October 28 at 8 PM - Research Hall 163 (Refreshments Provided)
As the seasons wane, and the veils between this world and the other begin to lift, there is no spookier a time for telling spooky stories than October. We all have them, at least one or two, secondhand or even third... Some have grown up listening to spooky stories passed down for many generations, and some have spent sleepless nights concocting spooky stories of their own, stories that none have heard before. Certainly there are those among us who know a friend or a relative (or perhaps just some passing stranger) who swears to have seen a ghost, and certainly there are those among us who have seen such things for ourselves. Witches and werewolfs, hungry ghosts and haunted houses, ghouls, goblins, and gremlins too. Spirits, sprites, sylphs, satyrs, and, so the medieval alchemists tell us, salamanders. From classical spooks such as ogres and vampires, to new age urban legends like Bunny Man and Thinman, spooky stories have long haunted, and will long continue to haunt, the collective and ever-fertile imagination of our species: that neglected place where folklore comes to life when the lights go out for the night and the last human child nods off to sleep, wondering. So please, help us give new life to these dead, living-dead, and other. Join us for an evening of open mic storytelling, and tell a tale of your own.
And folks, keep it spooky...
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October 06, 2014