The North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival continues this weekend with Sketch Week, featuring performances from more than a dozen comedy groups both homegrown and imported.

Mike Birbiglia can really tell a story. A ridiculously busy comedian, writer and actor, Birbiglia specializes in a storytelling style of comedy reminiscent of old-school performers like Bill Cosby.

There was the good and bad of online dating for Andy Woodhull. The latter for the Chicago-based comic was the blatant fraud he encountered while attempting to find the woman of his dreams via the Internet.

From the Children's Celebration to the "La Grand Roue de Paris," aka the Ferris wheel, here's your guide to what to expect and tips on how to make it a great time when you head downtown Saturday.

Life as a math professor didn't add up for John Betz Jr. Sure, humor helped spice up the dry world of numbers, but while toiling as an instructor in Washington, D.C., Betz came to terms with the reality that teaching math was a job and stand-up comedy is his passion.

Loni Love has experienced two different lives. She worked on the General Motors assembly line in Detroit and toiled as an engineer at Xerox in California during the '90s.

Christina Wang has her date-night routine down pat: She combs her hair, fixes her makeup and then checks her phone, hoping to find Mr. Right, who might just happen to be nearby, right now.

Amy Sedaris has amassed one of the quirkiest resumes in the movie business, typically showing up in some sort of oddball cameo role. That goes for her latest big-screen appearance, although it's in voice only.

This Monday means Halloween on Franklin Street; the party where many students dress in costume, enjoy libations and take to the streets in throngs.

Comedian Louis C.K., performing tonight at the Durham Performing Arts Center, is finally getting his props. Thanks to the success of his FX comedy series, "Louie," the veteran comic's mainstream popularity is finally catching up with longtime critical acclaim.

Winnipeg, Canada's, popular folk combo the Duhks may not fly as often as they once did. But when they do get off the ground, they soar.

When Scott Thompson and Kevin McDonald of Kids in the Hall Fame take the stage for their "Two Kids, One Hall" show, expect plenty of provocative, unpredictable comedy.

The Cat's Cradle music club will celebrate a major renovation with a free show by The Old Ceremony and special guests The Tomahawks at 9 p.m. Thursday.

When Cole Harper was home in St. Louis on breaks from the University of Missouri-Columbia, he and his buddies discovered the bar-hopper's Goldilocks paradox: The places they stopped in were often too empty or too crowded, but none seemed just right.

It doesn't take much for Tig Notaro (best-known for her recurrent role as "Officer Tig" on Comedy Central's "The Sarah Silverman Program") to come up with material.