Saturday | October 3 | 7:30pm | Join Speakeasy Improv every FIRST SATURDAY of the month during our regular season. Presenting a comedy show that will keep you laughing till you cry. | A Story Parlor Signature Event

Saturday | October 10 | 7:30pm | This traditional storytelling series, produced by storyteller Chuck Fink, features local tellers practiced in the art of delivering rich and engaging stories that are true to the human spirit and experience. Come to laugh, come to grieve, come to share in the journey of being. | A Story Parlor Signature Event

Join us for an evening of folk horror, gothic romance, and live performance celebrating the release of Andrew K. Clark’s Hollow Folk. Featuring performances by acclaimed poet Khalisa Rae and singer-songwriter Dylan Walshe, a book chat with Andrew and local author Thomas Calder, audience Q&A, and book signing.

Join us for a devilishly delicious literary evening of poetry and prose fit for the fall season, with readings and performances by Monday Hakala, Arielle Hebert, and Taylor Sykes.

Palimpsest Productions’ Second Annual Gothic Cabaret will feature gruesome delights for the eyes and ears. Don’t miss this Halloween extravaganza! 

OFF SITE EVENT! | Join us at Mars Landing Art Gallery for this contemporary telling of Layla & Majnun, the classic Sufi folktale popularized by Nizami, the great 12th-century Persian epic poet.

It’s the story that captured the devotional & mystical heart of the medieval Islamic world. It greatly influenced Shakespeare and many famous poets of Eurasia. This tale is like Romeo & Juliet meets the enchanted, animist heart of the ancestral desert soul. It is a return to the Garden of Eden, to the divine power of Eros. It weds together longing, love, and grief with mystery, annihilation, and the cosmic heart breaking open. Join us for this ritual telling & offering to the Morning Star. Featuring Frank Salzano, with Elon DeHaro on Persian fiddle & instrumentals.

Saturday | November 7 | 7:30pm | Join Speakeasy Improv every FIRST SATURDAY of the month during our regular season. Presenting a comedy show that will keep you laughing till you cry. | A Story Parlor Signature Event

Saturday | November 14 | 7:30 | Come to an intimate evening of connection and creativity as former Story Parlor Artist-in-Residence Shunyu Huang hosts a roundtable conversation and collaborative performance with guests from Asheville’s BIPOC community, celebrating the “five flavors of life” and the shared threads of humanity. | A Story Parlor Signature Event

Saturday | Novmeber 21 | 7:30pm | Join local narrative artists Tom Jeffords and Andy Collins as they and their guests present original stories and poetic musings never before seen or heard by the public. | A Story Parlor Signature Event

February 21-27, 2027 | Step Into Your Story is an immersive retreat for writers, artists, seekers, and curious humans interested in exploring the narratives that shape their lives and creative work. We'll journey through memory, imagination, archetype, play, and possibility, listening for the deeper stories beneath the surface and the emerging stories calling us forward. Facilitated by Erin Hallagan Clare & R. Lyon Bergh. Hosted at Story Parlor

Sunday | February 7 | 5:30pm | Held on First Sundays, join this all-arts open mic. Prepare a five minute original piece in whatever medium you so choose — storytelling, music, poetry, literature, comedy, dance — or simply come to enjoy and support the local arts community.

November 7-13, 2027 | Story Parlor is proud to host a week-long personal writing retreat with founder Erin Hallagan Clare and acclaimed writer, editor, and poet Sebastian Matthews.

Set in the beautiful Berkshires of western Massachusetts, this immersive retreat invites writers to step away from the pace and demands of everyday life and make space for their own work. Hosted at the Porches Inn in North Adams, Massachusetts.