Event Details

When: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 5:30pm to 8:30pm

Where: Pond House Cafe at Elizabeth Park, West Hartford CT (Directions)

 Price: $100/person

Parking: Free parking

Event Schedule for “A Summer Evening of Art and Storytelling”
Doors Open – 5:30 pm
Art Exhibition and Patio Reception – 5:30 to 6:30 pm
CPA Formal Program in Banquet Room – 6:45 to 7:15 pm
Matt Dick’s “Speak Up” Show –  7:30 pm
The End – 8:30 pm
Enjoy Ice Cream from the Pond House’s Snack Shack!

About Speak Up: Matt Dicks’ “Speak Up” Storytelling Show, our featured entertainment, will be a humorous and heartfelt evening of storytelling. Professional storytellers, including Matt, and performers brand new to the stage tell hilarious, heartfelt, true stories without notes. These stories will make you laugh, think, reconsider, and maybe even shed a tear or two. Beautifully crafted stories designed to touch your heart and mind. It will be an unforgettable night of entertainment and human connection. Speak Up shows are produced and directed by Matthew Dicks – internationally bestselling author, 60-time Moth StorySLAM winner, and 9-time GrandSLAM champion.

“Freedom. Freedom. Although there was no freedom, it was freedom. For me, it was freedom…freedom of expression. You felt like a normal person. I felt like a normal person.”  – Juan Torres, Prison Arts