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SUMMARY:Henry Kneiszel & See More Perspective
DESCRIPTION: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\, and sound to explore themes related to the changing internet landscape\, finding beauty in a strange world\, wikipedia\, and bugs. Poets will read original work with sound and music woven in for texture. Henry is also a comedian and SEE MORE is also a hip hop artist and music producer. These influences shine through into the poetry and the result is a multidisciplinary show that is both experimental and accessible. \n  \nArtist Bios: \nHenry Kneiszel is a poet and comedian from Duluth MN who specializes in using absurd humor to explore modern problems. Their work has been featured in over twenty literary journals and has been performed at events such as the Art Shanty Projects\, the Barrel of Laughs Play Festival\, and the North Star Comedy Hour with Mary Mack. Their debut collection “It’s all too much I’m ready to become a Canada goose” is available in both written and audio formats. For more art or information\, find them on Instagram @friendly.dirt.pile \nSee More Perspective is a Xicane interdisciplinary multimedia Hip Hop artist\, Spoken Word poet\, visual artist\, music producer\, and filmmaker. Their work is rooted-in and informed-by waves of Indigenous Mexican American art and activism\, storytelling\, and the Four Elements of Hip Hop. They grew up in the Twin Cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis in Minnesota\, with regular visits to Chihuahua\, México\, visiting a houseful of tías. See More lived in Chicago for a number of years where they integrated Spoken Word Poetry\, Hip Hop\, education\, and community organizing in their formative years as a professional artist. See has since returned to Saint Paul\, their home and base of operations for work that brings them all over the state and around the country as an artist\, educator\, filmmaker and performer. Most recently\, See More performed on the main stage at the flagship No Kings Rally in front of 150\,000 people with their new duo Secret Rivers. Learn more and check all of See More’s totally radical projects at www.patreon.com/seemoreperspective
URL:https://amsstory.com/event/henry-kneiszel/
LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Witness- Open Mic Mondays June 2026
DESCRIPTION: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; what we can learn from listening to each other. \nStories\, poems\, songs… all forms are welcome. Sign-up will be first come\, first serve. Doors at 6:30\, show at 7:00pm. \n \nMany thanks to Forecast Public Art for providing a grant to support this open mic!
URL:https://amsstory.com/event/witness-june-2026/
LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic
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ORGANIZER;CN="American School of Storytelling":MAILTO:americanschoolofstorytelling@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Wayfinding the Wilds: Tracking A Myth- Encore!
DESCRIPTION: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. \nDrawing on the languages of poetry\, music\, myth\, and story we’ll venture headlong into the underbrush of the timeless soul\, into the landscape of mystery and memory\, into the untamable grand story playing out all around us\, within us\, and as us. We’ll imagine ourselves into a larger pattern of kinship. \nCome armed with your curiosity and defenseless against wonder. This isn’t a show about seeking answers\, but about finding questions and celebrating mystery. \n\nArtist bios: \n \nNick Theisen is a poet who works with the languages of story and poetry in service to renewing our relationship with mystery\, reconnecting with our common humanity\, and remembering our relational self. He partners with communities in exploring and articulating their wider story of belonging and accompanying them in gaining a more rooted and expansive sense of vision through tending spaces that remind us of the participatory nature of being human.\nHis work is rooted in themes of wilderness\, interbeing and belonging\, mythic imagination\, and the ecological soul. Tracing the threads between self\, other\, and landscape\, he sees his work as a living engagement with the forest in both its literal and metaphorical senses- following the ancient and wild footprints of the mythopoetic tradition\, mapmaking with the compass of curiosity\, and pilgriming on a journey of tracking myth and mystery. \n  \n  \n \nAndrew Theisen is a multi-instrumentalist living in Minneapolis. He is a part of two groups (Sunny Duchess\, Witness Trips and the Compass Rose) along with filling in for other artists. Not confined by any one genre but inspired by all\, he gives musical voice to the song of the world as he hears it\, providing listeners a fresh and timeless tale of their place in the wider story. \n  \n  \n  \n\nTo register: \n\n\nAdd the number of tickets you want by clicking the ‘+’ button\nClick the ‘Get Tickets’ button\nNote- After purchase\, tickets & receipt may arrive in your ‘Junk Mail’ folder 
URL:https://amsstory.com/event/wayfinding-the-wilds-encore/
LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:Poetry- Open Mic Mondays June 2026
DESCRIPTION:This is an ongoing monthly series of poetry & spoken word open mics that will take place on the 4th Monday of the month. \nHere’s how it works:\nUp to 15 poets. 5 minutes or 3 poems each. Any form. Sign-up will be first come\, first serve. \nDoors at 6:30\, show at 7pm.
URL:https://amsstory.com/event/poetry-june-2026/
LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic
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SUMMARY:Working Class Stories
DESCRIPTION:Join Frank Gioia and Barry MacDonald for a night of working class stories- from the streets of 1950s Brooklyn\, to military service in Vietnam\, to the grueling work of resurfacing asphalt driveways. These gritty stories share the experience of hard work\, sacrifice\, and not so idyllic life. Both Frank and Barry are published authors and veterans of the AMSS stage and are sure to deliver an interesting performance. \nTeller bios: \nFrank Gioia is a writer\, actor and poet. His memoir\, The Mercury Man: Remembering Brooklyn\, is a collection of personal narratives about growing up on the streets of New York in the 1950s and his service in Vietnam in the 1960s. These are his recollections of coming of age in an earlier time and place\, in a Brooklyn that no longer exists. Gioia’s book is published by Bordighera Press and used as a source for the study of the Italian diaspora. His work has also been published in The Artful Mind\, the on-line journal\, Ovunque Siamo and What Do You Want to Know\, an Anthology of Veterans’ Voices. His book has been used in the writing project at Mule Creek State Prison and the MFA program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. He has read his work in the Berkshires\, the Twin Cities\, Sacramento and the Sierra Foothills. \nBarry MacDonald goes by the dharma name “Tekkan\,” which means “Iron Man” in 13th century Japanese. Tekkan indicates a “settled practitioner of great determination.” He was given this name when he took Buddhist vows. He lived in Japan for 9 years\, teaching English at the Berlitz Corporation in Kyoto. He practiced Zen at Hosshin-ji\, a Zen temple in Obama — a small town on the coast of the Sea of Japan. He is the president of the Crack Walnut Branch of Twin Cities Poets and Writers Group. He has written 77 books. He was the featured poet in the 2022 volume of Startled by Laughter — New Poetry in Traditional Forms; and was in the top ten of 2\,000 poets published by the first issue of Maplestaple in a literary contest in 2023. He has also been published in numerous anthologies\, including Agates\, Rewilding Hope\, The Nations Underground — Writing with Our Ancestors\, and Little by Little the Bird Build’s It’s Nest. \n  \n\nTo register: \n\nAdd the number of tickets you want by clicking the ‘+’ button\nClick the ‘Get Tickets’ button\nNote- After purchase\, tickets & receipt may arrive in your ‘Junk Mail’ folder 
URL:https://amsstory.com/event/working-class/
LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance
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