Last Thursday, the Red Umbrella Project got news just minutes before the start of our Prose & Lore: Issue 2 Book Launch at Happy Ending that the venue would be closing its doors for good in two weeks. For such a joyous event, sad news like this brought the reality quickly to the surface: this event would be the last Red Umbrella Diaries at the Happy Ending Lounge.
The Red Umbrella Diaries journey started almost four years ago and blossomed into an amazing event, organization, and collective community - with more than 100 storytellers gracing the Diaries stage over the years. With the end of our run at Happy Ending, we have decided not to seek a new venue for monthly Red Umbrella Diaries events in NYC. Instead, we will produce events at a variety of venues to celebrate issues of our literary journal Prose & Lore as well as other storytelling projects. We’ll be releasing more details in the near future.
The Red Umbrella Project would like to thank you - everyone who came out the first Thursday of every month, to hear stories from voices rarely heard, to bear witness, smile, laugh, & cry with members of our community. We thank you, and will continue to thank you for your support as we journey into our new programs & events.
In celebrating the amazing journey that was the Red Umbrella Diaries, we’d like to invite you to Save the Date for our Red Umbrella Diaries Gala event that will be held at Joe’s Pub on November 14th. We’ll be celebrating four years of storytelling with some of favorite storytellers & including a special theatre performance from our Trans Women’s Improv Theatre Troupe.
When one door shuts - another one opens because there are *always* more stories that need to be told.
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Red Umbrella Diaries Storytelling Events Venue Closing
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