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Doyle's - "Gifts" Story Slam

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Doyle's - "Gifts" Story Slam

Time: December 11, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm
Location: Doyle's Cafe
Street: 3484 Washington St
City/Town: Jamaica Plain, MA
Website or Map: http://www.doylescafeboston.c…
Phone: (617) 524-2345
Event Type: story_slam, gifts_of_food
Organized By: friend massmouth
Latest Activity: Dec 11, 2011

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Event Description

The Fourth Jamaica Plain Story Slam of the season at Doyle's @ 3484 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain, MA @ 7:00pm

The theme is "Gifts "

Abstract or concrete, what us the story of the best gift you were ever given?

Special guest Michelle Carlo

 

Michele Carlo is a writer/performer who has lived in four of the five boroughs of NYC and remembers when a slice of pizza cost fifty cents. She has been published in Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood’s Lost & Found: Stories From New York, Chicken Soup For The Latino Soul and SMITH magazine, and told her stories everywhere a person can tell stories in NYC—including the MOTH’s GrandSlams and Mainstage, the PEN American Center’s World Voices Festival and Electric Literature’s online site Broadcastr, along with First Person Arts in Philadelphia and The Story League in Washington DC.  Her memoir Fish Out Of Agua: My life on neither side of the (subway) tracks was published by Citadel Press in August 2010. www.michelecarlo.com

 

 

Doyle's is located in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, accesible by the Orange line and close to the Sam Adams Brewery!      

 

Nearest transit: Green Street (Orange Line)

COMING SOON: see eventbrite to reserve tix.
On April 11, 2012, 7-9PM All the finalists will gather at Coolidge Corner,  main Theater to compete for a week in a medeival townhouse in Tuscany and other prizes.

"Because have a life, you have a story. Bring it!"

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Other massmouth slams this season:
Mondays: Club Passim in Cambridge, MA  and Semi finals in March 2012

Tuesdays: Somerville, Cambridge and other venues Semi-finals in March 2012

Semi Finals: in March 11th for JP events

Finals: WED APRIL 11th   the Finals will be  at Coolidge Corner Theater main theater  Brookline, 7-9PM

Grand Prize for Slam Season 2012

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Comment by Robin Maxfield on December 9, 2011 at 12:04pm

This is going to be a good one! Just talked to Michelle, she will be sharing a story that she has told at the Moth in NYC...don't miss it!

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BMO 2012 Winners

 Regi Carpenter, 1st prize, Jannelle Codianni, 2nd and Mary Hannon, 3rd Prize

StoriesLive® Winners - 2012

StoriesLive® 2012:

First place, and $1,000  prize

Junior Fernando Ortiz from Revere High School 

Senior Amario Malcolm from Boston Latin Academy

Runners-up ($500 each)11th

Alan Estes from Newburyport, 

AngelinaFerullo from Everett and 

Runners-up ($500 each)12th Caylen Bryant (Andover) 

Shavar Lazarus (Boston Latin Academy).

Audience Choice awards:

11th Justin Alexander 

(South Community High) 

12th Varvarra Valentin

(Lynn Classical High School)

massmouth choice awards:

Juniors 

Jennifer MonJoie(Revere) 

Bahiya Nasuuna (Chelsea) 

Karen Hua (Andover) 

Senior 

Jason Hittinger (Revere)

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Last Year 2011: StoriesLive® first ever high school story slam. 1st place awarded a $2,000 scholarship Brianda Agramonte, Lynn Classical High School, senior

2 runners up received $1,000 scholarship each: junior Conor Miller Newburyport High School and Mathews DeSouza, Everett High School,  Our "massmouth choice" was Sandy Fonseca, Boston Latin Academy, senior [below] She was awarded $500

Lexi Hernando Lynn Classical High School, senior was chosen by the attendees and awarded the Audience Choice prize of $500.

Congratulations all!

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