Join us for the inaugural performance of the American School of Storytelling’s monthly storytelling series at the brand-new NE bistro, The Briar!

Doors at 6:30; 7pm Show
Tickets $10 online or at the door

Diane Jarvenpa is the author of five books of poetry. Her new book, Shy Lands, is forthcoming from Blue Light Press. She has received The Midwest Independent Publishers Association Award and an Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. She is a teaching artist with the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project MN and St Paul’s East Side Arts Council.

As a singer-songwriter performing under the name Diane Jarvi, she has seven solo recordings, received a McKnight MacPhail performing fellowship and awarded a Minnesota Arts and Cultural Fund grant. She was the recipient of the 50 over 50 Minnesotans award in 2020 from Pollen Midwest and AARPMN. www.dianejarvi.com

Loren Niemi is a poet, author, innovative storyteller and the founder of the American School of Storytelling. He received a Lifetime Achievement award from the National Storytelling Network in 2016 and a 2020 Midwest Book Award for his story collection, “What Haunts Us”. A new poetry memoir “A Breviary for the Lost” is available now. www.lorenNiemistories.com