[City A Go-Go Short] Salon of Shame
Channel: SeattleArchives
Date: 21/03/2023

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Item X, Record Series 3902-01, Seattle Municipal Archives original format: MiniDV, color with sound

A short segment included in an installment of the Seattle Channel's City A Go-Go. A monthly feature produced and hosted by Nancy Guppy, the show looked at the highlights of Seattle’s arts and cultural offerings each month. This segment features the Salon of Shame. Includes an interview with Ariel Meadow Stalling (Founder/Producer, Salon of Shame). Salon of Shame is a live storytelling event where Seattleites stand and read from their worst adolescent writing, including middle school diaries, high school poetry, unsent letters, etc. Salon of Shame was founded in 2005 with assistance from Jeannie Yandel and Phyllis Fletcher, two of the women behind A Guide To Visitors, Seattle’s long standing storytelling series. Includes footage of Salon of Shame events.

The Seattle Channel launched “City a Go-Go” in August 2002 as a weekly program created, hosted and produced by Nancy Guppy. In 2003, the series was modified to air monthly installments. In their annual reports, the Seattle Channel describes the show’s content as focusing “on Seattle’s arts and cultural communities giving viewers great tips on where to go and what to do. The program highlighted the activities of dozens of Seattle’s cultural institutions and some special ‘finds’ off the beaten path that only Nancy could come up with!” The show aired on the Seattle Channel and KCTS-TV through 2007 and has been cited by Guppy as the "impetus" for Art Zone with Nancy Guppy. Episode features have included poetry slams, wine tastings, film festivals, readings, art museums, dance performance, tapestry weavers, theater, jazz, rap and classical music, and even a yoga singalong. Each episode, shot in handheld digital video, highlights two or three events in the coming week, and gives a quick calendar of other arts happenings.

Item 14637, Record Series 3902-01, Seattle Municipal Archives