The Authentic Comedic Voice: A Week in Partnership with the National Comedy Center

Former ‘New Yorker’ cartoon editor Bob Mankoff draws on career to talk visual humor

by Nick Danlag on July 30, 2021

NICK DANLAG - STAFF WRITER Bob Mankoff, former cartoon editor for the New Yorker, gives a morning lecture about his life and career as a cartoonist Wednesday July 29, 2021 in the Amphitheater. KRISTEN TRIPLETT/STAFF

‘NYT’ bestseller Fredrik Backman brings humor of ‘Anxious People’ to CLSC presentation

by Sarah Vest on July 29, 2021

SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Backman There are many ways to explore the nature of humanity. Fredrik Backman — Week

Yes, And Laughter Lab co-founder Caty Borum Chattoo talks science, impact of comedy

by Nick Danlag on July 29, 2021

NICK DANLAG - STAFF WRITER Caty Borum Chattoo, co-director of The Yes, And Laughter Lab and executive director of American

Celebrated ‘New Yorker’ cartoon editor Mankoff to reflect on career, what makes good jokes for CLS

by Laura Philion on July 29, 2021

LAURA PHILION - COPY & DIGITAL EDITOR Mankoff Bob Mankoff spent 2020 like the rest of us — locked down,

Laughter Lab co-founder Caty Borum Chattoo to explore comedy’s social impact

by Sara Toth on July 28, 2021

SARA TOTH - EDITOR Borum Chattoo Caty Borum Chattoo is not a comedian — but, she said, she was a

NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans charts Black representation in TV through decades

by Nick Danlag on July 28, 2021

NICK DANLAG - STAFF WRITER NPR TV critic Eric Deggans talks about the evolution of Black comedy during his morning lecture Tuesday in the Amphitheater. KRISTEN TRIPLETT/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Eric Deggans admits he has a cool

Week Five Letter from the President

by Michael E. Hill on July 23, 2021

COLUMN BY MICHAEL E. HILL Knock, knock. Who’s there? You are! OK, so clearly I’m not the one to author

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