In two years, we’ve heard more than 40 stories from reporters, writers, local business owners, college professors, DJs, poets and even a few lawyers.

For our 2nd anniversary show, we wanted to do something special so we’ve expanded to two nights: Wednesday, April 26th and Thursday, April 27th at Beverly Woods Restaurant (11532 S Western Ave.) where a different set of five readers will perform each night.

The readers for the first night of our April’s 2nd anniversary shows will be:

Ayana Contreras Radio host/producer, DJ and writer

Daniel Kay Hertz Writer, reader, mapper, spreadsheeter

Rodney Walker Author, educator, South Side native

Tom Cramer Blogger, 70s kid, craft beer geek, native South Sider

Sue Sadlowski Garza Alderwoman 10th Ward, CPS Counselor, Progressive Activist, Grandma

The readers for the second night of our 2nd anniversary shows will be:

Jahmal Cole Founder of My Block, My Hood, My City

Bridget Gainer Part-time pol, full-time Chicagoan, reader, mother & dual citizen

Lendon Sadler Activist & actor; performer, raconteur, unabashed lover

Kevin Coval Poet; community builder; artistic director, Young Chicago Authors

Kim Bellware Huffington Post reporter, bike adventurer and full-city wanderer As usual, we’ll feature great art and craft cocktails. (And sometime in the next month, we’ll launch our long-promipodcast.) A $5 donation is requested at the door with all proceeds supporting future Alliance events.