On January 31, 1996, professional sign painter Pamela Raintree pulled into Shreveport, Louisiana in a battered Datsun station wagon, with $1.20 in her pocket and a quarter tank of gasoline. Her plan was to get to the Gulf of Mexico…
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Mistakes Were Made: Chris Kirkley, “Tinker and the Saturday Night Car”
In rural communities, the automobile isn’t a convenience, it’s a necessity. We depend upon our cars and trucks for survival and begin to regard them almost like family members, since there’s no public transportation and the commute to work often…
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Mistakes Were Made: Brad Campbell, “The Real Dill”
Vacations, in my experience, are never what you want them to be. We front-load these brief respites from our working lives with so many expectations that they could never possibly meet them all. “Mistakes Were Made” storyteller Brad Campbell’s “The…
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Even Piss Bridge is Gone: Draggin’ On Main in Springhill, La.
Chris grew up in Springhill, Louisiana – a town whose high school mascot is was the lumberjacks with a total population teetering right above 5,000. When his parents were teenagers in 1974, nightlife was different. Young folks hopped in cars,…
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All Y’all Live – Under The Influence – September 13, 2014 – 7:30PM
The third installment of All Y’all Live, “Under the Influence,” will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13 at Marjorie Lyons Playhouse on the Campus of Centenary College of Louisiana. 100% of proceeds from this special, fundraiser…
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Episode 5: Jon Mackey, “Plus ça Cheng’s”
Jon Mackey is a naturally charismatic guy. Whenever I cross paths with Jon, he’s either returning from some thrilling adventure or planning his next personal or professional move. The world just seems like a more interesting place when he’s around.…
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Episode 5: Chris Jay, “Belated Apology to Tim Chuang”
While working on this post, I dug out my high school yearbook from 1998, the year that I graduated from Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts. Flipping directly to my senior photo – in which I am posing…
Read MoreEpisode 4: “New ‘Round Here” Storyteller Jennifer Hill
Being 16 years old is difficult, no matter where you are. At our March 2014 live event, a collection of stories that shared the theme “New ‘Round Here,” storyteller Jennifer Hill told a cinematic tale of coming of age as…
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All Y’all Live – “Mistakes Were Made” – June 14 – 7:30PM
Our next live storytelling event on the theme “Mistakes Were Made” will be on Saturday, June 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bossier Arts Council’s East Bank Theatre (630 Barksdale Blvd, Bossier City, LA 71111). The night will feature local…
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Episode 3: “New ‘Round Here” Storyteller Esther Kennedy
On Saturday, March 8, 2014, the All Y’all podcast took a giant, flying leap forward, into the realm of live storytelling events. Sara and I recruited nine storytellers, all of whom told entertaining, true stories with the theme of “New…
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