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2nd Wednesday of Every Month Gorton Center (400 E. Illinois, Lake Forest) Sign Up List at 7:15pm Stories at 7:30pm FREE |
Do Not Submit Lake Forest takes place in a cozy conference room at the Gorton Center, Lake Forest's peerless community institution. Arrive at 7:15 to sign up for a spot, and when your name is called, you will get 7 minutes on stage to share any story you'd like. (Late arrivals can sign up as long as there are spots still available.
No experience necessary to participate. All ages welcome.
Drinks will be available for purchase on location.
Questions, comments, concerns or suggestions? Email us at [email protected]
About Your Hosts
As a pathologist, Elizabeth Brown spent hundreds of hours hunched over either a microscope or a dead body. She then worked as a consultant to the medical device industry writing technical reports, all dry as dust and utterly humerous. Original thoughts were few, as all statements had to be referenced. Spreading her wings to creative non-fiction has been a liberating joy. Elizabeth has performed at story telling events in Highwood, Arlington Heights, Evanston and Chicago, but is delighted to be hosting an open mic in her home town of Lake Forest.
Suzie Garfield expects everyone to have stories (not just a story) to tell. As for her own background: She’s raised her 2 sons to adulthood. She’s programmed computers, managed business projects, learned as much as she could about other stuff, taught as much of it as she could get to interest other people, and always—always—told the stories about any and all of it. Now, as a retiree from the conventional workforce, an empty nester, a consumer of food, opera, theater, museums, the visual arts, and miscellaneous other adventures, and a perpetual storyteller, she keeps looking for and finding the next challenge, the next thing to learn, do, and teach, and the next story.
After teaching studio art and art history in high school and colleges, Lisa Parr opened and still runs her business internationally restoring Historic Landmark antique carousels, speaking and writing articles on them and her specialty of original paint. Additional application of her skills is for legal work, court verifying and identifying carousel figures for insurance, damage, and theft for private collectors, as well as appraisals for museums, art dealers, and auctions. In connection with carousel art, Lisa pursues research in early Celtic design and mythology on site in the upper isles of Scotland. Many early Celtic and pre-Christian designs are reproduced on carousels and carousel animals. Her interest in ancient and contemporary mythology has led her to research mountain storytelling, initiating more travel and recent storytelling, herself. Lisa has been telling Highland Park, Lake Forest, and several venues in Chicago. For fun, Lisa also restores antique wood toys and sports cars, which she drives with vigor and nostalgia.
Jasmin Rodriguez is a trained actress with over 9 years of stage, commercial, film, storytelling experience. Most recently she completed commercial's for Malman Law and Spirit Juice. She has worked in several independent films, such as “Faithful Disappointments”, “Market Value” and the TV true crime series “American Greed”. She completed her training at Second City, Vagabond, Sarantos Studios, Wheaton Drama, and Gorton Drama Studio. Jasmin is a dedicated actress and hard worker who is constantly looking to improve her talents. She enjoys nature walks by the lake, surrounding herself with good energy, bike riding, yoga and travels to Europe.