The Art Box - Episode 478 - Making Memories Stories with Paul Benedict

Making Memories Stories with Paul Benedict Our Episode 478 guest is our good friend Paul Benedict, one of Mesquite’s most outstanding citizens and a man who describes what he does with three wonderfully simple words: “I tell stories.” And Paul has plenty of them to tell. An Air Force veteran, longtime community leader, accomplished public speaker and familiar face on the Mesquite stage, Paul has performed in numerous theatrical productions and brought the words of Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, O. Henry and Dorothy Parker to life through his memorable dramatic readings. Paul once wrote that “the spoken word is my music,” and that sentiment beautifully captures our conversation. We talk about storytelling, literature, Barbara, theater, public speaking, growing up near the George Eastman House, his many years of service to Mesquite, and the memories gathered along the way. Most of all, this is simply a conversation with a good friend who understands that sometimes the best way to preserve a memory is to turn it into a story and tell it to someone else.