Huff Andrew - Tuesday Funk

Meet the Readers: Andrew Huff

Andrew Huff has been a PR professional, a journalist, the editor and publisher of Gapers Block, a professional blogger for a ghost hunter "reality" show, and host of 20x2 Chicago, a show in which 20 interesting people have two minutes each to answer one question. He's

Readings Reading #154

Tuesday Funk #154 - January 7, 2025

Start the new year off with some great live lit! Chicago's favorite eclectic monthly reading series returns to the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf on Tuesday, Jan. 7, with stories and readings by James Gordon, Andrew Huff, Kathryn Kruse, Mare Swallow and Michelle Young! Hosted as always by Andrew

Participants Nighthawk Chicago

Meet Our Readers: Andrew Huff

Andrew Huff has been a PR professional, a journalist, the editor and publisher of Gapers Block, a professional blogger for a ghost hunter "reality" show, and host of 20x2 Chicago, a show in which 20 interesting people have two minutes each to answer one question. He's

Readings Nighthawk Chicago

Tuesday Funk is BACK (for one show only)!

We hope to get back to Hopleaf really really soon, but until then, we have a SPECIAL show for you on Tuesday, October 11! It will be outdoors on the patio at Nighthawk Chicago (4744 N. Kimball), and will feature your co-hosts Andrew Huff & Eden Robins, Anne K. Yoder,

Participants Reading #131

Meet Our Readers: Andrew Huff

In the 20-some years since he graduated college, Andrew Huff has been a public relations professional, a journalist, the editor and publisher of Gapers Block (a Chicago-centric online magazine that ran for 13 years), a professional blogger for corporate clients, and host of 20x2 Chicago, a show in which 20

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Haiku for August 2019

Cohost Andrew Huff read just three topical haiku at our 130th show, but they were enough to capture the month behind us. The alligator explores its strange new waters: Humboldt Park lagoon. Thirty to fifty feral hogs, bloodthirsty for my small kids at play. Toni Morrison, for revealing untold truths,

Readings Reading #131

Tuesday Funk #131: Sept. 3, 2019

Summer's end approaches, but before it's officially over, Tuesday Funk will return to the upstairs bar at Hopleaf for one more show. Join us Tuesday, Sept. 3 for readings by Kate Harding, Tony Breed, Tiffany Gholar, Edward Moses and cohost Andrew Huff! As always, admission to

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Topical Haiku for June 2019

Cohost Andrew Huff read a quartet of his trademark topical haiku at our show on June 4, 2019. Hair always looks worst the week before a haircut -- and best the day of. If Trump's trade tariffs don't destroy Midwest farmers, maybe the floods will. New

Poetry Haiku by Andrew

Topical Haiku for April 2019

The runoff election was weighing on cohost Andrew Huff ahead of our April show, which happened to fall on election night. Mayor Preckwinkle after today's election. Or Mayor Lightfoot. Either one will be Chicago's first black woman to become mayor. The question remains: will she be

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March 2019 Haiku

The 125th episode of Tuesday Funk happened to fall on Mardi Gras, and cohost Andrew Huff took that as inspiration for a couple of his topical haiku for the month. Mardi Gras today! Laissez les bon temps rouller! Lent starts tomorrow. What would you give up? Me, a 40-day diet.

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Fresh, Cold Haiku

Recent extreme weather was on cohost Andrew Huff's mind as he wrote his haiku for our February 5, 2019 show. Thank you for coming despite both an ice storm and State of the Union. Do cold toilet seats sting less if your butt is already cold? Seventy degrees

Debriefings Reading #124

February 2019 Debrief

February showed its teeth on the night of the first Tuesday Funk in 2019 (we took January off because the first Tuesday of the month was the first of the year, remember?), with a warning of freezing rain rattling the city. The freezing rain didn't arrive in Andersonville

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Haiku for a Cold December

Tuesday Funk cohost Andrew Huff read a few of his patented topical haiku at our December show. Trump is "Tariff Man," erasing stock market gains super-villain style. Winter has arrived on ragged wings: cold, spiteful, fall warmth forgotten. Holidays approach, critics' best-of-the-year lists dropping like snowflakes. Time

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Andrew's Haiku for November 2018

As fall entered its more wintry season, and as the tallies began to roll in on election night, Tuesday Funk cohost Andrew Huff shared these topical haiku. If you did not vote, you do not get to complain. You are self-silenced. Anger and despair take equal space in my mind

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Headache Haiku

Tuesday Funk cohost Andrew Huff had a headache that was going on two days when we got together on Oct. 2, and it made its presence known in his topical haiku. What is there to do when your head aches for two days and your brain is fuzz? It'

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Haiku for September, 2018

August's hot, sultry weather weighed heavily on cohost Andrew Huff's mind (and body) at the 120th episode of Tuesday Funk. Right place at right time for a free beer to make the whiskey taste sweeter. Languid summer night. So hot the cat will not chase a

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A Haiku Tribute

Cohost Andrew Huff's grandmother passed away in May at 97. His haiku at the June show were a remembrance of her. My grandmother died having lived in two countries: Italy and here. She immigrated at 8, speaking no English, to near Taylor Street. No one in her class

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Andrew's Haiku for May 2018

Spring was in the air and on cohost Andrew Huff's mind (among other things) at our May 1 show. Seventy degrees is most welcome in April and late October. Spring in Chicago, and cats wait patiently for windows to open. Bill Cosby was brought to justice after decades

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Andrew's Haiku for April 2018

Cohost Andrew Huff gave us five topical haiku on April 3, 2018. Spring in Chicago. Don't like the weather? Just wait. It will change again. Loyola Ramblers reminded Chicagoans how school spirit looks. When the internet is vital to normal life, who runs the country? Easter, Passover April

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Andrew's Haiku for March

Cohost Andrew Huff read a few haiku at the March episode of Tuesday Funk. Neither snow nor rain nor dark of night will deter our president's tweets. My first phone number: 438-8873. Do you recall yours? It is hard to have Mardi Gras followed closely by Valentine'

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Andrew's Haiku for February

Cohost Andrew Huff read just a couple of haiku at the 113th edition of Tuesday Funk. In February, resolutions take root, or fall in flurries. It's so annoying to be stood up by a friend. Please be courteous. Falcon Heavy flew to space and back, carrying Tesla branded

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Haiku for a New Year

At the 112th episode of Tuesday Funk, cohost Andrew Huff read a couple of his signature topical haiku. Last year I promised no haiku about Donald. Now all bets are off. Polar Plunge canceled due to record-breaking cold. Keep your clothes on, kids. Dry air and knit caps mean styling

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Haiku for October 2017

Tuesday Funk cohost Andrew Huff read a couple of quick haiku at the Andersonville Arts Week edition of the show. Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens. We are failing Americans. Unexpected stain: Where did this spot come from? Was it last night's meal? Autumn leaves clog drains, turning

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Andrew's Haiku for September, 2017

Cohost Andrew Huff had just a couple haiku for us this month. But they spoke well and succinctly to the topics of the previous couple weeks. Familial dread: Relative's email starts with: Eff Double-You Dee. Labor Day arrived, summer and autumn looked up, hugged, and switched seats. Wildfires

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August 2017's Haiku by Andrew

Cohost Andrew Huff's patented topical haiku reflected the weird summer Chicago's been experiencing and his recent trip to New York. Beautiful weather always makes me suspicious of what is coming. Chicago may be second city to New York, but we have alleys. Dodging mattresses, boxes and