7. THE MOTH STORY SLAM
Held a couple of times a month in various locations throughout the city, this is quite possibly one of the coolest things you can do while visiting LA. The Moth Story Slam format is accessible to everyone. A theme is preselected for the night and posted on the website along with the venue. Tellers prepare a truthful 5 minute story around the central theme and rehearse the presentation as it cannot be read. When you arrive at the venue, usually a bar, the m.c. or host asks you to drop your name in a hat. The event is about 2 hours long and they have time for 10 stories and tellers are picked randomly from the hat. Audience members are chosen to judge the stories based on a loose set of criteria and scores are awarded. At the end of the night the presenter with the highest score advances to the grand slam, who has the opportunity to compete in the grand slam event. It is a $8 cover on a first come first serve basis and often sells out. Everybody has a story. Tell yours at the Moth.
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