Moth Michigan GrandSLAM Championship to bring together the best local storytellers

Posted on Fri, Mar 29, 2013 : 10:41 a.m.

Moth Michigan GrandSLAM Championship to bring together the best local storytellers

By Ann Dwyer

Update: This event is SOLD OUT.

In a town that brings together disparate souls from all walks of life, there are a million stories waiting to be told. Some of them sad, some of them funny, some of them a result of too much bourbon. But at the The Moth Michigan GrandSLAM Championship IV at The Ark, all of them will be good.

Lon Horwedel | Ann Arbor News file photo

The Moth has gained quite the audience not only on NPR but in Ann Arbor. Bringing together people with a story to tell, this event highlights the very best of those tales. The winners of the past 10 Michigan StorySLAMS will come together to battle it out with words and accounts of lives well (or maybe not so well)-lived.

Tickets are only available at www.themoth.org

Monday, April 1, 2013. 8 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. $16. The Ark is located at 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor. 734-761-1800.

Comments

Are you serious?

Fri, Mar 29, 2013 : 9:24 p.m.

Unfortunately it shows sold out as of 5:00 PM.

Ann Dwyer

Mon, Apr 1, 2013 : 6:15 p.m.

Thanks, I'm going to update the story to reflect that so know one shows up without tickets.

Kellie Woodhouse

Fri, Mar 29, 2013 : 5:58 p.m.

I LOVE the moth. It's truly an awesome event to have here in Ann Arbor. We're really lucky, because only a handful of cities throughout the nation have monthly moths. The Moth has been really busy lately, but I recall one Tuesday last year when there weren't enough storytellers and the host Satori Shakoor, who is just amazing, had to solicit the crowd for more stories. Crazy! (Although, to be fair, I didn't tell a story.) This Monday's event is a treat because you know in advance everyone there is going to be excellent. Very exciting.