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The Frunchroom returns to the Beverly Arts Center

The Frunchroom, the original live storytelling series about the South Side of Chicago that has entered its 10th year, returns with its first show of 2025 with two returning storytellers and two first-time performers. Host and co-producer Scott Smith welcomes … Continue reading

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Celebrate Beverly Art Walk Week with two Frunchroom shows

The Frunchroom, the original live storytelling series about the South Side of Chicago, celebrates Beverly Art Walk Week with two shows in Beverly and Morgan Park. The first all-new show will be at 730pm on Tuesday, September 24th at Beverly … Continue reading

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The Frunchoom celebrates its 9th anniversary

It’s the original South Side storytelling series, The Frunchroom, co-produced by the Beverly Area Arts Alliance and hosted by Scott Smith. The next show will be at 730pm on Thursday, April 18th at Beverly Arts Center (2407 W 111th St, … Continue reading

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The Frunchroom returns with an 8th-anniversary show

It started in 2015 as a live-reading series in the side room of a bar on Western Avenue. It survived the pandemic, and it’s now ready for an eighth-anniversary celebration. The next edition of The Frunchroom, a local storytelling series, … Continue reading

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The Frunchroom Summertime Staying Home Sessions Vol. 4

Our last summertime show is jam-packed with storytellers! Presented by Beverly Area Arts Alliance via video right in your own frunchroom (or kitchen, or bedroom, or basement, or wherever you want). Our August 13th readers are: Veronica Arreola Lily Be … Continue reading

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The Frunchroom: The Frunchroom’s Summertime Staying Home Sessions, Volume Three

The third time’s the charm. And the first two were pretty darn good so imagine how delightful this one will be… Miss the show? Catch up with it here. Presented by Beverly Area Arts Alliance: The Frunchroom is back – … Continue reading

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The Frunchroom’s Summertime Staying Home Sessions, Volume Two

Presented by Beverly Area Arts Alliance: The Frunchroom is back – via video right in your own Frunchroom (or kitchen, or bedroom, or basement, or wherever you want). Our next show is Thursday, July 16th at 7pm. Though we can’t … Continue reading

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The Frunchroom’s Summertime Staying Home Sessions, Volume One

The Frunchroom is back – via video right in your own Frunchroom (or kitchen, or bedroom, or basement, or wherever you want). Though we can’t yet gather again in person, we’re bringing back our past readers for a series of … Continue reading

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Everything you need to know about The Frunchroom, Volume XX

Tonight! Another Beverly Arts Alliance storytelling event at the Beverly Arts Center. There will be cocktails, friends, laughs, and tears, all with a South Side flavor. At 730pm, The Frunchroom will kick off its 20th show with five new storytellers: … Continue reading

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In the Frunchroom: Tonika Johnson

Our next reader for the next Frunchroom show this Thursday is Tonika Johnson. Tonika is a visual artist and photographer from Chicago’s South Side Englewood neighborhood. In 2010, she helped co-found Resident Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E.) and now she … Continue reading

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