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Garrison Keillor Tells Us The Difference Between Plumbing And Storytelling

Posted 05.15.2013 | Books

Read More: Moth Ball 2013, Albert Maysles, A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor, Satori Shakoor, Moth Gala, Moth Ball, Storytelling, The Moth, Richard Price, Adam Gopnik, Books News

“Is the art of storytelling dead?” Garrison Keillor, the host for the 2013 Moth Ball in New York, said he was once asked this question by a fan...

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WATCH: Famed Storytelling Series Comes To SF

| Posted 04.03.2013 | San Francisco

This is the first of series of stories from a new partnership between The Huffington Post and The Moth, which is a national non-profit organization de...

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Slam

Jill Robinson | Posted 04.22.2013 | Los Angeles

Read More: Storytelling, Story Telling, Poetry Slam, The Moth, Moth Project, Los Angeles News

The Slam, then, is one of these new worlds where we meet together; hear each other in real time, real life. There's more, all around, and I'll be there, like listening, like learning.

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What's Your Story?

Craig K. Comstock | Posted 04.06.2013 | Books

Read More: Community, Stories, The Hearth, Storytelling Organizations, Storytelling, The Moth, Oral History, Books News

Evenings of story-telling could be done in any town. Mine has a population of only 20,000. This kind of event does not require an enormous metropolis. Classical Athens was tiny by modern standards. What it had were traditions, an audience, occasions.

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Does NPR Have To Be So Depressing?

Carolyn Bucior | Posted 03.26.2013 | Fifty

Read More: On the Media, National Public Radio, A Prairie Home Companion, Radio, A Way With Words, The Moth, All Things Considered, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Npr, Fifty News

National Public Radio affiliates, I'm asking you -- in this era of endless reports on ways people are hurting the planet and each other -- to occasionally broadcast some temporary relief.

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The Most Interesting Part of Human Experience

Alda Sigmundsdottir | Posted 02.05.2013 | Healthy Living

Read More: Major Depression, Psychotherapy, Emotions, Recovery, Depression, Being Human, The Moth, Psychology, Personal Growth, Emotional Health, Personal Development, Mental Health, Mental Wellness, Healthy Living News

My fascination with the emotional realm began years ago when I fell into a black hole that some people termed "depression."

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This Guy Will Tell You Stories About The 1990s

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 11.28.2012 | DC

Read More: Last Man Club, Bad Kid, Busboys and Poets, Dc Around Town, DC Story Telling, The Moth, Axis Theater Company, Ask Me Stories, David Crabb, Story League, Video, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Remember the 1990s? Story League's next contest has a very familiar theme, the not-too-distant decade, the '90s. The D.C.-based story te...

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An Open Letter to Thomas the Tank Engine

JJ Keith | Posted 12.01.2012 | Parents

Read More: Railways, Trains, Thomas the Tank Engine, Small Wonder, Open Letters, Battlestar Galactica, Kids Tv, Anthropology, The Moth, Parents News

Long before I was a housewife writing letters to sentient trains, I studied anthropology, and thus far I haven't been able to make sense of you and your friends.

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Best/Worst Brands of the Week: Micro-Shorts, Cool Science, Blendr, Dream-Making

Alona Elkayam | Posted 08.04.2012 | Style

Read More: Paris, Dr. George Lombardi, Cooper Union, Grindr, Andy Borowitz, Short Shorts, Brian McNally, Kickstarter, Blendr, The Moth, Indochine, Cafe Noir, Jbrand, World Science Festival, Mother Teresa, Style News

Escorted by a group of seemingly MI6 trained nuns, Dr. George Lombardi flew to Calcutta to save a Nobel Laureate’s life. In the auditorium ...

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Breast Cancer Survivor Storytelling At Woolly Mammoth: HuffPost DC Top 5 For June 5

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 06.05.2012 | DC

Top 5 For Tuesday, June 5 1. Getting It Off Our Chests: Stories from Breast Cancer Survivors At Woolly Mammoth The worthy cause is reason enough ...

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Telling Stories of Breast Cancer Survival With The Moth

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 06.04.2012 | DC

WASHINGTON -- The Moth has been garnering most of the storytelling spotlight for the last few years. Their weekly podcast and Story Slams around the c...

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STOPPING THE SOUNDBITES: The Moth To Launch Three Big Shows A Year

HuffingtonPost.com | Sasha Bronner | Posted 03.05.2012 | Los Angeles

Something very old fashioned is happening in LA. It would be safe to say that Hollywood was built on the art of storytelling. Every script, every c...

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PHOTOS: Octavia & Dustin Tell Intimate Stories On Stage

HuffingtonPost.com | Sasha Bronner | Posted 02.18.2012 | Los Angeles

Stories are often told in Los Angeles. They range from you'll-never-guess-who-I-saw-at-Urth to the variety of comedies, dramas and fantasies that we s...

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15 Creative Nonprofits Get Huge Grants From MacArthur Foundation

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 02.16.2012 | Impact

CHICAGO -- Fifteen organizations have been named recipients of the 2012 "Award for Creative and Effective Institutions" by the MacArthur Foundation an...

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What To Do This Valentine's Day

Posted 02.12.2012 | New York

Read More: Brooklyn Historical Society, Missed Connections, Valentine's Day, New York Around Town, The Moth, Mta, Love, New York Events, New York News

This Valentine's Day, skip the pricey prix-fixe menus for some great events celebrating the annual day of love. Whether you're hoping to lock eyes wit...

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Storytelling Needs a New Name

Scott Shrake | Posted 01.08.2012 | Arts

Read More: Neologism, SM Shrake, Storytelling, The Moth, Apple, This American Life, Story League, Live Storytelling, Moth Storytelling, Arts News

The world's second-oldest profession has danced back into people's lives wearing spiffy new showbiz threads. It is fixing to claim its place next to acting, music and the visual arts. As soon as it gets a new name. Can you help?

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On the Culture Front: The Moth Raises a New Roof

Chris Kompanek | Posted 01.04.2012 | New York

Read More: New Yorker Festival, The Moth, Story Slams, Story Slam, Moth Storytelling, Spalding Gray, Storytelling, The Moth Storyslam, Moth Town Hall, New York News

Downtown storytelling group The Moth made their Town Hall debut Wednesday night with a thoroughly moving show celebrating the timeless nature of this simple art form and the life of monologist Spalding Gray.

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New York Has The Moth; D.C. Has SpeakeasyDC.

Susan Orlins | Posted 11.15.2011 | DC

Read More: Dancing, Opening Night, Public Speaking, Ex-Boyfriends, Tremor, Relationships, Oral Stories, Fear of Public Speaking, Stories of Love, Dc Around Town, The Moth, Speakeasydc, DC News

When I'd seen SpeakeasyDC's call for stories of love, misguided or otherwise, I knew I had plenty to say about misguided love. But I had not signed up to boogie in public, nor had I focused on the "notes not allowed" edict.

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Padma Lakshmi, David Chang, Gail Simmons Bare All At 'The Moth'

The Huffington Post | Carey Polis | Posted 11.14.2011 | Home

Read More: The Moth Food Stories, The Moth, Padma Lakshmi, Gail Simmons, Food Storytellers, David Chang, Video, Home News

The Moth, a Peabody award-winning non-profit that hosts live storytelling events (and has a very successful podcast), debuted its fall season in New Y...

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Storytelling All-Stars Compete, With Special Guest Host

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Read More: The Moth Grandslam, Illinois, The Moth, The Moth Storyslam, Story Slam, Chicago Events, Chicago, Chicago Around Town, Chicago News

You might have heard of The Moth, the story-telling series that started in New York in 1997 and has become a sort of underground sensation across the ...

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Indie Bookstore Tour With Creator Of The Moth

George Dawes Green | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Ravens Green, George Dawes Green, Unchained Tour, Independent Bookstores, Book Tour, Indie Bookstores, Bookstore, Caveman's Valentine, The Moth, The Caveman's Valentine, The Juror, Ravens, Bookstores, Books News

We call ourselves the Unchained Tour. We're a posse of fiddlers and singers and raconteurs and we're headed for a performance.

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On the Culture Front: Pavement Reunion, Of Montreal, Me, Myself, and I, The Little Foxes, and the Moth

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: New York Theater Workshop, Steve Burns, Lillian Hellman, Summerstage, Brian Murray, Of Montreal, Playboy, Playwrights Horizons, New York, The Players Club, Elizabeth Ashley, The Moth, Ivo Van Hove, Pavement, Blue's Clues, Edward Albee, New York News

Ivo Van Hove's The Little Foxes is an absolute masterpiece. It's the reason we go to the theater.

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Chicago's Story Slam Scene Steps Into The Spotlight

RedEye | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Grown Folk Stories, Chicago Storytelling, Storytelling, The Moth, Story Slam, Chicago, Chicago News

Story slams, kissing cousins to poetry slams, are emerging on the local scene, according to some participants and event organizers who spoke to RedEye...

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On the Culture Front: Massive Attack and The Moth

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: The Moth, Elna Baker, New York Concerts, Comedy, Ernesto Quinonez, Terminal 5, Massive Attack, New York News

The Moth thrills through words, specifically by bringing people together who have great stories to tell. Their last mainstage show on Tuesday, "Saints and Sinners," featured five stories mostly about minor but amusing sins.

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