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Pre-Show College Essay Workshop Available!

Mar 16 2023 @ 7:00PM

Have or know students starting the college application process? Entertainers and educators trading true tales is an excellent way to encourage students to think about the story they want to tell with their college essays.

Students attending our “College Try” show at Symphony Space can sign up for a pre-show workshop with producers Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons and Tim Lindner to jumpstart ideas for a college essay that opens a window into their unique character for admissions officers.

Contact noyoutellit@gmail.com for more info and to register. Ask about our discount code for student tickets!

 

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Mar 16 2023 @ 7:00PM

Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th St.)

Meet “College Try” Host Nicole Shawan Junior

Mar 16 2023 @ 7:00PM

The profound and prolific Nicole Shawan Junior joined the No, YOU Tell It! community as a storyteller for our 2020 “Coming & Going” team-up show with Lambda Literary!

That was our first Zoom show due to the pandemic, so we are extra excited to have Nicole BACK & IN PERSON as a story director and co-host at Symphony Space.

Grab your tickets here and learn more about Nicole below.

Nicole Shawan Junior (they/them) was bred in the bass-heavy beat and scratch of Brooklyn, where the cool of inner-city life barely survived crack cocaine’s burn. Their work appears in Oprah DailyGuernicaZoraGay MagThe Feminist Wire, and elsewhere. Nicole has received residencies and fellowships from Hedgebrook, Tin House, Periplus, NYFA, Lambda Literary, the San Francisco Public Library’s James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, and more. Their literary art has received support from Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, Hurston/Wright Writers Week, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, V.O.N.A., and others. Nicole is the founder of Roots. Wounds. Words.—a literary arts revolution that serves BIPOC storytellers, deputy director of PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing, and former editor-in-chief of Black Femme Collective. They have guest edited for The Rumpus, and served on the editorial teams at Women’s Studies Quarterly of The Feminist Press, SLICE Magazine, and more. Nicole curated Raising Mothers’ limited Justice Involved Mothers column, which was penned by formerly incarcerated Black women.

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Mar 16 2023 @ 7:00PM

Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th St.)

Send Bottom Line Students to Symphony Space!

Mar 16 2023 @ 7:00PM

Support Bottom Line and their incredible work with thousands of degree-aspiring students as part of our upcoming Symphony Space show! Here are two great ways:

  • Grab your IN-PERSON or VIRTUAL ticket here. Play story trivia at the show for donations made to Bottom Line on behalf of winners. Not in NYC? Livestream tickets work!
  • Send Bottom Line students to the show and pre-show workshop to jumpstart ideas for their college essays. Click here to donate. $30 donation = 2 student tickets.

Pen drawing on paper with Bottom Line's mission statement of Get In. Graduate. Go Far.

 

“Bottom Line partners with underserved students to get into and through the right college and successfully launch a career. We serve students across NYC in their senior year of high school with intensive college advising and follow these students on their path to college graduation with college persistence and career support.” – Victoria Coker, NY Executive Director

 

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Mar 16 2023 @ 7:00PM

Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th St.)

Storytelling, performance, and college admissions all at Symphony Space!

Mar 16 2023 @ 7:00PM

Storytelling, performance, and college admissions all tied together into one fun evening at Symphony Space. More info and tickets HERE!

Entertainers and educators trading true tales inspired by the theme “College Try” is an excellent way to encourage high school students to think about the story they want to tell with their college application essays.

High school students can sign up for a pre-show workshop with producers and college essay writing instructors Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons and Tim Lindner to jumpstart a college essay that will wow admissions officers.

Contact noyoutellit@gmail.com to register for the pre-show college essay workshop or to arrange for a block of tickets for your school.

Plus, play story trivia for fun literary prizes and donations made to Bottom Line on behalf of the winners.

Bottom Line partners with thousands of degree-aspiring students from under-resourced communities as they get into college, graduate, and go far in life. Learn more and get involved at bottomline.org.

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Mar 16 2023 @ 7:00PM

Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th St.)

Excited for Guest Creatives Ellie Dvorkin Dunn and Nicole Shawan Junior

Mar 16 2023 @ 7:00PM

We’re so excited Ellie Dvorkin Dunn, who hosted our recent Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event, is returning as a story director and host along with the fantastic Nicole Shawan Junior!

You don’t want to miss this Symphony Space show. In-person and live-stream tickets available here. Get yours today!

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Mar 16 2023 @ 7:00PM

Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th St.)

Welcome “College Try” Storytellers!

Mar 16 2023 @ 7:00PM

World Read Aloud Day feels like a perfect time to share our four “College Try” storytellers who will trade true tales and speak each other’s words aloud, empowering voices on the page and Symphony Space stage!

Learn more about the show, storytellers, and save your seat by CLICKING HERE for info and to buy tickets. In-Person and Live Stream available. See you on March 16th and spread the word!!

Event Information

Mar 16 2023 @ 7:00PM

Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th St.)

Next Up: Symphony Space on March 16th!

Thrilled to share that our first show of 2023 is at SYMPHONY SPACE. Follow @noyoutellit on Insta for updates!

More info and buy your in-person or livestream tickets here.

Check out the No, YOU Tell It! Ten-Year Anthology 2022 available from Palm Circle Press in paperback or e-Book to learn how the collaborative nature of our series makes writing and performing personal narratives accessible, empathetic, and transformative.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch live streams from our 2022 season and more.

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