Story Slam

Now, another first-person story from the Next To Normal Story Slam and its special audio series, "Voices From the Pandemic." Today we hear from Bloomington-Normal community leader and social justice advocate Camille Taylor. Taylor got hit with a bug in late February -- the sickest she's ever felt. And that was a problem because she lives with her 94-year-old mother. Unfortunately, her mother got sick too. By mid-March, Camille was feeling better, and she and her husband were off to see Cubs spring training in Arizona.

Listen to the first episode of a new audio series from the folks at the Next To Normal Story Slam, called “Voices From The Pandemic.” This story comes from Jeff Woodard, who works at the McLean County Museum of History and serves on the Western Avenue Community Center board.

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Spring is when a young person's mind turns to love. That's where our minds are turning.

Spring is when a young person's mind turns to love. That's where our minds are turning.

Spring is when a young person's mind turns to love. That's where our minds are turning.

Spring is when a young person's mind turns to love. That's where our minds are turning.

The world will never grow tired of love stories. The Next to Normal Story Slam on May 17, 2019, featured love stories, with the theme "Isn't It Romantic."

Spring is when a young person's mind turns to love. That's where our minds are turning.

The world will never grow tired of love stories. The Next to Normal Story Slam on May 17, 2019, featured love stories, with the theme "Isn't It Romantic."

Spring is when a young person's mind turns to love. That's where our minds are turning.

The world will never grow tired of love stories. The Next to Normal Story Slam on May 17, 2019, featured love stories, with the theme "Isn't It Romantic."

Stefen Robinson is a father, partner, musician, teacher, and revolutionary. He's also a pretty rad dude.

People learn in classrooms. They learn from parents. They learn from friends. Sometimes painfully, they learn from life.

Stories told in the Next to Normal Story Slams each month at the McLean County Arts Center are often funny. This one not so much.

It shows in a scary way that teaching can be full of the unexpected. Chris Belt is an English teacher at Normal Community High School. Seven years ago Belt was in school when a troubled teen took a classroom hostage and a shooting incident happened.