Comment Archives: stories: Arts & Culture
Re: “Spicing Up Sexy Storytelling”
I've been to the last 2 Bawdy's in Oakland and they were both great. Overall the story telling was good to excellent, mostly excellent! And, stories were limited to 10 minutes and not boring. We all, of course have our own experiences and opinions about what it interesting and what it not, but overall its an interesting, funny, and occasionally sexy experience. I will go back and I most certainly recommend it to just about anyone.
Re: “Spicing Up Sexy Storytelling”
As someone who's been a storyteller, I enjoy the casual nature of the event, personally. It's like telling a story at the dinner table- I don't need everyone to be staring me in the face to feel listened to, and I like the little whispers. And I love the other stories- they're recountings of places and people I know, which makes it fun, told in ways that entertain me. I'm really surprised to hear your account that an event which has had stories about ripped foreskins, bunnies invading the bed, and quickies in Walmart as "prudish"! I'm amused at your portrayal of Sister Mable, Danarama and Midori as having an air of pompousness, but then, these are people from a community I'm pretty familiar with.
I get the impression that you came to this event not wanting to be there and wrote down everything you disliked. Oh well- it's not for everyone, and maybe you should be back when you have a story to tell. It's hard to be up there. It's easy to sit in the audience and sniff- perhaps, when you think about pompousness, you should engage in some self-reflection about your own perspectives? Just a theory. ::shrug::
Re: “Spicing Up Sexy Storytelling”
I usually get really great belly laughs from these performances. I've never wished folks would shut up. I only ever wanted to hear more, even when I was blushing furiously.
Re: “A New Space Hatched”
Just joshin. I feel weird about Guantanamo too. Art, am I right?
Re: “The SF Mime Trope”
RICHMON SPOKES IS DOING FREE BIKE VALET
When: Sunday, July 24th at 2:00 pm (music starts at 1:30)
Where: Nicholl Park, Macdonald Avenue and 33rd Street, Richmond
Re: “The SF Mime Trope”
Dear Friends,
Please join me on Sunday, July 24th, as the SF Mime Troupe performs in Richmond for the second year in a row! This is a perfect chance to gather with community on a Sunday afternoon and experience an incredible and engaging theatrical performance at Nicholl Park.
As Robert Brustein says: "Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one."
See you there!
My best,
Gayle
Free admission!
Bring blankets and lawn chairs.
Tony Award-winning SF Mime Troupe 52nd season
"2012 - The Musical!"
SF MIME troupe pic
A small political theater company, Theater BAM!, finds itself at a crossroads: should they keep telling the stories they feel can change the world (and starve while telling them), or feed at the corporate trough, sell out, and be the mouthpiece for The Man. Tough decision. But before having to make it, they are offered an artistic commission that may save the company; all they have to do is create a new play, "2012 - The Musical!" But is it political? Will it keep with the company's original mission? What's the true purpose of this frivolous production, and who's really bankrolling the thing?
When: Sunday, July 24th at 2:00 pm (music starts at 1:30)
Where: Nicholl Park, Macdonald Avenue and 33rd Street, Richmond
Contact Information
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Mayor's Office
450 Civic Center Plaza
Richmond, CA 94804
phone: 510.620.6503
fax: 510.412.2070
email: mayor@officeofthemayor.net
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Re: “Monogamish Love”
No fair, Dan, your preferences are showing: female ejacualte is definitely squick-free.
Re: “Saved by the SPCA”
Hopalong is great. One of the more reputable animal rescue organizations around.
Re: “Zahra Noorbakhsh and the Atheist-Muslim Connection”
Obviously the first poster has NOT seen the play.
I just saw the sold-out play. Background themes include religion and generational differences -- and compromise! -- but there's nothing self-loathing or hypocritical about it.
ALL the audience loved the play.
Re: “Zahra Noorbakhsh and the Atheist-Muslim Connection”
The person in the previous comment sounds like a racist a$$ that never even saw the play. I saw the play and it rocked! Don't let the title scare you, the play is HILARIOUS!
Re: “Zahra Noorbakhsh and the Atheist-Muslim Connection”
I thought about going to this, but then remembered I had a root canal appointment. Whew! That was close. Thankfully, the root canal sounded more appealing, even after the dentist mentioned he was out of novocaine.
Seriously, if my only two choices for reading material were the Koran and Judith Butler, I'd rather gouge my eyes out.
The only thing worse than Islam is identity politics, and the only thing worse than identity politics is self-indulgent cultural minstrelsy for self-loathing white intellectual hypocrites. This "play" manages to cram all three into 60 agonizing minutes.
Ahhh, root canals, Just thinking of them makes me feel a little better.
Re: “Camp Allegory”
N.B. The Young Writers' Camp at Mills College campus has 3 veteran teachers working with its 50+ young authors, sharing inspiration and experience. Tom Dunlap and Susan Lee have been leading YWC camps for more than 3 years at Mills and have extensive experience teaching multiple subjects across grade levels during the school year! It's our collaboration that makes the YWC at Mills such a positive experience. Tom initiated our relationship with Diesel Books and arranges the YWC reading there every summer. I am lucky to be working with such creative, enthusiastic, and inspirational colleagues.
Re: “Countdown to Goodbye”
I'm really going to miss going into space. I don't mean I really went into space, unless you count inner space. I don't. Count it, I mean. It's pretty crowded compared to outer space and you don't get to wear a cool, white suit. Well, you could wear a cool, white suit, but you'd have to hang out a chi-chi resort, which, as I understand, is pretty much unlike outer space.
On second thought, the food at a resort probably beats sucking lunch out of a tube and chasing it down with Tang. And then, there's the bar where you can pay with little plastic beads. Maybe, I just need to go to a resort and forget about this whole space exploration thing.
Re: “US Air Guitar Championships Present: Men in Tights”
Awwwww... thank you, Lawngun!
Re: “US Air Guitar Championships Present: Men in Tights”
Rachel, the writing is great. Air guitar, on the other hand, ranks right up there with miming.
Re: “US Air Guitar Championships Present: Men in Tights”
"Jesus Lawngun, how old were you when you lost your sense of humor?"
Hey, hey, hey. You can call me MISTER Lawngun. The "Jesus" handle is waaayyy out of line.
Re: “US Air Guitar Championships Present: Men in Tights”
Thank you for the kind words. It's actually a culture story. But how could we resist putting Hot Lixx on the cover?
Re: “US Air Guitar Championships Present: Men in Tights”
Worst. Cover. Story. Ever!
Re: “Spicing Up Sexy Storytelling”
Your review seems very out-of-touch. Bawdy Storytelling just got a "Best of the Bay" mention in the Guardian. Were people on their phones? Name one event in the San Francisco Bay Area where you won't observe that kind of nervous twitch. We are home to the birthplace of Twitter.
Moreover, the line, "But the audience applauded anyway. Maybe perverts are easy to please," indicates your detachment from the entire scene. It really sucks to feel left out but it genuinely seems like you're the only one who has a bad time at these events. May I suggest lightening up and maybe getting up there on that stage to show everyone at Bawdy how it's done?