Hey guys! This show is on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH. Not Thursday. Not Wednesday. Not any of the other days except for TUESDAY. Mercury is in retrograde. We have to be very careful.UPDATE: Jen Snow, who was originally scheduled to appear, unfortunately had to cancel due to illness. BUT! We are happy to have master storyteller Jim O'Grady step in. He's a multiple-time Moth GrandSlam champion and a reporter for WNYC radio. So, there you go.
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The How I Learned Series Presents
HOW I LEARNED IT WAS A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIMEFeaturing:
CHRISTIAN FINNEGAN
(Comedian, Chapelle's Show; VH1's Best Week Ever)
JIM O'GRADY
(Storyteller / Reporter, The Moth, WNYC)
DOOGIE HORNER
(Writer, 100 Ghosts; The Believer; Wired)
AMBER DREA
(Essayist / Storyteller, McSweeney's; Another Round)
MEG FERRILL
(Comedian / Storyteller, Mortified; The Moth)
Hosted By:
Blaise Allysen Kearsley
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, 2014
8:00PM / Doors at 7:30
UNION HALL
702 Union Street, Brooklyn
(Between 5th and 6th Aves)
R to Union / F to 4th + 9th
Q, 2, 3, 4, 5 to Atlantic
$6 in advance / $10 at the door
BUY ADVANCE TICKETS
To Learn More:
www.twitter.com/HILSeries
Facebook / also FacebookFacebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/696358793787285
CHRISTIAN FINNEGAN is a comedian who is perhaps best known as one of the original panelists on VH1's Best Week Ever and for his appearance onChapelle's Show. Christian has appeared regularly on Comedy Central Presents and Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, as well as Conan, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and The Today Show. His latest comedy special, The Fun Part, is available now on Netflix.
DOOGIE HORNER is the author of 100 Ghosts and Everything Explained Through Flowcharts. He has contributed to Wired, McSweeney's, the Believer, the London Times, and other publications. He achieved national attention when a video of him taming a hostile crowd on America's Got Talentbecame a viral sensation. He has also designed numerous book covers including Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
AMBER DREA is a storyteller, fiction writer, editor, and essayist whose work has been published by McSweeney's, The Chicago Reader, The 2nd Hand, The Northville Review, and elsewhere. She's been featured on many storytelling shows and podcasts, and is the host of the storytelling seriesAnother Round.
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The How I Learned Series Presents
HOW I LEARNED IT WAS A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIMEFeaturing:
CHRISTIAN FINNEGAN
(Comedian, Chapelle's Show; VH1's Best Week Ever)
JIM O'GRADY
(Storyteller / Reporter, The Moth, WNYC)
DOOGIE HORNER
(Writer, 100 Ghosts; The Believer; Wired)
AMBER DREA
(Essayist / Storyteller, McSweeney's; Another Round)
MEG FERRILL
(Comedian / Storyteller, Mortified; The Moth)
Hosted By:
Blaise Allysen Kearsley
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, 2014
8:00PM / Doors at 7:30
UNION HALL
702 Union Street, Brooklyn
(Between 5th and 6th Aves)
R to Union / F to 4th + 9th
Q, 2, 3, 4, 5 to Atlantic
$6 in advance / $10 at the door
BUY ADVANCE TICKETS
To Learn More:
www.twitter.com/HILSeries
Facebook / also FacebookFacebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/696358793787285
CHRISTIAN FINNEGAN is a comedian who is perhaps best known as one of the original panelists on VH1's Best Week Ever and for his appearance onChapelle's Show. Christian has appeared regularly on Comedy Central Presents and Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, as well as Conan, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and The Today Show. His latest comedy special, The Fun Part, is available now on Netflix.DOOGIE HORNER is the author of 100 Ghosts and Everything Explained Through Flowcharts. He has contributed to Wired, McSweeney's, the Believer, the London Times, and other publications. He achieved national attention when a video of him taming a hostile crowd on America's Got Talentbecame a viral sensation. He has also designed numerous book covers including Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.AMBER DREA is a storyteller, fiction writer, editor, and essayist whose work has been published by McSweeney's, The Chicago Reader, The 2nd Hand, The Northville Review, and elsewhere. She's been featured on many storytelling shows and podcasts, and is the host of the storytelling seriesAnother Round.
MEG FERRILL is a comedian and storyteller who was selected to perform atThe Chicago Women's Festival, Ladies of Laughter, New Guns of Comedy, UCB's Stand-Up Smackdown, Mortified, and Amateur Night at The Apollo. Meg is a two-time Moth StorySLAM champion and was cast in Morgan Spurlock's year long online documentary series, Failure Club, featuring seven people pursuing lifelong dreams and conquering the fear of failure.* * * * * *Hey! There's also this! It's all so exciting!
1. Toss your name in the hat for a chance to tell a 5-minute "how I learned..." story.
2. Get friendly, constructive feedback from a rotating panel of seasoned coaches who may or may not be liquored up at any given time during the show. No scores.
3. At night's end, someone will be crowned "Best in Show" and receive fabulous prizes. (Probably just verbal accolades and a bag of chocolates from Duane Reade. Maybe Rite-Aid.)
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7TH, 2014,
6PM
As Part of The
Third Annual Gotham Storytelling Festival
Under St. Mark's Theater
94 St, Mark's Place, NYC
HOST:
Brad Lawrence
JUNE'S COACHES:
Erin Barker
(Co-producer and host, The Story Collider)
Cyndi Freeman
(Co-producer and performer, Hotsy Totsy Burlesque)
Cammi Climaco
(Co-Producer and Host, Ask Me Stories)
PRODUCER:
Blaise Allysen Kearsley
