I spent three of the last four nights at Random Row Books on West Main Street. In that time, I did my White Man’s Overbite to Air, LCD Soundsystem and M.I.A. during a dance party; caught live sets from Andrew Cedermark and DBB Plays Cups (more on that in tomorrow’s Feedback column); and, last night, took in the inaugural Secretly Y’all readings.
I mentioned Secretly Y’all previously; the group, which is very similar to The Moth, explains itself a bit here. With a few exceptions, the event last night was wildly entertaining. Most stories were unexpected, funny, direct, well-told, or some combination of the four. Plots included a search for God through the midwest, a recreational drug user’s encounters with a new neighbor, a woman’s decision to wallpaper her bedroom with her father’s headshots and a man’s head-on collision with a bear.
Podcasts of the readings will be posted at a later date on Secretly Y’all’s website, along with info about the next reading. I absolutely recommend checking out both.
Speaking of stories, The Bridge/Progressive Arts Initiative has spawned no shortage of ’em during its five years of bridging, progressing and initiating—for yours truly, among many others. Currently on exhibit at The Bridge’s gallery? A mural of the folks involved in many of those stories. Scope ’em below, and leave your own stories of The Bridge or Secretly Y’all.
