On April 21, 14 East hosted an event at Emerald City Coffee in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood: a storytelling event,  recorded by the 14 Speaks podcast team and centered around the term ‘blossoming.’

Special thanks to Emerald City Coffee for hosting, Maxwell Newsom and Bea Aldrich for recording and producing the podcast, Alexandra Amendola for taking pictures and to all of our speakers: Jenna Duddleston, Delia Van Praag, Aileen Lewis, Brendan Pedersen, Ivana Rihter, Marissa Nelson and Jack Ladd.

Header image courtesy of Alexandra Amendola.