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<p>Entries from April 1, 2010 - April 30, 2010</p>
<p>Friday Apr 30 2010  Low Key</p>
<p>Friday, April 30, 2010 at 7:13PM</p>
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<p>The Apiary | Post a Comment tagged Low Key , andy ross in Low Key Friday Apr 30 2010  GIVEAWAY | Myq Kaplan - Vegan Mind Meld</p>
<p>Friday, April 30, 2010 at 3:32PM Are you ready to win something?? Imagine we are Oprah and you are you, and you're shrieking because you just won Myq Kaplan's new CD, Vegan Mind Meld, available now from Live at Comix. omg!</p>
<p>The Comedians magazine calls Myq Kaplan "a comedy machine, in the best possible way. The way that some machines vend soda or prevent other machines from killing future revolutionaries... that's how Myq Kaplan does comedy: relentlessly, methodically, unblinkingly." Myq recently made his television debut on The Tonight Show and won The Emerging Comic Award at this year's ECNY Awards. His half-hour Comedy Central Presents special airs TONIGHT at 11:30 PM.</p>
<p>According to his bio, "Myq enjoys words, social justice, Netflix, and comic books. Also non-comic books, ping-pong, and being great with women. And grammar and run-on sentence fragments. And of course, being hilarious to his demographic, which is anyone who might know the word demographic."</p>
<p>Myq Kaplan - Vegan Mind Meld</p>
<p>HOW TO BE A WINNER - TWEET 2 WIN</p>
<p>1) Create a Twitter update that says something like "@theapiary is giving away Myq Kaplan's Vegan Mind Meld CD. http://bit.ly/ccJpRz I wanna win it!"</p>
<p>2) Send that tweet by the end of this weekend, Sunday at MIDNIGHT (5/2).</p>
<p>3) TWO twitterers who successfully do this will be randomly selected to receive Myq's CD! We'll contact you on Monday if you're one of them. Be sure to check back every Friday for new giveaways and promotions.</p>
<p>The Apiary | Post a Comment tagged Myq Kaplan , Vegan Mind Meld in Giveaways Friday Apr 30 2010  Stand Up For Diversity and Step Away From Detours</p>
<p>Friday, April 30, 2010 at 1:25PM We got this email today from a company called Gotcast which says they're holding online auditions on behalf of NBC:</p>
<p>> The NBC Universal Talent Diversity Initiative is currently searching the country for comedians from diverse backgrounds. The Stand-Up for Diversity program has helped launch many comedians’ careers through industry showcases and nation-wide events.</p>
<p>Full details of the talent search can be found at: _____</p>
<p>The Stand-Up for Diversity program has helped launch many comedians’ careers through industry showcases and nation-wide events. All Top50 eligible most-voted member videos will be submitted to NBC for review, and at least one person will be selected for a live interview.</p>
<p>Guess you upload a video and get your friends to vote on you and then you win a chance to audition or something. We were about to post the info as-is, but it seemed a little weird so we typed 'gotcast' into Google and saw the following condemnation before we finished keystrokin':</p>
<p>Suddenly this Gotcast site is reminding us of a pickled beet and goat cheese terrine, aka something you should keep far away from. The NBC Universal Diversity Talent Initiative is a real thing though and Stand-Up for Diversity is legit--live auditions are being held this summer in New York, San Antonio and San Francisco. Not online.</p>
<p>The official NBC Talent Universal Initiative site, DiverseCity NBC, gives some sage advice to people who are curious about auditioning for Stand Up for Diversity or anything else:</p>
<p>> Usually your agent or manager will tell you about auditions. If you don't have one there are several places to find out about non-union as well as some union auditions: Backstage West, Breakdown Services - Actors Access, LAcasting.com, Nowcasting.com or the NBC Diverse City job board just to name a few. But be realistic about where you are in your career. If you do not have a SAG card, try going out on some non-union films and commercials to build that reel and those contacts. If you keep yourself working, the momentum will eventually build into better and better jobs.</p>
<p>The Apiary | 1 Comment | 3 References tagged Gotcast , NBC , Stand Up for Diversity , auditions in General Interest Friday Apr 30 2010  Chicago Checklist (The Improv Edition)</p>
<p>Friday, April 30, 2010 at 10:00AM Lots of news out of the Second City / iO camps this past week. Any eyewitnesses in these camps who want to throw us feature interviews, show recaps, show previews, behind-the-scenes gossip, photo essays, and et cetera, please do email.</p>
<p>--Time Out Chicago has a nice profile piece on the new blood at Second City, both at Mainstage and in the e.t.c. theater. Profiles include Tim Baltz, Allison Bills, Brendan Jennings, Sam Richardson, Tim Robinson, and Mary Sohn. In addition, e.t.c. opens their new revue, “The Absolute Best Friggin’ Time of Your Life” this Sunday, May 2.</p>
<p>--TOC also succinctly wrapped the 2010 Chicago Improv Festival.</p>
<p>--New Apiary pal Daniel Solzman has a fun interview with former Second City and Boom Chicago cast member Joe Canale over at his blog, Chicago Improv Celebrity News.</p>
<p>Joe Canale performs with Tim Meadows and Brad Morris at iO | Photo by Angela Manginelli --Solzman also alerts us to the All-Star Celebrity Jam for Charity month, beginning at midnight TONIGHT at iO. According to their recent missive: “iO has designated April 30th - May 28th as All-Star Celebrity Jam for Charity month. All month in the Jam slot (Fridays at midnight) we will have the most talented improvisers in the city, as well as local celebrities, performing short-form games and Jam favorites--all in the name of charity. The success of this event is dependent upon the improv community and its friends all over Chicagoland donating their time and talent to pack the house…Proceeds from the door as well as donations solicited during the show will go to Global Aid Network (www.globalaid.net) and will be used specifically to aid in relief efforts taking place in Haiti.”</p>
<p>Hey improv / sketch crew, what else is the haps? Tell us tell us tell us.</p>
<p>--Kristy Mangel</p>
<p>kristymangel | Post a Comment tagged chicago comedy , io chicago , joe canale , second city Friday Apr 30 2010  Chicago Checklist</p>
<p>Friday, April 30, 2010 at 10:00AM  CJ Sullivan and Sean Flannery, Visitors Locker Room --You have only a day or two to make your bets on the Derby, folks! Combine your gambling impulsion with a financial pledge to help get the Visitors’ Locker Room commercial airtime on the Glenn Beck show. Yes, for real. Your pledge will not only go towards a block of primetime for the comedy sports podcast, but will also be expertly bet on one of them horsies in the Derby this weekend. Read the full missive on the endeavor here.</p>
<p>--Details on headlining acts and events for JFL Chicago 2010 are beginning to emerge; Time Out Chicago and the Comics’ Comic Sean McCarthy are both gearing up for the big event.</p>
<p>Robert Hines --There’s a maybe-pseudo-secret offer going on right now, to get 10 free tickets to see Robert Hines TONIGHT and tomorrow, in addition to a free game of bowling, at the Diversey Rock n’ Bowl bowling alleys. Full details can be found here; other local favorites scheduled to perform include Drew Michael, Junior Stopka, Emily Lake, and CJ Toledano, according to our source.</p>
<p>--Local sketch group Octavarius is on a mission: to have the Oxford English Dictionary release “boner” as their esteemed Word of the Day. Campaign partners include Chemically Imbalanced Comedy, pH Productions, MISSION IMPROVable, Claymore Productions, Nothing Special Productions, CNGM Pictures, Hugs 'n Pull Ups, Improv Mafia, Sam Hill, Boom Boom Washington Accidental VJ and More Productions. Read more details and the full release here.</p>
<p>And to wrap up this wonderful Friday, watch as Paul Thomas delves into the complications and joys of human cloning:</p>
<p>My Monstrous Clone from Paul Thomas on Vimeo.</p>
<p>--Kristy Mangel</p>
<p>kristymangel | Post a Comment | 1 Reference tagged chicago comedy , jfl chicago , octavarius , pPaul Thomas , robert hines , visitors locker room Thursday Apr 29 2010  IMPROV TO GET EXCITED ABOUT</p>
<p>Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 11:01AM  Smirk will be among the 96 teams performing at Up the Creek Improv Camp | Photo: James Robilotta</p>
<p>GIVE ME BACK MY SON! For New York's indiest improv nerds, this weekend commemorates the third bi-annual "Up the Creek Improv Camp," also known as The Longest Three-Day Stretch of Driving Imaginary Cars and Digging Imaginary Holes With Imaginary Shovels. Hosted by The Creek and The Cave, the sweetest little duplex bar-performance space in Long Island City, the improv romp will feature 96 of New York's best and brightest indie teams (the generic term for an improv group that isn't affiliated with or hosted by any particular theater). As far as the festival goes -- think SXSW for long-form improv.</p>
<p>* Weekend Lineups: Friday | Saturday | Sunday</p>
<p>keithhuang | Post a Comment tagged Improv , The Creek in Improv Thursday Apr 29 2010  The CHI Hip Tip</p>
<p>Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 10:00AM WHEN: 8 p.m., TONIGHT</p>
<p>WHERE: Gorilla Tango Theatre, 1919 N. Milwaukee Ave. (corner of Milwaukee & Western), Chicago, $10; 2-for-1 tickets with Code Word "Hot Dog"</p>
<p>Stand-up comic Prescott Tolk, with a sheepish grin on his face and a boyish twinkle in his eye, delves into his sordid adolescent past in this one-man show, featuring interwoven tales of his times wrangling with the law and every authority figure he stumbles into while growing up. This show closes TONIGHT.</p>
<p>kristymangel | Post a Comment Wednesday Apr 28 2010  New Video Wednesday! Featuring The Groundlings, Justin and Alden, and Nimesh Patel</p>
<p>Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 6:23PM Model Behavior | The Groundlings - Fortune Feimster & Paula Christensen</p>
<p>The Webventures of Justin and Alden: Episode 1 | My Damn Channel</p>
<p>Stand Up Set | Nimesh Patel</p>
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