The Moth

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sasha Bronner | Posted 03.05.2012

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Garrison Keillor Delights at the Black and White Moth Ball

Ariston Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Moth has found a way to make storytelling vivid and alive, even for impatient New Yorkers.

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Book Trailers and Future of Publishing

Liz Dubelman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Books need to come out faster and in all forms -- audio, digital, and enhanced, which means skillfully embedding audio and visuals to enrich, not interrupt, the reading experience.

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Burned by Desire

GOOD Magazine | Posted 11.17.2011

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Words By Adam M Bright It takes a rare kind of courage to live like a character in a story, and not many real-life human beings have the nerve to try...

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