I live in rural Maine where I co-founded an organization working with teachers around the globe to advance humane education, a field that prepares people to create a more just and peaceful future.

Dozens of comedians will take the stage during the 12th annual SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival, a two-day event that brings together professionals, amateurs and even newcomers for hours of fun.

Comedian Tim Meadows has always pursued comedy for the love of the game. And growing up in Detroit, the comedy scene was scarce. He performed with an improv group at the now-demolished ...

The business of comedy has come a long way since the late Budd Friedman opened New York’s 50-seat Improvisation at 44th Street and 9th Avenue in 1963 on the site of a defunct Vietnamese restaurant. It ...

There’s something to be said about aging gracefully, but after 60 years, it’s not a huge concern for the chain of Improv comedy clubs. Rather than searching for the fountain of youth, the management ...

A round-up of upcoming entertainment events, such as concerts, plays, music in the park, author events in the Brainerd lakes area.

If you need a laugh, you’re going to have to look somewhere besides the San Jose Improv for a while. The comedy club, which has called downtown’s historic Jose Theatre home since 2001, is going dark ...

If there was an institution that could be considered a factory for churning out talented improvisational comedy performers, it would the Chicago-based theater Second City. If you’ve watched a hit ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Improv, the famed stand-up comedy club chain dating back to the 1960s, has returned to its roots with a new club in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, marking its 25th U.S. location. The move ...

Budd Friedman, who earned the nickname the godfather of comedy by founding and expanding one of the most prominent comedy club franchises in the United States, has died. He was 90. Friedman’s wife, ...

Comedians thrive off a crowd's reactions, and improvisational comedy is nearly impossible without live audience feedback. With COVID-19 closures and safety considerations in recent months, improv ...

Budd Friedman, a Broadway producer and founder of the iconic Improv Comedy Club franchise, has died. He was 90. Friedman died Saturday, Cesar Blancarte of Levity Live confirmed to USA TODAY Monday.