First Person Arts

The team is set for Tomorrow's SexFiles StorySlam at World Cafe Live at 7pm With Host Dixie De La Tour.

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Use code DIXIE for 25% off your ticket

Join sexual folklorist Dixie De La Tour at 5pm on September 7th via Zoom for a virtual First Person Arts storytelling workshop.⁠
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Use code DIXIE for 25% off your ticket⁠
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This First Person Arts storytelling workshop will help you build the storytelling skills you need to tell your story and leave any audience captivated.⁠
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You’ll learn how to:⁠
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Make your story relatable by tapping into universal themes and emotions.⁠
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Engage your audience’s senses to make your story come alive.⁠
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Take your audience on your journey with you by winning them over to your side.⁠
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Customize your story to fit your audience by choosing which details and events to include–and which to leave out!⁠
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All while telling your story in a way that allows you to share your authentic self with the world.⁠
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Join sexual folklorist Dixie De La Tour at 5pm on September 7th via Zoom as she shares her best tips for immersive and captivating storytelling, including how to:⁠
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Prepare your story for a First Person Arts StorySlam storytelling competition.⁠
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Get on stage and overcome your fear of being vulnerable.⁠
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Stick the ending of your story and leave your audience wanting more.⁠
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Live from Philly! It’s Saturday night at PAFA!

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Join hosts Che Guerrero and Alyssa Al-Dookhi as they take you behind the scenes of Philadelphia Revealed!

The night begins at 6 pm in the Frances M. Maguire Gallery of the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building with refreshments. Enjoy access to the Philadelphia Revealed Exhibition in the Frances M. Maguire Gallery and Fisher Brooks Gallery until the show begins at 7pm.

At 7 pm. join Che and Alyssa in the Rhoden Arts Center for our late-night-style live show. They’ll chat with storytellers featured on the Philadelphia Revealed podcast, share their personal connections to Philly’s history, and take questions from the audience.

Live from Philly! It’s Saturday night at PAFA!

LINK IN BIO FOR FREE REGISTRATION

Join hosts Che Guerrero and Alyssa Al-Dookhi as they take you behind the scenes of Philadelphia Revealed!

The night begins at 6 pm in the Frances M. Maguire Gallery of the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building with refreshments. Enjoy access to the Philadelphia Revealed Exhibition in the Frances M. Maguire Gallery and Fisher Brooks Gallery until the show begins at 7pm.

At 7 pm. join Che and Alyssa in the Rhoden Arts Center for our late-night-style live show. They’ll chat with storytellers featured on the Philadelphia Revealed podcast, share their personal connections to Philly’s history, and take questions from the audience.

Let us know your thought.

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Past First Person Arts storyteller, comedian, nurse, and all-around amazing individual, Kelli Dunham, has her own episode on NPR's The Pulse.

Listen to Kelli's story and how she learned to ask for help wherever you get you podcast.

Today, We are live at 11:30am, and we are talking to Cecily about her Philadelphia Revealed Podcast episode, The Atwater Kent Exhibit, Upcoming events, and so much more.

WE WILL ALSO BE LIVE ON FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE!

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Thank you to every storyteller, volunteer, speaker, venue, attendees and everyone else who made the
2023-2024 First Person Arts season a success.
We will be kicking off our 2024-2025 season with our SexFiles StorySlam at World Cafe Live
September 10th, 2024 at 7pm at World Cafe Live.
Link in bio for tickets.

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We are LIVE today at 11:30am and there’s so much to talk about. We will be talking about the Philadelphia Reveal Podcast in collaboration with , recapping the festival, and so much more!

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A quick photo recap of our 2024 First Person Arts Festival events in partnership with Wawa Welcome America.

Thank you to everyone who came out to the GrandSlam at World Cafe Live, A conversation with Roxane Gay at The Free Library, and Beautiful/Anonymous podcast recording with Chris Gethard at FringeArts.
Do you spot yourself in the photos? Feel free to tag yourself!

Hey Facebook Family! I have a new podcast out!!! It's on WHYY. Check it out. Here's the first episode. Subscribe wherever you get your podcast!!!

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Philadelphia Revealed - WHYY Across 10 episodes, you're going to learn the history of Philadelphia through 10 objects.

First Person Arts Festival has been nominated for Metro Philly’s Best in the Annual Event/ Festival category!

https://metrophillysbest.com/voting/ #/gallery?group=486201You can vote for us once a day until August 9th

Donations drive everything you see, hear, and feel on our stage, page, and online.

So we would love it if you could hit that –link in the bio– and make a donation.
Every dollar makes more stories possible - Thank you!

First Person Arts is Philly’s original storytelling arts nonprofit, We’re a 501(3)(c), and your donation is tax deductible. Thanks for asking.

Thank you all for an amazing 2023-2024 First Person Arts season. As we get ready for the 2024-2025 season, our social media channels will be taking a small break from July 3rd to July 14th, 2024, but we will be back soon!

Congratulations to Tamica for being crowned Audience Favorite and Overall Winner of the 2024 Speechless GrandSlam, Making her this year’s “Best Philly Storyteller!”

It was well deserved and hard fought because every storyteller brought their A game.

We will be sharing Tamica’s story, and all the other stories, atter our social media break.

Come watch Betty J Smithsonian host our Speechless GrandSlam this Saturday, Saturday, June 29th at 8pm at World Cafe Live and see who is crowned “Best Philly Storyteller!”

This event is FREE and is presented as part of the First Person Arts Festival and Wawa Welcome America.

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Betty J. Smithsonian is a comedian known for her energetic and authentic comedy, often drawing from her experiences as a sober Jewish le***an. She began her stand-up career in 2016 and quickly gained recognition, being named the Best of Philly Up-and-Coming Comedian in 2019 by Philadelphia Magazine. Betty regularly performs at Punchline Philly and is a co-founder of several initiatives, including the Bechdel Test Fest, Free Fringe Philly, and the Nacho Mic open mic. Her comedic style is described as high energy and life-changing, often lacking conventional takes on current events.

We are live right now on YouTube. Join us for our virtual screening of TRIGGER in partnership with Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services and Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.

Trigger screening sponsored by PHRC Philadelphia Philadelphia resources:Mazzoni Center: (215) 563-0652www.mazzonicenter.org: http://www.mazzonicenter.orgNAMI Philadelphia: (844) 745-4673https://namiphilly.o...

We are LIVE today at 11:30am. We are just a few days away from our events for the First Person Arts festival in partnership with , so we have a lot to talk about. Set your reminder!

First Person Arts Festival has been nominated for Metro Philly’s Best in the Annual Event/ Festival category!

Please follow the Link In Bio to vote for us
You can vote for us once a day until August 9th

If you haven't had a chance to watch our gun violence intervention programming, TRIGGER, you can join us now on YouTube.

TRIGGER screening sponsored by PHRC Lancaster Here are the resources for those in the Lancaster region:* Benchmark: Student mentorship, leadership, and skill-building programs * Website: Bench Ma...