http://www.firstpersonarts.org/blog Hear Stories. See Life. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:41:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.firstpersonarts.org/blog/2008/12/01/best-content-at-the-2008-grand-slam-ted-passon/ Ryan came in late in the year to win the September "Belonging" StorySlam (you can see his monthly winning slam story here).  It was the first StorySlam he'd ever attended, let alone participated in!  Here he delivers the winning story at the 2008 Grand Slam: Stay tuned for all of the ... http://www.firstpersonarts.org/blog/2008/12/01/your-2008-grand-slam-winner-ryan-barlow/ If you were at the Salon du Festival on November 13th, you might have seen our embarrassing technical snafu that led to Dave Kessler's film being clipped at the edges.  As it happens, that's the second year in a row we've managed to foul up something of Dave's, so we're ... http://www.firstpersonarts.org/blog/2008/11/24/dave-kesslers-artbus-documentary/ Okay, we haven't picked the 2009 themes yet, but we might as well announce that the 2009 StorySlam season will open just a hair early with a special slam on Saturday January 24th at the Kimmel Center for FREE.  The regularly scheduled slams resume on the following Tuesday the 27th ... http://www.firstpersonarts.org/blog/2008/11/18/2009-story-slams-open-at-the-kimmel-center-before-ira-glass/ Ted Passon won Best Content at the 2008 Grand Slam.  Here's his "Strange Coincidence" story from the final regular-season Slam at L'Etage: The Story Slams resume in 2009 at L'Etage on January 27th at the Kimmel Center before Ira Glass on January 24th and THEN on January 27th at L'Etage.  The ... http://www.firstpersonarts.org/blog/2008/11/18/slam-of-the-day-ted-passons-strange-coincidence/ A special thanks to the thousands of you who flocked to the 2008 First Person Festival!  It's a lot of work putting on a festival of this size, but you made it all worthwhile with your enthusiasm for memoir and documentary art in all the myriad ways it appeared at ... http://www.firstpersonarts.org/blog/2008/11/17/thank-you/ The 2008 First Person Festival is coming to a close tonight from 6-9pm.  Join us for a soul-food buffet, documentary about Solomon Burke called Everybody Needs Somebody and a live performance from The Barbara Walker Story! http://www.firstpersonarts.org/blog/2008/11/16/come-celebrate-the-end-of-the-festival-with-soul-supper-at-6pm/ Beautiful brunch this morning at Fork Restaurant with Kim Sunee!  Thanks to Ellen Yin for hosting... We're back at the Painted Bride this afternoon.  A Family Gathering--a film produced by Lise Yasui and Ann Tegnell--is showing on the main stage presently, and we'll have Lise Funderburg and Daniel Mendelsohn for Relative ... http://www.firstpersonarts.org/blog/2008/11/16/today-at-the-first-person-festival-2/ What a stunning display of storytelling prowess last night at the Grand Slam.  We'll have video up as soon as we can, but first, thanks to our host Madi Distefano and especially to the gracious Juliet Wayne, the 2007 reigning champing.  And of course our incredible crew of storytellers for ... http://www.firstpersonarts.org/blog/2008/11/16/grand-slam-winners/ You just missed a delightful mini-concert by Katie Davidson (check out the myspace page for her band Dear Nora) and now the documentary Girls Rock is underway.  If you get here in time, you might be able to catch the program-closing performance by Philly band Oak Oak Okay. After Girls Rock, ... http://www.firstpersonarts.org/blog/2008/11/15/saturday-live-blog/