lincoln Hall, JC Brooks, Cameron Esposito, Kristen Kaza, Kaki King, Rita J, Lady Tajima Hall, Erik Roldan, Butch Cassidy.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: LGBT, Film, Music, Comedy, JC Brooks, Cameron Esposito, Ky Dickens, Fish Out of Water, documentaries, homesexuality, The Bible, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 19, 2010
4/19 — "Essay Fiesta" Reading Free at the Book Cellar

The Book Cellar hosts free reading Essay Fiesta at 7 PM on Mon 4/19.
- by Sam Worley
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Free Shit, Other Stuff, Apropos of Nothing, Swag, Books, Book Cellar, Howard Brown Health Center, Essay Fiesta, Cameron Esposito, Rebecca Rhine-Stone, Bryan Bowden, Jim Pickett, William Shunn, free readings

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 31, 2009
Women in Comedy I: Stand-up
- by Ryan Hubbard
- Tags: Onstage, Performing Arts, Comedy, Arts, Zanies, Zanies St. Charles, Pheasant Run Resort, Jokes & Notes, Hamburger Mary's, Mary's Attic, the Improv, iO, Patti Vasquez, Vanessa Fraction, Cameron Esposito, Mary Lindsey, Cyndi Neslon, Stefani Jerard, women in comedy, female comedians, female stand-ups, Just for Laughs Chicago

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Caitlin Bergh's journey from Catholic to comic

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The comic excels at kamikaze relationship advice

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What's on the Agenda for Thursday, December 20, 2012

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An interview with comedian Beth Stelling about her return to Chicago to record her debut album

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Producer Mulatto Patriot and MC Squair Blaq finally drop The New Deal. Plus: A new variety show at Saki and a birthday party for half of Football

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Patsy Cline cover band Weepin' Willows, ComJourn.com, Destruction Myth

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Adam Burke didn't mean to become a comedian, but it's working out pretty well

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The comedienne and ringmaster for El Circo Cheapo Cabaret takes us behind the scenes of her Friday night

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The open mike where Chicago comedians learned to kill.

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Why is stand-up comedian Cameron Esposito taking advice from David Sedaris? And a local entrepreneur recommends Second City's take on lame gifts.

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Fish Out of Water, Ky Dickens, Vanderbilt, bible, coming out, sorority, documentary, DVD, First Run Features, Lincoln Hall, JC Brooks, Cameron Esposito, Kristen Kaza, Kaki King, Rita J, Lady Tajima Hall, Erik Roldan, Butch Cassidy.

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The Book Cellar hosts free reading Essay Fiesta at 7 PM on Mon 4/19.

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