Crafting the authentic voice to artfully and truthfully tell our stories.
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.
Have you wanted to tell stories? Or better stories? No experience? Some? Heard a Moth program and thought, you could or should try that? This four session hands-on class will give you the basic tools to identify, craft and confidently tell a traditional or personal story. It explores how to identify story seeds from your […]
Greg Watson’s The Shape of Your Absence is a poignant exploration of love, loss, and the echoes that linger after departure. With quiet precision and emotional clarity, Watson transforms absence into a living presence—something that shapes, rather than empties, the heart. These poems remind us that what is gone still breathes within what remains. “The Shape […]
We are adding a “Witness Open Mic” on the first Monday of the month, to offer our neighbors and fellow citizens a forum to share their stories. What has happened? […]
This four session online workshop explores our relationship to myth(s) both in traditional and personal stories, looking at how myth infuses our being in the world and how it consciously (or not) shapes our storytelling. When we know how myth functions we can make conscious decisions about when and why it can add resonance to […]
The wilderness has always held attention somewhere in the overlap of unrestricted fascination, deep terror, and enduring mystique. As a living symbol, it represents the unknown and the unpredictable- the very medium of Life itself. Drawing on the languages of poetry, music, myth, and story we’ll venture headlong into the underbrush of the timeless soul, […]
FREE EVENT! American School of Storytelling is proud to host the founders of New Mexico’s Jules’ Poetry Playhouse- Jules Nyquist and John Roche, joined by special guest Roslye Ultan. Don’t […]
The Taste of Freedom! A night of delightfully dizzying stories you don’t just hear, you experience. In this deliciously immersive performance, Ruby Rain blends ancient myths with her own magical adventures. Each show explores one of the five senses. The May 11 journey is devoted to Taste. Saliva at the scent of BBQ. Acid reflux […]
Perfect Harmony and other poems performed by poet Timothy Young and violinist Dalyce Elliott Young, with musical support by Brothers Burn Mountain. Timothy’s version and Dalyce’s musical composition for the profound poem, Perfect Harmony, by Ibn El Arabi a 12th Century Andalusian poet, will be featured. The Brothers Burn Mountain duo of Jesse Dermody and […]
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 […]
FREE EVENT! Poetry, Music, & Open Mic. As part of a new work showcase writers Henry Kneiszel and SEE MORE PERSPECTIVE will create a unique performance that blends poetry, music, […]