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Halloween Ghost Stories Open Mic Bonfire

Halloween Ghost Story Open Mic Bonfire

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One of LiveTV’s favorite events of the year is our annual Halloween Ghost Story Open Mic Bonfire event. An outdoor, adult, Halloween themed evening playdate with activities, games, snacks, and ghost stories told near a roaring bonfire. Come sit by a cozy fire in the yard of The Dream Shop where we’ll celebrate the season in the most chill way: roasting marshmallows for s’mores, sipping beers and spiked ciders while watching and sharing ghost stories and spooky performances. While this event isn’t for kids, it is designed for the kid in all of us. Play games and activities to win all kinds of adult prizes from gift cards from popular stores to gas cards. Feel free to come casually costumed with blankets or chairs to cuddle up with or warm up inside while playing a few games from The Dream Shop’s collection of board and cards games.

Experienced storytellers from the American School of Storytelling and the Black Storytellers Alliance have been invited to share spooky performances mixed in with stories told by guests, so come ready to jump on the mic with your own ghost story or performance. OR read aloud from a book of short stories, jokes and poems provided. Share all kinds of simple spooky performances anywhere from scary stories, poetry and spoken word to song, dance, rap, or even a monologue.

Early bird sign ups get in FREE! Email us to sign up early and become a featured artists for the night: livetveventsmn@gmail.com.

Seating available although you are encouraged to bring your own chairs and blankets. Event will move inside if bad weather. Food stands serving snacks available all night.

Ticket includes:

Unlimited s’mores ingredients & popcorn
Entry into raffles for awesome prizes all night
Performances all night in addition to open mic

Food: Doggy Dog World (Hotdogs) / Chefwitdaleft (Savory Potpies)
Drink: Beer & Spiked Cider, NA options

Venmo, Apple Cash and cash accepted at the door.

The Dream Shop – 3701 Fremont Ave N, MPLS MN 55412

Storytelling Summer Camp: Ghost Stories – In-Person

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Yes,the same material as covered in the Zoom class but a LIVE two  hour in-person session in the new AMSStory space at 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis!

Ghost stories of all types!! From the humorous to the downright creepy, we love ghost stories. These sessions are a great opportunity to prepare for Halloween and are all about what they are and how to tell them. 

Saturday, August 19th at 1:00 PM CT with a $20 fee.

To register:

  1. Add the number of tickets you want by clicking the ‘+’ button
  2. Click the ‘Get Tickets’ button.

Storytelling Summer Camp: Ghost Stories – Zoom

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Last year’s most popular offering is back again. Ghost stories of all types!! From the humorous to the downright creepy, we love ghost stories. These sessions are all about what they are and how to tell them.

Coming Tuesday, August 15th and Wednesday, August 16th. Both 90 minute Zoom sessions are at 7:00 PM CT with a $20 fee.

To register:

  1. Add the number of tickets you want by clicking the ‘+’ button
  2. Click the ‘Get Tickets’ button.

Gag Me With a Spoon

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On Sunday, November 13 at 7pm at Zeitgeist Teatro Zuccone in Duluth, MN, The Flounder Loren Niemi will tell a story for Gag Me With A Spoon. A celebration of stories, voices, and gestures, inspired by the long winters and disconnected summers of life in the North, it functions in the tangible world and welcomes all the narratives of its community, offering a fun and safe platform to tell stories of the human experience. You can expect an evening of tears and laughter, song and connection. This event is best for those 14+. Tickets are 7-15.00 sliding scale.

Telling Ghost Stories- In Person

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October is always ripe for ghost stories and we are offering a single-session in-person workshop in Minneapolis to help you tell your favorite “ghost” stories. We will cover both the elements of a well crafted scary story and some tricks to make the telling of the same, all the scarier.

 

To register:

  1. Add the number of tickets you want by clicking the ‘+’ button
  2. Click the ‘Get Tickets’ button.

Telling Ghost Stories- Online

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October is always ripe for ghost stories and we are offering a single-session virtual workshop to help you tell your favorite “ghost” stories. We will cover both the elements of a well crafted scary story and some tricks to make the telling of the same, all the scarier.

To register:

  1. Add the number of tickets you want by clicking the ‘+’ button
  2. Click the ‘Get Tickets’ button.

The Allure of Summer Camp Ghost Stories

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by Loren Niemi – June 19, 2021

There is a story I tell about camping with the boy scouts in my youth. At one point after the meal of bacon, beans and burnt potatoes, the scoutmaster has us assembled around a fire and begins to tell us a series of ghost stories. Each is more horrible than the one that preceded it and I say, “If this is the place where the insane killer slaughtered all those boys, why are we here?”

His reply was, “Niemi, you just don’t get it, do you?”

But I did. Even then I realized two things about ghost stories told around the campfire. The first that no matter where you are, some dreadful spilling of blood and guts took place. The location doesn’t matter, the story doesn’t change. It is always supposed to make you look around wondering, WTF will happen next? The second thing is that these stories are only as scary as the audience’s willing participation. No matter how we ratchet up the BG&G (blood, guts & gore) if the campers are unwilling to suspend their disbelief, unwilling to see themselves in the situation, the stories cannot offer thrills and chills.

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