SPECIAL EVENT ON SATURDAY, MAY 3RD
The 25th Annual Chicago's Biggest Liar Contest
At The Ravenswood United Church of Christ
Thou shalt not miss this opportunity to witness 11 of the city's most skilled storytellers unleash their tallest tales, biggest fibs, and most outrageous lies in a Battle Royale of Bullsh*t for the legendary Hogwashe Cup.
Click here for tickets and full details
The 25th Annual Chicago's Biggest Liar Contest
At The Ravenswood United Church of Christ
Thou shalt not miss this opportunity to witness 11 of the city's most skilled storytellers unleash their tallest tales, biggest fibs, and most outrageous lies in a Battle Royale of Bullsh*t for the legendary Hogwashe Cup.
Click here for tickets and full details
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Monthly Show 2nd Tuesday of Every Month Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro (3905 N Lincoln, Chicago) 7:30 PM FREE Doors open at 6:45. |
This Much Is True is dedicated to bringing the members of our community together in a welcoming environment where we can share with each other, listen to each other, and learn from each other. Once a month, we gather to celebrate the uniqueness of the individual while simultaneously tapping into the universality of the human experience.
Our core group of storytellers is joined each month by special guests from every corner of Chicago's creative community. The stories are often hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, but always true.
Please join us for an evening of memorable tales and delicious craft beer in the intimate upstairs lounge of one of Chicago's finest Irish taverns. We look forward to meeting you or seeing you once again.
Our core group of storytellers is joined each month by special guests from every corner of Chicago's creative community. The stories are often hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, but always true.
Please join us for an evening of memorable tales and delicious craft beer in the intimate upstairs lounge of one of Chicago's finest Irish taverns. We look forward to meeting you or seeing you once again.
Our Next Show is on Tuesday, April 8th, With Regulars:
Stephanie Douglass
And Featuring These Special Guests:
Shannon Cason
Shannon Cason is a writer and storyteller. He has shared his stories on large stages, dive bars, and small living rooms all around the country. Shannon is a host, Mainstage storyteller and GrandSlam Champion with The Moth. He is a contributor to NPR’s Snap Judgment; awarded their Best Performance of 2013. Shannon also hosts his own storytelling podcast called Homemade Stories. He is originally from Detroit. Please find out more at shannoncason.com.
Bill Hillman
Bill Hillmann is an award-winning writer and storyteller from Chicago,
Illinois. His writing has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Newcity,
Salon.com, and has been broadcast on NPR. He's told stories around the
world with his internationally acclaimed storytelling series the "Windy
City Story Slam." Hillmann is a union construction laborer and a
bull-runner in Spain, who in the not-so-distant past was a feared street
brawler, gang affiliate, drug dealer, convict, and Chicago Golden Glove
Champion. Hillmann's debut novel The Old Neighborhood hits
shelves this month. It's been widely heralded by the likes of Irvine
Welsh, Rick Kogan, Joe Meno, Tony Fitzpatrick and Thom Jones. Chicago
Independent, Curbside Splendor is his publisher.
Kelsie Huff
Kelsie
is an accomplished comedian, slinging jokes at venues such as
Zanies, Chicago's Laugh Factory, Mayne Stage, Up Comedy Club, Comedy
on State (Madison) and throughout the suburbs. She has also performed at
several comedy festivals including, Bridgetown
Comedy Festival, New
Orleans, North Carolina, Boston Women in Comedy Festival, LaughFest
(MI) and Chicago Funny Female Festival. Huff's humor has "an
infectious joyousness that makes you happy to be alive". Kelsie's
one woman shows won both the Chicago Stage Review's Best Solo
Performance of 2011, Encore Fridge Festival Awards, and the Camera Eye Award for Best Performance
(Comedy). She is very proud to produce the monthly all female comedy
showcase the kates. Kelsie is a senior cast member of Comedy Sportz 100 Proof Comedy she also teaches Feminine Comique, an all female stand up class produced by Tight Five Productions,
hosts workshops for CLiC, Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), the
Boulder International Fringe Festival, StoryStudio, and for summer
camps, private institutions and corporations across Chicagoland.
Minton Sparks
Minton Sparks is a wildly original poet, performance artist, novelist, teacher, and essayist. Her appearances range from the venerable Old Towne School of Folk Music to the American Songbook Series at Lincoln Center in New York City. Minton’s books, Desperate Ransom and White Lightning, and her writing have received wide acclaim from NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered and BBC’s Bob Harris Show. She has appeared on stage with Ben Folds, Punch Brothers, John Prine, Jacob Dylan, Rosanne Cash, and country legend Pam Tillis. Minton also teaches a writing/performance workshop at universities and professional organizations across the country.
