When Eman Bader stepped onto the stage of the Woman’s Department Club in Shreveport to share her story during “All Y’all Live: Ladies Night” on March 14, 2015, we – Sara and I, co-organizers of the event – were holding our breath a little bit. This was a story that we wanted to see succeed.
During the weeks leading up to an All Y’all event, we meet with storytellers to help them fine-tune their stories and develop the confidence needed to face the crowd. We’d met with Eman several times, and, even in the days immediately leading up to the event, she seemed intimidated and more than a little nervous. When she walked out onto the stage, however, all of that changed. Our audience heard first-hand what it was like to grow up as a devout Muslim woman in the Deep South in Eman’s candid, touching and outrageously funny story, “Best Hair.”
Tickets now on sale for “All Y’all Live: OMG”
Tickets are now on sale for our next live storytelling event, “OMG,” which will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, August 28 at Sainte Terre (purchase tickets here). “OMG” will include six stories of personal encounters with faith, finding and losing God, and eye-opening encounters with the incomprehensible. We’ll have a cash bar, live music by Grammy-nominated bluesman Buddy Flett, and more. All net proceeds from “OMG” will benefit Renzi Education and Art Center. To keep up with important “OMG” event updates, please RSVP to the Facebook event.
“All Y’all Live: OMG” event sponsors include Sainte Terre, John E. Settle, Jr. – Attorney at Law and Sandys Dance Center.
A message from our sponsors
The 2015 season of All Y’all podcast episodes and live events is presented by our title sponsor, Holiday Lanes. If you enjoy bowling or just want to say “Thanks” to Holiday Lanes for making this podcast possible, please “Like” them on Facebook. Our newest live event and podcast sponsor is Maccentric, a locally owned, Apple-authorized service and training provider for all things Mac. If you’ve got an iPhone, a Macbook, an iPad or any Mac device that requires service, please consider working with this awesome local company.
Podcast sponsors for the 2015 season of All Y’all are the good folks at Rhino Coffee and Twisted Root Burger Co., which happen to be two of our favorite local eateries – thank you, Rhino and Twisted Root!
