Crafting the authentic voice to artfully and truthfully tell our stories.
This is a mixed genre open mic for open testimony, held on the first Monday of the month to offer our neighbors and fellow citizens a forum to share their stories- what they have witnessed as an observer, or volunteer; how they living with fear, anger, or anxiety in our current cultural and political climate; […]
Online at 7:00-8:30 PM Central on Thursdays, November 5, 19, and December 3, 17 In this online workshop we will look at transforming stories – personal and traditional by means of immersive (point of view and./or description), deconstruction (breaking the story into parts), or braided (mixing personal and traditional elements) techniques. You can begin with […]
Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Book Festival is a free, day-long community celebration of literature featuring a large book fair, author presentations and panels, children’s activities and programs, a used book and record sale, and more. 2026 will be the 26th annual #TCBF—we can’t wait to see you!
In-person, 7:00 PM on Tuesdays, November 10 and 24 This one is a new two session offering (by request) that is focused on using the moment to let your poetry respond to the who, what, where and most importantly, the when of a performance. Everything covered in these two sessions applies to stories as well. […]
Jane Behrends is a German immigrant who after almost 30 years in America, still has her accent and an eye for the ironies of our culture. Her story ‘Keeping the Accent’ is a personal story about arriving somewhere unexpectedly and finding reasons to stay. Told through four vignettes, it traces how a place that never […]
This is an ongoing monthly series of storytelling open mics that will take place on the 3rd Monday of the month. Here’s how it works: Up to 10 Tellers. 10 minutes each. Any style- traditional, personal, braided. etc. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm. This event presented in […]
This is an ongoing monthly series of poetry & spoken word open mics that will take place on the 4th Monday of the month. Here’s how it works: Up to 15 poets. 5 minutes or 3 poems each. Any form. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm.
Michael Goldberg is a resident of Grand Rapids, MN and the producer/host of the “North Star Lane” podcast with a taste for witty stories. Sue Searing is a storyteller living just south of Powderhorn Park with a repertoire that encompasses both traditional and personal stories. Michael and Sue are good friends who’ve been telling each […]
Light & Dark: An exploration in stories featuring Annie Wiborg, Stan Bookout, Lisa Mathews, and Peter Bretl Is there light at the end of the tunnel? Can we possibly know? Are we afraid of the dark? Do we have to decide? Four tellers go deep (or not so deep) on existential questions, personal recollections, and […]
This is a mixed genre open mic for open testimony, held on the first Monday of the month to offer our neighbors and fellow citizens a forum to share their stories- what they have witnessed as an observer, or volunteer; how they living with fear, anger, or anxiety in our current cultural and political climate; […]
This is an ongoing monthly series of storytelling open mics that will take place on the 3rd Monday of the month. Here’s how it works: Up to 10 Tellers. 10 minutes each. Any style- traditional, personal, braided. etc. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm. This event presented in […]
We are closed for Winter Break, December 22, 2026 – January 17, 2027! December Poetry and January Witness open mics are cancelled. Programming resumes on Monday, January 18, 2027. Happy New Year!