Stay ConnectedSelected stories from Porchlight, San Francisco’s longest-running storytelling series, hosted by Arline Klatte and Beth Lisick.
Co-founders Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte invite six people from different backgrounds to tell ten-minute true stories without using notes or memorization.
Stories of parents and drug dealers, and parents who are drug dealers, an M.P. guarding high value detainees in Baghdad, how not to get into Egypt, lawlessness in Cambodia, spanking, late night run-ins with campus police, what to say when a cop wants to search your vehicle, and bedbugs.
Hosted by Arline Klatte and Beth Spottswood. Podcast produced by Briana Breen.
From March 25, 2013 at San Francisco’s Hemlock Tavern.
A Porchlight show unlike any other. Storytellers and readers take the stage for a unique literary, storytelling, and musical mixtape.
Hosted by Arline Klatte and Evan Karp. Podcast produced by Briana Breen. From April 15, 2013 at San Francisco’s Verdi Club.
Stories about getting over it and moving on from:
Deputy Chief of Staff for Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom--Deirdre Hussey, writer and comedian--Miles K., high school teacher--Karie Rubin, writer and performer--Kurt Bodden, and surprise stoytellers!
Hosted by Arline Klatte and Beth Spotswood. Podcast produced by Briana Breen. From January 21, 2013 at San Francisco’s Verdi Club.
Stories from:
Criminal defense attorney--Renee Paradis
Comic and union organizer--Nato Green
San Francisco Poilice Department Sergeant--Carl Tennenbaum
Chief Judge of the Ninth Circuit--Alex Kozinski
Hosted by Arline Klatte and Beth Spotswood. Podcast produced by Briana Breen.From March 18, 2013 at San Francisco's Verdi Club.
Porchlight and SF Sketchfest present stories from:
Soccer journalist--Alan Black
Stand-up comedian--April Richardson
Zinester, illustrator, and pet portrait artist--Nicole Georges
Comedian, actor, musician, and host of “The Dave Hill Explosion”--Dave Hill
Comedian, actor, and writer --Scott Capurro
Hosted by Arline Klatte and Beth Lisick. Podcast produced by Briana Breen. From February 8, 2013 at San Francisco’s Verdi Club.
Stories about mormons, stoners, sailors, families, a Civil War in West Africa, and Walt Whitman. Brave stories from courageous storytellers at Porchlight Open Door.
Hosted by Arline Klatte and Beth Spotswood. Podcast produced by Briana Breen.
From January 28, 2013 at San Francisco’s Hemlock Tavern.
Stories about lost soulmates, painful geography lessons, Mexican prostitutes, an Afghani girl who wanted to become a pilot, Christian lesbian rappers, as well as insider tips for playing the slots in Vegas.
Hosted by Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte. Podcast produced by Briana Breen.
From January 30, 2012 at San Francisco’s Hemlock Tavern.
Stories From:
Ethan Waters - Author of Urban Tribes, co-founder of the SF Writers' Grotto, contributor to print, radio, and TV
Kelly Kegger-Beardsley - BART train operator, tour and school bus driver, and storytelling star
Veronika Cauley - Activist, former Army football player, and the first transgendered officer appointed to the San Francisco Veteran's Affairs Commission
Alex Momtchiloff - Marriage and family therapist
Joyce Maynard- Author of fiction and non-fiction works including At Home in the World, To Die For, Labor Day, and The Good Daughters
Hosted by Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte. Podcast produced by Briana Breen. From 2004 at San Francisco's Cafe Du Nord.
STORIES FROM:
Davy Vain - heavy metal legend
Chuck Prophet - singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Eric Shea - writer and musician
Anthony Bedard - musician, band booker, and co-founder of the Coalition of Aging Rockers
Brian Gorman – Musician, teacher, founder of Rock Band Land, and the Verdi Club’s own master of sound
Hosted by Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte. Podcast produced by Briana Breen. From November 2012 at San Francisco’s Verdi Club.
Stories from:
Tom Rhodes - comedian, actor, and travel writer Tamar Adler - chef, teacher, author, and editor Lyrics Born - rapper, producer, songwriter, and epic tweeter Caitlin Myer - novelist, playwright, and founder of the literary reading series Portuguese Artists Colony April Whitney - book publicist and occasional ghostwriter for Boo the world’s cutest dog Michael Ian Black - comedian, actor, writer, and directorHosted by Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte. Music by Marc Capelle. Podcast produced by Briana Breen. From October 2012 at San Francisco’s Verdi Club.
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