Story City

11/18/2013

Hello Twin Cities,

How are you? Here's the deal: I've got a couple of hard deadlines coming up. Plus, I need to write a grant report.

Story City is going to take a short break over the holidays. But! We'll be back in January in a cool place, with cool people, and hopefully, a reboot of the podcast. Woohoo!

If you have any questions in the meantime, email me at [email protected].

Love,
Lara

10/30/2013

On October 25th, we paired up with the Minnesota Book Awards to bring you five true LOST stories, local music, and some F. Scott Fitzgerald fan fiction to boot.

10/28/2013

If you missed us at The Black Dog Friday night, check out this delightful recap from the folks over at Knight Arts Challenge. Thanks, guys!

(Plus, some great photos are on their way.)

Story City MN’s latest storytelling event, Friday, October 25th at the Black Dog Coffee and Wine Bar in St. Paul, featured stories on the theme “Lost.” Photo: Story City MN

10/19/2013

Story City, the Twin Cities live, migrating storytelling event, is proud to partner with the Minnesota Book Awards to bring you five true stories about forgetting where you are, where you're going,...

10/06/2013

Thank you to all of our storytellers, our audience, and the wonderful Minnesota Museum of American Art. Thursday was intimate, heartfelt, and nostalgic.

On and ever onward!

Submissions for LOST, in collaboration with the Minnesota Book Awards, are due to [email protected] by 10/17.

In the meantime, plan to join us at Black Dog Coffee and Wine Bar on Friday, 10/25. Drinks and jazz by Bookhouse at 6 pm, stories at 7 pm. It's gonna get real and jazzy and loose, thanks to stories from some great local authors and, hopefully, you!

Story City: A Live Storytelling Event September 24, 2013 by amckinnonWhen: Back to Calendar October 25, 2013 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Where:Black Dog Coffee & Wine Bar 308 Prince Street Saint Paul MN 55101 View Full-Size Map ✔ Add to Calendar Add to Google Calendar Cost:FreeContact:Alayne Hopkins651-366...

10/03/2013

Tonight's the night. 6 pm, the Pioneer-Endicott building in downtown St. Paul. You better believe the stories, art, and music (!) will be "on point." Ha!

Me and my Arrow straighter than narrow where ever we go everyone knows it's me and my Arrow Me and my Arrow taking the high road where ever we go everyone kn...

09/23/2013

The 1970's saw glam rock, a recession, and the invention of the slinky. What do you remember? What do you have that time travels you there?

Submit 2-3 sentences about your stories/objects from the Golden Years by September 26 to Christina Chang at [email protected].

If selected, you will not only tell your story at the event on October 3, your object will also be installed by Mary Bergs as a co-exhibition of The Studio Sessions.

In the meantime, mark your calendar for next Thursday at 6:30 pm, where we will drink wine, take in the gorgeous installments and photography, and swap stories.

Were you alive in the 1970's? Do you wish you were? We're teaming up with the Minnesota Museum of American Art to celebrate the Golden Years through stories, objects, and the found art of Mary Berg...

09/18/2013

We got a makeover.

A live storytelling event for Minneapolis, St. Paul, and everyone in between.

09/17/2013

Were you alive in the 1970's? Do you wish you were? We're teaming up with the Minnesota Museum of American Art to celebrate the Golden Years through stories, objects, and the found art of Mary Bergs.

This month, we want your stories, but we also want the stuff that inspired them (think the shirt you went all the way in at the 1974 Stones concert, the statue on your grandmother's mantle you broke in 1979 and glued back together, or, if you're my age, the 1970's caftan you found at a vintage store and spilled wine on, alone).

Join us on 10/3 at 6:30 for free wine and beer at the MMAA gallery in Lowertown Saint Paul's beautiful Pioneer Press building. Submissions are little different this month:

To tell your true 1970's-inspired tale, submit 2-3 sentences about your story and the memorabilia involved by September 26 to Christina Chang at [email protected]. If selected, you will not only tell your story at the event on October 3, your object will also be installed by Mary Bergs as a co-exhibition of The Studio Sessions! Sweet!

In the meantime, check out the beautiful space:

09/16/2013

BREAKING: Thanks for sticking with us as we transition into fall! As usual, we're flying by the seat of our pants, and we've got some more updates for you:

Due to mystical complications involving a backyard and the balsamic moon, September's event, FAMILY SECRETS, has been postponed. All submissions will be saved and considered for November, when FAMILY SECRETS will now take place.

Now, let us dive into October. It's a Saint Paul month, people, and we're trying something a little different. We're excited to bring you TWO shows, both taking place in beautiful downtown.

10/3--We collaborate with the Minnesota Museum of American Art for a 1970's "Show and Tell" at the opening of an exhibition by artist Mary Bergs, whose practice explores our relationship to objects.

Add your take to the cultural memory of the 1970s by telling the story of an object that represents the 1970s to you in 7 minutes or less. Then, bring that object with you to the show!

For those who lived through the 1970s, that object may grace mantels or lay buried in the backs of closets. For those who weren’t born yet or are too young to remember, the decade lives in vintage store gems and pop-cultural references.

Check out the link below for more info on how to submit.

10/24--Story City and the Minnesota Book Awards present LOST. Have you ever found yourself out of familiar territory? Forgotten where you came from or where you're going? Tell us about it! We're looking for storytellers (anyone from professionals to barstool soothsayers) to share the Story City stage with local authors.

To submit, send a few sentences about a true "lost" story from your life to [email protected] by 9/26. In the meantime, get ready to lose yourself (in a good way) to a night of stories, a celebration of Minnesota authors, and plenty of toasts to being found.

This will take place at the lovely Black Dog Cafe. Happy Hour beforehand, and music by jazz trio Bookhouse.

It's going to be great month. In the meantime, submit! And mark your calendar for these sweet shows.

Love,
Story City

Join us for a unique presentation of Show and Tell with Story City, which runs live storytelling events, and local artist Mary Bergs, whose practice explores our relationship to objects. Add your take to the cultural memory of the 1970s by telling the story of an object that represents the 1970s to…

09/10/2013

BREAKING: Here are your top news stories from the great, thriving metropolis of Story City! (Not the actual town in Iowa.)

In the tradition of secrets, the location and time of FAMILY SECRETS is still exactly that: a secret. But it's in the works.

In the meantime, get your family secrets (a few sentences will do) to [email protected].

We've also got BIG Saint Paul plans for October, in the form of not one but TWO events, with TWO great organizations: The Minnesota Book Awards, and Minnesota Museum of American Art. Keep your eyes peeled.

Until next time, enjoy this episode from the short-lived NBC series hosted by Bob Eubanks, "Family Secrets." Why this was cancelled is beyond me, I'll tell you what.

General episode from this short-lived NBC series hosted by Bob Eubanks. Disclaimer: Posted for entertainment purposes only. No challenge to ownership or copy...

09/04/2013

All right, everyone. We don't know where or when the next Story City will be, but we do know that the September theme (chosen by you and your money votes at Rent for RANT) is FAMILY SECRETS.

Start thinking. Start scheming. Start figuring out how you will explain to your aunt why the Twin Cities knows her meatloaf recipe.

Email [email protected] a few sentences about your "family secret" story for a chance to grace the Story City stage (wherever that stage will be).