Upcoming Shows
2/22
SF
Nourse Theater
2/24
LA
The Theatre at Ace Hotel
3/2
NYC
The Town Hall
A sensation
New York Times
Fast-paced, loose, often funny, and wholly unpredictable
San Francisco Chronicle
Beautiful
Los Angeles Times
Highbrow / Brilliant
New York Magazine
Upcoming Contributors
Kelly McEvers
SF, LA
Host, NPR's All Things Considered & Embedded
Jon Mooallem
DC, ATX, PDX, SEA
Writer at large, The New York Times Magazine
Rebecca Solnit
SF
Author, Hope in the Dark and Men Explain Things to Me and columnist, Harper’s
Shawn Colvin
ATX
Three-time Grammy Award winner
Vann R. Newkirk II
DC
Writer, The Atlantic, contributing editor, Seven Scribes
Kelley L. Carter
SF, LA, DC, NYC, ATX, PDX, SEA
Emmy Award–winning writer, ESPN’s The Undefeated
Rembert Browne
NY
Writer-at-large, New York Magazine
Wendy MacNaughton
LA
Illustrator and back-page columnist, The California Sunday Magazine
Jazmine Hughes
SF, LA, DC, NYC
Associate editor, The New York Times Magazine
Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
SF, LA, DC, NYC, ATX, PDX, SEA
Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and essayist, MTV News
Laurel Braitman
SF, LA, DC, NYC, ATX, PDX, SEA
New York Times bestselling author, writer-in-residence, Stanford School of Medicine
Dan Engber
NYC
Writer, Slate, Wired
Rachel Monroe
NYC, ATX, PDX, SEA
Writer, Texas Monthly, The New Republic
Marin Cogan
SF, LA, DC, NYC
Contributing editor, New York Magazine
Drew Denny
SF, LA
Award-winning filmmaker, multimedia artist
Talia Herman
PDX, SEA
Photographer, The California Sunday Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, Fader
Skip Hollandsworth
ATX
Executive Editor, Texas Monthly
Stephanie Foo
DC
Producer, This American Life
Nicola Twilley
SF, LA, NYC, ATX, PDX, SEA
Co-host, Gastropod
Cynthia Graber
SF, LA, NYC, ATX, PDX, SEA
Co-host, Gastropod
Pat Walters
SF, LA
Editor, Gimlet Media
Anayansi Diaz-Cortes
NYC
Radio producer, PRI’s The World, NPR’s All Things Considered
Ben & Rhonda Partain
DC, ATX, PDX, SEA
Essayists
Jamie Meltzer
PDX, SEA
Award-winning filmmaker
Matt Largey
SF, DC, ATX, PDX, SEA
News editor, KUT Austin
Tim Hussin
DC, ATX, PDX, SEA
Award-winning documentary filmmaker
Lucas Foglia
NYC
Internationally exhibited photographer
With new original music from
Magik*Magik Orchestra
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Always amazing
Ira Glass
Funny, touching and inspiring
Kara Swisher
Go!
Jad Abumrad
Highly recommended
Michael Pollan
The Pop-Up Magazine Experience
Pop-Up Magazine is a live magazine, created for a stage, a screen, and a live audience. Each evening is unique, but here are a few things to look forward to.
Remarkable Storytellers
Some of the country’s most interesting writers, filmmakers, photographers, radio producers, and illustrators share new, true stories onstage.
Stunning Visuals
Stories come to life on a giant screen filled with photographs, films, illustrations, and animations.
A Live Score
Story soundtracks are composed and performed live onstage by Magik*Magik Orchestra.
A Fascinating Audience
Curious, creative people come to see old friends and meet new ones.
A Beautiful Theater
Venues like BAM Howard Gilman Opera House in New York, Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, and The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles.
A Great Party
Performers and audience members swap stories over drinks after the show.
Some Magic Nobody Can Quite Put Their Finger On
It’s kind of hard to explain, but it helps to hear from someone who’s been…
Illustrations by Wendy MacNaughton
I’m transported…
Arianna, San Francisco audience
Made my heart ache and my brain reconfigure
Mia, Seattle audience
No excuses, just go
Noah, Portland audience
It feels so intimate, like you’ve stumbled on the most interesting person in the party
Rachel, New York City audience