THE IDEASMYTH SALON: Stories on Stage • 16 June 2026

THE IDEASMYTH SALON: Stories on Stage • A Storytelling Variety Show hosted by (Curator • Writer • Coach • Editor • Creative Community Entrepreneur)

FEATURING the following critically acclaimed talent (in alpha order):

🦋 {The Moth Slam Winner (2X!) • Int'l 14-City Tour • St. Martin's Memoirist 🦋 {Cartoonist • The Moth Radio Hour • Guggenheim Fellow} 🦋

NOTE: Actual lineup sequence will follow AGENDA BELOW

🎤 $20 COVER 🍻 $20 DINING MINIMUM (GREAT FULL DINNER + DRINKS MENU) 🥂 SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE ABOUT THE PERFORMERS (LISTED IN LAUNCHING SEQUENCE) 👇

🦋 Flash Rosenberg • (Wit Bit)

^ draws, photographs, writes, and performs. She is a Guggenheim Fellow, who served as the pioneering Artist-in-Residence for LIVE from the NY Public Library, where she drew conversations between authors, artists and provocateurs to create "portraits of ideas" in real-time. Her work will be featured in the 2026 nationally touring exhibit "Citizen Artist" curated by the Delaware Art Museum She is a three-time Mainstage Storyteller for The Moth. Creator of "FlashThink Cartoons." Was voted "Funniest Person in Philadelphia" twice in the 90s by "The City Paper" for her public radio spots, "Flash Moments." She was an Academy Award finalist for her experimental short "Pulse of Desire." She taught "Perception Studies" classes for Cooper Union conducted entirely on the NYC subways. Flash Rosenberg Studio is a full-service art, motion picture, merriment, and mischief factory, based in Harlem. She lives with two turtles and infinite questions.

🦋 James Braly • (Autobiographical Story)

^ is the first two-time winner of The Moth GrandSlam and has contributed autobiographical stories to This American Life and The New York Times. His Off Broadway monologue Life in a Marital Institution: 20 Years of Monogamy in One Terrifying Hour was a New York Times Critics Pick. The show spawned a fourteen-city national tour produced by Meredith Vieira Productions, a live audio recording that spent twelve weeks on the Amazon Hot 100 Comedy List, and a memoir published by St. Martins Press. In his other professional life, James ghostwrites speeches and books for executives and entrepreneurs – including a couple bestsellers he’d crow about if he hadn’t signed NDAs.

🦋 Victoria C. Rowan • Curator + Host

^: Curator • Writer • Coach • Editor • Creative Community Entrepreneur

Curating + Hosting: NYC: 92nd St. Y • The National Arts Club • Pangea • KGB Red Room, Mediabistro.com Northwestern Connecticut: Spring Hill Arts Gathering/ Vineyards • Judy Black Park Memorial Park & Gardens • The Ideas Depot • The Stone Church + Meetinghouse

Writing: The New York Times • The Financial Times • New York Magazine • Time Out New York + dozens of other domestic and international media outlets

Clients: Support clients as coach, editor, dramaturg; a partial listing of critically and commercially acclaimed writers + other outstanding creatives

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, New York, United States

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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