Arc Stories: April 2017 Edition

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Storyteller Susan Smith

Arc Stories

Four stories, each recorded throughout Birmingham at different Arc Stories events. A boy does battle with the rooster on his family’s farm; a teen learns a secret about her mother; a woman remembers the connection she had with her father around beekeeping, and a boy gets an intimate request from his grandmother.

(Originally aired April 27, 2017 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.)

 

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