http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/5528 Brown Paper Tickets - First Person Arts's Event Feed en-us http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/80422 Rita Mae Brown dedicated her newly-released memoir, Animal Magnetism, "to those who have been saved by an animal and who saved one in return." Come and hear stories from her life - and the animal companions who've shared it! 07 Nov 2009 4:00 PM -0500 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/80429 Winners of First Person's much-adored, monthly StorySlams bring their best stories to the stage for the championship round. Be there as these top-notch raconteurs battle it out for the title of Best Story Teller in Philadelphia. 07 Nov 2009 9:00 PM -0500 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/80416 Ben Yagoda interviews Rachel Simon, AJ JAcobs, and Laurie Sandell about their different approaches to memoir. 07 Nov 2009 2:00 PM -0500 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/80415 Bestselling author, filmmaker and journalist Mark Bowden, "a master of narrative journalism," (The New York Times Book Review) sits down with Tracey Tanenbaum to discuss his lifes work as a creator of spellbinding stories about epic events. 07 Nov 2009 12:30 PM -0500 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/80430 Join us for a videotaped reading by prisoner-turned-prison-activist Kenneth Hartman from his memoir, Mother California, followed by a Q&A, phoned in live from the California State Prison in LA. 08 Nov 2009 2:30 PM -0500 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/80424 Anna Jane Grossman reminisces about the good old ways, documented in her quirky new encyclopedia, Obsolete. She shares program with Cecilia Smith, who screens her short documentary "The Art of Fine Whining" - about the Philadelphia Complaint Choir. 07 Nov 2009 5:30 PM -0500 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/82535 Wednesday through Saturday, First Person Arts members can eat and drink for free, mingling with Festival artists and First Person Arts staff. 04 Nov 2009 5:01 PM -0500 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/80439 Just the Two of Us. Ain't No Sunshine. Lean on Me. Bill Withers, the man who wrote the songs that defined a decade walked away from showbiz without a look back. An amazing portrait of an icon who never gave up his soul. 08 Nov 2009 7:30 PM -0500 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/80437 In Pouring Tea, a staged reading based on his book Sweet Tea, performance artist and author E. Patrick Johnson gives voice to a group that has been politely concealed: gay, black men born, raised, and living in the South. 08 Nov 2009 6:00 PM -0500 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/80428 Compelled to reclaim her roots, author and filmmaker Sadia Shepard travels to India to discover the history of the Jews of India, believed to be descendents of the lost tribes of Israel. 08 Nov 2009 12:00 PM -0500 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/80425 In a reading from his book of essays, he takes you through his hilarious adventures as a human guinea pig. Hear about his forays into the other personas, and (if you're game to be a guinea pig yourself) volunteer for an experiment he devised for you 07 Nov 2009 7:00 PM -0500 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/80434 Renowned civil Rights attorney David Rudovsky joins filmmaker Emily Kunstler to discuss her father's complicated legacy and the legal ethics questions they explore in her provocative new film: William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe 08 Nov 2009 3:30 PM -0500 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/80413 Is your life one for the books? How about the stage or screen? Come with an idea for a personal story you'd like to tell, then spend the morning developing it. Please note: only the writing segment of the workshop will be held on Nov. 7. The other disciplines will be rescheduled for a later date. 07 Nov 2009 9:00 AM -0500