Story Night New York City!
All Thanks to Randy!
New York City will host its own Story Night beginning on Sept. 12th!
Substacker and all-round decent fellow and promising writer Randy Dong has done all the organizing. He read at the Hindsight Story Night in Portland and slayed, and now he wants to give you the chance to present your work closer to home.
Yes, the revolution will be videoed — but only if you agree and sign a waiver we’ll provide. Likewise, those in attendance should be aware they might appear in the background of a video. If you don’t want to be recorded, we’ll simply shut off the camera while you read.
Nothing shows you where your storytelling soars (or nosedives) better than reading to a live audience
The details for the New York Story Night are as follows:
- Location: The Churchill Tavern 2nd floor - 45 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
- Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm, Monday, September 12th (6:00pm entry time)
- Cost: free, but stories are better enjoyed with a beverage or two
- Seating: No guaranteed seats. First come first serve.
- Time limit for performing writers: 15 mins hard cap. Please practice prior to the event to get a sense of your work's run time. We want to respect everyone's time at the event and give participants a fair chance to read their works.
All those who want to present work, you put your name in a hat. If you’re chosen you go. If you’re not chosen, you get first chance at the next story night, okay?
I’ll remind you closer to the event, but for now, let’s have a round of applause for Randy!
Oh, yeah, and tonight is Hindsight Story Night in Portland. See you there.
Sometimes, the way to proposition a giant is by simply propositioning said giant.
Ask and you shall receive... the permission to build a community.
First, thanks Chuck! And it's a thank you not just for helping me make Story Night New York happen, but a thank you for your overall generosity to the writer/attempting-writer community. (I identify as the latter.) Too many things you've done that benefit us. I believe I represent many people here with this thanks.
Second, I have to give thanks to two non-substackers: Maria and Honor! Two key players that helped me greatly in designing and organizing Story Night New York. I would have to work way way harder on this if not for them. God forbid...
Third, looking forward to meeting other writers and fellow attempting-writers at The Churchill Tavern on 9/12 and more dates in the future. I've always felt so alone writing in the big big city. Now, at least, I will know there exists others who feel equally alone... Let's help each other be better at this words thing we like to do.
Finally, if there are people who can regularly attend Story Night New York and are good at cameras, please come talk to me on 9/12. I will be the Chinese fella at the front with a cowboy hat in which your names will go and be drawn.
Sometimes, the way to build a community is by building it. You are all a part of this thing now. Let's go.
I didn’t know how or why, but I could look at fifty different bars and somehow I just knew. Every city I went to. As soon as I set foot of the plane. I knew a writing workshop was close. Setting up franchises all over the country. The smell of dried ink. Dirty shoe prints all clustered in one specific spot. That aroma of old reader sweat like fried chicken. The feel of a floor still reverberating with applause from the night before.
Hats off to Randy!
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