Fodor's Expert Review The Moth

Dedicated to first-person storytelling, this roving series has spread far beyond New York, where it was founded in 1997 by the writer George Dawes Green, but it's still going strong here: the curated Mainstage shows feature both celebrities and everyday people who worked with The Moth directors to shape their stories. At the much looser, open-mike StorySLAMs, competitors are randomly selected and given just five minutes to tell a story, which must tie in with the night's theme. Moth tales get told at Housing Works and other venues downtown and throughout the boroughs.