THE IDEASMYTH SALON: Stories on Stage • 17 March 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):

🍀 {Visual Artist • The Moth Radio Hour • Guggenheim Fellow} 🍀 {Cabaret Legend (54 Below) • Broadway (Nine, Grand Hotel) • Film (Heartburn, Purple Rose of Cairo)}🍀

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 • "Luck" • (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 photo art 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 daily, 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, photo, motion picture, merriment, and mischief factory, based in Harlem. She lives with two turtles and infinite questions.

🍀 Karen Akers • (Cabaret Songs + Stories)

^ Karen Akers has appeared in prestigious venues worldwide, including Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl, as well as New York’s premiere nightspots, Café Carlyle and The Oak Room at The Algonquin Hotel. She has taken her music to the south of France, Russia, Barcelona’s Liceu Opera House, and more recently to Crazy Coqs in London. She is the recipient of the New York Nightlife Award for Outstanding Female Cabaret Vocalist in a Major Engagement, as well as the Nightlife Legend Award. Cabaret and concert performances are only a part of Ms. Akers’ multifaceted career, which encompasses theater, television, film, and recordings. She appeared at the Martin Beck Theatre on Broadway as one of the original stars of the Tony Award-winning musical Grand Hotel directed by Tommy Tune. She made her debut on the Great White Way in the original production of Nine, also directed by Tommy Tune, receiving a Tony nomination and a Theatre World Award. Ms. Akers television appearances include Cheers, The Tonight Show, The Equalizer, Hart to Hart, The Merv Griffin Show, and the PBS Specials: Ellington: The Music Lives On and Ira Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall. In addition, Ms. Akers had two of her own PBS specials, Presenting Karen Akers and Karen Akers: On Stage at Wolf Trap. The latter is available on DVD. Her film roles include the femme fatale in Mike Nichol’s Heartburn opposite Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, Woody Allen’s The Purple Rose of Cairo, and Vibes. Ms. Akers’s CDs include: If We Only Have Love, Feels Like Home, Live from Rainbow and Stars, Under Paris Skies, Just Imagine, Unchained Melodies, In A Very Unusual Way, Like It Was, Presenting Karen Akers, and Simply Styne (DRG Records). On Monday 3/23, she will receive the (Photo by Kevin Alvey)

🍀 Victoria C. Rowan • Curator + Host • "The Luck of St. Patrick's" • (Family Lore)

^: 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

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