Because Gregorian calendars are weird, we have back-to-back shows next week—Tuesday, 14 February in San Diego and Wednesday, 15 February in Denver. Here are the lineups!
…with hosts Mary Robertson and Erin Rollman stealing your hearts. Both shows start at 8pm and are as free as that third cheese sample you nabbed off the tray when the Costco employee wasn’t looking.
Join us on Tuesday, 13 September 2016, to celebrate The Narrators San Diego’s one-year anniversary at Tiger! Tiger! Tavern. The theme of the evening is “Change of Heart” and we have assembled a superstar lineup of storytellers for you:
Irene Bonner
Kirsten Imani Kasai
Breeann Kirby
Dean Robertson
Karen Seehaus
Jimi Valiente-Neighbours
…with your host Mary Robertson. The show starts at 8:00pm. Arrive early, order a pint and a plate from the amazing menu at Tiger! Tiger!, and settle in for a great night of storytelling. Hope to see you there!
13 September, 8pm FREE
Tiger!Tiger! Tavern
3025 El Cajon Blvd
San Diego, CA 92104
Join us at Tiger! Tiger! Tavern on Tuesday May 10 at 8pm for an evening of true stories featuring:
Katie Borts
Lisa Hemminger
Joe Holland
Carmen Radley
Calandra Rothrock
Dr. Michael Wall
…with your host Mary Robertson. The show is as free as the air you breathe, and Tiger! Tiger! serves up a wide variety of delicious beers and eats for your dining/drinking enjoyment. See you there.
We have an exciting announcement to share with you!
We have found a Southern California home for The Narrators. Starting September 8, The Narrators San Diego will take place the 2nd Tuesday of each month at Tiger!Tiger! Tavern on beautiful El Cajon Boulevard at 8pm. As always, The Narrators is a free event.
If you are reading this and thinking to yourself “WTF is a The Narrators?”, please take a moment to click around up that top header, specifically the ABOUT page, which will fill you in on what exactly it is that we do, and then maybe wander on over to the Home page and fill your ears with the sweet sounds of storytelling (maybe even subscribe to the podcast!). Then, if you have stamina and a clear heart, make a dash for the FAQ page and find out how you can get involved. Then pat yourself on the back and pour a glass of chocolate milk to celebrate, because you will have become an expert on The Narrators.
But I digress. We are honored to be working with the good people at Tiger!Tiger!, who also operate the Blind Lady Ale House in Normal Heights and Panama 66 at the San Diego Art Museum in Balboa Park. Aside from their fantastic craft beers and delicious food, these establishments serve as important community centers hosting local music, films, game nights, poetry readings, and now storytelling.
If you live in San Diego and would like to be part of the Narrators, please join us the 2nd Tuesday of every month at Tiger!Tiger! starting this September. If you don’t live in San Diego, please spread the word to your SoCal friends and family.
Mary Robertson and Robert Rutherford settled into Southern Californian living and are ready to hear your stories!
Most importantly, we’re looking for storytellers! We’re looking for people to tell 5-10 minute true stories based on a changing monthly theme. September’s theme is “Firsts”. You do not need to be a professional writer or performer to participate. We love writers, actors, comedians, musicians and other people who identify as artists, but we especially encourage those of you who do not normally do this kind of thing to get involved.
The Narrators is committed to representing multiple voices and experiences and creating a safer space for all of us to be ourselves. We very much want to hear from people of color, queer people, people living with disabilities, immigrants to the U.S., military veterans, the very old and the very young—you get the idea. You can get in touch through our website, on our Facebook page, or email robert@thenarrators.org.
The theme for our October show, “Two Sides to Every Story”, provided an opportunity for a little bit of experimentation. We thought it might be fun to explore the nature of truth in true storytelling by looking at an age old adage, that there are two sides to every story. We invited pairs of storytellers to tell their versions of a shared experience or story. We were hoping to dig into what makes a story a story, what we can learn by looking in between the gaps, etc. We sequestered the storytellers while their counterparts were telling their version, so that what the audience got was free from influence. It was pretty danged cool. Part 2 of the show features true stories from scholar/activist Mary Robertson and Narrators co-host Robert Rutherford. These stories were recorded at The Deer Pile on October 17th, 2013 by our good friends at The Denver Diatribe.
The intro and outro music was produced and graciously provided by Sans Seruf, and you can find more slick beats for your earholes over at his bandcamp page.
Our next show is coming up on November 21st and the theme will be “The Fall.”
AND!!! The Narrators is working with the Denver Music Summit on a Very Special Episode that will take place on Saturday, November 23rd at the McNichols Building in Denver featuring musicians from near and far telling Stories from the Road. More information on the lineup and tickets can be found here.
ALSO!!! The Narrators are working with Off-Center at the Jones Theater on a show called Lived/Re-lived that will go into full production in March 2014. Even though that is waaaaayyyy into the future, tickets are now on sale. Snatch ’em up.
