Storytelling Night: Bad Ideas, hosted by Glenn North

Gather at The Salon on Thursday, August 28, 6-8 p.m. alongside Kansas City poet and local legend Glenn North, who will guide an evening of sharing personal stories of “Bad Ideas!” Come ready to share a 5–10-minute story of your own or sit back and listen.

Glenn A. North is an award-winning poet, activist, educator, and arts executive based in Kansas City. He is currently the Director of Inclusive Learning & Creative Impact at the Kansas City Museum. He earned his MFA from the University of Missouri–Kansas City. In addition to presenting his own poetry, Glenn also conducts workshops on ekphrastic poetry, using poetry to address issues of social justice, and self-empowerment for disenfranchised students through reflective poetry.

This event is free, but space is limited and an RSVP is required.

Amy Kligman: The Salon for Possible Futures is on view in the Nerman Museum’s Oppenheimer New Media Gallery, Second Floor, through December 21, 2025.

You may also like the following events from Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art:

• Next Saturday, 16th August, 01:00 pm, Mending Workshop with Hadley Clark in Overland Park
• Next month, 17th September, 05:00 pm, Book Launch & Signing with the Artist: Linda Lighton: Love & War, A Fifty-Year Survey, 1975-2025 in Overland Park
• Next month, 25th September, 05:30 pm, Mending Workshop with Hadley Clark in Overland Park

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