Forty Words We Wish They Would Hear - Our City, Our Story Fundraiser

Sat, 13 Dec, 2025 at 11:00 am UTC-06:00

304 Main | Rockford

Our City, Our Story
Publisher/HostOur City, Our Story
Forty Words We Wish They Would Hear -  Our City, Our Story Fundraiser
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This is an Our City, Our Story fundraiser and Patreon awareness night
patreon.com/ourcityourstory
Our City, Our Story reveals the inner life of Rockford by showing what people rarely say out loud. This night begins with the work ahead. You will hear updates on new stories in production, including the unlikely path opened by a painting bought from the bed of a pickup truck.
Then the night turns toward the truths people carry but never deliver.
Across Rockford, people are writing letters to someone who will never hear them. Each letter is addressed to a role. A parent. A friend. A mentor. A rival. Someone gone. Someone unreachable. Each letter contains exactly forty words. No more. No less.
Every letter falls into one of five themes.
Loss.
Regret.
Gratitude.
Unfinished business.
Unspoken truth.
Submission form here: https://forms.gle/K3vTGJa6hPyKx7ZaA
Only five letters will be read aloud. One from each theme. The rest will fill the walls. Anonymous. Exact. Unfiltered. Together they form a portrait of this city that does not exist anywhere else.
The final letter will close the program. When it is finished, the microphone will be set aside. No closing speech. No commentary. The room will be yours to walk, read the walls, talk, or sit with whatever the night brings forward.
Entry is ten dollars or free for Patreon members.
If you want to understand Rockford beyond its surface, this is the night.
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