November’s storytellers take a bow. They are, from left, Tom Dobrez, Errol McClendon, Megan Wells, Homewood Stories founder and curator Karen O’Donnell and Betsey Milord.
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Homewood Stories turns 10: Celebrating a decade of community-building — one tale at a time

Karen O’Donnell greets the audience as they settle in for the November session of Homewood Stories at the Flossmoor Community House. (Karen Torme Olson photos/H-F Chronicle)
Karen O’Donnell greets the audience as they settle in for the November session of Homewood Stories at the Flossmoor Community House. (Karen Torme Olson photos/H-F Chronicle)

On Jan. 21, 2014, Homewood dentist Karen O’Donnell raised the curtain on a local storytelling tradition for an audience of 45 hardy souls who had to fight their way through a polar vortex just to hear strangers share pieces of their personal experiences from a stage at Grady’s Grill.

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