In person (3 sessions), Tuesdays, September 24, October 1 and 8 at 7:00-8:30 PM in the 1762 Hennepin Ave space. Loren Niemi Intermediate Storytelling. Focusing on the development of your story beyond the bare bones. Whether it is adjusting the narrative details or crafting the performance, this is a hands-on class to help you tell […]
Jim Stowell with an energetic and engaging performance of his autobiographical stories, this time surveying his first experiences with life in the theater: “In 1968 I started acting, what I think of as at a professional level. I am still working onstage in 2024. So I have worked in live theater for 56 years. I […]
Please join us for William J. Anderson’s (a.k.a A. W. Powers) reading from his Psychic Guardian Angel Series about a reluctant psychic, a missing woman, and vengeance from beyond the grave. Just in time for Halloween!
Ghost story season is upon us and this online workshop will help you crank up your “spooky”. Whether a humorous or actually unnerving tale of the dead or should be dead, this workshop covers the essential elements of a “good” ghost story.
This is an ongoing monthly series of storytelling open mics that will take place on the 3rd Monday of the month. Here’s how it works: Up to 10 Tellers. 10 minutes each. Any style- traditional, personal, braided. etc. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm. Please do not park […]
Please join Larry Long & Fiddlin’ Pete Watercott on their 2024 Reunion Tour in celebration of their new release ‘As In Those Early Days’ with bassist Larry Dalton. Larry Long & Fiddlin’ Pete Watercott’s life story is something out of a John Steinbeck novel. Throughout their early twenties they hitchhiked and hopped freight-trains throughout the […]
This is an ongoing monthly series of poetry & spoken word open mics that will take place on the 4th Monday of the month. Here’s how it works: Up to 15 poets. 5 minutes or 3 poems each. Any form. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm. Please do […]
Please join us for our November author reading with Jeremy Norton & Ashley Shelby! Jeremy Norton will read from his book “Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response” which was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award in Memoir & Creative Nonfiction. In this remarkable memoir, Jeremy Norton marshals twenty-two years of […]
No matter if you are 22, 52, or 92, your personal stories matter. Whether they are tales of amazing accomplishments or simple accounts of ordinary events, they will speak to the heart and soul of another because your experiences are both unique and universal. Come to this storytelling workshop and start to mine your precious […]
Someone is tasked with offering a summation of a life, words of comfort, or the sentiments of the family or friends at a memorial service. Are you ready to speak to the living for the dead? In the moment of grief, in the grip of emotion, what do you say? This is a hands-on three […]
Patrick says “A Few Tales – Faerie & Otherwise will be me, on stage telling stories – my most at-home mode – honed over decades of hosting Patrick’s Cabaret. Many people have told me: You should write a book. Here it comes, but not on paper, on stage! More storyteller than writer, I resisted writing […]
Are you intrigued by storytelling but you don’t know where to start? Have you ever wondered what kinds of stories you could tell, to whom, and felt overwhelmed? Then this class is for you. Join Laura Packer for an introduction to different kinds of storytelling, what kinds of stories you might tell, and a chance […]
Arjuna’s Rivals- A story from the Mahabharata One of the world’s most celebrated heroes forged his relationship with his Sishya- the guru named Drona who taught him everything he knows. The teacher and student worked together against Arjuna’s rivals. The Mahabharata is an epic Indian work that encapsulates a great deal of classic Indian Mythology. […]
No matter if you are 22, 52, or 92, your personal stories matter. Whether they are tales of amazing accomplishments or simple accounts of ordinary events, they will speak to the heart and soul of another because your experiences are both unique and universal. Come to this storytelling workshop and start to mine your precious […]
The World’s Most Frequently Bombed Hotel is a story with a big heart filled with vivid, singular, sometimes raw, characters who come to life in Stowell’s tales of Belfast, Northern Ireland where he lived in a Catholic neighborhood which had the highest rate of violent incidents anywhere in the country during the “war”(AKA “The Troubles”). […]
The World’s Most Frequently Bombed Hotel is a story with a big heart filled with vivid, singular, sometimes raw, characters who come to life in Stowell’s tales of Belfast, Northern Ireland where he lived in a Catholic neighborhood which had the highest rate of violent incidents anywhere in the country during the “war”(AKA “The Troubles”). […]
This is an ongoing monthly series of poetry & spoken word open mics that will take place on the 4th Monday of the month. Here’s how it works: Up to 15 poets. 5 minutes or 3 poems each. Any form. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm. Please do […]
This is an ongoing monthly series of storytelling open mics that will take place on the 3rd Monday of the month. Here’s how it works: Up to 10 Tellers. 10 minutes each. Any style- traditional, personal, braided. etc. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm. Please do not park […]
Come celebrate the Winter Solstice with stories, poems, and songs. Drawing on Nordic roots and American branches, share a bit of what makes this fallow time the right moment for gathering kith and kin around a fire. As satisfying as mulled wine, or plates of herring and cheese on hard crackers, the language of gratitude […]
This is an ongoing monthly series of poetry & spoken word open mics that will take place on the 4th Monday of the month. Here’s how it works: Up to 15 poets. 5 minutes or 3 poems each. Any form. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm. Please do […]
