Slog - Comments on The Salon of Shame Solution http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger In this week's Stranger Suggests, I urge readers to attend the May 15 installment of the Salon of Shame, the shame-based reading series now housed at the Capitol Hill Arts Center: Salon of Shame (Public Catharsis) After a legendary run at the Rendezvous, the Salon of Shame—the reading series featuring pros, amateurs, and diarists revisiting the most humiliating writing of their lives—moves to the Capitol Hill Arts Center. The last Salon I caught knocked me out with palpable pathos, deep hilarity, and the inimitable cadence of junior-high journal entries. These things sell out, advance tickets recommended. (Capitol Hill Arts... Copyright 2008 Thu, 10 May 2007 10:11:45 -0800 Sat, 19 May 2007 00:27:43 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr_Friendly Do they bring food to your table at CHAC? Bring SOS back to the Rendezvous. Advance tickets are for wimps.

]]> Mr_Friendly http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c711996 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c711996 City Thu, 10 May 2007 10:47:19 -0800 Comment by David Schmader Alas, the Salon has permanently outgrown the Rendezvous Jewelbox, and nostalgic parties are advised to support the CHAC salon so hard it's eventually moved to the Triple Door, where food will once again be available at your table.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c712009 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c712009 City Thu, 10 May 2007 10:53:51 -0800 Comment by Ari Spool Or the Central Cinema! You can get food at your table there!

]]> Ari Spool http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c712071 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c712071 City Thu, 10 May 2007 11:28:33 -0800 Comment by shameful.one If you were on the email list, you'd have known when tickets went on sale, and like all of us true Shame Devotees, opened the browser and waited, right at noon when sales opened.
*Tickets have been presale for eons, Mr_friendly. And they always sell out. Okay, in the last year.
If the Salon moves upstairs at CHAC that means no food OR drink at one's seat. Downstairs at least you can have a cocktail while you laugh.

If you didn't get a ticket, and if you gotta get in, how better to initiate oneself than to participate?? Ask Ariel if you can read your stuff!

]]> shameful.one http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c712094 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c712094 City Thu, 10 May 2007 11:51:01 -0800 Comment by Dawn NO! Don't sign it!

I'm a regular Salon of Shame reader, and I totally do not support any efforts to move the Salon of Shame to the upstairs theater at the CHAC.

Part of the beauty of the Salon of Shame is the intimate setting for the readings. This isn't a theater show with actors, it's just regular people like you and me reading about intimate moments from our personal histories. The Jewelbox Theater was a perfect setting for this, as it was comfortable and intimate, while still having a bar/night-out feel. Downstairs at the CHAC accomodates more people while still feeling intimate and personal, so this feels like a reasonable solution to the constantly-sold-out show problem.

The upstairs theater is just plain wrong for this event. It's unfriendly and anti-social. It's a space that's meant for watching a theater show, not hanging out with friends in a club-like setting. The last place I want to read from my journals is on a big, brightly lit, exposed stage to an audience in individual theater seats. And for those attending the show, the feel of the event would be changed dramatically, from one of being in bar hanging out with friends, to being an audience member at the theater. It just feels wrong.

I think that the Lower Level is perfect. 100 tickets were sold pre-sale, but there's still room for 25 or so at the door the night of the show, for standing room. So there's plenty of opportunity for people to see the show. And it will still have the fun, casual, intimate appeal that makes the Salon of Shame so much fun.

]]> Dawn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c712096 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c712096 City Thu, 10 May 2007 11:52:57 -0800 Comment by Mr_Friendly I agree that the intimate nature is very important for readers, and essential to the experience as a whole. I guess I just liked the SOS ritual of showing up right when doors opened to make sure I got in. And having food brought to me.

]]> Mr_Friendly http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c712110 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c712110 City Thu, 10 May 2007 12:19:50 -0800 Comment by A Nony Mouse Gee. What a surprise.

If you can be sure of anything in Seattle, it's this: events that would be marginalized in every other location on earth will sell out here in less than 24 hours here. People in this burg stand in line for independent movies, for fuck's sake!

C'est la vie. Live by the whims of status-seeking nerd-yuppies, die by the whims of status-seeking nerd-yuppies.

]]> A Nony Mouse http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c712136 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c712136 City Thu, 10 May 2007 13:17:59 -0800 Comment by nerd-yuppie Riiight, A Nony Mouse: that's why LA's Mortified, NYC's Cringe and other Salon-like events sell out all over the country. Do your homework before you snark, please.

]]> nerd-yuppie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c712152 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c712152 City Thu, 10 May 2007 13:34:11 -0800 Comment by A Nony Mouse Well, color me corrected: if you slap "just like New York!" on any marginally interesting event in Seattle, you're guaranteed a sell-out. My mistake!

(In any case, I'm sure that it's much harder to sell out a 100-person show in New York City. They're what? Half our size?)

]]> A Nony Mouse http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c712303 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/_in_this_weeks_stranger#c712303 City Thu, 10 May 2007 14:30:44 -0800 Comment by Ariel Hey, everyone! Thanks so much for all the interest in the Salon -- we're a little overwhelmed!

Here's the final word on tickets for tomorrow night's event: http://salonofshame.com/tickets

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