Fillet of Solo 2016 Serves Up Storytelling Goodness
Lifeline Theatre presents Fillet of Solo, a festival which celebrates Chicago’s storytelling and live lit scene. 14 storytelling collectives and…
R.O.W.E. Week 2: Zelda
I’m Brianna Kratz, a Chicago poet and reader. For 2016 I am reading only women authors for my Read Only…
Worldwide Reading Event: Local Authors Support Jailed Poet Ashraf Fayadh
Live lit events in Chicago can achieve various things at different times. They can be a celebration, perhaps for a…
CHIRP Radio’s “First Blood” at Martyrs’
CHIRP Radio will be presenting its quarterly storytelling event The First Time with its newest incarnation First Blood January 14…
R.O.W.E. Week 1: A Question of Apology
I’m Brianna Kratz, a Chicago poet and reader. For 2016 I am reading only women authors for my Read Only…
Dorothy Milne on Chicago’s Vibrant Storytelling Scene and the 19th Year of Fillet of Solo
Fillet of Solo is an annual three week, multi-venue festival celebrating Chicago’s storytelling and live lit scene. Originally produced by…
The Chicago Review of Terrible Books: OINK on the Farm!
In the last two years, the literary world was stunned by two unexpected—indeed, unasked for—sequels to literary classics. The first,…
Q&A With Story Sessions’ Jill Howe and Rachael Smith
Like the Poetry Slam of the ’90s and early aughts, storytelling is having its live lit moment in the sun…
Preview: Story Jam at the Wilmette Theatre
I’m talking on the phone to Chicago based singer songwriter and bandleader Stephanie Rogers. She tells me about her January…
R.O.W.E.: Read Only Women Experiment
My name is Brianna. In north side Chicago, born and raised, in the library was where I spent…
