Brianna Wellen
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Chicago, IL, United States
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Best of Chicago: Vote now!
chicagoreader.com/best Vote until noon on Wednesday, February 2. Winners will be announced in print and online with the publication of the March 3, 2022 special Best of Chicago 2021 issue. → Read More
The third season of Joe Pera Talks With You is peak comfort TV
The third season of the Adult Swim show brings more laughter and nourishment → Read More
A note on this week's cover
I started at the Reader as an editorial assistant one month before my 23rd birthday, just a year out of college and not yet having dipped my toes in the professional world of journalism outside of the student newspaper. There was a lot I still hadn’t experienced—this was before I could binge-watch TV without commercials for goodness sake! Now at 31, I realize that I’ve spent my most formative… → Read More
He's All That
He’s All That is an update to the 90s teen rom-com classic that we didn’t really need. → Read More
More comedy, movies, and art, please
Upcoming events and recommendations for the next seven days → Read More
Comedy is back, baby!
A glimpse at how stand-ups coped during the pandemic and made their triumphant return to telling jokes again. → Read More
Cards with humanity
Two comedians want their new game to get people talking. → Read More
Ezra Furman scores life’s uncertainties on Sex Education
Her soundtrack for the Netflix series provides coming-of-age anthems for all stages of life. → Read More
For Caprice Williams, the Journey is just beginning
The filmmaker overcame many obstacles to achieve her dream, and she’s not slowing down any time soon. → Read More
Kit brings the bar to you
The newly opened small business offers professional quality bar tools and local expertise. → Read More
This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Dana Carvey Is Fantastic!
Rounding up our favorite comedy podcast episodes of the week, featuring Dana Carvey, Kulap Vilaysack, SuChin Pak, Liza Treyger, Alison Leiby, and more. → Read More
Why is everyone horny for Bridgerton?
Indulging in Netflix’s latest phenomenon to see what the fuss is about → Read More
The year of TikTok
How local creatives made the most of the social media platform in 2020 → Read More
A year like no other
Eviction Since March, the federal, state, and local versions of an eviction moratorium have kept thousands in their homes. While typically there are some 20,000 eviction cases filed every year, as of December 14, only about 6,600 eviction cases have been filed against Chicago residential and commercial tenants—and 65 percent of those cases were initiated before the governor issued his first… → Read More
This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Seth Rogen Talks 90 Day Fiancé
Rounding up our favorite comedy podcast episodes of the week, featuring Seth Rogen, Roxane Gay, Grace Thomas, Jamie Loftus, Paul F. Tompkins, Nicole Byer, and more. → Read More
The 10 Best Comedy Podcasts of 2020
Our comedy-podcast critics round up the ten best comedy podcasts of 2020, including Las Culturistas, Scam Goddess, Smartless, Newcomers, and Double Threat. → Read More
This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Good-bye for Now, This Is Branchburg
Rounding up our favorite comedy-podcast episodes of the week, featuring Brendan O’Hare, Cory Snearowski, Nicole Byer, Dan Ahdoot, Mike Birbiglia, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Rust, and Michael Cassady. → Read More
This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Black Conspiracy Theories With Langston Kerman
Rounding up our favorite comedy podcast episodes of the week, featuring Langston Kerman, Zack Fox, David Cross, Ashley Graham, Phoebe Robinson, and more. → Read More
American Utopia
Spike Lee’s onscreen vision of David Byrne’s Broadway hit is the perfect salve for those craving togetherness. Part concert film, part one-man show (though the... → Read More
We (don’t always) love TV: Emily in Paris
Two television addicts scream about how much they hated the Netflix comedy. → Read More