Expand Storytelling

Name: Expand Storytelling
Address: Traverse City, MI, 49684, US
Telephone: +12313421645

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04/20/2026

WRITE YOUR STORY
Friday, April 24th
6:00-8:00pm
Performance Chiropractic // 551 S Garfield Ave.

Writing your life story of who you are, why you do what you do, and how you got there, is a game changer....for clarity, confidence and making intentional changes to keep expanding. It will be the most interesting and inspiring story you have ever known. Let’s go!!

This workshop will be led by the amazing Chelsea Bay Dennis of Expand Storytelling.
performancechirointc.com/events

02/10/2026

Last weeks stories , still feelin it! Grateful for our community that continues to show up and listen, wanting to know one another deeper with each story. Inspires me to get more curious, ask more questions, share more emotions, good and bad. Thank you for your bravery and beauty from the inside-out!
All three stories are up in your podcasts under “expand storytelling” . Listen! https://open.spotify.com/show/2R9PgPhLR1uU05nEw13zqD?si=d859b8272dfc40f1

01/14/2026

EXPAND Storytelling #10 will take place at The Alluvion community performance venue at 6:30PM on February 4th, 2026. .alluvion

STORYTELLERS:
Ella Skrocki, Sleeping Bear Surf
Dana Falconberry, Artist, Musician and Chef
Ryan Hannon, Central United Methodist

Storytellers invited from the NoMi community will take the stage to share their life stories around how they find fulfillment from the inside out wherever they are. How they came to find the little things that make them come alive and how they continue to expand their being from right here, right NOW. Mindful, aware, present, grateful. Never arriving, always expanding.

01/12/2026

Rehearsal today w these amazing humans was powerful to say the least … so excited for you all to listen to these authentic, vulnerable, real life stories. See you Wednesday at .alluvion !

01/09/2026

1.14.26 next Wednesday at .alluvion

ELLA SKROCKI was raised in the heart of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and more specifically, at Sleeping Bear Surf & Kayak with her family. A place that instilled her love for surfing, adventure and community.
Even while escaping to surf between classes, Ella earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies & Sustainability at Northern Michigan University which has helped guide her passion for the environment into purposeful work through various environmental organizations, and now within the business. Year round, you can find her in, or on, or near the Lake.

DANA FALCONBERRY is an artist and musician living in Northern Michigan and West Texas. She grew up dancing classical ballet and modern dance in Dearborn, MI before attending Hendrix College in Arkansas. In college she studied songwriting, which prompted her move to Austin in 2005. After touring, recording, and leading a band for over a decade, she now finds herself focused on visual art. She worked for 6 years as a lead stitcher/designer at Fort Lonesome, a custom chainstitch embroidery company based in Austin. She is now focusing on her own art including landscape paintings, chainstitched wall hangings, and “paintstitches”. These pieces combine painting and chainstitch embroidery, often centering native flora. All of her work draws on the natural world, sometimes including supernatural elements to highlight the many facets of this world we as humans have yet to understand, and aims to connect the viewer to the land around them.

RYAN HANNON is a passionate advocate for ending homelessness through the importance of treating every person with dignity and respect. His inspiring journey in the realm of social justice and housing advocacy is marked by authenticity, compassion, and a deep-rooted commitment to making a lasting impact in the lives of people experiencing homelessness that results from a permanent place to live. Ryan has been helping people and communities end their homelessness for nearly 20 years though his work at Goodwill and currently as Director of Outreach at Central United Methodist Church in downtown Traverse City.

12/17/2025

EXPAND Storytelling #10 will take place at The Alluvion community performance venue at 6:30PM on January 14, 2026. .alluvion

STORYTELLERS:
Ella Skrocki, Sleeping Bear Surf
Dana Falconberry, Artist, Musician and Chef
Ryan Hannon, Central United Methodist

Storytellers invited from the NoMi community will take the stage to share their life stories around how they find fulfillment from the inside out wherever they are. How they came to find the little things that make them come alive and how they continue to expand their being from right here, right NOW. Mindful, aware, present, grateful. Never arriving, always expanding.

10/19/2025

THIS SATURDAY , October 25, at 2pm, Downtown Traverse City. Meet at the Sarah Hardy Farmers Market parking lot to start on the Boardman River (just in case it’s windy on the bay!) If the bay is flat, we will paddle from the river, out to the bay, ending at Clinch Park!
Bring your own board or any paddling vessel, and witch or wizard attire (even just a hat!) All ages!
No agenda…, just joy, play, community, fun, adventure, and creativity in our magical world!
Let’s fill the river and bay with witches!

09/30/2025

TOMORROW NIGHT, October 1 .alluvion

Megan Stilwill- pediatrician with a profound love for holistic healing and manual medicine, mother, nature seeker, art lover, yogi, highly sensitive, neurodivergent, sober- life loving, life long learner of a human who is endlessly curious about the mystery of life.

A Tennessee native and lifelong designer, Dana Lacuesta moved to Traverse City in 2018 and founded Dana Grace Interiors, where she creates spaces that are both beautiful and deeply personal. She’s passionate about storytelling through design and finding big meaning in the little details. Dana is also the co-founder of Traverse City Design Week, a community event that connects and uplifts the region’s interdisciplinary design scene. When she’s not designing or brainstorming, you can find Dana either at an estate sale, or her daughter’s soccer practice.

Katie Asher, owner of slip. Vintage, has always been passionate about fashion, travel and second hand shopping. “Clothes can be a pathway to true self-expression, A way to show who we are on the inside, outwardly.”
She lives with her husband and two cats in traverse city, and when she’s not digging through other peoples closets, she is enjoying the beauty that is our town, biking and hiking whenever she can. .vintage

Ryan Hannon is a passionate advocate for ending homelessness through the importance of treating every person with dignity and respect. His inspiring journey in the realm of social justice and housing advocacy is marked by authenticity, compassion, and a deep-rooted commitment to making a lasting impact in the lives of people experiencing homelessness that results from a permanent place to live. Ryan has been helping people and communities end their homelessness for nearly 20 years though his work at Goodwill and currently as Director of Outreach at Central United Methodist Church in downtown Traverse City .

09/23/2025

THANK YOU to these awesome sponsors /businesses that help make these events and stories happen in our community. Grateful!

09/22/2025

THANK YOU to these awesome sponsors /businesses that help make these events and stories happen in our community. Grateful!

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Traverse City, MI
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+12313421645

Website

http://Expandstorytelling.com/

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