“My Place” Part 1: Mary Lannon and Wichuda “Tang” McConnell (Episode 81)

For this show, produced in collaboration with Queens Memory and the Greater Astoria Historical Society , our “My Place” storytellers came together for a community writing workshop centered on the Queens Name Explorer . We all generated poems and personal stories on the page inspired by the historical significance behind the people’s names that grace Queens streets, parks, monuments, and more.…