by Shannon Turner | Apr 5, 2016 | Blog
Here’s some fun news! I have entered into a new all-lady storytelling collective called Story Chxx. We will be previewing work at the Little 5 Arts Alive outdoor festival in May and then debut at the Atlanta Fringe Festival in June. Featuring fellow raconteurs,...
by Shannon Turner | Feb 22, 2016 | Blog
You may remember a few posts that led up to this moment. There was my 40th birthday, where I talked about how joyful I was to have been embraced so fully by my network of friends, despite my yearning for a lifelong dance partner. Later on, as I began the journey of...
by Shannon Turner | Feb 21, 2016 | Blog
You may remember a few posts that led up to this moment. There was my 40th birthday, where I talked about how joyful I was to have been embraced so fully by my network of friends, despite my yearning for a lifelong dance partner. Later on, as I began the journey of...
by Shannon Turner | Feb 9, 2016 | Blog
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOCsEc0YBr4] These days on The North Avenue Lounge, once a year we do a theme month where each of the four co-hosts links our episodes together around said theme. This year, I came up with the brilliant idea that we should do a...
by Shannon Turner | Jan 31, 2016 | Blog
Many of you may remember this as one of my most famous stories… [vimeo 13828876 w=500 h=281] That story took place in 2005 in North Carolina. So, imagine my surprise this week when Jesse walked into the gym here in Atlanta and sat down on the bike next to me. I...
by Shannon Turner | Jan 26, 2016 | Blog
For two years in a row now, it’s been my great honor and privilege to direct a night of storytelling so distinctly different from many others out there, I feel extraordinarily proud to be a part of it. [I was a teller before I became the director.] Stories on...
