For more than three decades, Dylan Prtichett walked into schools, museums, historic sites, sanctuaries, and gathering places with the steady presence of someone who understood the weight and wonder of history. He told stories not to perform them, but to restore them—especially those handed down through African American and ancestral memory. “Let’s be true withContinue reading “Cap’s Off to You! – Dylan Pritchett (Posthumously) and Celebrating Story”
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Cap’s Off to You! – Michael Perry (Posthumously) and Celebrating Story
Michael Perry had the rare gift of making every space he entered a stage, and every audience a collaborator. Whether in a school auditorium, under a circus tent, or at a storytelling festival, Michael invited people to breathe with him, to pause, and to enter a world where humor and humanity walked hand in hand.Continue reading “Cap’s Off to You! – Michael Perry (Posthumously) and Celebrating Story”
Cap’s Off to You! – Baba Jamal Koram (Posthumously) and Celebrating Story
Baba Jamal Koram, master storyteller, mentor, and cultural leader, passed away on June 11, 2025. Known as the “storyteller’s storyteller,” he shared African and African American oral traditions with a humility and power that drew people close and left them changed. Story Crossroads was honored to host Baba Jamal at our inaugural festival in 2016,Continue reading “Cap’s Off to You! – Baba Jamal Koram (Posthumously) and Celebrating Story”