SLAM OF ALL SLAMMERS! THE BIG MOUTH OFF - April 20th

SLAM OF ALL SLAMMERS! THE BIG MOUTH OFF is the final contest in Boston’s first story slam season, produced by massmouth and will be held. 6PM on APRIL 20th 2010 at in the Boston Public Library’s Rabb Auditorium, Copley Square, Boston MA .massmouth has hosted an exciting series of story slams on the following themes: scared to death, dining disasters, it’s my job, so embarrassing, it’s relative, errors of eros, love and lies, outrageous, and in like a lion. In each slam ten contestants told their real life stories and two winners became finalists.

Come hear the winners of the monthly slams plus one People’s Choice entrant compete for the grand prize – a week at a medieval Tuscan townhouse. There are more prizes for the winners chosen by the distinguished judges; including Jay O’Callahan (master storyteller), Charlie Pierce ( Boston Globe, panelist on npr's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" npr) Brian O’Donovan ( host of a Celtic Sojourn- wgbh-fm), Josna Rege ( English professor, and writing stories at Tell Me Another ) and Jay Allison ( NPR journalist and independent producer for radio, including This I Believe ) alternate judge, Ruth Henderson. In addition there will be 1 Audience Choice winner chosen by the audience at the end of the evening. In between sets of judged stories, the audience and People’s Choice entrants will participate in a mini-slam of stories on the theme - “ the first time”.

Rabb Auditorium is in the new wing of the Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, at the Copley T stop. We start at 6 pm sharp on April 20th. Come to a virtual marathon of storytelling! massmouth presents a program of stories that highlight the human experience in all its darkness and light. Seasoned professionals and fledgling storytellers strut their stuff, share their experiences and reveal their insights in this epic competition of 21 finalists. Any one of them can win the grand prize – it all comes down to the winning story. So… if you ran the Boston marathon, come recharge with us! If you didn’t run April 19th and want a different kind of marathon, come experience massmouth‘s 26+ story marathon! After Slam at Kennedy’sMidtown.com – see massmouth.com for details.

Twenty 1st and 2nd place winners + one People's Choice contestant from all the Cambridge and Boston slams will face off in a fabulous concert/contest at the Rabb Auditorium in Boston Public Library in Copley Square. Celebrity Judges, music and amazing stories at
700 Boylston Street, Copley Square, Boston,
MA 02116 Tel: 617-536-5400

Be sure to come to the Copley Square Library early - there are no bad seats but also no reservations and no admission fee! Tell everybody about this fabulous free event. Check out the grand prize -

Sarteano, Italy, where the grand prize lives.