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In the Frunchroom: Geena Doherty
The culinary and storytelling arts pair nicely in The Frunchroom’s July show starting with Geena Doherty, the chef, and co-owner, of B*U*B Café in Blue Island, IL. Geena began working in her...
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In the Frunchroom: Won Kim
Appearing at The Frunchroom this month is Won Kim: a multi-disciplinary artist helming a restaurant, painting murals, and DJing whenever he can. Won grew up in the north side of the city but is now a...
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In the Frunchroom: Mark Kelly
The many faces of the arts will be a part of this month’s Frunchoom, including one of Chicago’s hardest-working players behind the scenes: Mark Kelly. Mark is a long-serving educator, arts advocate,...
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In the Frunchroom: Carly Oishi
We are lucky to have incredible storytelling talent in our neighborhood, including Morgan Park’s own Carly Oishi. Carly is the former producer of live lit shows Solo in the 2nd City and Miss Spoken....
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The Frunchroom, Volume 25: The silver edition
The Frunchroom, the original live storytelling series about the South Side of Chicago that makes its home in Beverly/Morgan Park, kicks off Beverly Art Walk week this month. Its 25th show will be at...
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In the Frunchroom: Nate Otto
You’ve undoubtedly seen Nate Otto’s work around Beverly – his mural at the corner of 103rd and Wood on the brick wall of Ohana is his most visible effort. Next week he joins us at The Frunchroom. Nate...
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In the Frunchroom: Nora Flanagan
We have a few storyteller archetypes at The Frunchroom. The South Sider who moved to the North Side and takes the stage to tell us how that happened? That’s one of our favorites. Nora Flanagan taught...
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In the Frunchroom: Angel Simmons
For a long time, the rule for Frunchroom speakers was “no repeats.” Exceptions were made for reunion shows, our summer Zoom series, and last-minute fill-ins. But in the eight-plus years of this show,...
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In the Frunchroom: Mario Smith
The Frunchroom started in the back room of a bar on Western Avenue. In keeping with the tradition of third places, we created something where average folks, poets, performers, politicians, and media...
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In the Frunchroom: Jahmal Cole
One of our scheduled readers cannot join us tomorrow due to a family emergency. In moments like this we turn to our past roster of guests. Tomorrow night we’ll be joined by Jahmal Cole. Jahmal last...
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