Interstitium -a Space for Stories of Health, Illness, Wellness and Beyond

907 14th Avenue East,Seattle WA 98112

25 April, 2021

Description

Tales from the Time of COVID Please join us for the Northwest Narrative Medicine Collaborative’s fifth Seattle Storytelling event and first post Covid live event. We will be meeting outdoors only and ask that attendees mask and social distance. We invite you to tell a medicine/health-related story on the theme “Tales from The Time of Covid" Your story can be funny, serious, heartfelt, absurd, lyrical, etc. It can be expressed as a narrative, poem, song, or any genre of your liking. We are seeking story-tellers and story-appreciators, as we gather together to build a narrative medicine community. The event will be outside, in the afternoon, in the patio of the lovely Shaffer Bailey Mansion For this first event, we invite vaccinated attendees and Storytellers. Please bring your own chair and awnings (in case of rain) and BYOB as we care no serving libations and snack :( . Story guidelines: 7 minutes or less you may read from a written story, or tell a story extemporaneously please maintain patient/people privacy and don't use actual names unless you have permission story content can range from serious to funny to absurd to dramatic the event will not be recorded the event will not be judged In an effort to include new voices and forms of expression, we will be curating the stories for this event. We would like to open the venue to caretakers, patients, students, as well as all types of healthcare providers. If you would like be a Storyteller, please email both [email protected] and [email protected] by April 14th Please provide: --your name --a brief description of your story --form of expression (narrative, poem, spoken word, theatrical scene etc) If you are selected as a Storyteller, we will issue you one of 8 free storyteller tickets. If you are not a Storyteller, general admission tickets cost $15. We reserve the right to curate the event to preserve an emotionally safe environment for all. Doors open at 2:30; Storytelling from 3:00-5:00pm.