Storyteller Sarah Smith took the All Y’all stage in July 2016, during our live event entitled “I Fought the Law,” to share her personal account of trial by fire. The first case that Smith ever took to trial during her…
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Haunted – November 12, 2016 – 7:30 PM
Save the date! The 10th All Y’all live storytelling event, “Haunted,” will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12 at Remington Suite Hotel & Spa in downtown Shreveport. The evening will feature six true tales of haunted spaces,…
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Momma and Daddy: Daniel Ukpabi, “This Is America”
We first met Daniel Ukpabi on an unseasonably cold October morning at Shreveport Farmers’ Market, where he was ladling out steaming bowls of spicy Nigerian stew and telling anyone who’d stop to listen about his fledgling not-for-profit organization, The Pacemakers.…
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Brush With Fame: Tom Ayres, “Trying To Make It Work”
Have you ever met an honest-to-goodness celebrity? All Y’all dedicated an entire night of live storytelling to the topic of celebrity encounters at our June 2015 event, “Brush With Fame.” Tom Ayres’s story from that night – a well-told tale…
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All You Got to Do is Pull Up: Remembering Bigg Nokey
Like so many people in Shreveport did, I woke up this morning to the terrible news that Elmer “Bigg Nokey” Henderson died on Tuesday night. By 7:15 a.m., a half-dozen friends and loved ones had called to commiserate. My lifelong…
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Momma and Daddy: Elizabeth Beauvais, “The Chipotle Rebellion”
Jealousy. Epic adventure. Really good burritos. Elizabeth Beauvais’s story of a day in the life of an exasperated mom, told live on the All Y’all stage in March 2016, has it all. When Elizabeth’s eight-year-old daughter runs away from home…
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Kate Archer Kent, “Keep Your Hands On the Rope”
If you live in the Red River Radio listening area, chances are good that you’re familiar with the friendly voice of News Producer Kate Archer Kent. As a morning news host, she is the first voice that many of us…
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Brush With Fame: Brandon Oldenburg, “Michael and Me”
As an 8-year-old boy, Brandon Oldenburg was a sponge soaking up all kinds of pop culture. Like just about everyone else on the Planet Earth in 1984, he and his brother were particularly fascinated by Michael Jackson – so much…
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Ladies Night: Maya Lau, “Technical Skills”
Sometimes the job that you’re assigned to do just isn’t the job that you end up doing. When journalist Maya Lau was 24 years old, she enlisted in the Peace Corps, envisioning herself taking a hands-on role in improving the…
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Brush With Fame: Wesley Hall Parker, “How I Wrapped Presents with Annie Leibovitz and We Became Buddies”
We’ve all had our “low points” on the job, moments when we were caught unprepared or off guard and we let our employers – and ourselves – down. Storyteller Wesley Hall Parker, who shared a story during the June 2015…
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