[Yale-readings] Andy Borowitz / The Moth

[Nancy Kuhl]

"THE MOTH" RETURNS TO NEW HAVEN TO ENCHANT AUDIENCES WITH URBAN STORYTELLING
Andy Borowitz returns for one night only in "Mind Games," an enchanting 
evening-salon of riveting tales, moving confessions and plenty of laughs. 
Described as a floating nightclub devoted to the spoken word, "The Moth" 
has been dubbed "New York's hottest and hippest literary ticket," by the 
Wall Street Journal. Award winning humorist Andy Borowitz take the 
spotlight for a single performance at 8:00pm on October 22 at the 
Quinnipiack Club in New Haven. Doors open at 7:00pm for cocktails.
First making its New Haven debut and an instant sell-out hit at this year's 
International Festival of Arts & Ideas, "The Moth" is a unique theatrical 
showcase in an intimate cabaret setting. Each show is organized around a 
different theme and gathers storytellers from all walks of life to tell 
personal and true spellbinding tales. Notable literary figures, pop culture 
celebrities, politicians and everyday "Joe's" who have participated in the 
past include Ethan Hawke, Frank McCourt, Suzanne Vega, Janeane Garofalo, 
Spalding Gray, Margaret Cho and George Plimpton. Last summer's show 
featured Andy Borowitz, Joyce Maynard, Cindy Chupack (Executive Producer of 
Sex and the City) and local New Haven personality and Yale professor Bill 
Graustein.
An all-new line up of New York and New Haven raconteurs features tales by 
Lee Aaron Blair, a professional gambler and NPR "Marketplace" commentator; 
comedian Jessi Klein of VH1; Murat Gunel, Chief of the Neurovascular 
Surgery Program at Yale; Sherman "OT" Powell, former pickpocket from New 
York City and Thayer "Ted" Baldwin, Judge of the Superior Court of CT.
"The Moth," started in 1997 by poet & novelist George Dawes Green, who 
wrote "The Caveman's Valentine" and "The Juror." Green wanted to recreate 
in NYC, the feeling of summer sultry nights in Georgia when his friends 
would gather on the front porch to spin captivating stories, as "the moths" 
gathered around the light bulb.
Tickets $35 available on October 1 @ 
http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showCode=MOT19 or 877-238-5596. General 
admission. More info: bisno at earthlink.net
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Nancy Kuhl
Assistant Curator, The Yale Collection of American Literature
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University
121 Wall Street
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520-8240
Phone: 203.432.2966
Fax: 203.432.4047
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