LITERARY POP! and More Set for Bay Area Storytelling Lineup
By: BWW News Desk Mar. 10, 2016
Bay Area storytelling and literary shows continue this spring in the San Francisco area. Scroll down for details!
Literary Pop!
April 5th 7pm doors 8pm Show
Doc's Lab 124 Columbus Ave San Francisco
Literary Pop celebrates the moments when literature and pop culture collide. Come and listen as Poets, Fiction writers, essayists and storytellers share their pop culture obsessions featuring Lambda Literary Fellow Baruch Porras Hernandez, acclaimed poet Lauren Wheeler, fiction writer and frequent SF Shipwreck champion Maggie Tokuda-Hall. Special guests Damien Ledbetter and Mandy Hu. Hosted by Wonder Dave of Tourettes Without Regrets.
Tickets: www.docslabsf.com/event/1109657-literary-pop-baruch-porras-san-francisco
Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/896567627127353
$10 in advance $15 at the door
TMI Storytelling Variety Show: Relation Shipwrecked
Friday April 15th 7pm doors 7:30pm show
Geoffrey's Inner Circle 410 14th Street Oakland
TMI Storytelling presents "Relation Shipwrecked," stories about love gone awry. Hosted by Gina Gold featuring talented performers telling true stories with a hard-core, unadulterated look at life.Stories by Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, Steve Budd, Cherry Zonkowski, Patrick Ohslund, Sir Remy Martin and more! With special guest burlesque performers and musicians.
tickets via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/tmistorytelling-variety-show-relation-shipwrecked-tickets-21141661278?aff=efbevent
facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/1681260002124050
Story Showdown
Thursday April 21st 7pm doors 7:30 Show
Awaken Café 1429 Broadway Oakland
The Bay Area's top performers, comedians & renegade storytellers battle it out on stage for one night each month in Oakland, featuring storytelling heavy-weights from NPR's Snap Judgment, the Moth, Bawdy Stortelling and top stages across the country! The audience votes for their favorites to win over $300 in cash prizes. Featuring Allie Marini, Allison Mick, OJ Patterson, RJ Walker and more. Musical Guest Jasper Patterson. Hosted by Wonder Dave.
$13 in advance $15 at the door
San Francisco / Bay Area Awards - Live Stats
Best Musical - Top 3
1.
URINETOWN (Ghostlight Theatre Ensemble)
17% of votes
2.
THE DAY THE SKY TURNED ORANGE (San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company / Z Space)
9.1% of votes
3.
SWEENEY TODD (Cabrillo Stage)
8.6% of votes
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