Let Me Tell You! A Curated Story Telling Jam

A free monthly storytelling event hosted by 2-time Moth winner Errol McLendon

Everyone tells stories. At family gatherings. In bars and coffee shops. Here is your opportunity to share your personal stories with your community. Stories can be funny or poignant. About love or tragedy, or maybe both. They can be about something you learned or something you wish you had never done. Something historic you witnessed or were a part of.

If you would like to participate in our upcoming Jams please submit a description of a 7 - 8 minute story you would like to tell to errol.mclendon@gmail.com to be included in an evening of friends sharing stories with friends. First time tellers are welcomed and encouraged.

A free Zoom workshop will be offered two weeks prior to each show to help enhance your story in a relaxed, informal environment. One-on-one coaching will also be available.
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Ages: 18+ yrs.
Day: Monday
Date: September 8, 2025
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
Fee: FREE
Location: Joseph C. Vallez Activity Center, 1529 Harlem Ave., Berwyn, IL.

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Concessions will be available for purchase

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September Tellers

Gary Doherty

Gary Doherty is a writer and storyteller.  He has done this for about 15 years.  He has written 3 books fiction, memoir and weird shit.  He has a lot of material available to him because of doing social work for about 40 years. He has done readings in Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, Iowa, Illinois and Mississippi.  He is a grandpa.  He likes to help people and make people laugh.

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Louis Greenwald

Louis Greenwald was dragged to Storytelling by his wife, Susie. He did not want to go since the Bears were playing Green Bay that Sunday. Louis was infected with Storytelling and now tells stories as much as people will put up with him. He calls storytelling the greatest art form since what you see is the truth and reality.

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Thunder Ruthven

Thunder Ruthven is a cultural presenter, storyteller, and a burgeoning motivational speaker. Coming from a multicultural background gives him a unique perspective on the world.

Raised in the homogenized dominant culture. He discovered his indigenous roots as an adult, while he was raising his own son. This experience allows him to understand dominant culture and how it functions. But it also allows him to see the potential of what we as humans could become, with a few adjustments

In his day to, day, he operates Thunders Pack Canine Training and Turtle Island Canine Rescue Rehab. Where he does behavioral rehab for shelter and rescue dogs

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Joy Wright

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Joy Wright is a Best-of-the-Net nominated writer, storyteller, and mom to two twenty-somethings. She works as a fundraiser for a racial justice, anti-violence organization by day and spends evenings telling stories at shows around Chicago. Joy’s greatest accomplishment is completing the Sexier Than a Squirrel training with her dog. Her publications include HuffPost, Creative Nonfiction, Entropy Magazine, Buzz Feed, Anti-Heroin Chic, and more.  

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Levi Stroud

Levi Stroud is a writer and media producer with a background in documentary production, screenwriting, and playwriting. In his free time, he likes to take hip hop classes, appreciate architecture, and consume way too many political podcasts. Recently, he has been polishing the final draft of his first novel, Follow Me into the Night.

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Mary O’Connell

Mary O’Connell is a Chicago writer.  A member of the Goodman Theatre’s GENarrations storytelling program, she also leads a writing group at a Chicago senior center. In her professional life, she was a book editor, an award-winning journalist, communications manager and consultant for nonprofit organizations, and a member of several nonprofit boards. A Chicago native and Loyola University graduate, she lives in Rogers Park.

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