Tag: The Narrators

  • 100: The Best of the First 100, Part 1

    100: The Best of the First 100, Part 1

    Well, we made it to 100 episodes of this lil’ podcast!

    To celebrate, we’ve asked the hosts of our Denver and San Diego shows to share some of their favorite stories. This week we’ll present a couple of stories selected by Ron Doyle and Erin Rollman, the co-hosts of The Narrators Denver.

    Ron Doyle chose a story by Emma Weisfeld that she shared at our “Siblings” show in December 2015, and Erin Rollman chose a story by Timmi Lasley that she shared at our “Crushed” show in August 2015.

    Thank you for continuing to support the podcast and for coming out in droves every month to our live shows. We are still so in love with the power of the community that this show has built and we look forward to sharing another 100 episodes with you.

    Our June shows, in which we will explore the theme “Ink,” are incredibly nigh, so mark your calendars:

    Tuesday, June 14th in San Diego at Tiger! Tiger! Tavern, 8PM. FREE

    Wednesday, June 15th in Denver at Buntport Theater, 8PM. FREE

  • TONIGHT! The Narrators “Lived/Re-lived” at the Deer Pile, 8pm!

    Here’s our lineup for tonight, sweetums.  The show is as free as the air you breathe and starts at 8pm, deep in the gurgling belly of Denver’s creative community, The Deer Pile

    Michael King – This man makes Denver’s comedy scene/music scene/literary scene look real purdy with his graphic design work.  You can see his work here and here.

    Dori Samadzi – As a child, Dori and her family escaped Afghanistan and became refugees in India, ultimately hoping to make it to America.  She’ll be sharing her story tonight.

    Ken Arkind – Ken Arkind is a national poetry slam champion, educator and author of “Coyotes” (Penmanship Books).  He’ll be throwing a release party for “Coyotes” at Deer Pile on March 11th.

    Robert Barron – a blogger about fatherhood and regular speaker on hospitality point of sale.

    Laura Bond – Laura works in education and community outreach at the Colorado Symphony and is a member a of the Lighthouse Writer’s Workshop. In a former life she was Westword’s music editor.

    And we’ll be featuring the storytellers that are bringing our collaboration with Off-Center at the Jones Theater to life in March (tickets for Lived/Re-lived on sale now!):

    Jeff Campbell – playwright, educator, MC, poet, performer, activist.  This man does it all.

    Timmi Lasley – host of Epilogue Comedy at Mutiny Information Cafe!

    Kelly Shortandqueer – One of the founders of the Denver Zine Library and a wicked cool square dancer.

     

    We’ll see you there!

  • This Thursday! The Narrators on “The Fall”

    Well, the leaves are off of the trees and the all of the plants have gone into senescence, but The Narrators are as vibrant and full of life as ever (I feel like I just wrote a Garrison Keillor intro to Tales from Lake Wobegon).  But I digress.  Our November show is full of great storytellers who will give us their spins on “The Fall.”  Here’s the lineup:

    Jessica Thompson – writer
    Greg Salvesen – economics scholar, marathon runner
    Evan Duggan – comedian
    Brandi Shigley – dreamer, doer, musician, fashionista
    Mark Sonnenblick – musican, actor
    Brian Collona – member of Buntport Theater
    Rachael Pollard – musician
    Haley Driscoll -comedian, veteran improviser

    Of course, your hosts Robert Rutherford and Andrew Orvedahl will be on hand to provide pumpkin spice body odor and swap green bean casserole recipes.

    8pm at the Deer Pile (above City O’ City).  See you there!

  • Thursday Night! The Narrators on “Two Sides to Every Story”

    Our October show is going to consist of a little experiment.  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 have invited pairs of storytellers to share their versions of a shared experience or story.  We’re hoping to dig into what makes a story a story, what we can learn by looking in between the gaps, etc.  It should be a hoot.  8pmat the usual haunt, Deer Pile above City O’ City in beautiful Denver, CO.

    Here’s our lineup:

    Mara Wiles and Nancy Wiles

    Jordan Doll and Christie Buchele

    Josiah Hesse and Taylor Gonda

    Mary Robertson and Robert Rutherford

  • 26: The Low Point, Live at High Plains Comedy Festival

    26: The Low Point, Live at High Plains Comedy Festival

    Man, oh man. We are STILL reeling from the High Plains Comedy Festival.  The inaugural ride of Denver’s largest comedy festival was a huge success, and The Narrators had the good fortune of kicking off the fest with a special episode at the Hi-Dive, featuring comedians who had come to town to carpet bomb South Broadway with chucklegas.

    Although this episode is a little longer than our regular episodes, we guarantee that it’s worth the listen. Featured storytellers include: The Narrators co-host Robert Rutherford, David Gborie, Matt Braunger, and Cameron Esposito.

    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 September 19th and the theme will be “DIIIIICKS” We’ll be posting details about our great lineup as the date looms a little closer.

    ALSO!!! The Narrators are working with Off-Center at the Jones Theater on a show the will go into full production in 2014.  Pretty big fucking deal, eh? Check their facebook event page for more details.  POW!

    Thanks for listening!

  • Friday! The Narrators at The High Plains Comedy Festival!

    We are pleased as pimples at prom to be participating in the inaugural High Plains Comedy Festival. We’re hosting a special episode of the Narrators at 4pm, Friday August 23rd at the Hi-Dive and we’ve assembled a fantastic lineup of comedians who will be performing at the festival.  To kick the comedy off right, our storytellers will be telling true stories on the theme “The Low Point”.  The show is free as the air you breathe, and a great way to prime yer pump for the weekend of fun ahead.  Here’s some chucklestuffs from our featured storytellers.  See you there…

    Andy Peters

     

    Beth Stelling

     

    Cameron Esposito

     

    Sean Patton

     

    David Gborie

     

    Matt Braunger

     

    Your hosts Andrew Orvedahl and Robert Rutherford will be on hand to share stories, swap spit, and trade rookie cards with unwilling members of the audience.