“Not Your Average Love Story” was envisioned as a curated story slam of sorts. Riffing on Valentine’s Day, this is an opportunity not just to show some love for the teens participating at CRYJ, but to gather as a community and acknowledge that love is so much more than boxes of chocolates and bouquets of roses.

Love is hard and love is messy. It’s not always about romance and it’s not always about people. Love is so many things, and so many different things. All at once.

With snacks from Ellie and Orion (of Wich Haus fame), wine from MonteVino, and a community coming together for an intimate evening of bold truth telling, CRYJ’s storytellers (young and old) will peel back the layers of that age old question: What is love?