BOOKISH: Down and Dirty Storytelling @ Shot Tower

Get down and dirty with this month's installment of Tell Me a Story @ Shot Tower Coffee

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BOOKISH: Down and Dirty Storytelling @ Shot Tower

POSTED: Monday, June 18, 2012, 10:00 AM

Filed Under: Arts Books

Standing in front of a group of people and sharing a personal story is enough to make most people fidget and perspire, if not run straight out of the room. What makes Shot Tower's (542 Christian St.) monthly "Tell Me a Story" event so appealing is that it's decidedly a neighborhood jawn. Casual and supportive, Shot Tower's cozy-coffee-shop ambience works to lessen that desire to flee. This month's edition gets an added dose of chillout vibes with a collaboration from the 2012 So Low festival, a ten-day offering of mostly solo “low-stress and low-maintenence” experimental art.

Tomorrow's (7 p.m., free) storytelling will honor the festival's theme of "Down and Dirty," featuring a range of takes on down and/or dirty stories from local storytellers like Jaime Fountaine and Todd Marrone. As always, Hillary Rea hosts the show, bringing a loveable dose of humor to her conviction that storytelling isn't strictly for kids.

(nina@citypaper.net) (@willboctopus)

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