If you’re in the middle of a stressful week, think how good a tonic laughter will be on Friday evening. Be Berkeleyside’s guest at The Other Café Comedy Showcase at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse for three great, non-abusive stand-up comedians: Don Gavin, Will Durst and Geoff Bolt. We still have a limited number of free tickets available. Sign up for complimentary tickets here before you miss out.

Lance Knobel (Berkeleyside co-founder) has been a journalist for nearly 40 years. Much of his career was in business journalism. He was editor-in-chief of both Management Today, the leading business magazine...