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Get Schooled in Comedy

Learn to be funny at Laughing Skull Lounge on Peachtree Street.

Think you’re a hoot (or long to be)? Polish your joke-telling skills with Comedy 101 classes at Laughing Skull Lounge. The bi-monthly, five-session workshop is designed to help anyone 18 or older explore what it means to be “funny.” The course covers the basics of writing and performing jokes, and the lounge provides a stage for initial performances. Classes are taught by comedy veterans Marshall Chiles and Kenney Johnson. Chiles is the owner of two comedy clubs: Laughing Skull Lounge (located in Vortex Bar & Grill) and Funny Farm Comedy Club (in Roswell). He also is the creator and producer of Laughing Skull Comedy Festival. “It’s the only comedy class in Atlanta that you’re on stage at a real club from day one,” said Chiles — and not …

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Comedian Cho sure to sell out Ferst Center

Tickets to her Feb. 19 show on the Georgia Tech campus are flying.

Only a few dozen tickets remain for actress/comedian Margaret Cho's standup show Saturday, Feb. 19 show at Georgia Tech's Ferst Center of the Arts. Available tickets cost $43 and $53 and can be purchased online here. The Ferst Center just announced the show on Monday, and tickets are already selling quickly. Cho, who lives in Peachtree City when she's working on the Lifetime series "Drop Dead Diva," is known for her raunchy and insightful humor and her advocacy work in the LGBT community. Her latest album, "Cho Dependent," includes this superhero collaboration with Ani DiFranco. Comedian John Roberts -- who has posted videos on YouTube of his signature character, a boofy-haired mom -- kicks off the show at 8 p.m.

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