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We.are.family.chickens.orange

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Tieasha Coleman Accounting supervisor

Tim Enders Audience storyteller

Beth Fredericks Audience Storyteller

Faye Houston Audience storyteller

Mike Lowry Drummer

Holly Morse-Ellington Writer and teacher

Julie Mendez Outreach coordinator

Joshua Feldman IT security consultant

Mike McClure Elephant manager, The Maryland Zoo

Lorenzo Daughtry-Chambers Student life counselor, The SEED School of Maryland

Host Aaron Henkin and The Stoop radio players are back with a show about walking down the aisle that will have you rolling in the aisle. We’ve got old-time sketch drama performed with live sound effects, live music from The Bellevederes, and true, personal wedding tales that will make the folks at The Wedding Channel salivate. The show will be broadcast on WYPR-FM on June 17 and 24.

PLUS: A performance from the fabulous 5th L

AND: Free wedding cake from Baltimore Cakery

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Michael Manolagas Information services director

Nicole Yeftich college coordinator

Mark L. Miller musician, comedian, deliverer of wine

Vanessa Harnik marketing and sales VP

Davida Arnold pastoral counselor

Kevin Griffin Moreno foundation program officer

Gloria Brennan licensed aesthetician

The Stoop is coming to Hopkins medical campus one night only for a show that will offer an inside look at life at a world-renowned medical institution. Seven people will tell seven-minute, true, personal tales about close calls, humbling experiences, great victories and crushing defeats, memorable moments—anything that shines a light on what life is truly like at Hopkins, both in the present and past.
PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JHMI OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS

Jhmi.orange

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Richard Chisolm documentary filmmaker

Ken Hoffman M.D. pediatrician

Lauri Reamer M.D. anesthesiologist

Chinedu Onyedike MD, MPH medical resident

Courtland Robinson Ph.D. deputy director, Center for Refugee and and Disaster Response, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Amy Brown R.N. gynecology-oncology nurse

Melissa Daum patient re-enactor

The Stoop rings in the ha-ha-holidays with its biggest live radio show extravaganza ever, featuring old time comedy sketches and true personal tales of holiday highs and lows from 40 different Baltimoreans. Musical guests for the first weekend’s shows include singer/songwriter ellen cherry, Nepalese folk singer Prem Raja Mahat and barbershop quartet BSQ from Dundalk’s Chorus of the Chesapeake. For the second weekend, onstage will be ellen cherry, Persian classical musician Ahmad Borhani, and Baltimore R & B a capella trio West Ave.

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Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell true personal tales of fights waged, won and lost. Music from 2econd N8ture

War.orange_1

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Kate Robinson theater and film producer www.SavingPhilanthropy.org

Molly Kelly tech consultant and part-time writer/actress/storyteller

Joseph Price business analyst

Catharine Deitch retired first sergeant, Women’s Auxiliary Army Corp (WAAC)

Rich Blake former Marine, doctoral student in clinical psychology

Dorian Gray standup comic

John Rickard Union Ironworker/Poet/Artist/Freethinker

Haunted.orange_1

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Kim Yates owner of Kim's Krypt, drummer in Scarlet Angel kimskrypt.com

Lee Gardner editor, City Paper citypaper.com

Frank Batavick freelance TV writer/producer

Maura Malone Taylor mother and educator

Edward Doyle-Gillespie Baltimore City Police officer

Kate Pratt certified eye bank technician

Bob Pelrine audience storyteller

April Rejman audience storyteller

Trinisa Brown audience storyteller

It’s not “Behind the Music”—it’s “Behind the Muse.” Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to offer a behind-the-scenes look at the mixed-up and messy process involved in birthing new artistic life forms.

Creation.stories

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Judith Pojda social justice advocate, mom, dog trainer

Will Carey standup comedian

Brian Higginson teacher and writer

Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell how race has colored, shaped, and affected their lives. In partnership with Open Society Institute—Baltimore.

Race

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David Ross writer, performance poet, retired Russian spy www.5thl.com/

David Schwartz instructional designer

Dana Moore Of Counsel at Venable LLP, Chair of the Baltimore City Board of Ethics

Charisse Nichols promotions director, Center Stage

Congressman Elijah Cummings Representative for Maryland's 7th District www.house.gov/cummings/

Patchen Mortimer audience storyteller

Barbara Wilgus audience storyteller

Netta Gurari audience storyteller

Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to spin stories of holiday heaven and hell.

Holiday

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Jim V. teacher, cyclist

Susan Anthony marketing and PR maven sawmillmarketing.com/

Tim Young comedian

Jessica N. teacher

Tracy Gosson audience storyteller sagesseinc.com/

Heather Moyer audience storyteller

Ba Barocca audience storyteller

Arty Hill singer/songwriter www.artyhill.com/v3/

Burke Sampson musician

Dave Hadley musician

Jessica Henkin Stoop co-founder, badass

Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin Stoop co-founders and hosts

Caleb Stine singer/songwriter calebstine.com

Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of “Big Night” style masterpieces, waiting tables, and unholy cases of heartburn at the family dinnertable.

Kitchen

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Erica Chung school psychologist

Gregory Hartzler-Miller lifestyle experimenter

John Shields Chef, Author, Restaurant Spiritual Director

Mary Rose Madden Public Radio Producer

Tony Geraci Director of Food and Nutrition for Baltimore City Public Schools

De'Von Brown student, motivational speaker, up-and-coming film director, talk show host, musician, one of the "Boys of Baraka"

Chrissy Ferrera artist, Starbucks diarist

Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin Stoop founders and hosts

Theresa Columbus audience storyteller

Cait Hanlon audience storyteller

Ba Barocca audience storyteller

Scooter Holt the Hunter S. Thompson of Baltimore's bar scene

Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of first jobs, first time away from home, and first time….er…well….you know! 

First.times

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Rebecca Quinn advancement assistant, Society of St. Sulpice

Joe Mooney aerospace engineer

Ethel Weld resident physician, University of Maryland Medical Center

Shindana Cooper poet and storyteller

Audrey Kay staff accountant, Agora Publishing

Ab Logan English Teacher, Boy's Latin

Ed Norris host of the "Ed Norris Show" ednorris.com/mainsite/

Mimi Dietrich Quilter

Carmen Brock audience storyteller

Dawn Douglas audience storyteller

On July 9, 10 and 11, The Stoop’s first ever live radio show will feature old-time comedy sketches from our friends at the Baltimore Improv Group, performances from Caleb Stine and the Brakemen, along with local musicians ellen cherry, The 5th L, and Arty Hill, and, of course, the true, personal tales The Stoop is famous for. Storytellers include “The Wire’s” Clarke Peters, First Lady Katie O’Malley, actress Rain Pryor, former “The Simpsons” writer Larry Doyle, and more!

LISTEN TO THE LIVE SHOWS IN THEIR ENTIRETY:

Thursday, Act I
Thursday, Act II
Friday, Act I
Friday, Act II

Saturday, Act I
Saturday, Act II

Radio-1.show.art.alt

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JULY 9: Larry Doyle Author of "I Love You, Beth Cooper"; former "Simpsons" writer larrydoyle.com

JULY 9: Harriet Lynn producer, Heritage Theater Artists' Consortium www.h-tac.com/

JULY 9: Brian Wendell Morton City Paper political columnist and sleight of hand artist www.brianwendellmorton.com/Site/About_Me.html

JULY 9: Lauren Bender assistant teacher, artist, twin, and co-director of Narrow House, a publisher of avant-garde poetry, literature, and literary recordings narrow-house.blogspot.com

JULY 10: Wayne Larrivey teacher and theater director

JULY 10: Sheri Booker poet, ex-funeral home lady www.sheribooker.com/

JULY 11: Pamela White Circuit Court judge

July 11: Kelly Meekins genetic epidemiologist

Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of riding the bench, winning the gold, and why there is no “I” in team.

Good.sport

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Josh Fruhlinger Blogger and editor joshreads.com

Kelly Keenan writer

Dave Zang professor of sports history

Lionel Foster Family and Community Engagement Assistant, Baltimore City Public School

Joe Challmes freelance sports writer wordsmithjoe.com

Shodekeh professional beatboxer and musician

Kevin Van Valkenburg audience storyteller

Michael Ziccardi audience storyteller

Virginia Knowlton audience storyteller

Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of McJobs, office politics and working 9 to 5.

Want.fries

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Adriana Kroeller Stylist, colorist

Terry Sapp Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Baltimore County Department of Health

Meghann Shutt holder of every job under the sun

Mark Carter interim executive director, Kids on the Hill www.kidsonthehill.org/

Alonzo Lamont Jr. playwright and information specialist, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Kevin Hoffman CFO of Roots Market and the rest of the Conscious Corner www.rootsmkt.com

Beth Bugnaski audience storyteller

Kim Box audience storyteller

Melinda Walker audience storyteller

Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of romantic woes small and large.

Love.hurts

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Marc Unger comedian

LaDawn Black 92Q relationship expert ladawnblack.com

Katherine Gorman producer, WYPR's "Maryland Morning"

Ann Loar Brooks celebrant

Michael Cook and Angela Shaeffer freelance writer and traveler extraordinaire

Esther Coffin Miller audience storyteller

Vicki Bringman audience storyteller

Gail Rosen audience storyteller

It’s The Stoop….Supersized! Seven storytellers will tell tales of holiday hi-jinx. Local musicians Abby Mott, Salim, and Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack of Wye Oak will join the Stoop House Band, Caleb Stine and the Brakemen, onstage. Baltimore’s famed Westsiders Marching Band will be making a ruckus. Plus karaoke caroling and more!

Holiday-web-art

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Kevin KAL Kallaugher editorial cartoonist www.kaltoons.com

Mary Alice Yeskey "Ace of Cakes" star and manager of Charm City Cakes www.charmcitycakes.com

Rafael Alvarez writer and raconteur www.alvarezfiction.com

Violet Glaze writer and film critic www.violetglaze.com

Maria Broom actress on HBO's "The Wire" and "The Corner", dancer, teacher mariabroom.com

Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell how the abundance or absence of cold hard cash can cause change and conflict.

Money

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Aaron Henkin radio producer signalradio.org

Denis Nash transportation broker

Peter Schmader owner of El Rancho Grande www.myspace.com/itsabigranch

Jennifer Stevens owner, Clean Bee Cleaning

Joe Challmes audience storyteller

Janet Gilbert audience storyteller

Damian Jones audience storyteller

Brent Halliburton head of new product development for Platform-A

Nancy Murray realtor, director, celebrity impersonator

Shaun Adamec spokesperson for Governor Martin O'Malley

Lilia Rissman ringbearer

Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to talk about the pleasures and pain of life among creatures.

Animal.tales

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Terri Diener animal communicator petspeak.com/

Corinne Parks animal rehabilitator

Alan Rosenberg high school teacher and drama club director

Chuck Ochlech tournament director, Baltimore Association of Rat Fisherman

Patrick Smithwick horse trainer, teacher and writer

Beth Manning dolphin trainer, National Aquarium

Anne Mannix audience storyteller

Mark Miazga audience storyteller

Beth Bugnaski audience storyteller

Stephanie Moss ringmaster

Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of camp pranks, camp romances, and very scary ghost stories.

06.2008.camp

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Sarah Richards writer and radio journalist

Timmy Reed trolley enthusiast

Gary Godbey Red Tree professional

Luke Clippinger Assistant State's Attorney

Michael Paulson high school English teacher/amateur gadfly

Fred Lohr attorney

Scott Carberry restaurant professional

Jay Graham audience storyteller

Julie Scharper audience storyteller

Roy Taff audience storyteller

Donna DeLorenzo Ring Master

Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales about leaving, arriving, and struggling to make a new home in this strange place called Baltimore.


Presented in partnership with The Jewish Museum of Maryland’s Second Annual Herbert H. & Irma B. Risch Memorial Program on Immigration

04.2008.immigration

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Terrylynn Tyrell special education advocacy and policy consultant

William Wright artist, and therefore chauffeur www.williamwright.com

Jason Gerson public health researcher

Inge Weinberger former director, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society

Mamadou Sy program coordinator, Baltimore Resettlement Center

Peter Nobel catering director

Martha Weiman audience storyteller

Lisa O'Reilly audience storyteller

Maryrose Whelley audience storyteller

Sara Reilly ring thrower

Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to talk about the untruths woven into the DNA of every family.

02.2008.secrets

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Keith Gayler policy wonk, pirate aficionado

Barbara DeCesare reluctant paralegal

Lisa Libowitz writer, storyteller, and woman of a thousand identities

Barbara Dale illustrator, taste expander and creative baker

Justin Credible Baltimore's Best Drag King 2007

Sarah J crafty chick

Steve Luxenberg writer, Washington Post editor

Maggie Hadley audience storyteller

Brenda Neuman-Sheldon audience storyteller

Pamela White audience storyteller

Joe Yingling ring master

Last year’s Holiday show featured tales of mass vomiting, robbed roles in the church pageant, and a Christmas morning in which one storyteller wore nothing but a Santa hat. What good tidings will this season bring?

12.2007.holidaze.2

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Michelle Mutert commercial sales director, Kitchens by Design

Jon Harding grant writer and graduate student

Jonathan Scott Fuqua young adult author and novelist www.jonathonscottfuqua.com/

Sara Hill instructional designer

David Ettlin longtime Baltimore journalist

Gary Godbey Audience storyteller

Ann Loar Brooks Audience storyteller

Kate Lupin Audience storyteller

From Beethoven to Billie Holiday, Beck to Barney, seven storytellers offer stories about the soundtracks to their lives.

11.2007.music

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Sandy Asirvatham singer, pianist, songwriter www.sandysmemoir.com

Dovile Mark stuntwoman

Ken Jackson host of WYPR's Big Band show, "In the Mood"

Rahne Alexander songwriter, performer and member of the Degenerettes www.rahne.com

Steve Haddad activist, baseball fanatic and budding Buddhist www.myspace.com/captainjacktheband

Jason Dove indie rocker, filmmaker, and skateboard company owner. www.jasondove.com

Laura Cappelli audience storyteller

Keith Gayler audience storyteller

Jeannette Machen audience storyteller

Jessica Henkin co-producer of The Stoop

Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell flesh and blood tales about the glories, guts, and gross-outs of the human form.

09.2007.body

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Dana Kollmann forensic scientist and former Baltimore County Police CSI danakollmann.com

Walter Lomax man wrongfully convicted of murder, freed after 39 years

Phil Meeder Mercedes dealer

Hilary Hansen writer, mom and serial surgical patient

Phoenix from the flames. Butterfly from the chrysalis. It’s a night of transformation at The Stoop when seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of lives re-envisioned and re-made.

06.2007.recreation

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Diane Finlayson WYPR host and yoga guru

Mick the Pirate Privateer and former stuntman

Asa Student and part-time electrician

Joanne Juskus Singer/songwriter

Hannah Feldman Baltimore Magazine senior editor

Andre Miller Co-creator and co-star of A&E series Random 1

It’s an evening of black eyes, wounded hearts, and long-held grudges when seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of anger, resentment—and maybe forgiveness.

04.2007.nemesis

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Mike Hughes Writer, designer, and performer

Dale Marie Prenatt Volunteer coordinator and Appalachian poet

Shelly Blake Songwriter, teacher, and ex-wrestler

Niki Lee Performance artist

Richard Gorelick City Paper restaurant critic

Laurel Clark Graduate student

David Simon Creator of HBO's "The Wire"

It’s a night of extremes when seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of devotion and delusion.

02.2007.love

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Andrea Schanbacher Special Educator

Liz Richardson Blogger

Richard Ford Operations manager, Andersen Windows

Rosalia Scalia Writer and mother

Allison Brown Teacher

Helen Shafer Izi Medical Products and Shafer Center CEO

Dave Wurzel Acupuncturist, interventionist, and engineer

Hear how the “other half” celebrates i.e. survives) “the most wonderful time of the year” when 7 storytellers get 7 minutes each to tell heart-warming (and blood-curdling) holiday yarns.

12.2006.holidaze.1

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Robert Pelrine Pastoral counselor

Jim Magruder Writer

Prescott Gaylord Green builder

Sarah Achenbach Writer, mom, and wrapping paper addict

Therese Lynch Etch-a-sketch artist and Speech and Language Pathologist

An all-male line-up share their scariest stories!

10.2006.scary

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Mike Subelsky Navy Lieutenant

Brian Flanagan Baltimore City firefighter

Tim Paggi Playwright and copywriter

Josh Granger Film and TV producer

It’s “Back to School Night” when seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of class clowns, teachers’ pets, education-as-liberation and attending the school of hard knocks.

09.2006.school

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Ellis Marsalis III Poet and photographer

Herman Williams Former “Montel Williams” producer and sculptor

Cranston Dize Baltimore City teacher

Tracy Wahl National Public Radio producer

Jael Freedman Manicurist

Avi Decter Director of The Jewish Museum of Maryland www.jhsm.org/

Planes, trains, and automobiles. Adventures and misadventures. Meeting strangers, making friends, parting ways. Missing connections, falling off the map. Discovering new worlds—and yourself. Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell true tales about the power of traveling to disorient, amaze, reveal—and, most importantly, to transform.

06.2006.road

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Emily Flake Lulu Eightball cartoonist www.eflakeagogo.com/

Sunni Khalid WYPR news editor www.wypr.org

Catharine Robertson Information Architect

Heather Moyer Disaster News Network reporter

Jim Mancini Speech and Language Pathologist

Jill Blum Graphic Designer

A match made in heaven morphs into the marriage from hell. Grandma moves in with the fam—and nothing is ever the same. Your college roommate loves Black Sabbath; you prefer Enya. Your new cat keeps peeing on your pillow—until you give her Prozac. In “Under one Roof: Stories about Living Together (or trying to),” seven storytellers get seven minutes each to spin true tales about cohabitation’s tangled webs.

04.2006.roof

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Andrea Seabrook NPR Correspondent www.npr.org

JaHipster Scientist and performance poet www.jahipster.com

Rupert Wondolowski Poet, painter, and bookstore owner www.normals.com/

Kat Hudson Freelance writer

Matt Fisher Dog walker

Kristi Birch Cat lover and writer

It’s an evening of blood, tears, mishaps, screw-ups, and shattered dreams when seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell true tales of loserdom in The Stoop Storytelling Series premier, “Legends of the Fall: Stories about Failure.”

Stoop founders Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin host a lineup that includes crime novelist Laura Lippman, WJZ-TV morning host Marty Bass, Walters Art Museum director Gary Vikan and Baltimore magazine senior editor Max Weiss.

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Laura Lippman Writer

Gary Vikan Walter's Art Museum Director

Marty Bass WJZ-TV morning host

Charles Cohen Freelance writer

Shannon Dunn Freelance writer

Max Weiss Baltimore Magazine Editor

Valarie Perez-Schere Performance artist and mother of three