Becoming the Second City examines the development of Chicago's press and analyzes coverage of key events in its history to call attention to the media's impact

Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history–and the catalyst for a culture war that rocked the nation. O

Libera walks the reader through this collection of essays by providing a road map for understanding how the Second City method of improv-based comedy--studied b

Descriptions of Chicago's Second City comedy theater group as told to the author by troup members and historical information collected by the author.

Most people know The Second City as an innovative school for improvisation that has turned out leading talents such as Alan Arkin, Bill Murray, Stephen Colbert,