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.
Meet My Parents. A Conversation in Four Parts. Part Two.
Welcome back. This week we explore time and the tests of it. Also the gifts of faith and deep roots to help make the navigation of life not just bearable, but a fun exploration of self, service, and community. A note: this conversation was recorded with my parents' full knowledge and participation, and published with their approval. Their voices, their stories, their words. My unending gratitude. This is part two. Supported by a FY26 Maryland State Arts Council Creativity Grant. &...
27 Jun 2026
Oscar and the Riff-Raff on the Wall.
Imperfectly finding my voice and comfort, while exploring what it might take for us all to do so, welcome back to episode five of Always Welcome: A Social Arts Salon. This is a one-week pause on the multi-part conversation with my parents, for a foundational reflection on the work of understanding and the experience of growing up curious. Thank you for joining me at the salon! Here's to more understanding for all. Supported by a FY26 Maryland State Arts Council Creativity Grant. ...
20 Jun 2026
Meet My Parents. A Conversation in Four Parts. Part One.
Before they were Mom and Dad, they were people. People with places, rhythms, rules, and a feeling they carried from the homes they were raised in, into the home they built together. This is Part One of a four-part conversation with my parents, Lynda and Allen Greene, on the places that shaped them, the culture of their households growing up, and the first home they made together as a couple. The rhythm. The beginnings. The structure. The love. A note: this conversation was recorded with care ...
13 Jun 2026
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...
6 Jun 2026
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 ...
31 May 2026
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.or...
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