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Always Welcome: A Social Arts Salon
by Mallorie
Always Welcome is a Social Arts Salon where you don't have to be afraid to get it right to be welcomed. Hosted by Mallorie Kris Greene Kristoffersen, performance ethnographer, teaching artist, and 9th-generation Howard County, Maryland native, each episode uses lived experience and lived stories as the vessel for fostering new connections and deeper shared meanings. From conversations with family to field research across Howard County, this is an investigation into what it means to be human in a culturally complex, constantly evolving world. Pull up a chair. You are always welcome here.
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Early Memories
This episode is an invitation into memory and learning to navigate the world as it shifts.To sit, to be with, to get to know. That takes time. Thank you for giving me yours.A note: you will hear slip-ups in this episode. This is the practice of not being perfect and of letting the conversation be what it is. Always Welcome is a living, breathing thing. Thank you for your grace and being with me in the practice of understanding.For the history of St. Margaret's Hall and Trinity School visit: trinityschoolmd.org/about_trinity/historySupported by a FY26 Maryland State Arts Council Creativity Grant. always-welcome.org | [email protected]
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Always Welcome: It Begins
This is where it starts.In the first full episode of Always Welcome: A Social Arts Salon, Mallorie Kris Greene Kristoffersen arrives with her whole self -- the skin on her face, the voice that got too loud, the whisper she conditioned herself into, and the invitation back to full volume.This episode is dedicated to her grandmother, Sylvia Ann Cofield, and to all the conversations we never got to have with the people we love.Part life journey. Part community investigation. Rooted in Howard County, Maryland.If you have ever felt like you were living your life at a whisper, this one is for you.always-welcome.org | [email protected] by a FY26 Maryland State Arts Council Creativity Grant. always-welcome.org | [email protected]
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Welcome to Always Welcome: A Social Arts Salon
Pull up a chair -- or take a walk with me.Always Welcome is a community podcast rooted in Howard County, Maryland. Each episode, host Mallorie Kris Greene Kristoffersen journeys across the county connecting with social practitioners, business owners, and local residents -- asking the question at the heart of it all: what does belonging and community mean for you?Recorded at Lake Elkhorn, Columbia, MD.Supported by a FY26 Maryland State Arts Council Creativity Grant. always-welcome.org | [email protected]
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Always Welcome is a Social Arts Salon where you don't have to be afraid to get it right to be welcomed. Hosted by Mallorie Kris Greene Kristoffersen, performance ethnographer, teaching artist, and 9th-generation Howard County, Maryland native, each episode uses lived experience and lived stories as the vessel for fostering new connections and deeper shared meanings. From conversations with family to field research across Howard County, this is an investigation into what it means to be human in a culturally complex, constantly evolving world. Pull up a chair. You are always welcome here.
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