Free and Open to the Public
7:00pm - Doors
8:00pm - Stories and Music
9:00pm - Reception and Meet & Greet
🛬 Get here early to snag a spot for you & your crew.
🪑 BYO blanket or chair. If you bring a chair please sit closer to the back and leave room for blankets.
✨ Listening to live, personal stories connects us all, to each other and ourselves.
Back by popular demand! Austin Unconducted & Hyde Park Storytelling are joining forces for a second time for an unforgettable pairing of live music and live storytelling! Three storytellers share true, personal stories, and each story is thematically paired with a musical performance chosen to mirror, deepen, or transform the emotional arc of the story just told.
The Program
Katia Beaugeais — Like Snowdrops You Will Shine
Jessie Montgomery — Break Away
Stravinsky — Concerto in D for String Orchestra
Ryan Truesdell — Heart of Gold
Pharoah Sanders — Love is Everywhere
Meet the Storytellers!
Jared Polivka is a storyteller, educator, co-founder of Sidequest, and an organizer of The Joy of Improv. For more than a decade, he has collected and shared true stories, guided by a belief that storytelling builds imagination, connection, and care. A neurodivergent problem solver and community builder, Jared has worked with students, nonprofits, and mission-driven teams. Today he teaches storytelling, communication, and team-building workshops for companies and nonprofits nationwide.
Reach out to him at jaredpolivka@gmail.com or linktr.ee/jaredpolivka.
Mohamad “Moe” Hoteit is a Men’s Leadership & Relationship Guide, speaker, and founder of Peakology. After being evacuated from Lebanon as a teenage war refugee, Moe immigrated to the United States and spent years chasing careers that looked successful but never felt like his own. A life-changing experience on Mount Kilimanjaro led him to leave engineering and answer a deeper calling: to become the guide he never had. Today, he helps leaders, entrepreneurs, and high achievers reconnect with their authentic voice, overcome fear and conditioning, and build lives aligned with purpose.
Roxy Castillo