West Side Stories Petaluma
von Dave Pokorny
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Dave Pokorny Presents...The Story Behind the Story, a closer look into StorySlams of West Side Stories Petaluma. Listen to the this live streaming show the last Wednesday of the month.
Dave and Juliet Pokorny visited the Moth in NYC in 2010. This had such an impact that they came back to Petaluma and created West Side Stories Petaluma. Starting with Cinnabar Theatre and the Pelican Art Gallery, in 2013 West Side Stories Petaluma moved to Sonoma Portworks and in 2015 expanded and added a GrandSlam each December at The Mystic Theatre. Dave Pokorny Presents is the producing company of Dave & Juliet Pokorny. You can visit the website at davepokornypresents.com to see more of what they produce.
Dave Pokorny: made his living as a stand-up comic in San Francisco and has worked with such talent as Ellen DeGeneres, Jim Carrey, Bob Saget to name a few. He has a one-man show called Based on a True Story.
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- Paul Degasse - January 2024 · 6 Min.Short term vs long term goals. His dad comes to visit him in Israel. His goal is to not get embarrased by him. His dad is tricky and as he navigates the trip, his dad moves…
- Jay Kahn - January 2024 · 7 Min.His wife challenged him to Zip Line...get out of their comfort zone.
- Zoe Simon - January 2024 · 7 Min.She learned meditation in Sri Lanka, where she learned that visioning mirror neurons exist where we envision hope and visions of the future.
- JP Frary - January 2024 · 7 Min.When he was a kid in catholic school, he was labeled "a bad kid". When he got to high school, he was looking for a clean slate...the first day, he was pulled out of class and put…
- John Springer - January 2024 · 10 Min.His goal was to decide on his story once he got on stage. He decided to tell the story about buying a Santa Claus outfit.
- Rick Roberts - January 2024 · 7 Min.His goal was to research the history of black baseball through his dad. He tried to find the common element between black baseball and his dad...was him
- Dianna Caravella - January 2024 · 6 Min.She has OCD and celebrates it. She is also a perfectionist, which she celebrates. When her step mother came to visit, it challenged her to reassess. Recently she took a test that…
- Ken Gallegos - January 2024 · 7 Min.The time he wanted to get tickets to for his mom and him to go see Elvis. His dad let him use the binoculars and his mom used them the whole night.
- Al Haas - January 2024 · 7 Min.His goal is to be a Dr, with his own vegetable garden and goes to Italy for school. Eventually he's a Dr in Petaluma in with his own vegetable garden
- Cara Wasden - January 2024 · 6 Min.Her dad was the uber safety man in the neighborhood, his goal was to make sure his family was safe, he's now 94 years old and has dementia, her goal is to take care of him
- Juliet Pokorny - November 2025 · 8 Min.Her story follows a series of uncanny, almost supernatural moments—voices, coincidences, and messages—that reveal a deep bond between her and her brother that continues even…
- Jay Kahn - November 2025 · 6 Min.On a quiet Saturday, a sudden impulse told him to head to a ballgame—no ticket, no money—yet a stranger handed him a free seat and he didn’t mind skipping the hot dog. Then a…
- Ken Gallegos - November 2025 · 7 Min.As a kid, he and his friends cruelly egged William Forbes on Halloween, only to have Mr. Forbes show up two nights later and calmly tell his father the whole story—sending him to…
- Mark Mendoza - November 2025 · 5 Min.He recently won a major wine award, but it reminded him of his days as a sommelier in L.A., where he knew the infamous wine fraudster featured in Sour Grapes and had witnessed…
- Steve Lubliner - November 2025 · 6 Min.He tried to recreate the beloved “bad wine” of his childhood—a Nestlé Road pie he remembered as magical—but when he finally made it, the rock-hard chocolate crust and off flavors…
- Bradford Rex - November 2025 · 6 Min.While working on a boat in Alaska, he took his studious boat mate—who preferred math books to people—out to a wild local bar where a man named Donnie proudly introduced himself…
- Ashley Kennedy - November 2025 · 7 Min.She missed her audition for A Midsummer Night’s Dream after a terrifying eye injury that turned out to be nothing more than debris—leaving her stewing in a bit of sour grapes…
- Beth Kraft - November 2025 · 7 Min.Her story traces a lifetime of rivalry between two sisters—Judith, the accomplished overachiever, and Beth, who grew up feeling like the constant disappointment, from childhood…
- Sabrina Campbell - August 2025 · 9 Min.Every year she would "get out of town". She would go to a town in Jerome Arizona. She meets up with her friends who decided to set her up on a blind date. This man used to be a…
- Ray Egan - August 2025 · 8 Min.When he went to see prostate specialist Dr. Melanie Yu, his first contact was with Patience — who didn’t even know the doctor’s last name. The entire surgical team felt like the…
