Both Sides Now: The Music and Lives of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen

Bil Lepp is an award-winning storyteller, author, and recording artist. He’s the host of the History Channel’s Man Vs History series, the occasional host of NPR’s internationally syndicated Mountain Stage, and a contributing columnist to the West Virginia Gazette-Mail. Bil’s humorous, family friendly tall-tales and stories have earned the appreciation of listeners of all ages and from all walks of life.

Listen as ten StorySLAM champs tell Stories of springing into action, clearing hurdles, impulsive decisions or concentrating everything they have on a single bound. In short: busting a move.

The Moth is dedicated to finding intriguing people to tell inspired stories. At The Moth StorySLAM, those people find us. On this night, using words as weapons, they compete to determine The Moth’s Ann Arbor GrandSLAM Story Champion.

It may be Good Vibes Only all day every day at your local HomeGoods store, but at “Terrible, Thanks for Asking,” it’s Bad Vibes Only!
Host, author, and reluctant grief expert Nora McInerny’s vibes have been bad since she was born … and pretty much every day since. Come see her explain why in a live performance of her award-winning podcast. You’ll definitely laugh. You might cry. Maybe even at the same time.

What if the Buddha were a woman, living in our times? In this captivating new musical, which the San Francisco Chronicle called “an absolute delight,” Mama Sid is a modern-day “awakened one” with a worldwide following. But a determined young woman seeks to unearth Mama Sid’s mysterious past, exposing long-held secrets that could change everything. Epic and intimate, comic and profound, The Fourth Messenger investigates what it means to be both enlightened and human.
Hailed by TheaterMania as “a work of wit, grace and enlightenment” and The Huffington Post as “hugely ambitious and refreshingly original,” The Fourth Messenger features a richly lyrical score by internationally renowned five-time Independent Music Award-winning recording artist Vienna Teng and book and lyrics by nationally acclaimed playwright Tanya Shaffer. Featuring original San Francisco Bay Area cast member Anna Ishida as Mama Sid.