Potluck & Poison Ivy - Rachel Reynolds

Potluck and Poison Ivy is a live dinner and storytelling event in Argenta, Arkansas that invites you to bring your story to the table by sharing a meal and some good ole Southern storytelling. It’s a potluck of people, themes, and ways to tell a story, served with a hearty helping of laughter, Southern exaggerations, and even some unexpected poison ivy. Whether it’s scripted, unscripted, or an open mic storytelling casserole, this is one picnic you don’t want to miss.

Rachel is a folklorist, fiddler, community-based organizer, and pie champion living in the magical forest in Stone County, Arkansas. She is the head Project Steward at Meadowcreek, a 1600-acre nature preserve, where she leads programmatic efforts with an emphasis on creating and supporting the sustainable and equitable development of rural futures through the lenses of art and culture. She is Co-founder of The People’s Library and Founder and Principal of Cultural Continuum Consulting. She is a Curator for the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the feature of which is Ozark culture, and stories by or about Rachel and her work have been published in Mother Earth News, Upworthy, Acres U.S.A., and University of Georgia Press among others.

Doors 6 pm. Showtime at 7 pm.

Buy tickets at www.potluckandpoisonivy.com