Listen to stories from the first National Story Slam on WBEZ radio

Windy City Story Slam hosted the first-ever national story slam in Chicago, IL during the Printer’s Row Literary Festival on June 13, 2010. Ten cities were represented — Portland, OR; Minneapolis;  Philly; Boston/Providence;  Westcheser, PA;  Chicago; San Francisco; Greenville, SC; Baltimore, and of course, DC. Each city brought one storyteller. Regie Cabico represented well for DC with a shortened version of his story from “Wetbacks, Aliens & Towelheads: Stories from the First Generation”. He came in second in both the judges favorite and audience favorite (beat out only slightly by the local Chicago teller).  The winning story by Nancy Donavan was aired on WBEZ (Listen) Chicago and and two stories were posted on their website — Regie’s story and Michelle’s (Greenville) story about a “goat incident”. Both are hilarious.  Listen.