We are closed for the month of July 2026 for a much needed break. All open mics, events, and classes are cancelled. Programming resumes in August 2026.
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Minnesota Fringe connects adventurous artists with adventurous audiences by creating open, supportive forums for free and diverse artistic expression. As the producer of the largest performing arts festival in the Midwest, the annual Minnesota Fringe Festival event fills tens-of-thousands of seats with audiences viewing dozens of works at hundreds of performances by more than 1,000 […]
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“Growing Up Small in a Mid-Sized Town” Christopher Nelson is a small person that grew up in a mid-sized town. Come learn how balled-up socks, radishes and cow eyeballs are […]
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Advance tickets and information at Minnesota Fringe |
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“Learning What?” Hank Roubicek is a retired Professor of Communication at the University of Houston Downtown and an expert in storytelling and narrative expression. An award-winning educator, author, host of […] |
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“My Dog Died (and all I got was this Lousy Miracle)” Erin Ferdinand is author of “The Ghost Dog Diaries”, a collection of essays and advice about life after death and our life, in general. Originally published as a weekly column based on her experience as a Savannah (GA) psychic medium, these works inspired this […]
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“Learning What?” Hank Roubicek is a retired Professor of Communication at the University of Houston Downtown and an expert in storytelling and narrative expression. An award-winning educator, author, host of radio and podcast programs, and a Houston Moth storytelling champion, he brings powerful stories to life with insight, warmth, and authenticity. Hank captivates audiences with […]
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Advance tickets and information at Minnesota Fringe |
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“Learning What?” Hank Roubicek is a retired Professor of Communication at the University of Houston Downtown and an expert in storytelling and narrative expression. An award-winning educator, author, host of radio and podcast programs, and a Houston Moth storytelling champion, he brings powerful stories to life with insight, warmth, and authenticity. Hank captivates audiences with […]
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“Leaking (The Wolves Are Everywhere)” How do we write an ending to a story that isn’t finished? Vianna Isbister’s show Leaking weaves together fractured fairy tales and crafted personal stories to explore how trauma leaks into our interactions, perceptions, and futures. “As she ran her finger down the gold thread holding together her cloak, Little […] |
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Advance tickets and information at Minnesota Fringe
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“Leaking (The Wolves Are Everywhere)” How do we write an ending to a story that isn’t finished? Vianna Isbister’s show Leaking weaves together fractured fairy tales and crafted personal stories to explore how trauma leaks into our interactions, perceptions, and futures. “As she ran her finger down the gold thread holding together her cloak, Little […] |
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“Oz-America” During the past thirty years, I have lived for three years in Minneapolis’ Phillips neighborhood; twenty in Whittier; seven in Eau Claire, Wisconsin; and, most recently, several months in the Saint Anthony Park neighborhood in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Having been born August 19,1973 in Denver, Colorado, the only official citizenship I have ever held […]
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Advance tickets and information at Minnesota Fringe |
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“Oz-America” During the past thirty years, I have lived for three years in Minneapolis’ Phillips neighborhood; twenty in Whittier; seven in Eau Claire, Wisconsin; and, most recently, several months in the Saint Anthony Park neighborhood in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Having been born August 19,1973 in Denver, Colorado, the only official citizenship I have ever held […]
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“Tell Me Again” Annie Wiborg is retired after working several decades in the telecommunications industry. She is an empty nester with two grown children and five grandchildren. She loves to get up in the dark, drink coffee, read, journal and meditate while the sky gradually gets lighter. Her days are full of reading, friends, family, […] |
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“The Exact Moment I Became Someone Else” Kory May tells stories to make sense of the world—and since the world refuses to make sense, he keeps telling them. A Moth Mainstage performer and two-time Moth GrandSlam winner, he’s shared more than 2,700 consecutive nights of Thoughts Too Big for My Head on Facebook Live. Through […] |
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“War & Peace in My 20th Century Life – What is Worth Fighting For?” Bernadine Joselyn is the Minnesota-born descendant of white Protestant farmers and their settler forbearers. Imagination and longing led her from her childhood home in a first-ring Minneapolis suburb to India, the Soviet Union-later Russia, New York City and rural Itasca County, […] |
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“War & Peace in My 20th Century Life – What is Worth Fighting For?” Bernadine Joselyn is the Minnesota-born descendant of white Protestant farmers and their settler forbearers. Imagination and longing led her from her childhood home in a first-ring Minneapolis suburb to India, the Soviet Union-later Russia, New York City and rural Itasca County, […] |
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“Oz-America” During the past thirty years, I have lived for three years in Minneapolis’ Phillips neighborhood; twenty in Whittier; seven in Eau Claire, Wisconsin; and, most recently, several months in the Saint Anthony Park neighborhood in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Having been born August 19,1973 in Denver, Colorado, the only official citizenship I have ever held […]
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“War & Peace in My 20th Century Life – What is Worth Fighting For?” Bernadine Joselyn is the Minnesota-born descendant of white Protestant farmers and their settler forbearers. Imagination and longing led her from her childhood home in a first-ring Minneapolis suburb to India, the Soviet Union-later Russia, New York City and rural Itasca County, […] |
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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 […] |
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Festival pass punch card, 6 shows for $60, pick up at the door! Come once with five friends or see any six of the eight performances yourself. Individual show tickets are $15 online or at the door! Do you have a Fringe hangover? Join us for our first ‘Hair of the Dog’ storytelling festival! Come […]
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“Moby Dick Tonight” Loren Niemi will tell a blended story using Melville’s Moby Dick classic as a crucible to examine our current situation in American Culture as obsession and fantasy rein powerful and dangerous. He will ask: “What is your White Whale?” While the essence of the story has always been “Man fights whale, whale […]
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“Leaking (The Wolves Are Everywhere)” 𝐕𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐈𝐬𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 “𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞)”, a braid of fractured fairy tale and crafted personal stories that explores how trauma leaks into our interactions, perceptions, and futures. This is not the Red Riding Hood you remember. Join us for this encore performance from the 2026 Minnesota Fringe […]
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“My Life As An Oxymoron” A devoutly agnostic progressive who loves Israel, tells tales of greed, avarice and love. A bumpy ride sure to cause a stir. Bring your boxing gloves and a sense of humor. Howard Lieberman has done everything on stage except sing, which he would gladly do if he could carry a […]
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“Leaking (The Wolves Are Everywhere)” 𝐕𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐈𝐬𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 “𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞)”, a braid of fractured fairy tale and crafted personal stories that explores how trauma leaks into our interactions, perceptions, and futures. This is not the Red Riding Hood you remember. Join us for this encore performance from the 2026 Minnesota Fringe […]
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“The Exact Moment I Became Someone Else” Kory May tells stories to make sense of the world—and since the world refuses to make sense, he keeps telling them. A Moth Mainstage performer and two-time Moth GrandSlam winner, he’s shared more than 2,700 consecutive nights of Thoughts Too Big for My Head on Facebook Live. Through […]
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“The Exact Moment I Became Someone Else” Kory May tells stories to make sense of the world—and since the world refuses to make sense, he keeps telling them. A Moth Mainstage performer and two-time Moth GrandSlam winner, he’s shared more than 2,700 consecutive nights of Thoughts Too Big for My Head on Facebook Live. Through […]
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“17 Years of Untold Stories” You think you’ve heard it all from these two storytelling masters, but below the tip of their story iceberg are the long hidden tales, the frozen underbelly. Come hear never before told stories that just might change your life forever. Howard Loren Lieberman and Loren Niemi have been performing together […]
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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. |
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During the MN State Fair we offer our in-person class, ‘Walking to Find Stories and Poems’. For many years I have offered a folkloric tour of the MN State Fair and this year, I am folding it into a hands-on class that I dearly love. This will be a guided tour of State Fair highlights […]
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