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The Associated Press scoured the bookshelves for standout 2025 releases to share the love of reading with your child, student or friend, and came up with this list.

Featuring a weekly rotation of stand-up comedy, improv troupes, storytelling and personal interviews with public figures, Monday Unscripted has something for everyone in CSPS Hall’s Black Box Theater.

Silly humor suffices for Dan Soder. The veteran stand-up comic, who will perform Thursday at the Englert Theatre, grew up in Colorado loving comics such as Robin Williams and Dana Carvey.

The Funniest Person in Iowa, an annual competition by The Lucky Cat Comedy, is building an underground comedy scene for relief of above-ground Iowans.

The idiosyncratic Mike Silverman will showcase his quirky tunes at Gabe's Saturday, Oct. 25, on his Moon Loops 5D Tour.

It takes considerable confidence to be a comedian. It takes guts to stand up in front of an audience to deliver personal material, and it helps if a humorist can be a fearless competitor, which describes Kelsey Cook.

Losing to a 12-year old ventriloquist on "America's Got Talent" sounds like a joke. Preacher Lawson, who will perform Sunday at the Paramount Theatre, has no problem cracking wise about how he was beaten by a prepubescent during the finals of "America's Got Talent" in 2017.

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The tour runs through Sept. 30 and features 45 bookstores across the state.

Veteran entertainment agent and manager Jeff Johnson was surfing online video when he hit upon a new venue for his clients: harassing golfers at corporate outings and charity benefits.