Second City’s holiday shows The award-winning Second City sketch and improv company has a trio of interactive, laugh-out-loud performances that, over the years, have become a can’t-miss part of the city’s holiday traditions. These shows run through Jan. 1. What the Elf? Running Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 7 p.m. It’s just not ...

By Trent Modglin Q: What do you like best about a comic’s life in Chicago and Rosemont? A: Chicago is the heart of the Midwest, and being in the middle, we get to experience everyone that comes to visit from around the globe without the attitude and the self absorption of New York or Los Angeles. ...

By Trent Modglin Shedd Aquarium’s Shark Feeding Tour The daily aquatic presentations in the Shedd’s oceanarium — with beluga whales, sea lions and dolphins serving as the stars of the show — will delight the whole family. But that’s just the start, as the Shedd offers up-close, unforgettable encounters with 32,000 animals from aquatic environments around the ...

By Trent Modglin A self-proclaimed lover of Cheese Whiz and frosting (but then, who isn’t?), comedian Kelsie Huff is definitely all-Chicago. A graduate of Columbia College, she studied comedy at iO, Second City and The Annoyance Theatre, has created her own shows and is a regular performer at nearby Zanies, as well as various comedy ...