Lindsay may have put the Ritalin Reading Series on hiatus for the summer, but tomorrow night at Joe’s Pub is another edition of Heeb Storytelling, brought to you by the fine folks at Heeb Magazine. The stories are longer than Lindsay’s but still for the ADD afflicted as they are supposed to stick to (I believe) 7 minutes. I’ve been to a couple at the old location (Lansky Lounge), and they’ve always been fun evenings. They’ve put together an eclectic lineup this time too including legendary docu filmmaker Albert Maysles, funny lady Jessi Klein and Stephen Glass (yes, THAT Stephen Glass), in an evening MC’d by comic Marc Maron.
And if you’ve never picked-up the magazine, a new issue is finally out; this time, it’s themed — “The Guilt Issue.” I’ve been reading Heeb like a good secular Jew ever since issue #1 hit stands a few years ago, and I’ve been impressed with the growth they’ve shown from issue-to-issue. Check it out.
UPDATE: Never mind! Looks like yours truly won’t even get there because they’ve sold out Joe’s Pub in advance. The other events have sold out and they’ve turned away people too, but usually not until the night of. So sorry for getting all those hopes up. But go buy the magazine anyway.
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