Archive for the Storytellers Category

February storyteller Dorothy Powers is a retired transwoman, traveling tirelessly to see the world and visit family and friends. For ...

February storyteller Armand Cerbone has been a gay-affirmative activist in Chicago since 1973. He co-authored American Psychological Association's first Practice ...

January storyteller Drew Heckman is a queer advocate, organizer, and recovering attorney from Omaha, Nebraska. As an Engagement Officer at ...

January storyteller Alicia Obando has spent the last four decades working to help the voiceless and marginalized including women, children, ...

January storyteller Joey Xuereb III is a former event producer and runway model. The tragically beautiful Joey aka the Lady ...

January storyteller Celene Julieth Luna Garcia came to the United States as a refugee in February 2024 with the help ...

January storyteller Dan Santow is a former journalist and television producer - he was senior writer and nightlife columnist for ...

January storyteller Mike Adreani is a native Chicagoan raised on the westsiiiiide but a northsider for most of his adult ...

December storyteller Brandon Tamayo is originally from Bucktown but tragically moving to Hammond, Indiana when he was a kid. Brandon ...

December storyteller Elizabeth Strusz is a salon owner, speaker, and author from Southern Illinois, known for her commitment to creating ...

December storyteller Michael Concepcion is a Chicagoland native who grew up in Bolingbrook, IL. He graduated from Moody Bible Institute ...

December storyteller Shawn Cobb has worn many hats over the years, working jobs ranging from Railroad Mechanic to Cosmetologist and ...

December storyteller Mike Gifford is a proud volunteer at the Leather Archives and Museum and the LGBTQ+ Gerber Hart Library ...

December storyteller Michelle Young started telling stories and performing as a stand-up comic right before Covid. Post-pandemic, Michelle has performed ...

November storyteller Jean Kim-Snyder is a licensed Trauma Therapist specializing in working with marginalized populations, especially Asian Americans and LGBTQ+ ...

November storyteller Stan Mitchell serves as a Teaching Pastor at The Village in Atlanta, GA. and Austin New Church (UMC) ...

November storyteller Jennifer Ould moved to Chicago from North Carolina 20 years ago and found home here. She has a ...

November storyteller Vince Amlin is a writer and pastor of two Chicago churches: Bethany United Church of Christ in Ravenswood ...

November storyteller Helen Shiller was the Alderman of the 46th Ward from April 1987 to May 2011. She served as ...

October storyteller Shandee Ewert is a Minnesota native, a fast walker, and a nacho aficionado. Recently, she made a new ...

October storyteller Zach Benak has lived in Chicago for the last nine years. His personal essays have been published in ...

October storyteller Jackie Kaplan-Perkins is the daughter of immigrants and grew up on the Northside of Chicago in the late ...

October storyteller Jordan Francisco is a first-generation Filipino-American and a native of the Chicagoland area. He is the marketing officer ...

October storyteller Delilah Orizaba is a full-time therapist and a part-time comic. She’s performed at The Future of Comedy Festival ...

October storyteller Sho is 23 and studying biology. He was born & raised in India and is into fashion and ...

September storyteller Wendy Cole has lived in the Chicago area for nearly half her life. A longtime journalist, she was ...

September storyteller Ken Mejia Beal is a writer/politico/ and activist. Ken started his career as an HIV/AIDS activist on the ...

September storyteller Clay Lawhead hails from the town of Peachtree City, Georgia, in which there are no peach trees. Clay ...

September storyteller Chi Williams has loved stories for as long as she can remember, and she suspects that nothing is ...

September storyteller Ernest Holden has been a performer for as long as he can remember. He has spoken his truth ...

September storyteller Brad Berlage is originally from the Washington, DC area but is proud to call Chicago home. A former ...