Reading #168 - Tuesday Funk

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Reading #168

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Debriefings Marley Elizabeth

March 2026 Debrief

We had another great show on March 3, and if you missed it, you missed out. Eliza Marley got us started with a story about a mysterious stain coming to life on an El train. Then Maria Kostas told a touching story, and Mar Romasco-Moore shared a disturbing piece about

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Meet the Readers: Jenn Sodini

Jenn Sodini proudly hosts Chirp Radio's flagship storytelling and music series The First Time quarterly at Martyrs. She's been featured on The Moth Radio Hour, and continues to tell stories around town, sometimes in public, She co-hosts/co-produces Chicago’s best and longest-running mental-illness-themed variety show

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Meet the Readers: Maria Kostas

Maria Kostas has told stories on various stages around Chicagoland including Louder Than A Mom, Voice Box Story and Serenade, Back Yard Stories, The Wild Night, Story lab, Outspoken, Fillet of Solo Festival, and others. Her various work experiences have allowed her to see life through different lenses and listen

Meet the Readers: Edward McClelland

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Meet the Readers: Edward McClelland

Edward McClelland is a contributing editor at Chicago magazine. Ted’s most recent book, Chorus Of The Union: How Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Set Aside Their Rivalry to Save the Nation, was released in 2024 by Pegasus Books. His previous book, Midnight in Vehicle City: General Motors, Flint, and

Marley Elizabeth Participants

Meet the Readers: Eliza Marley

Eliza Marley is a Chicago based folklorist and fiction writer. She is the author of the book, You Shouldn't Worry About the Frogs (Querencia Press 2023). Her work has been featured in Red Ogre Review, Chaotic Merge Magazine, and Stoneboat Journal among others. Her work is deeply influenced

Mar Romasco-Moore

Romasco-Moore Mar Reading #168

Meet the Readers: Mar Romasco-Moore

Mar Romasco-Moore is the author of the novels Saint Kayleigh (forthcoming 2027), Deadstream, I Am the Ghost in Your House , Krazyland, and Some Kind of Animal, as well as Ghostographs, an interconnected collection of flash fiction inspired by vintage photographs. Their stories have appeared in Lightspeed, Fireside, DIAGRAM, Hobart, Interfictions,

Tuesday Funk #168 - March 3, 2026

Readings Reading #168

Tuesday Funk #168 - March 3, 2026

Join us in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf for Chicago's favorite eclectic monthly reading series and help us bring March in like a lion! Tuesday Funk returns March 3, with readings by Maria Kostas, Elizabeth Marley, Edward McClelland, Mar Romasco-Moore, and Jenn Sodini! Admission to Tuesday Funk is