Mon. April 23

Heard any good stories lately? Emphasis: good. We've all been bored to tears in bars, but how many of us have allowed ourselves to be put under the spell of, well, storytellers? In New York City, there's this thing called The Moth, where stories are told regularly. It's attracted raves like "New York's hottest and hippest literary ticket" (Wall Street Journal) and "an exuberant, moveable feast" (Village Voice). The Moth is, indeed, on the move with stops in Miami, Altanta, Austin, Washington, D.C. and Boston. The Boston performance happens Monday April 23 at the Calderwood Pavilion. It features Jonathan Ames, (in photo) who wrote the wonderfully witty "Wake up, Sir!," New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz, Red Sox fan Joe Limon, "Prozac Diary" (not Nation) author Laruen Slater, "Candy Freak" writer Steve Almond and humorist/racounteur Mike Daisey, who's also got a show up and running at the A.R.T.'s Zero Arrow Theatre. (And he's got another one next month.) For this gig at the Calderwood, the writers perform without a net, with is to say no notes or cheat sheets. It's up one night only, Monday April 23 at 7 p.m. (Well, there's cocktails at 7; curtain at 8.) They call it "The Moth Story Tour," and it's in the Pavilion's Wimberly Theatre.  Tickets: $18.

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