December 2019.
My dream to publish short personal essays in a beautiful online format was made real five years ago on December 10, 2014.
I leaped with joy when people actually showed up at Curt’s Cafe that cold December night.
In May 2019, we celebrated Thread’s fifth anniversary at the Skokie Theatre to a sold-out house of 140. In addition to 14 beautiful issues totaling 84 essays, I’m SO proud of the three spots Thread earned on the notables list of Best American Essays.
My unending gratitude goes to those of you who have submitted your work, read or told your story on stage, showed up for a reading or supported this whole endeavor on social media.
All of it speaks to how art works best.
When we do it together.
Cafe photo courtesy of Jill Howe.
Photo highlights from Threadaversary
An Evening of Personal Stories
with these outstanding Chicago storytellers
Eileen Dougharty
Jeremy Owens
Diane Kastiel
Jill Howe
Nestor Gomez
Ada Cheng
David Barish
Sheri Reda
Scott Whitehair
With special guests:
The Grant Street Writers and Richard Reeder
Thursday, May 2, 2019
7:30 p.m. in Skokie Theatre
Thursday, May 2, 2019
7:30 – 9:30 pm
Video from Thread’s Second Live Lit Event
at Curt’s Cafe South, Spring 2015
Highlights from the Fall 2017 Reading
Evanston Public Library (September, 10 2017)
Highlights from the Fall Reading at Tommy Nevins
October 16, 2016
Reading at The Curragh in Skokie
April 2016
Reading at Curt’s Cafe South
Fall 2015
Photographs by Gay Pasley
Moments from April’s 2015 Thread Reading at Curt’s Cafe South.
(Photographs by Jill Howe)
And some from the launch at Curt’s Cafe North in December 2014:
