Three personal storytellers circle up with our guest host/traditional storyteller and tell stories based on the theme “Truth or Spare.” Tell the truth? Spare feelings? Omit and don’t commit? Something in between? See where our guests take us with this one! Seats are not assigned; arrive early for best seats.

Guest host:
Bryce A. Barraza – Bryce is an identical twin and self-proclaimed favorite child. He has been a featured storyteller for the Arizona Storytellers Project, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix Art Museum and more. Bryce enjoys sharing stories about family and versions of traditional tales that you may not have heard. For Bryce, storytelling is about forming connections and having fun. He’s a student at the Storytelling Institute at South Mountain Community College and is earning an Academic Certificate in Applied Storytelling.

Storytellers:
Parul Agrawal – Parul is an engineer by education and an entrepreneur by passion. An international bestselling author, TEDx Speaker and book publishing consultant featured in major publications like Huffington Post, Forbes and more, she was named one of the 30 Change-Makers of India in 2018. Parul lives with her husband and two wonderful kids. Fun fact: she had an arranged marriage seven days after meeting her husband.

Kathy Cano-Murillo – Known as The Crafty Chica, Kathy is the founder of the award-winning craft and creativity site CraftyChica.com. She is a former syndicated newspaper columnist and now a full-time creativepreneur and has authored 12 books, including two novels and bestseller “Forever Frida.” Crafty Chica designs have been sold at HSN, Barnes & Noble, Michael’s and hundreds of pottery, craft and fabric shops across the country. Her mission is to promote positivity through creativity. Kathy has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, NPR, Buzzfeed and more.

Christopher Owens – Christopher is a writer, spoken word artist, emcee, motivational speaker and Founder/CEO of Culture PHX. His latest venture is CultureHUB, an intentionally designed, culturally safe coworking environment for Black and Brown entrepreneurs and creatives that’s welcoming to everyone. As his spoken word alter ego Truth B. Told, Christopher has opened for acts Floetry, Mint Condition, Musiq Soulchild, Bilal, Dwele and more. Christopher has been featured on BET’s “Black History Moment” and has written pitches for companies who have appeared and gained funding on ABC’s “Shark Tank.” He has made TV appearances on VH1, MTV and more.