Shannon Cason joins the Paper Machete.
JIMMY DORE
IKE HOLTER AND MARY WILLIAMSON
KEVIN SCIRETTA
JULIA WEISS
Cabaret music by BILL LARKIN
Plus CHAD THE BIRD and special musical guests THE KICKBACK!
3 P.M. at the GREEN MILL in Uptown, FREE!
6/15 Lineup
JIMMY DORE
IKE HOLTER AND MARY WILLIAMSON
KEVIN SCIRETTA
JULIA WEISS
Cabaret music by BILL LARKIN
The Paper Machete 6/8 Lineup
The Noise FM rocks this week’s Paper Machete!
COLLEEN DOYLE (Machete staff writer)
NATALIE JOSE (Chicago stand-up)
THEA LUX (Machete staff writer)
WHET MOSER (Chicago Magazine)
WHIT NELSON (The New Colony)
CARLY OISHI (Solo in the Second City)
Plus CHAD THE BIRD, cabaret music by folk artist MICHELE MCGUIRE and special musical guests THE NOISE FM
3 p.m. at the GREEN MILL in Uptown, FREE!
6/1 Lineup: Summer Kickoff Edition
Chris Doucette
LISA BUSCANI
CHRIS DOUCETTE
BRAD EINSTEIN
CLAIRE MULANEY AND JO SCOTT
CLAIRE ZULKEY
Plus cabaret music by GLAD FANNY and special musical guests SOFTWARE GIANT
3 p.m. at the GREEN MILL in Uptown, Free!
5/25 Lineup – Farewell To Spring Edition
Mary Fons joins the Spring Farewell edition of the Paper Machete
ROSS BENNETT (Renowned stand-up)
MARY FONS (Neo-Futurist)
CHRIS HAUSER (ComedySportz’s Talk Hard)
MEGAN JOHNS (The Annoyance)
RACHAEL MASON (Second City)
PATRICK ROWLAND (Barack All Night)
Plus CHAD THE BIRD and special musical guests MUTTS
3 p.m. at the GREEN MILL in Uptown, FREE!
5/18 Lineup
Jen Bosworth joins this week’s Machete.
STEPHANIE DOUGLASS
CALVIN EVANS
BOAZ REISMAN
DR. BILL SAVAGE
Plus magic by the House Theatre’s DENNIS WATKINS, CHAD THE BIRD, cabaret music by JESS GODWIN and special musical guests BAD BAD MEOW!
3 PM at the GREEN MILL in Uptown, free!
5/11 Lineup: Mother’s Day Edition w/ Special Guest, SNL’s JULIA SWEENEY
Mother’s Day edition with special guest SNL’s JULIA SWEENEY
BRENDAN DOWLING AND TIM SNIFFEN (Improvised Shakespeare and Second City)
BRAD EINSTEIN AND JULIA WEISS (as the Interrupting a–holes!)
IKE HOLTER (Playwright, Hit the Wall)
ALI KLINGLER (Machete Co-founder)
WENDY MATEO (The Playground)
AEMILIA SCOTT (Machete Staff Writer)
Cabaret artists FACES FOR RADIO and special musical guests BAILIFF!
3 p.m. at the GREEN MILL in Uptown, free!
It’s Back!…THE MASH (June 5)
It’s back: THE MASH, the Paper Machete’s new open-mic/incubator series.
Have you ever wanted to write a Paper Machete-style essay? Now’s your chance! Take to the microphone with our new open mic series THE MASH.
Just show up with a 1000-word essay on a current event or pop culture item. (Make sure you don’t use any first-person prose; no I/me/my allowed!)
Horseshoe – 4115 N Lincoln Ave
June 5
8PM
Free
Don’t miss this great opportunity to try out our unique form of journalistic spoken word! First Wednesday of the month, show up, sign up and be ready to rock at 8 p.m.
“May The Fourth” (5/4) Lineup
Writer/Author/Funny Man James Finn Garner
JC AEVALIOTIS (Second Story)
JAMES FINN GARNER (Politically Incorrect Fairy Tales)
TAWNY NEWSOME AND KATIE RICH (Second City)
EMILY ROSE (Mental Graffiti)
STEPHANIE SHAW (Boygirlboygirl)
SAM WEINER (The Onion)
Plus CHAD THE BIRD, cabaret artist PHILLIP-MICHAEL SCALES and specail musical guests CALIFORNIA WIVES
3 p.m. at the Green Mill, free!
