Welcome to Stars in the Rafters, a podcast of comfort and community, hosted by Julie Vallimont.

A lot of us are missing the joy and community we have on the dance floor and in music halls, and it’s going to be some time until we can be together again. Though we can’t celebrate together in the same way in person, we can still be here for each other.

So this is a podcast for and by the community. Anyone is welcome to submit music, poems, and words. Hopefully it can help remind us that we’re still connected to each other, and help people feel a little less alone.

Joy is the moments when my alienation – from people, but not just people, from the whole thing – goes away.

– Ross Gay