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Pop-Up Stories

0000017b-01f0-d19f-ab7b-19f504c50002A mobile storytelling project from WKAR Current State, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities at MSU, and community partners.

Pop-Up Story: ‘Tournament of Sadness’

WKAR Public Media

Published January 13, 2017 at 12:00 PM EST

Peter Johnston at the microphone telling a story — 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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