Comments on: Ideas for language/literature-based events

Question: Ideas for language/literature-based events

lalalana — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:58:31 -0800

I'm interested in learning more about language/literature-based events. Not so much the traditional poetry reading, more like innovative ways people come together in a relaxed environment to do some sort of activity that revolves around reading stuff aloud and telling stories.

I know about the old Fray Cafes, and I know that This American Life had a letter-reading show a few years ago, and I know about the Cringe Readings, where people read from their embarrassing adolescent journals and the like, and I know about the Little Gray Book Lectures .

Anyone know about more these kinds of things? Any interesting ideas for new events of this kind? Experiences promoting and organizing this kind of thing?

By: GrammarMoses

GrammarMoses — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 18:38:44 -0800

Check out The Moth, a nine-year-old NYC storytelling series. I've never been to an event, but have heard the experience can be pretty amazing.

By: xo

xo — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 22:47:20 -0800

Trampoline Hall is a Toronto-based non-expert lecture series.

By: ori

ori — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 02:06:28 -0800

check the event listings at your local university's literature depts.

By: nonane

nonane — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:42:10 -0800

My local public library has an occasional storytime-for-grownups series; I don't know how common this sort of thing is.

By: lalalana

lalalana — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:49:30 -0800

Where, noname? Do you know what they call it?

By: nonane

nonane — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:28:33 -0800

Wintertelling; sponsored by the local Storyteller's Guild. Looks like the Virginia Storytelling Alliance might be your local equivalent, from the address in your profile.

By: digitalis

digitalis — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:06:10 -0800

The Jonesborough Storytelling Festival was an awful lot of fun when I went. I met Alex Haley there when I was a kid, and got him to autograph a copy of Roots. It was a blast. Hotels around the area fill up far, far in advance, and so do camping facilities.