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* Photos above from Fray Cafe 2 in Austin, Texas. What is Fray Day? Fray Day is an annual event brought to you by the storytelling website {fray} that takes place in cities all around the world on the same weekend. Each event features interactive art, featured performers, and a storytelling open mic. For an example, check out what we did last year. Did you know? » Fray Day 6 was worked on by dozens of people all over the world. » Fray Day 4 took place in 2 cities, Fray Day 5 in 10, and Fray Day 6 took place in 11 cities. » All combined, over a thousand people participated in Fray Day 6. Previous events: » Fray Cafe 2 Other stuff: » SF Press Info Donate to Fray Day You can help us by making a donation to Fray Day with PayPal. Thanks! |
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Four new galleries There are four new FD6 Photo Galleries online tonight. Check out pics from Austin, Cambridge, Los Angeles, and Washington DC. More to come! Official FD6 Photo Galleries The Official FD6 Photo Galleries are coming online now. First up: Copenhagen and San Francisco. A special shout out to Charlene Wright who took the most wonderful photos at Fray Day 6 San Francisco! Listen up! Fray Day is one week away, so it's time to start practicing those stories! Looking for inspiration? Give these past fray events a listen and get ready to rock: Fray Cafe 2, Fray Day 5, Fray Day 4, Fray Day 3, Fray Day 2. One month and counting! With Fray Day one month away, we now have our final list of the 11 participating cities! Read on to find out where they are, and how you can get involved. Fray Day will be coming to the following cities. If you'd like to get involved with a local event, just email the contact person listed below:
Austin Cambridge El Paso Grand Rapids Guam Melbourne San Francisco Tucson Washington DC
Los Angeles Copenhagen
Many pieces make the whole Every Fray Day has a theme to gently guide the event. FD3 was the classic "tell your stories," FD4 was "you are what you express," and FD5 centered on the world-wide theme with "a global celebration of personal stories." This year's theme is "many pieces make the whole." Read on to find out why.
Then it hit me. I went downstairs and asked the owner of the store if I could play with the blocks for a while. It took an hour or two, but when I was done, I knew what the theme of this year's Fray Day was all about, visually and spiritually. Just as all those blocks come together to form "Fray Day 6," so do we all come together to make Fray Day. Every year I'm astounded by the wild variety of people who come together, sometimes at the last minute, to help and perform and sing and clean and make Fray Day what it is. And just as Fray Day is made of many people coming together to form a whole, I believe our lives are made up of a million daily stories. It's all those stories, big and small, added up, that make us who we are. In the end, we're nothing if not a long series of stories. Many pieces make us whole. And finally, Fray Day 6 falls almost exactly a year after the events of September 11, 2001. And while that's not on purpose (the birthday of the site is September 16, and that was just the closest Saturday), it's still significant. As you probably know, we published a series of stories after 9.11 called Missing Pieces. In Judiasm, you sit shiva and mourn for one year after a death. This Fray Day, one year after 9.11, it's my hope that we can all come out of this period of mourning, fill in our missing pieces with new ones, and move forward. Many pieces make the whole. So that's my thinking. If it all smacks of artsy fartsy nonsense to you, no problem. I hope you'll come and enjoy Fray Day as always. But if you're planning on performing, all I ask is that you devote some thought to this idea, and how it might apply to your life and your stories. Can you think of a story that shows how many pieces have made you whole? Come to Fray Day and tell that story. Location update With four months to go, I wanted to let everyone know what the list of participating cities looks like. None of these locations are definite yet, but if you see your city, and you'd like to help bring Fray to your town, get in touch! We're especially looking for venue recommendations for these cities, so if you have a place you think would be perfect, let us know! Continue on for the list.... In addition to San Francisco, California, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, here's the list of other cities where volunteers are working on Fray Days: Austin, TX Please note that these cities are not definite yet! But we are crossing our fingers.... Bring Fray Day 6 to your town! Last year, Fray Day 5 came to 10 cities worldwide. This year we're hoping for even more! If you're wondering why there's no Fray Day in your town, maybe you should start one! Read on for more info.... I'll tell you this now: It's not easy to throw a Fray Day. It takes a lot of planning, emailing, hoping, talking, and working. But when it all comes together, it's magic. If you'd like to join us, you're welcome! Fray Day 6 is scheduled for September 14. The first step is to write in and let me know you're interested. If there are already people working on bringing Fray Day to your town, I'll connect you with them. If there's not, I'll ask you if you want to lead the way. If you do, the next step is to start looking for a venue. Finding the right venue is that's the hardest and most important step. And this year I'm requiring organizers to have a venue secured before I announce the location, so I don't get anyone's hopes up prematurely. The best piece of advice I can give to anyone who wants to organize a Fray Day is this: Don't go it alone. Get a group of people together and delegate, delegate, delegate. It's the only way to do this and hold on to your sanity. If the idea of organizing a lot of people for a night of personal stories doesn't scare you off, please write in and introduce yourself! Who are you? Why do you want to do this? Ever thrown a big event like this before? Got any ideas on what you'd like to do? Let's talk! And, again, thanks for the interest. Fray Day is an all-volunteer event. It wouldn't exist without you. Announcing Fray Day 6! Welcome to the new Fray Day 6 news site! Check back here often for all the latest news and info on all the Fray Day events coming up. For now, mark those calendars: Fray Day 6 will take place on September 14, 2002! If you're interested in organizing a Fray Day event in your city, we're interested in talking to you! Get in touch! |
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