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In Broward County, culture shows up in many forms. Music, visual art, dance, theater, and festivals all play a role in shaping how people connect to place and to one another. Storytellers adds something both timeless and deeply needed to that mix: a space dedicated to listening. Storytellers is a spoken word performance series curated and produced by Michael Pavlov of Ring The Bell Management, designed to center truth, vulnerability, and shared human experience.

For most of her life, Stella Amador kept her poetry private. Even as she built businesses and spoke publicly, the poems she wrote to process heartbreak, hope, and the quiet complexities of life felt too personal to share. About three years ago, something shifted. She made a quiet promise to show up for her creative life in a deeper way. She began attending open mics across South Florida, searching for a space where poetry was the focus. When she could not find one in Fort Lau