EXPAND #9 in Partnership with TC Design Week
EXPAND Storytelling #9 will take place at The Alluvion community performance venue at 7:00PM on Oct 1, 2025, in partnership with TC Design Week. Four storytellers (and designers of many types) invited from the NoMi community will take the stage to share their life stories around how they find fulfillment from the inside out wherever they are. How they came to find the little things that make them come alive and how they continue to expand their being from right here, right NOW. Mindful, aware, present, grateful. Never arriving, always expanding.
STORYTELLERS:
Megan Stillwell, North Love and Table Health
Katie Asher, Slip Vintage,
Dana Lacuesta, Dana Grace Interiors
Ryan Hammon, Central United Methodist
TICKETS: $15 on Eventbrite or $18 at the door. Seating is limited to 150
Created and hosted by Chelsea Bay Dennis of C.Bay Design
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TCDW is a week-long series of a events celebrating real, radical, local design. Oct 5-11, 2025
The Mission: To showcase local design that solves real-world problems, to fuel Northern Michigan’s design culture, and unite our interdisciplinary design community.
Whether you’re a designer or a design enthusiast, TCDW invites you to celebrate, learn, and shape the future of design in our region.
Tagged: storytelling, life stories, traversecity, community, thingstodo
EXPAND #8
EXPAND Storytelling #8 will take place at The Alluvion community performance venue at 7:00PM on May 21, 2025. Four storytellers invited from the NoMi community will take the stage to share their life stories around how they find fulfillment from the inside out wherever they are.
STORYTELLERS:
Kelli Kaberle Mengebier, HKM & Associates
Mark Gothel, REC Creation Media
Nick Olson, Elev8 Climbing & Hearth Sauna
Karine Pierson, Mi Music
EXPAND #7
STORYTELLERS:
Vlad Borza, Sleeping Bear Saunas
Susie Grace, Valor Skincare
Pete Farmer, Farmer Foot Drums
Josh Hartman, Photographer
EXPAND #6
STORYTELLERS:
Chad Lindsay, ED at City Opera House
Clay Maas, ClaySpace TC
Sam LaSusa, Community Development Specialist
Heather Spooner, Artist, Ampersand Lettering Lab
EXPAND #5
EXPAND Storytelling #5 will take place at The Alluvion community performance venue at 7:00PM on May 1, 2024. Four storytellers invited from the NoMi community will take the stage to share their life stories around how they find fulfillment from the inside out wherever they are. How they came to find the little things that make them come alive and how they continue to expand their being from right here, right NOW. Mindful, aware, present, grateful. Never arriving, always expanding.
STORYTELLERS:
Dan Sarya, Orthodontist and Sauna man
Erica Bourdon, Massage Therapist
Adam Weinrick, Anavery Farm
SkyeLea Martin Fitch, MusicianIncluding a few tunes as well!
EXPAND #4
Kyler Bradley, MI Moves Fitness
Ramon Gaitan, Dancer and Dance Teacher
Amber Hasan, Author, Emcee, Poet
EXPAND #3
Four storytellers invited from the NoMi community will take the stage to share their life stories around how they find fulfillment from the inside out wherever they are. How they came to find the little things that make them come alive and how they continue to expand their being from right here, right NOW.
STORYTELLERS:
Holly Bird, Lawyer and Title Track
Loghan Call, Chef and Audacia
Pauly James Hurlbert, Pilot
Julie Hay, Consultant HKM Associates
Created and hosted by Chelsea Bay Dennis of C.Bay Design
Expand #2 / Around the Table
Oryana Community Co-op and Expand Storytelling are proud to present a live storytelling event at the City Opera House on May 4th to celebrate 50 years of rich Oryana history. A diverse line up of local storytellers will take the stage to share their personal stories of adventure, struggle, and creativity on the themes of food and cooperation. Special Music performance by Seth Bernard and hosted by Chelsea Bay Dennis.
expand #1
March 22, 2023, 7PM
The Alluvion, Traverse City, MI 49684
Life stories from those who are living for their everyday