Because if we weren’t laughing, we’d be crying! Deanna and co-host Wendy Swart Grossman talk about how important humor is to make sense of the world! Comedians, authors, and teachers Aaron Freeman and Karen Bergreen join Intercultural Spark to share their stories and how that funny bone permeates everything (think Science and Law!). Highlights Science…
DetailsBusiness owner Brianna Buford and community artist Antonia “Toni” Ruppert joined Intercultural Spark just and hour before the inauguration. We talked about how to keep the spark burning inside you and why it’s important to keep pushing forward in the face of adversity–personal or global! Brianna is the founder of Brianna Buford & Co., a…
DetailsWith all of the strife in the US, everyone is talking about how to see a story through different lenses. Listen in as Emmy winning film producer and director Jerald Harkness talks about the power of storytelling through the lens of the underdog. Who is Jerald Harkness? Studio Auteur is a content creation company specializing…
DetailsCaitlin Kunkel is a comedy writer, satirist and self-proclaimed, highly acclaimed pizza scientist. Here she talks about adapting the curriculum she wrote for The Second City in Chicago to teach in Amman Jordan. It happened when wo comedians from Jordan got a grant from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation to up their game. Caitlin’s work has…
DetailsAre you excited for 2021 to begin and for everything to be different? But change is an active verb. You can hope for the best, but you need to envision the change you want to see as well. The Three Words to Uplift Your Year I love “The Three Words” process as recommended by Chris Brogan. Different…
DetailsPaul Klein, a long time art dealer, critic and artist mentor in Chicago, died October 11, 2020. Today, December 30, would have been his 74th birthday. Paul was one of the first people I met when I moved to Chicago. His proposal to put a biodegradable sculpture into the Lincoln Park Lagoon had been passed…
DetailsAre you excited for 2020 to end and for everything to be different? But change is an active verb. You can hope for the best, but you need to envision the change you want to see as well. The Three Words to Uplift Your Year I love “The Three Words” process as recommended…
DetailsAs educators, Jen Guillemin and Wendy Swart Grossman count themselves as incredibly lucky to work in a field that is rooted in personal transformation and changing lives. It is through education that we lift people and help them reach their full potential. Watch the replay now, and learn more, below. WHAT IS THE…
DetailsJoin us live for a conversation and demo with Ramona Jackson, artistically unconventional wanderlusting foodie poet tree hugging intoxicologist and founder of The Bourbon Bohemian. Ramona invites you to travel the world with her cocktail kits, full of hand made ingredients and inspired by cuisines from around the globe. (That come straight to your home in carefully…
Details“If I wanted to find a partner who was a better cook than me, I’d have to marry a professional chef.” That was what my 19-year-old son said the other night when we were talking at the dinner table. Rather than bravado, we both agreed it was just a statement of fact. You see, he’s…
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