Sep 17 2025 @ 7:00PM
Fantastic first story meeting this week! The show is less than two weeks away and we can’t wait for you to meet our four storytellers.
First up, is Ricki Richards. Meet Ricki below and get your “Prom Queens” tickets here.
Ricki Richards made her life debut in California and moved to New York to obtain a nursing degree at NYU. Professionally steeped in soapy water, her career has been dedicated to teaching young minds the murky art of hand-washing through her service as a Youth Public Health Educator in the Peace Corps and many years as School Nurse in New York City. She is the co-creator and co-Race Director of the Queens based “Bridge and a Slice Half Marathon” and “Hot Dog Eater 50 Kilometer” races and has completed multiple ultra-marathon distances. A believer in the healing power of stories and storytelling, Ricki built and maintains a free community “Mosaic Your Mind” mini library and as an amateur documentarian, is in the process of making a documentary about running entitled “Bruised Toes.”
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THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2025 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT.
This project is made possible (in part) with public funds from the Queens Arts Fund, a re-grant program supported by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by New York Foundation for the Arts.
This organization is funded in part by the Howard Gilman Foundation administered by Flushing Town Hall
