Recorded live at Common House in Richmond, this Vox RVA storytelling night is the second segment of our first event, exploring the theme of “beginnings” through three deeply personal, often funny, and unexpectedly moving stories. Host and MC Reese Williams introduces a lineup that includes VCU podcast professor and audio producer Max Wasserman, veteran storyteller and ad-man Les Schaefer, and Reese herself. From an adult-ballet class that becomes a lesson in ego and vulnerability, to a bloody job interview that launches a high-stakes advertising career, to mismatched shoes, and the mentor who quietly changed a young woman’s life, each story captures what it means to start over, take a risk, and let desire pull you into a new version of yourself in RVA.