Julia Sweeney

What's on these authors' summer 2011 reading list

2011-05-22 00:00:00

Here at Book Review, we know what looked good to us on the summer bookshelves, but we couldn't help but wonder what some of our favorite authors were looking forward to tossing in their travel bag or bringing out to the backyard or the beach for one of...

Theater review: 'Groundlings Singles Cruise' at the Groundlings Theater

2011-03-10 16:33:01

'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,' Sarah Silverman, and 'Family Guy' stand up for Haiti

2010-02-12 16:35:05

Truth, and other overrated ideas

2005-11-20 00:00:00

When I was a kid, I lied a lot. Lying, for me, was easier than learning to tie my shoes. I could tell lies like my best friend, Dave, could eat French fries — by the fistful. When I was in junior high school, I used to cut class and take the bus...

'Saturday Night Live''s Julia Sweeney, Jill Sobule Slated For Twain House

2013-02-22 10:01:00

"Saturday Night Live"'s Julia Sweeney and singer-songwriter Jill Sobule will team up for "Jill and Julia," a show set for the Mark Twain House & Museum on Saturday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. Sweeney began her performing career with the comedy troupe The...

What to read in 2013

2013-01-04 16:33:00

January Insane City by Dave Barry (Putnam) The Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist's first solo adult novel in more than a decade is a typically absurdist comic story about everything — and then some — that goes wrong for Seth and his friends en...

Current events, culture and all that jazz

2012-11-29 14:43:00

Can a live lit show about all things current find happiness in a jazz club steeped in a century of history? That’s what Christopher Piatt aims to find out this weekend as he moves The Paper Machete to the storied music club. Piatt, a former Time...

Advice for approaching DVD kiosk

2012-12-20 14:54:00

As a relatively broke college student, Chicago-based writer Rob Christopher didn't have the cash to rent movies from a video store. Instead, he sought out his local library and discovered not only a repository of films vast enough to satisfy his tastes...

The S is for salon

2011-12-06 00:00:00

Former SNL stars perform in intimate local settings

2011-12-06 06:50:00

Getting to cover Julia Sweeney and Nora Dunn working out new material in intimate settings over the weekend was a treat. Sweeney's readings at the Evanston club Space actually have been open to the public, so $5 and knowledge that the presentation started...

Sighting: Emmy Rossum at Meli Cafe, Vintage Underground, Penelope's

2011-01-26 04:33:06

Lakeshore Theater is closing April 10

2010-04-01 21:32:31

Julia Sweeney and Jill Sobule to perform at Hartford's Mark Twain House & Museum

2013-02-22 10:04:00

UGLY: Julia Sweeney's androgynous character was irritating enough on TV, so when she/he/it came to the big screen, the experience was nightmarish. Critics balked, and audiences stayed away in droves.

2012-07-06 11:10:00

Scorekeeper Carl Kasell (from left) and host Peter Sagal watch the banter between panelists Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber and Julia Sweeney .

2009-07-09 00:00:00