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Anu Bhatt (left) and Cris Blak perform in the 2021 Fillet of Solo festival.
Posted inArts & Culture

Fillet of Solo reminds us that no one is alone

by Catey Sullivan February 18, 2021August 18, 2021

The annual festival of storytelling offers the freshest catches for COVID days.

Posted inArts & Culture

Nestor Gomez and 80 Minutes Around the World land at Fillet of Solo

by Jack Helbig January 7, 2020August 18, 2021

The Guatemalan immigrant shares his own perspectives on failure and finding his voice.

Posted inArts & Culture

How Lily Be made the local storytelling scene look more like Chicago

by Catey Sullivan March 28, 2019August 18, 2021

“Am I the only Latinx sharing stories right now? Where are the rest of us?”

Posted inBlogs

The Moth GrandSlam storytelling show and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

by Rachel Yang February 26, 2018August 18, 2021

An artist talk with Bharti Kher and more goings-on February 26-March 1.

Posted inNews & Politics

If there are eight million stories in the naked city, do we have to hear them all?

by Christopher Piatt December 21, 2017August 18, 2021

A dispatch from the storytelling circuit inspired by true events

Posted inMusic

The Growing Concerns Poetry Collective ask all races to fight racism

by Lee V. Gaines September 20, 2017August 18, 2021

Mykele Deville, McKenzie Chinn, and Jeffrey Michael Austin—aka the Growing Concerns Poetry Collective—tell stories for black folks that aim to reach everyone.

Posted inBlogs

Cirque Du Soleil, Windy City Ducky Derby, and more things to do in Chicago this week

by Anna Waters August 1, 2016August 18, 2021

Moth GrandSlam Championship, Festival of Inner Peace, and more happening from August 1-4.

Posted inBlogs

A sword fight with Rahm Emanuel, Tracy Morgan, and more to do this week

by KT Hawbaker May 31, 2016August 18, 2021

The Chicago Underground Film Festival, Neo New Wave Prom, and more happenings from May 31-June 2.

Dana Norris, Keith Ecker, and Ian Belknap at Powell's Books
Posted inArts & Culture

A peek into Chicago’s thriving live-lit scene

by Marya Hornbacher September 12, 2013August 19, 2021

A peek into Chicago’s thriving live-lit scene

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Tue 5/28: Second City Shorts, Travi$ Scott, and story slammin’

by Tosten Burks May 28, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, May 28

Posted inBlogs

Help for your story

by J.R. Jones August 12, 2011August 19, 2021

Patricipant Media hosts a free storytelling workshop to promote its new drama The Help.

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