Jeff Tweedy, Steve Albini with Nate Silver, Kim Deal & more @ The Second City’s Letters to Santa Benefit
The Second City are gearing up for their annual Letters to Santa Benefit, which will be taking place at their home base from December 18-19. Folks like Jeff Tweedy, Steve Albini with Nate Silver, Kim Deal (The Breeders are working on a reissue package and tour), Fred Armisen, and more are set to participate in the 24-hour improv comedy and music event. There will also be some great auction items up for grabs, including a private living room show from Jeff Tweedy and tickets to Saturday Night Live. Tickets for the all ages event will be for sale at the door starting at 6PM on December 18. Letters to Santa will also be streaming live, for free via both their website and Gigity.TV.
Check out the full schedule of events (with set times) below...
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Letters to Santa Benefit 2012
December 18
06:00PM guest improviser OLIVIA WILDE
07:00PM Skyping from Dublin GLEN HANSARD
09:00PM JEFF TWEEDY
10:00PM JEFF TWEEDY LIVING ROOM CONCERT AUCTION
11:00PM guest improviser FRED SCHNEIDER
December 19
12:00AM KIM DEAL
01:30AM guest comedian FRED ARMISEN
02:30AM JC BROOKS & THE UPTOWN SOUND with FRED ARMISEN
04:30AM MIKE KOSINSKI
05:00AM TBA
07:00AM BONNIE PRINCE BILLY
10:00AM STEVE ALBINI interviews NATE SILVER
12:00PM JENNY GILLESPIE
02:00PM ROBBIE FULKS
04:30PM THE BLISTERS
Featured Improvisers
RYAN ARCHIBALD
EMILY CANDINI
DINA FACKLIS
SUE GILLAN
SCOTT GOLDSTEIN
BEAU GOLWITZER
SHELLY GOSSMAN (SULLIVAN & SON/ EX-SNL WRITER)
PAUL GRONDY
MIKE KOSINISKI
TJ JAGODOWSKI
BRENDAN JENNINGS
MICHAEL PATRICK O'BRIEN (7 MINUTES OF HEAVEN/ SNL WRITER)
SAM RICHARDSON
TIM ROBINSON (SNL)
REBECCA SOHN
RICH SOHN
FRED ARMISEN (SNL)
SUDEIKIS & WILDE featuring JASON SUDEIKIS & OLIVIA WILDE