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Workshop: From Detritus To Gold: Spinning Blunders, Bafflements, and Pain into Humor

October 12, 2019 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

$35 – $40
View Venue Website, 7688 SW Capital Highway, Portland, OR 97219 + Google Map

Led by Bob Balmer

The best stories make people cry, think and laugh, an emotional spectrum that touches on the richness of being human. We will look at and practice various methods storytellers use to convey humor — exaggeration, identification, embarrassment, self-deprecation… and study how storytellers decide where humor is best suited to offer the audience relief and pleasure. In the midst of this, discover your humorous voice, the one that feels authentic to you and the stories you love to tell.

Bob’s humorous work has appeared in print and aired on public radio.  He was a Toastmaster’s regional finalist for comedy, and he has taken comedy classes at the Brody Theater in Portland and Second City in Chicago.  He believes James Thurber’s adage:  Humor is chaos remembered in tranquility.

Doors open 15 minutes early. Plenty of off-street parking behind the building. A light snack will be provided.

Get a 20% discount for all 4 workshops – register on-line for the entire series.

Location: Room 30 of the Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SE Capitol Highway, Portland, OR 97219

On-line advance registration: Members: $25; General Public: $35.

Individual registration at the door: Members: $30; General Public $40.

Venue

Multnomah Arts Center
7688 SW Capital Highway
Portland, OR 97219
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Phone
503-823-2787
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Organizer

Portland Storytellers’ Guild
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