Past Events with the Stanford Storytelling Project

Each year, we invite storytellers of every kind—poets, journalists, filmmakers, dramatists, comedians, novelists—to come to campus and tell stories on a particular theme. Join us for remarkable evenings with some of the best storytellers in America. Check out some of our past events below.


May Meeting the Moment Movie Nite: Saving Mr. Banks

Wednesday, May 5, 2021.

6:00 – 8:30 pm PST

Each month, two Fellows from the Meeting the Moment Program will screen a movie + and host a short, post-film discussion on the monthly theme. We’ll use the movie as a prompt to lean into what it means to meet the monthly theme. May’s theme is Play, and our movie is SAVING MR. BANKS. The evening will be hosted by Meeting the Moment Fellows DeeSoul Carson ’21 and JJ Kapur ’22.


April Meeting the Moment Movie Nite: Minari

Weds, April 6th, 2021. 6 – 8:30 PM PST.

Each month, two Fellows from the Meeting the Moment Program will screen a movie + and host a short, post-film discussion on the monthly theme. We’ll use the movie as a prompt to lean into what it means to meet the monthly theme. April’s theme is Ancestry, and our movie is MINARI. The evening will be hosted by Meeting the Moment Fellow Elaine Lai, PhD candidate and Program Associate Emma Master ’19.


Madame Gandhi in Conversation

Saturday, April 3rd, 2021. 6pm PST.

Come join Stanford Concert Network and the Stanford Storytelling Project for a live event with Madame Gandhi, an electronic music producer, drummer, artist and activist! Madame Gandhi will be sharing some of her songs, discussing her songwriting process, stories, and experiences. Come with questions to ask, or just come to hang out and hear what Madame Gandhi has to say.


June Meeting the Moment Movie Nite: Paris is Burning

Wednesday, May 24, 2021.

6:00 – 8:30 pm PST

Each month, two Fellows from the Meeting the Moment Program will screen a movie + and host a short, post-film discussion on the monthly theme. We’ll use the movie as a prompt to lean into what it means to meet the monthly theme. June’s theme is Joy as Resistance, and our movie is PARIS IS BURNING. The evening will be hosted by Meeting the Moment Fellow Kory Gaines ’21 and Senior Producer Allie Wollner. Register here.

 


March Meeting the Moment Movie Nite: Stand and Deliver

Wednesday, March 10, 2021. 6:00 – 8:30 pm PST.

Each month, two Fellows from the Meeting the Moment Program will screen a movie + and host a short, post-film discussion on the monthly theme. We’ll use the movie as a prompt to lean into what it means to meet the monthly theme. March’s theme is Reimagining Genius, and our movie is STAND AND DELIVER. The evening will be hosted by Meeting the Moment Fellows DeeSoul Carson ’21 and JJ Kapur ’22. 


February Meeting the Moment Movie Nite: Whale Rider

Wednesday, Feb 20th, 2021. 6:00 – 8:30 PT.

Each month, two Fellows from the Meeting the Moment Program will screen a movie + and host a short, post-film discussion on the monthly theme. We’ll use the movie as a prompt to lean into what it means to meet the monthly theme. February’s theme is Intimacy, and our movie is WHALE RIDER. The evening will be hosted by Meeting the Moment Fellow Luciana Frazao MS ’21 and Elaine Lai, PhD Candidate.


January Meeting the Moment Movie Nite: City of God

Wednesday, January 20th, 2021. 6:00 – 8:30 pm PST.

Each month, two Fellows from the Meeting the Moment Program will screen a movie + and host a short, post-film discussion on the monthly theme. We’ll use the movie as a prompt to lean into what it means to meet the monthly theme. January’s theme is Anger & Justice, and our movie is CITY OF GOD. The evening will be hosted by Meeting the Moment Fellows Luciana Frazao MS ’21 and Kory Gaines ’21.


December Meeting the Moment Movie Night: The Wiz

Wednesday, Dec 9th, 2020. 6:00 – 8:30 pm PST.

Each month, two Fellows from the Meeting the Moment Program will screen a movie + and host a short, post-film discussion on the monthly theme. We’ll use the movie as a prompt to lean into what it means to meet the monthly theme. December’s theme is (Be)Longing, and our movie is THE WIZ. The evening will be hosted by Meeting the Moment Fellows DeeSoul Carson ’20 and JJ Kapur ’21.