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PenTales at the BMW Guggenheim Lab: Growing Up and Old in New York City’s Ever-Changing Lower East Side

PenTales at the BMW Guggenheim Lab: Growing Up and Old in New York City’s Ever-Changing Lower East Side

One hour of 5-minute stories from locals on making a home in a place of flux Sunday October 2, 2011 from  12-1pm BMW Guggenheim Lab First Park | Houston at 2nd Ave Stories by /Royal Young – Co-Founder at HOLY DIVER /Contributor at Interview Magazine  /Laurie Gwen Shapiro – Writer and Emmy-nominated filmmaker […]

Postponed HOME SWEET HOME event. Now: Thursday October 6, 2011. 7pm-10pm

Postponed HOME SWEET HOME event. Now: Thursday October 6, 2011. 7pm-10pm

With stories by: Steve Jacobs + Elicia Berger + Jess Burkle + Halle Kiefer + Phillip Jackman + Noah Wunsch+ John Minus + Kayli Stollack+ Blair Miller + Charif Shanahan + Michele Carlo This is a houseparty: If thirsty, bring drink. Be nice: RSVP at writepentales.com

PenTales in Berlin! August 2011

topic: EVENT medium: PHOTO Check out some photos from the latest fantastic event in Berlin!

PenTales sells out + does Facebook! (join conversation + like)

PenTales sells out + does Facebook! (join conversation + like)

Introducing: A PenTales Book

PenTales  started out as a small narrative experiment: We handed 20 empty notebooks to 20 friends, and asked them each to start a story. Many such books are now traveling the world as each storyteller passes the book on to someone new to continue their story. These are pages from […]

9/11 – what we’ve learned from what you’ve submitted this past week

by PenTales Pundit Aswini Sivaraman What more could be said about one of the single most important events of the new millennium? On the 10th anniversary of one of the most tragic catastrophes the world has ever witnessed, it seems that our lives are abuzz with the echoes of that […]

Remembering Jif by Jody Jenkins

What words can describe the loss of a person dear? And what rationale can justify what you have lost? We may be seeking some compensation for what happened ten years ago, but with what purpose? Does it matter? Our final story for the 9/11 week is an excerpt of a […]

Perspective on 9/11 by J M Hannah, Sydney, Australia

On day 5 of the 9/11 week, we have a tale from Australia. This story is powerful; however much you don’t want to relive the day, reading the author’s experience does. Yet, what it lets you know is that you don’t have to belong to a place to feel some […]

Getting closer to 9/11 by Jo-Ann Reccoppa, NJ

Day 4 at the 9/11 week only means we’re inching nearer toward an anniversary we wish we didn’t have to remember. The tragedy was something that had far-reaching effects. It would be difficult to confidently say you weren’t even a mite affected by it. It’s probably the reason someone couldn’t […]