"Ghost Stories by the Fire" is my brand new monthly SPOOKY STORY SLAM event at Barrow's Intense Tasting Room!
Back in the long-ago-time (before the global plague) I was hosting a fabulous monthly event called Spirited Away Paranormal & Psychic Event. I gathered all my high priestess mamas, tarot card reading, psychic mediums, dancing oracles, esoteric drag queens and magical people to read and perform for the general public at Barrow's Intense on the last Tuesday of every month.
We rebooted Spirited Away in the outdoor courtyard space this past May, 2021. Barrow's bar manager Alex Haskell had a vision. He asked me to create an additional event where guests would tell ghost stories around the fire pit. Who doesn't LOVE a spooky story by crackling firelight with a delicious craft cocktail?
"Ghost Stories by the Fire" was born. Things fell into place faster than you can shuffle a deck of tarot cards. We decided to make it a Spooky Story Slam!
Last night, we had a pre-Ghost Story sound check. The sound guys gave me the cue, I went to the mic. I announced we were sound testing for next week. Guess what? People wanted to come up, share their spooky stories, odd fears, and strange happenings then and there!
We heard stories about ghostly leg touches and invisible tickley finger strokes (yikes!), someone spoke of a deep seeded fear of 80's special effect makeup a la Freddie Cruger (fear of makeup?!) and a heartbreaking true story of a young boy in Honduras who dreamed of his cousin's death a week before said cousin unexpectedly died.
People's willingness to share funny, creepy, and heartbreakingly, honest stories with us made my heart soar. So super excited about next week's event I can barely take it.
Here are the deets:
Do you have a: Ghost story? Psychic happening? Paranormal occurrence? Weird fiction? UFO sighting? Bizarre fear? We want to hear it!
Hosted by author Sasha Graham
Barrow’s Intense Tasting Room, Industry City Brooklyn
Ghost stories, strange tales, paranormal happenings, psychic events as told by YOU.
Outside at the courtyard Fire Pit!
Give us chills!
You don't have to reveal if your stories are fact or fiction.
Story Sharing Guidelines:
Do you have a true or imaged ghost story, psychic happening, freaky incident, near death experience or UFO encounter?
~ Prepare an under 5 minute story.
~ Put your name in the Witch’s Hat.
~ First name pulled gets a free drink.
~ Wrap up when you hear the warning bell - 5 minute limit.
~ Stories can be real or imagined.
~ No reading or notes allowed!
~ We will have time for 8-10 stories.
Winner receives a spicy bottle of Barrow’s Intense Ginger Liquor!!
Voting:
Ballots will be passed to audience.
The audience votes for their favorite storyteller of the night.
They who receive the most votes is crowned winner!
Featured Storyteller entertains us with a longer story while voting commences.
Featured Storytellers are not voted on.
Child friendly but enter with caution: We can't confirm your spawn won't pick up some colorful language and get spooked.
Do you want to be a Featured Storyteller? Contact me!
September's Featured Storytellers Include:
Heather Carlucci is an internationally renowned psychic medium and medical intuitive. She works extensively with doctors and other health care professionals to find diagnoses undetected by western medicine. With her decades of experience as an entrepreneur, Heather also works with CEOs, creatives and other leaders to work through psychic blocks and triggers. She lives in NYC.
Tarotist & Witch Nicholas de Phares
Nicholas de Phares brings together the magic of old-time witchery and a deep knowledge of the tarot. Following in the footsteps of his great-great-grandmother, he and his family have reached beyond the veil as diviners and storytellers for over a century.
Instagram: tarotvista
Your Ghost Stories by the Fire Hostess: Sasha Graham!
Sasha Graham is a velvety 90's B-movie starlet who has starred in over 20 indie horror flicks. Not your average "final girl," Sasha was usually found playing supernatural creatures like vampires, werewolves, aliens and mafia hit chicks!
Sasha is the bestselling author of over 10 books and tarot kits, including 365 Tarot Spreads, Llewellyn's Complete Guide to the Rider Waite Smith Tarot and Dark Wood Tarot. She teaches tarot classes all over the world and produces tarot events at New York City's premier cultural institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sasha has appeared on film, television, radio and in the New York Times.
I'm dying to hear your spooky, creepy, freaky stories ...