It’s probably an understatement to call Lily Tomlin a multi-faceted performer. The actress and comedian’s awards include Tonys, Emmys – even a Grammy! For more than four decades now she’s created a whole host of loveable despite themselves characters. There’s the cranky telephone operator Ernestine of Laugh-In, the revenge-driven Violet Newstead of 9 to 5. Lately, you’ve seen her on TV’s Damages – where she plays the supportive wife of a ponzi schemer. This weekend, the Detroit-born star returns to her Midwestern roots with a performance in Chicago. She’ll be on stage Saturday night for The Center on Halsted’s Human First Gala. She tells us more about her career, and her Saturday night performance.

Music Button: Landslide, “Don’t Give Up Now”, from the CD Om100, (Om)