Porchlight Storytelling Series

Porchlight Storytelling Series

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Porchlight Storytelling Series episodes

  • New! Improved! Attempts at Better Living Through Change.

    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.

    0 min
  • Tales from the Green Room: musicians tell stories of being on the road and behind the scenes

    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.


    1 hr 3 min
  • Porchlight & the Litquake Literary Festival present: Dog & Pony Show

    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 director


    Hosted by Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte.  Music by Marc Capelle.  Podcast produced by Briana Breen. From October 2012 at San Francisco’s Verdi Club.

    1 hr 16 min
  • Busted! Epic tales from Porchlight's 4th Anniversary Show.

    Stories of getting busted: rock stars, famous actors, car thiefs, truth-seekers, and more.


    Stories from:

    *SF Film Festival programmer, SEAN UYEHARA

    *Legendary music journalist, SYLVIE SIMMONS

    *BART train operator and tour bus driver, KELLY BEARDSLEY

    *Writer, public radio commentator, and author of “The Ramen King and I,” ANDY RASKIN

    *Law professor, author, and community activist, the late LINDA MABRY

    *Film soundtrack composer and founder of Secret Studios, Mr. HAPPY SANCHEZ

    *Namer, crossword puzzle writer, and comedian, ANDREA MICHAELS

    *Writer and musician, ERIC SHEA

     

    Hosted by Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte.  Music by Marc Capelle.  Podcast produced by Briana Breen. From July 2004 at San Francisco’s Café Du Nord.

    1 hr 14 min
  • Double Dare! Duos take the Porchlight stage.

    Stories of babies in bar fights, how not to prepare for a pitch meeting with a TV show, what to do when someone orders you to “Pickup the gun!” and behind the scene secrets from a diet and fasting clinic.

    Invaluable lessons and incredible storytelling from Sean Kelly & Anneke Swinehart, James Reichmuth & Rob Baedeker, Boots Riley, and Ed Wolfe & Kirk Read

     

    Hosted by Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte.  Music by Marc Capelle.  Podcast produced by Briana Breen. From September 17, 2012 at San Francisco’s Hemlock Tavern.

    1 hr 3 min
  • The Grand Finale! Part four of Porchlight’s 10th Anniversary Show Extravaganza

    With music from singer/songwriter VIRGIL SHAW.  And stories from: designer and metal fabricator, KYLE METZNER, master bookbinder, DOMINIC RILEY, performance artist, BEN MCCOY, stand-up comedian, ANNA SEREGINA, and Kasper Hauser sketch comic, ROB BAEDEKER.


    Hosted by Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte.  Produced by Briana Breen.  From July 13, 2012 at San Francisco’s Verdi Club.

     

     

    1 hr 3 min
  • Shine On! Part Three of Porchlight's 10th Anniversary Show Extravaganza

    Part Three of our four part 10th Anniversary Show Extravaganza

     

    Stories From: BART train operator and tour bus driver, KELLY BEARDSLEY, author and funny lady, CASSIE SNEIDER, managing editor of The Rumpus and co-founder of Pen & Ink,  ISAAC FITZGERALD, Ms. Leather 2010, BDSM educator, actress and writer, MOLLENA WILLIAMS, and author and Litquake founder, JACK BOULWARE.

     

    Hosted by Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte.  Produced by Briana Breen.  From July 13, 2012 at San Francisco’s Verdi Club.

    55 min
  • Part Two of Porchlight's 10th Anniversary Show Extravaganza

    Part Two of our four part anniversary show extravaganza!

    Stories from the founder of the San Francisco Food Adventure Club BETH PICKENS, rocker and skater ERIC SHEA, filmmaker VERO MAJANO, author, publisher and California Native American and Bay Area history expert MALCOLM MARGOLIN, and spoken word legend BUCKY SINISTER.

    Hosted by Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte.  Produced by Briana Breen. From July 12, 2012 at San Francisco's Verdi Club.

    1 hr 2 min

About Porchlight Storytelling Series

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Selected stories from Porchlight, San Francisco's longest-running storytelling series, hosted by Arline Klatte and Beth Lisick.