THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “ELBOW GREASE”

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– PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW- GA SEATING IN FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. THE MOTH resumes their recurring monthly Asheville StorySLAM at The Grey Eagle at 7:30pm! This month’s theme is…. ELBOW GREASE:  Prepare a five-minute story about rolling up your sleeves. Putting in long hours, burning the midnight oil — the blood, sweat and tears. A “make it work!” moment. Toiling over your final paper, or going all out on that science project. Clearing out the attic, cleaning those windows, getting under the hood. Sometimes it is broke and needs fixing!

THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “TEMPTATION”

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– PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW- GA SEATING IN FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. THE MOTH resumes their recurring monthly Asheville StorySLAM at The Grey Eagle at 7:30pm! This month’s theme is…. TEMPTATION:  Prepare a five-minute story about willpower. Tell us of your iron or paper thin resolve. Battles with fidelity, smoking, loving, shopping or all of the above. Resisting the urge to check Instagram, reading your lover’s diary or sleeping in just a few more minutes. Self control and other epic internal struggles. Caving to impulses or holding strong, the itch you can’t help but scratch!

THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “GUTS”

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– PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW- GA SEATING IN FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. THE MOTH resumes their recurring monthly Asheville StorySLAM at The Grey Eagle at 7:30pm! This month’s theme is…. GUTS:  Prepare a five-minute story about moments of boldness and courage and the peaks and pratfalls of a daring spirit. Scaling mountains or admitting to mistakes. Being the first in line to try a never before tested remedy or the last diver at the safety stop in shark infested waters. Tell us about your nervy-est (or most nervous) experiences.

THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “SNOOPING”

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– PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW- GA SEATING IN FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. THE MOTH resumes their recurring monthly Asheville StorySLAM at The Grey Eagle at 7:30pm! This month’s theme is…. SNOOPING:  Prepare a five-minute story about being nosy. Eavesdropping, meddling and sneaking around. Seemingly harmless questions or internet stalking. Flipping through a sibling’s diary, hiring a private eye, or peeking at someone’s browser history. Intrusive neighbors, overnight stake outs, or facial recognition surveillance. Or, tell us about your own prying and spying. Mind your own business!

THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “GREEN”

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– PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW- GA SEATING IN FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED THE MOTH resumes their recurring monthly Asheville StorySLAM at The Grey Eagle at 7:30pm! This month’s theme is…. GREEN:  Prepare a five-minute tale involving verdant fields, blades of grass, tree-huggers or leprechauns. The bubbling envy over the childhood friend whose sneakers always shone brighter than yours. The excitement of passing “GO” and collecting $200. Stories of the unripe and inexperienced. The time when nature nurtured you, or when you were lost in the forest at nightfall with no flashlight. The grass is always, well… you know.

THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “DAZZLED”

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– PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW- GA SEATING IN FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. THE MOTH resumes their recurring monthly Asheville StorySLAM at The Grey Eagle at 7:30pm! This month’s theme is…. DAZZLED:  Prepare a five-minute story of a time you sparkled. Drippin’ in diamonds down the red carpet, smooth cruisin’ in a Corvette, or cosplaying as Marilyn Monroe. Share your shiniest, knock out memories that no one believes or the moments that prove that all that glitters is gold.

THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “FIRST IMPRESSIONS”

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– PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW- GA SEATING IN FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. THE MOTH resumes their recurring monthly Asheville StorySLAM at The Grey Eagle at 7:30pm! This month’s theme is…. FIRST IMPRESSIONS:  Prepare a five-minute story about initial encounters. Blind dates, fixer-uppers, catfish, and long lost twins. When your gut instincts were proven right, or when you unfairly judged a book by its cover. Day one at a new job, new school, or new city. The stinky cheese that was actually scrumptious. The singer with the gravelly voice that you grow to love. The indelible mark made upon meeting somebody for the first time. 

THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “LOVE HURTS”

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– PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW- GA SEATING IN FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. THE MOTH resumes their recurring monthly Asheville StorySLAM at The Grey Eagle at 7:30pm! This month’s theme is…. LOVE HURTS:  Prepare a five-minute tale about a love that made you go OUCH. The agony of deferred love! The misery of good love, gone bad! The anguish of one-way love! Bring stories of your heart, kicked to the curb by the people or places or things you love…or used to love. Love that “Hurts So Good” also welcome.

THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “Home”

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– PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW- GA SEATING IN FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. THE MOTH resumes their recurring monthly Asheville StorySLAM at The Grey Eagle at 7:30pm! This month’s theme is…. HOME:  Prepare a five-minute story about where the heart is. Where you’re from… your humble abode, your roots, your heritage or where your mama lives. Your comfort, refuge, or domestic bliss! Or perhaps a dysfunctional swamp with no lifeboat in sight. Your zip code, your people, your culture, your pajamas. There’s no place like it!

THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “Give and Take”

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– PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW- GA SEATING IN FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. THE MOTH resumes their recurring monthly Asheville StorySLAM at The Grey Eagle at 7:30pm! This month’s theme is…. GIVE AND TAKE:  Prepare a five minute story about the push and pull, an eye for an eye, a quid pro quo. The art of compromise-or lack thereof. Finding balance or disrupting the system. A tit for tat, giving in, or seizing the crown for yourself. What do you bring to the table?