Strange Storytelling Hour – Love Sick [Online]
Sliding scale ticketing: $5–25
General 3-Pack: $40
NWFF Member 3-Pack: $24
Proceeds support Emmett, storytellers, and NWFF!
No one turned away for lack of funds, contact rana@nwfilmforum.org.
Northwest Film Forum is SCREENING ONLINE! NWFF’s physical space is temporarily closed in light of public health concerns around COVID-19, but community, dialogue, and education through media arts WILL persist.
• • HOW TO WATCH • •
- Register for a ticket or series 3-Pack through NWFF’s Eventive platform.
- 1 hour before storytelling hour, NWFF will send a Zoom link and password to your registered e-mail address! (Don’t see it? Check your spam filter.)
- If by showtime you do not receive an e-mail with details, please contact vivian@nwfilmforum.org for a quick follow-up. (But please, check your spam!)
Visiting Artist
Participating storytellers:
Erin Popelka
Storyteller, Joke Human, secret business person.
Kelli Dunham
Comic. Writer. And genderqueer ex-nun.
Rana San
Dancer, analog media maker, and first time storyteller!
About
February 2021 theme: LOVE SICK. Stories of love and loss during a pandemic, sweet feverdreams or literally puking your feelings, these infectious tales will take you down a tunnel of love, friendship and the weirdness associated with finding belonging with others.
Something strange is back in this multi-episode live event series presented by North Bend Film Fest and Northwest Film Forum, where emerging storytellers recount peculiar tales and bizarre happenings based on their own real life experiences. Each episode features a strange new theme, challenging storytellers to win over the audience with their storytelling skills.
This virtual event series is be hosted by Seattle-based storyteller, comedian and weirdo Emmett Montgomery — NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Seattle Weekly’s Best Comedian 2015, 2017, 2018 and host and curator of the community based “comedy” show Joketellers Union (with Brett Hamil) and the experimental basement/storytelling show The Magic Hat.