Strange Storytelling Hour – Things Above [Online]
This event took place on Mar 11, 2021
Sliding scale ticketing: $5–25
General 3-Pack: $40
NWFF Member 3-Pack: $24
Proceeds support Emmett, storytellers, and NWFF!
No one turned away for lack of funds, contact rana@nwfilmforum.org.
Northwest Film Forum is SCREENING ONLINE! NWFF’s physical space is temporarily closed in light of public health concerns around COVID-19, but community, dialogue, and education through media arts WILL persist.
• • HOW TO WATCH • •
- Register for a ticket or series 3-Pack through NWFF’s Eventive platform.
- 1 hour before storytelling hour, NWFF will send a Zoom link and password to your registered e-mail address! (Don’t see it? Check your spam filter.)
- If by showtime you do not receive an e-mail with details, please contact vivian@nwfilmforum.org for a quick follow-up. (But please, check your spam!)
Series -
Strange Storytelling Hour
Visiting Artist
Participating storytellers:
R Tod Kelly
Journalist/Portland-based story telling.
Amanda Stone
Performance artist and spooky lady.
Ade Ajayi
Resident storyteller of the irridescent robot storytelling club.
About
March 2021 theme: THINGS ABOVE. UFOs, things with wings, daydreams, inspiration and the unknown consequence that comes with all that could be dangling above our heads. This month storytellers will share what happens when we look up and up looks back at us.
Something strange is back in this multi-episode live event series presented by North Bend Film Fest and Northwest Film Forum, where emerging storytellers recount peculiar tales and bizarre happenings based on their own real life experiences. Each episode features a strange new theme, challenging storytellers to win over the audience with their storytelling skills.
This virtual event series is be hosted by Seattle-based storyteller, comedian and weirdo Emmett Montgomery — NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Seattle Weekly’s Best Comedian 2015, 2017, 2018 and host and curator of the community based “comedy” show Joketellers Union (with Brett Hamil) and the experimental basement/storytelling show The Magic Hat.