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Pop-Up Story: ‘Tournament of Sadness’

Peter Johnston at the microphone telling a story
Amanda Pinckney
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WKAR-MSU
Storyteller Peter Johnston

The last Pop-Up Stories event of 2016 took place at REACH Studio Art Gallery in REO Town. 

The theme was “turning over a new leaf.” Storyteller Peter Johnston shared a story about moving to Chicago right after college.

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