Come out of your shell!
Carapace is a monthly event of true personal stories at Manuel's Tavern in Atlanta, every second Tuesday of the month (except December). While the show begins at 7p, we encourage people to get there early to meet their neighbors and enjoy a meal before the mic goes live.
Every second Tuesday of the month, ordinary raconteurs tell true, personal, five-minute (or so) stories on a pre-selected theme. Topics have included, for example, "Scars," and "Feuds & Rivalries."
Our hilarious host, Cris Gray, guides us through.
Names are drawn from a hat. No one is required to tell a story; attendees can just listen. It's free.
Tuesday, August 12, 7p Manuel’s Tavern
Doin’ the right thing? Not always easy. It’s a lofty goal that gets harder and harder in this complicated world. Seems every decision we make has so many contexts, so many ramifications. Even going to the grocery store feels like a veritable trolley problem.
So, when was a time you found yourself in quite the moral quandary? Did you steal candy from a baby? Catch someone with a hand in the company till? Have to decide when it was time to put Aunt Margie in a home?
Perhaps it was a matter of overcoming your stubbornness, being the bigger person. Did you save face by conceding the point?
Maybe you decided it was time to fight the power like Mookie. If so, at the end of the day, did you find yourself standing in the smokey rubble with everyone clinging fast to identities, beliefs, or possessions?
Whatever your story of taking sides or living in the gray areas, we’ll be waiting for you at Manuel’s Tavern on Tuesday, August 12 at 7p, which always feels like the right thing to do, on the second Tuesdays of the month. Come down early to join your fellow Carapeeps for a drink and some nosh, courtesy of the friendliest wait staff in town. As a reminder, there’s never any pressure to tell a story. We adore story listeners and storytellers alike.
There’s never any pressure to tell a story, but you’ll never experience a more welcoming environment to try out the mic.
Photos by Andrew Huang
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