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Here’s a hilarious story from Sean in which a pigeon comes in for a little mistreatment. It’s not the first time a pigeon has met an untimely end on the StorySlam stage…

Good stuff to put your long hot July out of its misery:

July 3rd: Storytelling exhibition at the Lincoln200 Celebration

July 8th: Salon at the Laurie Beechman Cabaret

July 15th: Extended deadline for our First Person America competition!

July 28th: StorySlam at L’Etage — “Against the Rules”

Here’s a surprising little gem from this week’s StorySlam, Do It Yourself. Anne ends this one with a lovely song:

And tune in to the CW tonight at 10pm for a story by Nicole Brewer about the StorySlams!

Jonathan McEuen!  With his story of third grade Aztec antics…

The judges last night picked Adam Weitzman’s hilarious anecdote from his medical school days:

You can see a list of all of the upcoming StorySlams here or see other First Person Arts events at our calendar! Or you can sign up for our mailing list below:

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Thanks to everyone who joined us last night for the StorySlam!  We’ll have the winning story up shortly and announce the audience favorite by 4:00pm!

A friend of Doug posted this video of his winning story from Saturday night’s Slam at the Kimmel Center:

Join us for tonight’s StorySlam at L’Etage (6th and Bainbridge)

The theme is “Do It Yourself” and advertising maven and devoted shunpiker Ed Tettemer will host.  And we’ll have a guest story from 2007 Grand Slam participant R. Eric Thomas!

Doors at 7:30 and the slam begins at 8:30.
21+ only and admission is $8 at the door.

Your audience votes have been tallied from Saturday night, and you agreed with the judges in selecting Doug Didyoung as the winner!

Congratulations once again!

Please join us for the next storyslam TOMORROW NIGHT at L’Etage Cabaret (6th and Bainbridge).
As usual, doors at 7:30 and the slam begins at 8:30. Tickets are $8 at the door.

Hosting: Ed Tettemer
Guest Storyteller: R. Eric Thomas
Theme: Do It Yourself
Cost: $8
21+ only (L’Etage is a bar.)

Thanks to everyone who came out to Saturday night’s StorySlam at the Kimmel Center’s Summer Solstice!  The winner was Doug Didyoung.  He joins the illustrious Golden Ticket Society and advances to the Grand Slam on Saturday, November 7th at the 2009 First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Art held at the Painted Bride Art Center in Old City!

And don’t forget that tomorrow night, June 23rd, the StorySlams return to their home at L’Etage Cabaret!  Details right here on Facebook!

Audience favorite winner announcement coming as soon as we can tally up all your votes…  In the meantime, enjoy some photos from Saturday night:

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The last time First Person Arts hosted a StorySlam at the Kimmel Center was back in January with “Broke.”  Ira A. won that one with this delightful “nouveau poor” anecdote from New York City’s pre-boom days.  There’s a mention of a band called Tuxedomoon and a recipe for a casserole that might explain why the cheese disappears so quickly at First Friday!

Modestly priced arts activities from your friends at First Person Arts:

StorySlam for Summer Solstice at the Kimmel Center: “The Great Outdoors”

StorySlam at L’Etage on June 23rd: “Do It Yourself”

And enter our national competition before June 30th

Thanks to our friends at Uwishunu and Vince Bilotta who shot and edited this and all of the 2008 StorySlams.  Here’s a Summery one from StorySlam veteran Michael McCarry.  “Y’all thought this was a library library”

First Person Arts is getting around a little this month too:

Drink and Dine on June 13th with Edible World: Joe Sixpack’s Northern Liberties

StorySlam for Summer Solstice at the Kimmel Center: “The Great Outdoors”

StorySlam at L’Etage on June 23rd: “Do It Yourself”

And enter our national competition before June 30th

Geckos on a Plane! (from “Baggage” )

A Brooklyn Beat Down: Fight or Flight? (from “On My Street”)

A double-double-shot of memoir and documentary art in June:

Stop into the Salon on June 10th

Drink and Dine on June 13th with Edible World: Joe Sixpack’s Northern Liberties

StorySlam for Summer Solstice at the Kimmel Center: “The Great Outdoors”

StorySlam at L’Etage on June 23rd: “Do It Yourself”

And enter our national competition before June 30th