The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night's theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is A WOMAN’S WORK. 

Prepare a five-minute story about wisdom passed down from a matriarch. Share the advice, warning, ritual, or ordinary habit that shaped your everyday life. The invisible labor that gathers families at the dinner table, runs the PTA meetings after work, tends a garden, organizes the block, or creates a space where others can grow. From the care and leadership of our life-givers to the land, water, seasons, and cycles that nurture us and mirror motherhood itself. Nature or nurture, defiance or conformity, tell us about the feminine figures who shaped you, raised you, or changed you.  

This event will be held at THEARC: Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (1901 Mississippi Ave SE, Washington, DC  20020). 

Doors Open at 6 pm 

Show Starts at 7 pm 

Intermission at 8 pm 

Show Ends at 9 pm 

Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. We will not be selling any tickets at the door. 

This event continues the Museum’s season of Big Read programs, featuring Blackfish City as the Museum’s 2025 selection. Generously supported by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Midwest, the Big Read broadens our understanding of the world, our communities, and ourselves through the shared experience of reading and discussing a single book.   

Special Thanks to Presenting+ Sponsor Amazon. Additional support provided by Capital One and Room & Board.