Comedian, prominent atheist and political pugilist Bill Maher has been calling it the way he sees it, damn the consequences, for more than 30 years. Maher’s stand-up gigs are where he unleashes the stuff he can’t get away with saying on HBO. That means it’s also the stuff you want to hear—the raw, unvarnished, side-splitting truth about our beloved republic. May 30, State Theatre, Mpls., 612-339-7007, hennepintheatretrust.org