Since 2009, How I Learned has featured some of the best live storytelling, comedy, and readings in New York City. It all happens a couple of times a year, and sometimes more than that, which basically means you'll have the best night of you life on those nights, repeatedly.



"BEST IN SHOW" ON AUGUST 21ST + "HOW I LEARNED TO BREAK ALL THE RULES" ON AUGUST 28TH




















TWO EVENTS THIS MONTH because we can't get enough of you, and also us. 
It's the How I Learned Series side project, BEST IN SHOW, on August 21st, 
followed by "HOW I LEARNED TO BREAK ALL THE RULES" on August 28th. 
Keep scrolling for more info than you even know what to do with. Then come 
out and see us.

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The How I Learned Series
"HOW I LEARNED TO BREAK ALL THE RULES"

Featuring:
WILL HINES
(Writer / Actor, UCB, FunnyOrDie, Conan)
MINDY RAF
(VH1 / Author, The Symptoms of My Insanity)
AARON WOLFE
(Writer / Storyteller, The Moth GrandSLAM winner)
AMANDA DUARTE
(Actor / Director / Voiceover Artist)
JEN BOSWORTH
(Writer / Performer, New York International Fringe Festival 2013)

Creator / Producer / Host:
Blaise Allysen Kearsley

Wednesday, August 28th
8:00PM / Doors at 7
302 Broome Street (Between Forsyth + Eldridge)
B, D to Grand / F, J, M, Z to Delancey
FREE
WILL HINES  is an actor, writer and video director. He directs 
videos for UCBComedy.com and CollegeHumor.com and 
appears as an actor on Conan, Adult Swim, ESPN, 
FunnyOrDie.com and elsewhere. He performs stand-up all 
over New York and can be seen at UCB every Friday at 9PM 
with the improv group The Stepfathers. He also writes things and
then strong-arms his friends into reading them.

MINDY RAF is a humor writer, comedy performer and musician. 
She has written for VH1 and CollegeHumor.com, among others. 
She is the author of the young adult novel The Symptoms of My 
Insanity. Kirkus Reviews called Mindy "a female Woody Allen 
for the teenage set."

AARON WOLFE is a writer, musician and film editor. He is a
Moth GrandSLAM champion, and has been featured on RISK!,
Story Collider, Ask Me, and How I Learned. His short film,
Record/Play premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and
won Best Short Film at HBO's Urbanworld, and at Fantastic
Fest in Austin, and the Audience Award at NYC Shorts.



JEN BOSWORTH lives in Chicago where she is a founding 
member of The Chicago Story Collective. Her numerous 
acting credits include a starring role in a Steppenwolf Theatre 
Company production of The House on Mango Street. She is
in New York this summer performing her one-woman show, 
Why Not Me, at the New York International Fringe Festival.

AMANDA DUARTE is a writer and actor based in Brooklyn. She
is the host of Dead Darlings, a monthly writers' salon at Judson
Memorial Church. She can be heard selling you many wonderful
and useful products on radio and television. Amanda once sat
in Julia Robert's piss, and she's a hit at parties.


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"BEST IN SHOW" STORY SLAM
A How I Learned Series Production

Host: 
This Month's Judges: 
DAVID CRABB 
(Host, Ask Me Stories; The Moth)
PETER AGUERO 
(Host, Bare; The Moth)
DANA ROSSI 
(Host, The Soundtrack Series)

Wednesday, August 21st
7:00-7:45 Sign-Up / 8:00 Stories
302 Broome Street (Between Forsyth + Eldridge)
B, D to Grand / F, J, M, Z to Delancey
FREE

Here's How It Works: Drop your name in the hat for a chance to tell (not read) 
a 5-MINUTE story. No themes. No scores. Just warm, thoughtful, constructive 
feedback from a rotating panel of seasoned judges who may or may not be liquored 
up at any given time during the show. Judges confer at the end of the night to crown 
the "Best in Show." Winner gets fabulous prizes. (Probably just verbal 
accolades and a bag of chocolates from Duane Reade.)

Produced By: 
BLAISE ALLYSEN KEARSLEY

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