When we began All Y’all back in 2013, our friends and community came out of the woodwork to support our events. As a small way to give back, we decided to donate the proceeds of one live storytelling event each…
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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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I Fought The Law – July 16, 2016 – 7:30 PM
The ninth All Y’all live storytelling event, “I Fought the Law,” will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 16 in Anderson Auditorium (located in the Hurley Music Building) on the campus of Centenary College of Louisiana. The…
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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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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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All Y’all Live – Momma and Daddy – March 11 & 12, 2016 – 7:30 PM
The seventh and eighth All Y’all live storytelling events, “Momma & Daddy,” will be the first-ever multi-night All Y’all event, March 11-12, 2016 at East Bank Theatre in Bossier City. “Momma,” an evening of stories about moms, motherhood and more, will…
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On Talking About God
NOTE: While we were working on All Y’all Live: OMG, Sara and I found ourselves thinking about – and discussing – faith quite a bit. We wanted to share some of those thoughts here. -Chris When it comes to the…
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Al Bohl: “E.M. Bounds Sees Jesus”
In this special edition of the All Y’all podcast, we are proud to share a story by Bossier City native and friend of All Y’all, Al Bohl. “E.M. Bounds Sees Jesus” (that’s our title, not Al’s) was recorded at Al’s…
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