Oxygen Network's Campus Ladies (produced by Cheryl Hines of Curb Your Enthusiasm) follows two middle-aged housewives who decide it's better to be freshmen at 40 than unhappy housewives forever. Not only do they go back to school, but they live in the dorms and do the whole "college scene"—that is, go to frat parties, play spin the bottle, experiment with weed and lesbianism, have one-night stands with graduate students and even get accused of date rape with roofies! Nothing to me is greater than female comedians who do not try to be sexy or attractive and just go for the true comedic talent. The funniest ladies in this world are the ones who can laugh at themselves and have a good time doing so.

--Stacie George

Head promoter, HeyDay Entertainment

Theater, TV, films, restaurants—all high on my list of fun, but what I really love is a great book. I just read Coroner's Journal by Louis Cataldie, the Louisiana state medical examiner. It's gory but fascinating, with a rundown of the difficulty of identifying Katrina victims and a great reminder of how incredibly poorly the Bush administration has responded to that catastrophe. Plus, Cataldie's stories about his early years as a coroner are just mind-blowing. My favorite kind of book—a good guy doing a tough job in an often hostile and underfunded environment. Sounds a little like the arts!

--Jane Stojak

Managing director, Random Acts of Theater

I'm a comedy nerd. So is Jesse Thorn. Only, he has a radio show. The Sound of Young America is a weekly radio program out of KZSC in Santa Cruz, Calif. Each week Jesse interviews comedians, authors and other artists that comedy nerds find cool. Lest you think by "comedians" I am speaking of the local Chuckles' open-mic winner; let me present you with a sampling of his guests: Louis CK, Paul Feig, Patton Oswalt, Mike Nelson, Shelly Berman and Terry Jones. If none of those names sound familiar then I've just wasted about 26 seconds of your life. Otherwise, fellow nerd, check out The Sound of Young America at www.splangy.com/radio or subscribe to it in iTunes.

--Don Montrey

Comedy writer, member of ComedySportz and sketch group Bad Hair

"Give it a name" appears to be the guiding principle when the Bart Blatsteins and Tony Gold-mans of the world descend upon up-and-coming neighborhoods (Bella Vista, G-Ho and, lest we forget, the erroneously named B3). Mine is fast becoming the latest victim. I'm referring to that area just north of Girard and east of Sixth Street, but west of Fishtown and Kensington. With the real-estate boom spilling over from NoLibs, what in St. John Neumann's name are we to call our 'hood? The old-timers will always know it as Old/West Kenzo, and I won't touch Northern Fisheries (sorry, Michael Klein). But hey, why not take it up a notch? OWeKeNoNoLibs and WeFisEaSix don't exactly roll off the tongue, but surely we can come up with something better than JuNoGi (Just North of Girard)?

--Areif Dasha Sless-Kitain

Drummer, Aquila Rose