Story Club Minneapolis

06/13/2026

🌻🌷🌹 Today! TODAY! 🌹🌷🌻
Saturday, June 13th,9am to 3pm!

🌟✨ The Summit House Condos Annual Rummage Sale!!✨🌟

400 Groveland Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55403
(The far southwest end of the Loring Park neighborhood)

Multiple families participating!
TONS OF EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE!

I, Amy Salloway, will be out in the parking lot selling mostly PLUS-SIZE CLOTHING, and CABBAGE PATCH KIDS!! (Other things too, but those two categories dominate.)

Please come by! Please also spread the word! I made this post public so it's shareable! All sales of my belongings go to help me fund medical care, medications and transportation in the wake of losing my Medical Assistance, health insurance and disability support. (Thanks, DHS! You're the BEST! 😡)

In case of rain this sale will happen SUNDAY 6/14 instead! 🌧️

🤩🥳 COME SHOP! COME SHOP! 🥳🤩

04/27/2026

Hi everyone!
Amy Salloway here!

I swear I swear, this is the LAST post I'll make advertising this Minneapolis Community Education class that I'm teaching! 😃 This is my final course offering for Spring Quarter 2026, and then I teach one class for Summer Quarter (Prompts & Process), but that doesn't start until late June.

Writing: In The Dark is a five-week class that runs Thursday evenings, 6:30-8:30pm CT via ZOOM -- so, despite the moniker "Minneapolis Community Ed," you don't have to live in Minneapolis to participate! You can live anywhere in the world, as long as you've got a Zoom account!

Writing: In The Dark is a narrative writing class focusing on the particular challenges that come with crafting stories our culture might not want us to share -- stories that are difficult, risky, controversial, revealing or vulnerable. We'll learn and do exercises around the most vital tools for creating personal narrative (true or fictional), but also veer into specific methods to make a risky story accessible and relatable, and to keep the audience engaged and empathetic without compromising the truth and power of your experience. Class time will be a combination of reading, discussion, writing exercises and supportive feedback.

Interested? Go register now!! This class starts in three days, and I'd love to see you there on my laptop screen! Run, don't walk! 😃

04/20/2026

Earth Week Fest at the Phoenix Theater -- all the shows, all the links, all the tickets! :D

04/19/2026

Hi people! Amy here!

Spring Quarter of Minneapolis Community Education is underway, and I have one more class this session that hasn't started yet. That'd be Writing: In The Dark, which runs for five weeks beginning Thursday April 30th, via ZOOM. This class is focused on writing (and/or telling!) narrative pieces that are centered on difficult experiences -- topics our culture considers traumatic, taboo, controversial or risky. We'll learn and practice the vital tools that make true personal (or fictional) stories compelling, engaging, vivid and emotionally resonant, and also look at how to invite an audience into challenging material, and keep them invested and connected without watering down our truth. This class has room for more students, and I'd love to see you there! Remember that you can register for this course from anywhere in the world -- because it's online, you don't have to live in Minneapolis!! All info is in the boxes, here -- please spread the word to friends and family who might be interested! :)

03/15/2026

Hi everyone!
Amy Salloway here! I'm teaching one last Minneapolis Community Education writing class during Winter Quarter, and there's still space in it, should you be interested in signing up! It's a one-night workshop on Thursday, March 26th, 6pm-9pm, called Writing: Voice & Tense, and unsurprisingly, it's about the roles that narrative voice and verb tense play in crafting a piece of writing. They're both such vital tools in building a story's energy, focus, flow and uniqueness, and we'll talk about why, do some short readings, and then lots of writing exercises to play with choices around the two concepts. This workshop is fun and participatory, and you can register for it from anywhere in the world, because it happens online via ZOOM! The boxes below have more information as well as the registration code -- I hope to see you on my Zoom screen later this month! ☺️

03/05/2026

Hi everyone! Amy Salloway here! Hey, I'm excited to tell you that the RISK! podcast is re-running one of my stories this week, as part of a series called "The Best of Coming-of-Age Stories" (this is installment #2 of that series)! My story is called "Sister Act," and I told it at the Brave New Workshop when Risk! came to Minneapolis to stage and record a live performance in July 2015. It was a fantastic night -- I still remember it -- and I think you can hear how much fun the audience was having in this recording. :) Please feel free to take a listen, if you haven't heard this tale from me before! Or, heck, even if you have! :D The link is in the comments!

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1A7e47ZHsi/

01/31/2026

Oh my gosh, what?!? Who's that nerdy, insecure, bespectacled performer? I think it might just be ME, Amy Salloway!

Folks, I'll be in the 4th Annual Off-Kilter Cabaret: Pick Your Paradox! next weekend, Friday - Sunday, February 6th-8th at the Jungle Theater in Uptown, Minneapolis. I'll be telling a true personal story, and I'm deciding what story that'll be in the next 12 hours - - exciting, I know. Audiences will hear either a brand new piece that's still in development, OR a new edit of an existing story that I haven't put onstage in quite a while. (This last-minute decision is the result of my computer crashing last week and rendering all my files, writing and performance materials unavailable, forcing me to "pivot," as they say. Augh! )

Even if you're not a fan of my work, and even if you can barely tolerate seeing my aging sourdough starter of a face illuminated under a fresnel lamp, come to the Cabaret for the other performers and their pieces - - spoken word, dance, sketch comedy, there's something for everyone, and you'll be supporting our efforts to increase disability inclusion in the arts! Witness for yourself why this is so important! 🥰

All info is below! Hope to see you at Off-Kilter!

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DDDxgCdka/

Spotlight on Amy Salloway, an actor, writer, and storyteller performing in this year's Off-Kilter Cabaret "Pick Your Paradox!"

"Amy Salloway (she/her/hers) is a big fan of the Venn Diagram spot where live performance, human connection and social change overlap. Her award-winning autobiographical solo plays -- “Does This Monologue Make Me Look Fat?,” "So Kiss Me Already, Herschel Gertz!,” and “Circumference” -- have toured to audiences across the US and Canada, and she’s contributed personal stories to radio programs on MPR and CBC, as well as the national podcast “Risk!” Amy teaches narrative writing and performing of all kinds through The Story Studio and Minneapolis Community Education. She's honored to be on the leadership team for the Off-Kilter Cabaret. For more info, visit www.facebook.com/awkwardmomentonstage."

To see Amy Salloway in the Off-Kilter Cabaret: "Pick Your Paradox!", reserve your tickets for a suggested donation of $5-$30 here: https://ticketstripe.com/offkilter2026

Dates & Times
Friday, February 6 – 7:00 PM with post-show reception
Saturday, February 7 – 7:00 PM with post-show discussion
Sunday, February 8 – 2:00 PM. Masks required
*****
THIS PERFORMANCE IS CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
Young Dance, whose mission is to transform lives through movement.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

01/31/2026

Hi People! Amy here! 🤓

I know it can be hard to think about attending arts events in the midst of political upheavals and big, ongoing crises, when no part of your head or heart feels available to process anything else. I can tell you that's it's certainly extremely hard to try to MAKE art at such a time! But remember that art of all kinds is an outlet for our emotions, and a space in which to escape and process, and most of all, a place to come together as a community - just as you are, authentic and honest, no special persona or sparkle needed.

At least that's what we feel over at Off-Kilter Cabaret: Pick Your Paradox! - - the 4th annual interdisciplinary, curated cabaret show created by and featuring local artists with disabilities, which happens in exactly one week --Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 6th, 7th and 8th at the Jungle Theater in Uptown Minneapolis.

I'll be one of the performers, along with wonderful and talented folks like Raymond Luczak, Laura Cannata, Desdamona Ross, Young Dance, and more. After Friday's performance, there's a reception! After Saturday's performance, there's a talkback! After Sunday's performance, there's nap time, cuz it's in the afternoon. 😁 Please check out the info below, and consider coming to see us. Let's simmer in the dizzying paradoxes of life together. 😏

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Zx5AC5RkV/

TICKETS ARE LIVE! 🎟

You can now reserve tickets for Off-Leash Area's 4th Annual Off-Kilter Cabaret: Pick Your Paradox! at The Jungle Theater featuring:
Laura Cannata,
Sam Jasmine and Tomo Lennox,
Raymond Luczak,
Caroline Mannheimer,
Rachel Orzoff,
Amy Salloway,
​and Young Dance.

Dates & Times
Friday, February 6 – 7:00 PM with post-show reception
Saturday, February 7 – 7:00 PM post-show discussion
Sunday, February 8 – 2:00 PM

Admission is a $5-30 suggested donation.
Tickets can be reserved here: https://ticketstripe.com/offkilter2026

*****
THIS PERFORMANCE IS CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
Young Dance, whose mission is to transform lives through movement,

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.