Everyone of you has got at least one, and probably many, great stories inside of you. Come to the Nomad Story Slam on Friday Nov 21 and let them out.
It will be a night of community story telling loosely modeled after NPR’s popular Moth Radio Hour. Come to hear the stories, or if you’re game, throw your name in the hat to tell a story. They should be related to the night’s theme -“on the road“. They should be approximately 5 minutes long, and have happened to you. Beyond that, it’s up to you – funny, moving, poignant, insane, ridiculous whatever you like.
The night is shaping up nicely. It will be held in the very comfortable venue of Gregorian Rugs in Lower Falls. Gregorian’s just hosted two nights of the Nomadic Theater’s production “Faith Healer” and both the audience and the actors loved the venue. Also we’ve already signed up one mystery celebrity story teller and we’re working on another.
For more information or to purchase tickets go to NewtonNomadicTheater.org
In the meantime, to pique your interest, here’s a story I heard at the Mosquito story slam in Wellfleet this summer about a woman traveling in Malawi and another very funny story about airplanes. The Mosquito was a fabulous story slam series we stumbled on this summer down on Cape Cod. It was our inspiration for launching a story slam here in Newton.
I just got an email from one of the organizers of this Saturday’s “Acoustic Newton Coffehouse Open Mic Night” at City Hall.
They say that storytellers will be welcome. So go down and try out telling a story and hear some local music while you’re at it.
Jerry,
Is that next Saturday, November 1st?
No. It’s Friday Nov 21. Plenty of time to work on a good story 😉
Ooops sorry Steve. Yes the Acoustic Newton Coffee House is indeed this Saturday Nov 1.
@Steve – Double oops. No, Nov1 is not this Saturday. I guess it’s time for me to sign up for that “Remedial Calendar Reading” class.
I just listened to two Mosquito stories: yours and the Airplane story; they are both funny. What a great idea! Can’t wait to go to the Acoustic Coffee House. Thanks for alerting us.
The Newton Tab ran a nice feature story this week about the upcoming Nomad Story Slam, the current production of Faith Healer and the theater itself.
Tickets for the Nomad Story Slam on Fri 11/21 and tickets for this weekends performances of Faith Healer at the Auburndale Library are available at http://NewtonNomadicTheater.org.