Tiny Sturgess and Flight Time Lang of the Harlem Globetrotters clown around with a basketball. The comedy basketball team comes to the Allstate Arena in Rosemont for two games on Friday, Dec. 28.

Comedian Hannibal Buress plays weekend engagements at Zanies locations in St. Charles, Rosemont and Chicago.

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A youth and volunteer cut into the Yule Log during last year's Hunt for the Yule Log at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle.

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Under the Streetlamp plays engagements at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan and the Paramount Theatre in Aurora.

DuPage Children's Museum's Bubble Bash Celebration takes place this year at North Central College's Wentz Concert Hall in Naperville.

WGN-TV sports newscaster Pat Tomasulo teams with Ana Belaval and Mike Toomey for New Year's Eve performances of The Chicago Comedy Tour at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights.

Katie Dufresne and Stacey Smith make up the sketch comedy duo Snooty Pageant, which performs at the 12th Annual Sketch Comedy Festival in Chicago.