Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids 7, and once again, we’re at the Tranzac.
When: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 8:00pm Where:The Tranzac (main hall), 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto (map)
As I write this, you have a little over one month to dig through your attic, basement, or parents’ house. Dig up those old diaries! Unearth those angsty teen poems! Rediscover yourself at age 9! Then bring your best to the Tranzac in April to read in front of a group of strangers.
One more thing: Like last time, I’m asking people who plan to read to please sign-up in advance. Just use this form. A small number of spots will be held for walk-ins the night of the event, but really, just a few.
If you like Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids, you might like GRTTWaK alumnus Danny Shapiro’s series Awkward Show & Tell. The next event is March 30, and the theme is WEIRD WORK/SCHOOL STUFF.
I’m pleased as (holiday) punch to announce Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids 6, on a new night, in a new venue!
When: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 8:00pm Where:The Tranzac (main hall), 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto (map) Cost: Free Note: 19+
If you’re home over the holidays, this is the perfect opportunity to dig through all those boxes you left at home. Dig up those old diaries! Unearth those angsty teen poems! Rediscover yourself at age 9! Then bring your best to the Tranzac in January to read in front of a group of strangers.
Also: We’re trying something new this time. If you’d like to read something at GRTTWaK, please let me know in advance by filling out this form. A small number of spots will be held for walk-ins the night of the event, but really, just a few.
The lovely and talented Morgan Charles sent some photos and audio from GRTTWaK Montreal. Check out the photos on Flickr, and stay tuned for podcasts from Montreal!
Thanks to the wonderfully talented Morgan Charles, GRTTWaK is heading to Montreal. In addition to reading, you’re invited to bring art to hang on the walls. Here are the details:
What: It is finally happening. “Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids” will be having its Montreal debut at the Drawn & Quarterly bookstore NOVEMBER 5th. This free, open-mic event, which is wildly popular in the small provincial village of Toronto, combines the mortification of reading things you wrote as a precocious child or angsty teen, with the added cringyness of doing it aloud and in front of people–friends and strangers who see you as the cool and collected adult you know yourself to be today.
Upcoming holidays at home are the perfect excuse to dig around in your parents’ basements for that special haiku, locked diary, or box of really important notes passed in geography class, so come on, find them, dust them off, and get them out of there. Your parents don’t want them anyways.
ALSO, for those of the more visual persuasion, we are also asking you to unearth those masterful clay ashtrays, oil pastel portraits of Kurt Cobain, or whetever else you got up to in art class, home ec, or woodshop. There is no one medium for embarrassment.
We will be bearing our shame and super amazing talent on the walls while reading aloud from our selected texts in a catharsis of youth which will surely stop time.
