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    <title type="text">Speakeasy Storytelling | Atom Feed</title>
    <subtitle type="text">At Story District (formerly SpeakeasyDC), we tell stories - true, autobiographical stories. We produce more than 25 original live storytelling shows a year, and offer over a dozen classes.</subtitle>
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    <updated>2015-08-07T20:30:15Z</updated>
    <rights>Copyright (c) 2015, Speakeasy Storytelling</rights>
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      <title><![CDATA[Story District is here!]]></title>
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      <id>tag:storydistrict.org,2015:/7.430</id>
      <published>2015-08-06T21:44:14Z</published>
      <updated>2015-08-07T20:30:15Z</updated>
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            <name>amys</name>
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	<![CDATA[Story District is here!!!

We are so happy about how the kickoff party went and grateful to everyone who attended, volunteered, tabled, performed, danced, tweeted, and helped us get started with this new name on the right foot. 

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    <entry>
      <title><![CDATA[Welcome to Story District!]]></title>
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      <id>tag:storydistrict.org,2015:/7.424</id>
      <published>2015-07-15T20:37:10Z</published>
      <updated>2015-07-15T20:46:11Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>amys</name>
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	<![CDATA[New name. Same great stories. ]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Inspiration behind the new logo!]]></title>
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      <id>tag:storydistrict.org,2015:/7.422</id>
      <published>2015-07-09T20:39:49Z</published>
      <updated>2015-07-09T20:57:50Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Ben Thomas</name>
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	<![CDATA[Check out our new logo and hear the inspiration from our design team ]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Garden Party Success]]></title>
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      <id>tag:storydistrict.org,2015:/7.420</id>
      <published>2015-07-06T20:04:17Z</published>
      <updated>2015-07-07T18:30:18Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Meredith Maslich</name>
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	<![CDATA[Meredith Maslich on the success of Tour de Telling]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Our first road trip: Biscuits, stories, and more]]></title>
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      <id>tag:storydistrict.org,2015:/7.413</id>
      <published>2015-06-18T15:25:06Z</published>
      <updated>2015-07-07T18:34:07Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>amys</name>
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	<![CDATA[SpeakeasyDC's first storytelling road trip! ]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[SpeakeasyDC Board Member JR Russ]]></title>
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      <id>tag:storydistrict.org,2015:/7.407</id>
      <published>2015-05-29T15:30:32Z</published>
      <updated>2015-06-01T14:47:33Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>JR Russ</name>
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	<![CDATA[SpeakeasyDC Board Member on Board Service]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tour de Telling 2015]]></title>
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      <published>2015-05-14T13:19:20Z</published>
      <updated>2015-05-14T14:50:21Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Ben Thomas</name>
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	<![CDATA[SEDC is excited to launch our 2015 Spring fundraising campaign. ]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Home Sweet Home]]></title>
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      <id>tag:storydistrict.org,2015:/7.393</id>
      <published>2015-05-07T21:20:29Z</published>
      <updated>2015-05-08T19:22:30Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Liz Young</name>
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	<![CDATA[SEDC's Liz Young on Home Sweet Home]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tour de Telling is Back]]></title>
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      <id>tag:storydistrict.org,2015:/7.392</id>
      <published>2015-05-07T01:24:31Z</published>
      <updated>2015-05-07T01:40:32Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Emily Wooten</name>
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	<![CDATA[Emily Wooten on SEDC's Tour de Telling. ]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Unhinged: True stories about living with mental illness]]></title>
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      <id>tag:storydistrict.org,2015:/7.388</id>
      <published>2015-04-14T17:28:39Z</published>
      <updated>2015-04-16T16:38:40Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Liz Young</name>
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	<![CDATA[SpeakeasyDC presents Unhinged: True stories about living with mental illness]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICYMI: Highlights from Speakeasy DC’s Fools Rush In]]></title>
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      <id>tag:storydistrict.org,2015:/7.385</id>
      <published>2015-04-03T15:12:37Z</published>
      <updated>2015-04-16T16:37:38Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Evan Milberg</name>
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	<![CDATA[A quick recap of Fools Rush In Presented April 1st]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Storytellers in focus: Chris Kingsley]]></title>
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      <published>2015-04-01T18:07:31Z</published>
      <updated>2015-04-01T18:17:32Z</updated>
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            <name>Will Sefton</name>
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	<![CDATA[Chris Kingsley is the Chair of the SpeakeasyDC board and Associate Director of Local Policy & Advocacy at the Data Quality Campaign. A longtime show-goer, Chris decided to step up to the plate and lead our board of directors during our rebranding. Here he speaks with us about plans for the future and how he's trying to meet the bar set by former SpeakeasyDC Chair Mike Boyd]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[In Memoriam]]></title>
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      <published>2015-03-21T19:17:50Z</published>
      <updated>2015-04-17T20:45:51Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>amys</name>
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	<![CDATA[In Memoriam. Kevin Boggs]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Storytellers in Focus: Victoria Rocha]]></title>
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      <published>2015-03-03T21:37:24Z</published>
      <updated>2015-03-06T17:37:25Z</updated>
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            <name>Will Sefton</name>
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	<![CDATA[A very um.. personal story brought Victoria Rocha to the SEDC stage in February 2013 and we have been enjoying her true life tales since then. As an SEDC volunteer and storyteller in her personal life, and disabilities rights advocate in her professional life, performing and storytelling has been a big part of her career and fun hobby.]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Storytellers in Focus: Chancellor Gaffney]]></title>
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      <id>tag:storydistrict.org,2015:/7.356</id>
      <published>2015-01-06T15:49:18Z</published>
      <updated>2015-01-15T19:53:19Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Will Sefton</name>
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	<![CDATA[Chancellor Gaffney is an auditor for a Big Four accounting firm by day and a wrestler and storyteller by night. He's performed in our Sucker For Love show in addition to our second Tuesday series in his first year storytelling at SpeakeasyDC. Although he doesn't have a background in performance, he loves performing and may have the ultimate strategy to defeat any and all aspects of stage fright.]]>
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    <entry>
      <title><![CDATA[Storytellers in Focus: Inga Brege]]></title>
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      <id>tag:storydistrict.org,2014:/7.341</id>
      <published>2014-12-03T23:01:30Z</published>
      <updated>2015-01-14T22:23:31Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Will Sefton</name>
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	<![CDATA[Inga Brege is a graphic designer and published researcher living in DC once again. A newcomer to the SpeakeasyDC community, she's made a splash performing twice already in her first year with us. This December she will be performing her first solo show Off Script about growing up and finding her voice amongst the colorful characters in her eccentric family]]>
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    <entry>
      <title><![CDATA[We need a new NAME!]]></title>
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      <published>2014-12-02T16:50:54Z</published>
      <updated>2014-12-02T18:32:55Z</updated>
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            <name>amys</name>
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	<![CDATA[We need your support more than ever as we take our first exciting—and challenging—steps towards a massive re-branding.

Yes… SpeakeasyDC is getting a new name, new look, and new burst of energy in 2015 – our 18th year in business. Although the initial push to change our name is coming from a dispute over the trademark, we are seizing the moment and approaching this as a great opportunity to fully communicate how much the organization has grown and changed since we first adopted that name in 1997. ]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Storytellers in focus: Keith Mellnick]]></title>
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      <id>tag:storydistrict.org,2014:/7.333</id>
      <published>2014-11-25T16:48:18Z</published>
      <updated>2014-11-25T21:22:19Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Will Sefton</name>
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	<![CDATA[Keith Mellnick is a freelance photographer who splits his time between expat and DC living. In between trips abroad, Keith cut his performance chops at several SpeakeasyDC shows and has performed in our Top Shelf series two years in a row. This December he will be performing his first solo show I'm Not Crazy about his Peace Corps experience in Kazakhstan. READ MORE]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Top Shelf 2015 selections have been made!]]></title>
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      <id>tag:storydistrict.org,2014:/7.332</id>
      <published>2014-11-19T21:47:50Z</published>
      <updated>2014-11-20T21:46:51Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>amys</name>
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	<![CDATA[SpeakeasyDC's Top Shelf 2015 at the Historic Lincoln Theater]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Storytellers in focus: Pierce McManus]]></title>
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      <id>tag:storydistrict.org,2014:/7.326</id>
      <published>2014-11-05T18:13:34Z</published>
      <updated>2014-11-19T22:02:35Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Will Sefton</name>
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	<![CDATA[Pierce McManus is our storyteller in focus this week. ]]>
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