The Monti

American Graduate & The Monti: Sarah Carucci

WUNC News and The Monti — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:45:00 +0000

Our series of stories from The Monti concludes today with Sarah Carucci. She now works as a graduation coach at Communities in Schools -- but she got her start in education as a teacher. Her story was recorded in front of an audience at Motorco in Durham as a part of WUNC's American Graduate collaboration with The Monti.

American Graduate & The Monti: Jonas Monast

WUNC News and The Monti — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:45:00 +0000

All this week we're featuring stories recorded in front of a live audience about critical moments at school. It's part of our on-going American Graduate project, a public media initiative looking at the drop out crisis and other issues in education. Everybody has a story about a turning point at school -- sometimes it's about a big test or academic triumph -- other times it's about something a little more intimate, like falling in love for the first time.

American Graduate & The Monti: Casio Noell

WUNC News and The Monti — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:45:00 +0000

All this week WUNC during All Things Considered we're hearing personal stories about education told live at The Monti. It's a performance storytelling group that hosts events around the Triangle and in Greensboro. As a part of American Graduate Week, we're featuring stories about the drop out crisis -- and other issues with public education. Today the story of Casio Noell -- he spoke to a live audience in Durham.

American Graduate & The Monti: Patty Chase

Brent Wolfe — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:45:00 +0000

School can be hard -- and often it's not the academics that makes it so challenging. As a part of our weeklong American Graduate series of stories about education -- we hear from Patty Chase of Durham. In this story told live at The Monti, she remembers one life changing moment from elementary school.

American Graduate & The Monti: Bill Kenyon

Brent Wolfe — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:45:00 +0000

This week public radio stations across the country are taking part in American Graduate Week. It's a Public Media initiative that looks at the drop out crisis and other issues in the public schools. As a part of our coverage, WUNC partnered with the performance story-telling group The Monti for a series of stories about school. Our first one comes from Bill Kenyon -- he's a teacher from Hillsborough -- he told his story, without notes, in front of a live audience at The Monti.

Special: The Monti American Graduate

WUNC Specials — Mon, 28 May 2012 10:50:00 +0000

The Monti - American Graduate Special is an hour of true stories from the front lines of North Carolina’s high school drop out crisis. It's hosted by Jeff Polish. He's the founder of The Monti, a local non-profit whose stated mission is to create community through the story-telling. For this collaboration with WUNC, Jeff sought out North Carolinians with personal stories to tell about the struggles that get in the way of a successful high school education.

Hot Sauce at The Monti

The Monti — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:45:00 +0000

Storytellers and story-lovers gathered for another edition of "The Monti" story slam this week. The theme was "heat." Durham resident Robert Bland's "hot" story was the winner...

The Monti's new season opens September 10th at the Carrboro ArtsCenter. Featured storytellers include Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt and State of Things managing editor Lindsay Foster Thomas.

The Monti: Law & Order

The Monti — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:50:00 +0000

Here's another story from The Monti story slam. It's a competition of sorts -- where randomly chosen volunteers tell 5-minute stories centered around a theme. This week's theme was "law and order." The winner was Julie MacDonald, a community college teacher who lives in Durham. Her story was recorded live earlier this week at Motorco in Durham.

The Monti Gets Romantic

The Monti — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:45:00 +0000

On March 24th, the local performance story-telling group The Monti held a story slam. It's a competition of sorts -- where randomly chosen volunteers tell 5-minute stories centered around a theme. Last night, the story tellers focused on "Romance" and Amy Scott, a 4th grade teacher from Durham, was one of the crowd favorites. This is her story recorded live at Casbah in downtown Durham Thursday, March 24th.

"Vice" at The Monti

The Monti — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:45:00 +0000

Here's a story recorded earlier this week at a story slam put on by The Monti -- it's a local organization that asks people to go on stage and tell a personal story – without a script or notes. At story slams, audience members drop their names into a hat for the chance to tell a five-minute story on a theme. There are judges -- and winners and losers. This week the theme was “vices” and Dave Van Hook got one of the top scores for the night. This is his story – recorded in Durham earlier this week at The Monti’s Story Slam about vices.