About this Event
Every month, we gather around an open mic to hear our fellow humans tell us their truths.
Doors Open 7:00pm, Sign Up 7:15, Showtime 7:30pm
Theme: TBA Each month. Check Front Parlor's Instagram (@frontparlorseries) for announcements.
Each second Wednesday we gather for a night of true stories, with no notes, in about five minutes around a topic or theme.
If you’re familiar with The Moth, it’s kind of like that. At Front Parlor, tellers volunteer their names in a can, and the MC selects the order at random. (Bribes encouraged.) Tellers share 5-minute, true stories based on a common theme. Front Parlor also features “flash nonfiction” — one- or two-sentence, audience-submitted stories responding to a prompt based on the evening’s theme. Flash nonfiction is a relatively painless (and anonymous) way to share your stories.
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The Front Parlor Series began as the Front Parlor Trojan Storytelling Series, birthed at the Ale House in Troy, NY in February of 2011 by host, curator, and NYC-ex-patriot, Abby Lublin. The Series soon expanded cross-river to Albany, and we held monthly open mics in both cities for about eight years. Then the Covid-19 pandemic happened, and our events were forced to go virtual. As of July 2021, we’re back to our in-person open mics in Troy, but Albany is still on hiatus.
Event venue & nearby stays
Bard and Baker Board Game Cafe, 501 Broadway, Troy, United States
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