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2nd Tuesday of Every Month Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro 3905 N Lincoln, Chicago 7:30 PM FREE (Doors open at 6:00) |
This Much Is True is the longest running monthly storytelling show in Chicago, IL. (Since 2008). Every month, we come together in the cozy upstairs lounge of one of the city's finest pubs for an evening of true personal stories from some of Chicago's most fascinating people. An all new cast takes the stage each month to let you in on the heartbreaking, the hilarious, and everything in between.
TMIT is intimate. You'll feel like you have joined friends to share life experiences over a few pints.
Past guests have included writers, actors, chefs, theologians, SNL alums, musicians, bloggers, activists, professional storytellers, comedians, and more from our city and around the world.
We hope that you can join us.
TMIT is intimate. You'll feel like you have joined friends to share life experiences over a few pints.
Past guests have included writers, actors, chefs, theologians, SNL alums, musicians, bloggers, activists, professional storytellers, comedians, and more from our city and around the world.
We hope that you can join us.
Our next show will take place on
Tuesday, December 10th
Featuring:
Tuesday, December 10th
Featuring:
Kevin Coval
Kevin Coval is an award-winning poet & author of Everything Must Go: The Life & Death of an American Neighborhood, A People's History of Chicago & over ten other full-length collections, anthologies & chapbooks. He is the founding editor of The BreakBeat Poets imprint on Haymarket Books, & Artistic Director of the MacArthur Award-winning cultural organization, Young Chicago Authors, & founder of Louder Than a Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival, the world's largest youth poetry festival, now in more than 19 cities across North America. He's got a lot of hustles. He's shared the stage with The Migos & Nelson Mandela, has published in Poetry Magazine, The Chicago Tribune & CNN.com & co-hosts the podcast, The Cornerstore, on WGN Radio, cuz he is in loves to listen to people tell stories. He can be found on the internets @kevincoval.
Mae Flores
Mae Flores is an award-winning Filipina-American actress turned advocate & speaker. She is well-known for her work in the sci-fi, independent cult classic, “Atlantis Down” and her LA-based philanthropic, independent music show, “Mae Flores Presents.” In 2013, Mae was awarded the highest honor in entertainment at the Filipino American Hall of Fame for her contribution to the arts and entertainment within her Filipino community. She was given an Honorary US Naval Membership to the USS Theodore Roosevelt active aircraft carrier and is commemorated annually in the the State of Virginia, where they declared October 3rd as “Mae Flores Pinay Day” as part of Filipino American National Heritage Month. Mae is a Goodwill Ambassador for various organizations like "Today I'm Brave". And in 2016, EuropeAid honored her as one of the Top 200 Women in the World Development Wall of Fame. Mae has spoken in various local and global events like United Nations Women in New York and was a feature TED speaker in 2017. She is the founder of "Light Me Up" a program which uses the power of movement, voice and music to show survivors how to use tools that they already have within themselves to find their own paths to healing. This program is one she has developed over the past few years during discussions with organizations she has met with during her invitations to the UN & UN Women.
Steve Glickman
Steve Glickman has told stories on the Moth Radio Hour, at the Laugh Factory, at City Winery, and basically anywhere someone will listen. He hosts Do Not Submit, a monthly storytelling open mic in Edgewater. Once upon a time he played viola in a string quartet. By day he's a software engineer and he runs the ping pong league in his office. He lives in Uptown with his partner Mark and their imaginary dog Ruffles.
Tara Hensle
Tara has loved storytelling for as long as she can remember. After spending nearly all her free time writing stories as a kid and then transitioning to scribbling angsty poetry as a teenager, she has come to appreciate the beauty of stories never been told the same way twice through Story Lab Chicago. She loves research (because data tells stories too!), cooking, and vintage earrings. Because they say it's good to have a calming hobby, she has had the goal to learn to knit for the past year, but she keeps going to brunch instead. At least brunch didn't keep her from telling her story at this show.
Carol Kaufman-Kerman
Carol Kaufman-Kerman is the resident storyteller at Jewish Community Centers in Chicagoland. She can be seen at storytelling festivals and conferences, corporate events, a five time guest speaker at DePaul University, Caroline’s on Broadway in New York City and showcases all over Chicago. One of her highlights is singing Hello Dolly at The Park West in 1982 on stage with her brother Andy Kaufman. Carol’s stories range from folktales to her family and New York roots. Her personal stories remind us of our own life and family and the anecdotes that have shaped us. She believes that we keep our loved ones alive through story.
Gilo Logan
The scope of expertise Dr. Gilo Logan provides is driven by his 20+ years of experience as an internationally recognized leadership and diversity speaker, consultant, and writer. He is the founder and president of Logan Consulting Services, LLC, global leadership and diversity consulting firm; a member of the Illinois Diversity Council; a National Diversity Council Certified Diversity Professional; and has been an adjunct professor of diversity and social justice in Chicago, IL, for more than fifteen years. Dr. Logan’s clients include McDonald’s Corporation, Mac Arthur Foundation, Northwestern University, and more. He has over seven years of experience living and working in 23 countries throughout North and Central America, the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and West Africa. He gains the greatest pride and satisfaction however, as a loving and devoted husband, and father to three sons. Dr. Logan is the author of Cultivating Cultural Competence for Leaders: Tips, Tools and Techniques for Managing a Diverse Workforce. A partial list of media includes Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Korean Radio Broadcast Co., Financial Survival Network, Ebony Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine, CLTV, The Fiji Sun, and Kiora FM.
Scott Whitehair
Host/producer of This Much Is True
Scott Whitehair is a storyteller, teacher, and producer living in Chicago, IL. He is the producer of This Much Is True, creator of Story Lab Chicago, which has put 600+ new storytellers on stage since 2011, and director of Do Not Submit, a grassroots network of open mics across the city bringing people together to connect with each other. Scott tells anywhere someone will listen, including The National Storytelling Festival Exchange Place, Steppenwolf Theater, the historic Green Mill, and on NPR, the Risk podcast, and Siruis XM. He is a frequent guest instructor at the city's top universities, and his personal narrative class has been selling out every month since 2012. Scott is in demand as a coach and trainer, spending his days helping individuals, companies, and non-profits develop their voices as storytellers. In 2014, he was the featured instructor at Hong Kong Story Worthy Week, headlined by David Sedaris, and in 2015 taught an intensive at All Hallows College in Dublin.
Scott Whitehair is a storyteller, teacher, and producer living in Chicago, IL. He is the producer of This Much Is True, creator of Story Lab Chicago, which has put 600+ new storytellers on stage since 2011, and director of Do Not Submit, a grassroots network of open mics across the city bringing people together to connect with each other. Scott tells anywhere someone will listen, including The National Storytelling Festival Exchange Place, Steppenwolf Theater, the historic Green Mill, and on NPR, the Risk podcast, and Siruis XM. He is a frequent guest instructor at the city's top universities, and his personal narrative class has been selling out every month since 2012. Scott is in demand as a coach and trainer, spending his days helping individuals, companies, and non-profits develop their voices as storytellers. In 2014, he was the featured instructor at Hong Kong Story Worthy Week, headlined by David Sedaris, and in 2015 taught an intensive at All Hallows College in Dublin.