Carl Sandburg’s Chicago

Hog Butcher for the World,
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation’s Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders

First Person Arts’ Chicago:

The Windy City Story Slam!  Much love and thanks to the die-hard storytellers who drove 13 hours each way to share their stories on the Free Library Festival stage.  Though Team Philadelphia walked away with an overall victory and audience favorite (in Amy Malissa), individual honors went to Max Glaessner of Chicago, and as such, he’s invited to the 2009 First Person Festival Grand Slam in November.  If you’d like to help Max get to the Festival, please pledge whatever you can here!

And now, the City of the Big Shoulder’s finest storytellers:

Enid Maldonado Ruiz

Nicolette Kittinger

Sam Snow

Max Glaessner

Bill Hillman

Thanks again to our wonderful new friends from Chicago.  It was an honor to have you, and we hope to see you again soon!