Word of Mouth Unrecognized

Word of Mouth is a storytelling and adventure club, who had some problems with the group recognition application and is currently inactive for the semester of Spring 2008 while its signers concentrate on their academics, run a radio show, and rethink the group's focus. We are all, however, still interested in providing support for anyone with an interest in anything from storytelling, radio journalism, NPR's This American Life, or bringing guests related to those topics to Hampshire campus. If you are interested in doing any of these things, feel free to contact us!

Group History
Word of Mouth began in the Spring 2005 as the 'This American Life Club', with the vague idea that we were going to put together our own radio show along the lines of the NPR radio show. We ate a lot of scones, listened to a lot of radio, learned to use mp3 recorders, and for some reason wandered around Smith College late at night trying to find an open dining hall.

In the Fall of 2006, we (sort of accidentally) renamed ourselves 'The Story Genome Project' and began focusing our energy into organizing all-community storytelling events. Our first 'Storytelling Festival' was held in the Kiva that September, and was organized as an open-mic event where audience members could stand and tell their own stories between the performances of practiced tellers. Performers that evening included Jacob Lefton, Molly McLeod, Mai Frank, and Tara Jacob. We also served raspberry-chocolate vegan blondies, which were fantastic (recipe available on request).