If you were asked to conjure up the most American meal possible, you might dream up a Thanksgiving Dinner shared with silver screen cowboy John Wayne. Storyteller Bonne Summers actually shared a Thanksgiving with Wayne, during an idyllic American holiday…
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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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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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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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To hear someone say that they believe in life after death is one thing. To hear someone say that they have experienced life after death is another matter entirely. Stephen Price, who shared his vivid recollections of the afterlife at…
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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…
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In the weeks leading up to an All Y’all live storytelling event, Sara and I spend countless hours with our storytellers. Nearly every night, we gather for dinners, scramble to impromptu cocktail hours, meet up at Rhino Coffee and huddle…
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On Saturday, March 14, we hosted our fourth All Y’all live storytelling event, “Ladies Night,” at the beautiful and historic Woman’s Department Club in Shreveport. It was a night of firsts for All Y’all: our first event with a title…
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The sixth All Y’all live storytelling event, “OMG,” will be held at 7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 28 in the chapel at Sainte Terre located at 190 Nickel Lane in Benton, about a 20-minute drive from downtown Shreveport. A cash bar will…
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The fifth All Y’all live storytelling event, “Brush with Fame,” will be held at 7 p.m., Saturday, June 6 at The Shreveport Little Theatre. “Brush with Fame,” and every live All Y’all event and podcast in 2015, is presented by…
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