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Radio Laria is a spoken-word community collective that holds monthly poetry and storytelling events. Community is invited to gather to hear and hold space for one another, as we witness and share our craft and expressions. There is an open mic, open to all, a limited amount of spots each night and sign up is on arrival at the door. Originally part of Girls on Key, Radio Laria continues to prioritise featuring women and gender diverse poets.Radio Laria Storytelling is starting in 2025, a sister event to the traditional poetry stage where community is invited to share stories on a theme; and our first theme for this event is WONDER AND AWE.
The storytelling stage open mic holds space for up to 7 stories and stories can be up to 7 minutes. Stories can be true stories of your lived experience, fantasy, dreams of how you wish it could be, fictional tales or outright lies. Whatever the story is we want to hear it. It doesn't need to be polished or poetic, but instead simply be a story, as if you were telling a friend about something that happened or something you want to make happen. For 7 minutes the stage is yours to share. Being, witnessing, telling your story is connective, and this is the mortar of community building.
Our venue is the Black Spark Cultural Centre (126A Gladstone Avenue, Northcote, VIC 3070), a grassroots centre entirely run by volunteers.
Tickets are $10 or $5 and are available at...
https://events.humanitix.com/radiolaria-stories
Speaking our stories in a safely held space is a radical act of community building, one that works to empower our voices, to remind us of the connections and resonances that exist in our shared human-ness as we witness one another, and to align us, toward our forward facing purpose, which is to create, connect, express and share our truths and our dreamings.
LOCATION: Black Spark Cultural Centre, 126A Gladstone Avenue, Northcote, VIC 3070.
Black Spark is a one minute walk from the no. 11 tram line (St Georges Rd) and a 10-15 minute walk from Croxton Station (Mernda Line)
A volunteer run bar is available and cash is preferred if you have it. Food can be brought in from outside.
ACCESSIBILITY: Front entrance, open mic, and carpark are all wheelchair accessible.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Black Spark Cultural Centre, 231 St Georges Rd, Northcote VIC 3070, Australia,Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Northcote
