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Behind Scenes with Bill Zwecker: Warm up with comedy

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What a better way to get over #chiberia than a few laughs, says Bill Zwecker in this week’s edition of Behind the Scenes.

The Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival kicks off Thursday at Stage 773 in Lake View. If you miss it this weekend, the fun is back Jan. 16-19. If music warms your soul, try the Chicago Blues and Bluegrass Festival, happening at various venues this weekend (check out cbbfestival.com), or Jay-Z on Thursday at United Center. And don’t forget the King: Join others in celebrating Elvis on Thursday at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie. A hunk of burning love, indeed.

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