(BOISE, IDAHO)  The adults-only, adult-themed Story Story Late-Night season continues with TWiSTED Stories on May 27, 2013 at Visual Arts Collective, featuring story hosts Emmanuel Vera IV and Dustin Chalifoux, accompanied by musical guest Stardust Lounge.

TWiSTED begins at 8 pm, and doors open at 7 pm. Admission is $8 in advance, or $10 at the door. Advance tickets available here. 

The black sheep of the Story Story Night family, Late-Nights are held on the last Monday of each month in the spring and summer of 2013 at the Visual Arts Collective, a 21-and-over venue located at 3638 Osage Street in Garden City’s arts district.

Each show is hosted by a provocateur or two from the community. These storytelling emcees embody the spirit of a scandalous theme. The hosts will open the night with an audacious story, then open the floor to the audience. 

Vera also hosts Late Night Laughs at the Crux in downtown Boise, and he brings his irreverent, personal humor to venues throughout the northwest. Chalifoux, a former freestyle battle rap champion, is bizarre, quick-witted and darkly sincere, in one stand-up package.

Aaron Farnsworth will also make a guest story appearance at TWiSTED. During the show, names will also be drawn from a vessel, and the randomly chosen ones will come up on stage and tell a story. Subject-matter relevant prizes will be given to storytellers. Stardust Lounge, aka the featured VJ Nancy Spittle, will add themed texture and tone with late-night worthy spins.

“Late-Night can be summed up in one word. Shameless,“ says Emma Arnold, the artistic director behind this season of Story Story Late-Night. ”Our two hosts for this theme were best friends in their Clockwork Orange-like adolescence. Now that joint story is the start of one twisted night.”

Story Story Late-Nights continue after TWiSTED in 2013 with EXCESS Stories on June 24 with host Dylan Haas; BiGOT Stories on July 29 with host Sean Peabody; and BAD INFLUENCE Stories on August 26 with host Jen Adams.

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Story Story Night is a live storytelling program based in Boise, Idaho. Stay tuned in at www.storystorynight.org.

The season launches with KiNK Stories on April 29, 2013 featuring story host Emma Arnold and musician Dan Costello. KiNK begins at 8 pm, and doors open at 7 pm. Admission is $8 in advance, or $10 at the door. (Get tickets here.)

Each Story Story Late-Night will be hosted by a provocateur from the community, a storytelling emcee who embodies the spirit of a scandalous theme. The host will open the night with an audacious story, then open the floor to the audience.

Arnold is the artistic director of Story Story Late-Night, and a well-known voice in stand-up comic, writing and storytelling circles in Boise and beyond. She has made frequent appearances on stage at Story Story Night and its podcasts. She also hosted the sold-out Late-Night launch show, NAKED, in March 2012.

Dave Miller will also make a guest story appearance at KiNK. During the show, names will be drawn from a vessel, and the randomly chosen ones will come up on stage and tell a true story, without notes or inhibitions. Subject-matter relevant prizes will be given to storytellers. Costello, the featured musician, will add themed texture and tone with late-night worthy music.

“Story Story Late-Night sets the stage for unfiltered, uninhibited and hilarious honesty,“ says Emma Arnold, the artistic director behind this season of Story Story Late-Night. ”KiNK is about the wanton wind beneath your wings, the fevered filth that floats your boat. Bring us your private proclivities and hidden hankerings. (Latex optional.)”

Story Story Late-Nights continue after KiNK in 2013 with RECKLESS Stories on May 27 with host Emmanuel Vera and Dustin Chalifoux; EXCESS Stories on June 24 with host Dylan Haas; BiGOT Stories on July 29 with host Sean Peabody; and BAD INFLUENCE Stories on August 26 with host Jen Adams.

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Advance tickets are on sale now at www.storystorynight.bigcartel.com for $8, or at the door for $10. Doors open at 6 pm, and the show starts at 7 pm. A full bar and Pie Hole pizza are available.

Featured storytellers Chanel DaSilva, Eric Valentine and Dwayne Blackaller start the night off by breaking out true stories on the theme, told live on stage and without notes. 

Following an intermission, the story slam starts. Open to the audience, five names are drawn at random from a hat to tell five-minute theme-based stories. In the end, the featured storytellers choose a story slam favorite, who wins a prize package from Boise Guest House and Rediscovered Books.

Musician Dan Costello performs, and Jessica Holmes hosts the evening.

The March 25 Story Story Night show also marks the final afterparty of the season at Red Feather Lounge and Bittercreek Ale House. This is the last time the free themed drink special for ticketholders will be on offer.

“It’s true. Drink in METAMOPORPHOSiS. Story Story Night is changing it up after this show,” says Jessica Holmes, a co-founder and driving force behind the program. “So we want to bust out and spring into this new phase with a real force, some powerful beauty, some color and humor. Behold, METAMORPHOSiS.”

Story Story Night is announcing a new show calendar system for 2013 and beyond. Typically on the last Monday of every month, a live storytelling event will happen at a fitting venue in the Boise area, but the banner and style it falls under will shift with the seasons.

In the fall and winter, from October to March, Story Story Night will be held at the Rose Room, with featured storytellers followed by an open story slam. In the spring and summer, from April to August, the Story Story Late-Night season takes off at the Visual Arts Collective, where a host opens a provocative theme and a story slam to an over-21 crowd. In September, a special event, Starry Story Night debuts in a new annual event held at the Boise Contemporary Theater that highlights the true life stories of local luminaries.

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Story Story Night is a live storytelling phenomenon based in Boise, Idaho. The Story Story Night podcast returns in 2013. Stay tuned in at www.storystorynight.org.

Picture this. Low lights, a lounge vibe, and a place where stories are shared with casual ease, and sometimes cocktails. We are moving the monthly free Story Story Studio to the cellar at Red Feather Lounge. These swank grounds will be the site of good times, and the shaping of mixed tales. We’ll have a new recording booth to share your story out loud, more tips and tricks brochures, and personalized guided help. The new Studio starts at 7 pm on the third Monday of every month. Drop in next on March 18.

Open story call: 2013 Late-Night season

Story Story Late-Night kicks off at the Visual Arts Collective starting in April and continuing until August. Four hosting guest spots are up for grabs in 2013. The host of a Late-Night show will open the night with a 10 to 20 minute true story that sets the tone for a provocative theme.

To be considered for a hosting spot and learn the full Late-Night lead off shebang, send in a summary of your main story with a suggested theme. We’ll choose the top 10 for auditions. Proper subjects include sex, drugs and drunks, vulgarity, violence, porn and indecency, sin, breaking the law, masturbation, adultery, lust and scandal. You know, the drill. Send your story of debauchery to emma@storystorynight.com by the end of March. Put “Late-Night” in the subject line.