Stories from the Stoop: Redemption by reinvention!

By Melissa Gerr

Published May 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT

Here is a Stoop Story from Kevin Griffin Moreno about hitting the road and reinvention by redemption. You can reinvent yourself, or just treat yourself to more free music this weekend: Lafayette Gilchrist and his 10 piece band the New Volcanoes -- with opening guest Eze Jackson. It all starts at 4pm at Beth Am Synagogue, celebrating 50 years as an anchor in the Reservoir Hill neighborhood. Free to everyone, more info here.

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Melissa Gerr

Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'

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