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| October 31, 2013 - the first No Shush Salon |
Over the years, The No Shush Salon has had musicians, comedians, dancers, authors, poets, spoken word artists, singers, a magician, and improv actors strutting their stuff. We started at the Clarendon Hills Public Library in 2013 then moved to the Oak Park Public Library at the end of 2015. We have had over 20 featured performers and readers, with 3 more to rock the podium before the end of this year. Plus, we have had countless creative geniuses stepping up to our metaphorical open mic, several of whom have come back again and again.
Here is a list of all our brilliant creative stars with links :
April 2015 - We all laughed with The Randy Scuffle Papers.
July 2015 - Jeffrey Westhoff thrilled us with The Boy Who Knew Too Much.
August 2015 - Michael Penkas graced us with Mistress Bunny and the Cancelled Client.
April 2016, Paula Ngo from Sepia Delux got us up and belly dancing!
June 2016, featured the poet Russell Jaffe and his book, INTROVERT // EXTROVERT.
July 2016, we were intrigued by the words of Nathan Beauchamp / NJ Tanger's Universe Eventual.
September 2016 (and again, April 2019), we had Kilty Pleasure delight us with their music.
October 2016, brought a few of the amazing authors and artists from the Cemetery Guardians online publication.
November 2016, we were delighted with Sheila Johnson's All Our Loved Ones Together.
Due to flooding, our March got moved to April 2017, and we were thrilled with Owen Patterson's The Dis-Condition of Ease.
Also in April 2017, we had the amazing spoken word poet Iztac Metztli.
May 2017, brought us the poetic stylings of Logan Lu.
June 2017, we had the fantastic music of Aeverling, a band that first graced our stage when we were in Clarendon Hills.
August 2017, The Kates comedy troupe had us all laughing.
September 2017, Patricia Ann McNair shared her fascinating essay collection "And These Are the Good Times: A Chicago gal riffs on death, sex, life, dancing, writing, wonder, loneliness, place, family, faith, coffee, and the FBI (among other things)"
October 2017, we were captivated by John McNally's The Boy Who Really, Really Wanted to Have Sex: Memoir of a Fat Kid.
January 2018, Brendan Detzner shared his thrilling twisted stories.
February 2018, Alexei Collier elated us with his words.
March 2018, we had the pleasure to host Gary Johnson and hear his creative nonfiction.
April 2018, we were jubilant to have Outtaspace! Improv Ensemble that meets at the Outtaspace in Berwyn.
September 2018, Alice Liddell, aka Lauren A. R. Materson, charmed us with Love of the Sea.
October 2018, was our glorious five year anniversary.
March 2019, we were enchanted with Tina Jens.
May 2019, we were thrilled to have Rhiannon J. Taylor.
July 2016, we were intrigued by the words of Nathan Beauchamp / NJ Tanger's Universe Eventual.
September 2016 (and again, April 2019), we had Kilty Pleasure delight us with their music.
October 2016, brought a few of the amazing authors and artists from the Cemetery Guardians online publication.
November 2016, we were delighted with Sheila Johnson's All Our Loved Ones Together.
Due to flooding, our March got moved to April 2017, and we were thrilled with Owen Patterson's The Dis-Condition of Ease.
Also in April 2017, we had the amazing spoken word poet Iztac Metztli.
May 2017, brought us the poetic stylings of Logan Lu.
June 2017, we had the fantastic music of Aeverling, a band that first graced our stage when we were in Clarendon Hills.
August 2017, The Kates comedy troupe had us all laughing.
September 2017, Patricia Ann McNair shared her fascinating essay collection "And These Are the Good Times: A Chicago gal riffs on death, sex, life, dancing, writing, wonder, loneliness, place, family, faith, coffee, and the FBI (among other things)"
October 2017, we were captivated by John McNally's The Boy Who Really, Really Wanted to Have Sex: Memoir of a Fat Kid.
January 2018, Brendan Detzner shared his thrilling twisted stories.
February 2018, Alexei Collier elated us with his words.
March 2018, we had the pleasure to host Gary Johnson and hear his creative nonfiction.
April 2018, we were jubilant to have Outtaspace! Improv Ensemble that meets at the Outtaspace in Berwyn.
September 2018, Alice Liddell, aka Lauren A. R. Materson, charmed us with Love of the Sea.
October 2018, was our glorious five year anniversary.
March 2019, we were enchanted with Tina Jens.
May 2019, we were thrilled to have Rhiannon J. Taylor.
Coming up in June 2019, we have Carlos Hernandez and CSE Cooney (the Hernandooney) gracing our stage.
In August 2019, we will have Stephanie Shaw sharing her delicious words.
I had hoped to include all of the amazing pictures that Anna, our unofficial photographer, has taken over the years, but I've been having issues with this post so that will have to wait for another post.
