UPCOMING:
Stay tuned ;)
Get direct updates from my low-key mailing list– email me and say hallo if you’d like to join <3
~ Ongoing: The Imaginal Commons >> the community that formed after my early 2025 ‘singing over the bones’ spaces and from my previous story-gatherings has cohered in an experimental space called THE IMAGINAL COMMONS that aims to meet once a month and invites different community members to step in and space-hold / offer Something to be held in sacred togetherness. although i am helping to tend and shepherding, i am not at the Center of this space in allowance for experimentation/stepping in of the others who are interested in doing so! <3 if this sounds like something you’d like to experience or be a part of, also send me a hi/hallo and we’ll dialogue. :)
September 2024 was the anniversary of my THE BOOK OF LEGEND publishing back in 2019, and 1 year holding monthly story-space ‘in the wilds of myth’ and in the wilds of the deep heart! Thank you to everyone who has grown this precious international community with me and made space in their lives and hearts for stories, sharing/listening, imagination, and connection. <3
CURRENT OFFERINGS:
INTO THE WILD: 1-on-1 Legend Sessions + Storytelling Work
Choose your own adventure: earth-centered storytelling of the old stories in the oral tradition held in sacred space, 1-on-1 or group Legend Sessions (inner/outer journeying into our personal mythologies and landscapes), outdoor sessions in the NYC area, storywork and mythic mentorship/accompaniment. More info here.
WILDLIGHT: poetry & prose from inside the fire (book – 258 pages)
“An act of sacred invocation,” WILDLIGHT is Audrey Dimola’s third book, a vulnerably thunderous collection of original poetry and prose written from inside the heart of the fire. It is an “alchemical document of reclamation” plunging with deep devotion and full-throated honesty into the wildernesses of love, spirituality, addiction, sex, shamanism, mental health crisis, self-love, and rebirth. $15 (+contribution for shipping if international), more info/purchase here.
THE BOOK OF LEGEND (book – 123 pages)
Called its “own unique unrepeatable genre– a new species of book,” THE BOOK OF LEGEND is Audrey Dimola’s fourth and latest offering, a crystallization of the teachings and adventures that saved her life. It is personal essay, original mythos, and prayer that began with the creative recontextualization of her rampant suicidality and bipolar II diagnosis in the form of stories she spontaneously received about a black wolf and a white wolf. It is a book about self-trust, the intersection of imagination and spirit, and recognizing that YOU ALWAYS HAVE A CHOICE in your healing and evolution. $12 (+contribution for shipping if international), more info/purchase here.
PAST EVENTS:
I’ve hosted, curated, read or performed at…
Previous: curating, hosting, and volunteering with Astoria Music & Arts 2008-2009, and with in bloom collective (co-founded) 2011-2012 for festivals and multi-disciplinary arts events!
{2011}
Likeness: A Question of Perception – Portraits by Liz Nieves
February 4th, 2011 – Hell Gate Social in Astoria
FEATURED WRITER
Poetry and Prose Readings by:
Audrey Dimola, Dennis Borowsky, Justin Finley, Jon Mills & Thomas Pepe
Music by DJ Sambarella
Read the press release
The Q Note presents – Commas & Coffee: It Could Have Been
February 9th, 2011 – Cafe Marlene in Sunnyside
FEATURED WRITER
Featuring the writings of:
Nancy Agabian, Alia Akkam, Rena Bonne, Dennis Borowsky, Audrey Dimola, Beatriz Gil, Robert Trabold & KC Trommer
Read the Daily News article from 2/8/11 (I’m quoted!)
BOWWOW #9
October 6th, 2011 – Bowery Poetry Club in NYC
FEATURED WRITER
Thursday, October 6th, a night of poetry and performance featuring New York City’s finest emerging talents. Featuring the poetry of: Paolo Javier, the Poet Laureate of Queens, Audrey Dimola, Advocate of Wordz, the host of the “Open Room” at the Nuyorican Poets Café, BOWWOW favorite Carina Del Valle Schorske, Sarah Feeley, and from New Haven, David Gorin, in addition to BOWWOW’s newest contributor, Nadia Parbo, and a special performance by musical guest, Tanya Betley.
Boundless Tales Readings Series
October 20th, 2011 – Waltz-Astoria in Astoria
FEATURED WRITER
Featured writers:
Audrey Dimola, Paddy Fitzgerald, Joseph Mulholland, Mike Stahl, and host Aida Zilelian-Silak.
Boundless Tales is one of the only reading series in Queens – more on the reading and info on submitting your work here.
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{2012}
Boundless Tales Readings Series
March 15th, 2012 – Waltz-Astoria in Astoria
FEATURED WRITER
Featured writers:
Michael Alpiner, Robyn Burland, Audrey Dimola, Maddy Lederman, and Richard Marx Weinraub.
Boundless Tales is one of the only reading series in Queens – more on the reading and info on submitting your work here.
Queens Poets & Poems exhibition
April 2012 – Queens Borough Hall
WORK FEATURED
Not exactly a reading or performance, but I was thrilled to have my poem “validation” hand-picked for inclusion in the inaugural Queens Poets & Poems exhibition at Queens Borough Hall, curated by Queens Poet Laureate Paolo Javier for National Poetry Month 2012.
Some Kind of Nature
April 28th, 2012 – 571 Projects in NYC
WORK FEATURED
Featuring my poem, “voyage.” Directed by Patrice Miller: An interdisciplinary exploration of the figure through performance text and sculpture using classical texts and new material from contemporary authors written in response to the process and work of artist Julie Tremblay. Featuring work from Marcus Bowers, Edward Einhorn, Audrey Dimola, Justin Maxwell and others, Some Kind of Nature focuses on the intersection between the real and surreal, the body and the idea of the body, drawing inspiration from classic surrealists and writers like Jorge Luis Borges.
Boundless Tales Readings Series
June 21st, 2012 – Waltz-Astoria in Astoria
HOSTING & READING
Featured writers:
Ignas Bautrenas, Christian Diaz, Audrey Dimola (guest host & reader), Anthony Frisina, and Mickey Z.
Boundless Tales is one of the only reading series in Queens – more on the reading and info on submitting your work here.
Boundless Tales Readings Series
July 19th, 2012 – Waltz-Astoria in Astoria
CO-HOSTING
Featured writers:
Lisa Badner, Devin Doyle, Carrie Noel, Patrick Noyes, and host Aida Zilelian-Silak.
Boundless Tales is one of the only reading series in Queens – more on the reading and info on submitting your work here.
Renegade Reading Series
October 11th, 2012 – LaunchPad in Brooklyn
FEATURED WRITER
Cassandra Trascik, Nathaniel Kressen, Audrey Dimola, David Moscovich, Cory Leadbeater, Adina Lepp, Siobhan O’Loughlin, and Kelly Wehrle share their work at LaunchPad from 8pm to 11pm (Renegade’s FB page is here).
PARACHUTE: The Coney Island Performance Festival
October 13th, 2012 – New York Aquarium in Coney Island
PERFORMER
Performing an excerpt from Muriel Rukeyser’s play “Houdini” with The Believe Project as a site-specific poetry installation to welcome attendees to PARACHUTE: The Coney Island Performance Festival. Curated by Amanda Deutch and Becca Klaver. Parachute’s FB page is here.
Brooklyn Museum’s Target First Saturdays
December 1st, 2012 – Brooklyn Museum
PERFORMER
Invited by the Brooklyn Museum to reprise our Rukeyser performance (with even more pizzazz!) as part of their Target First Saturdays programming. So very cool! Parachute’s FB page is here.
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{2013}
Honey and Poison
January 17th, 2013 – Two Moon Art House & Cafe in Brooklyn
FEATURED WRITER
Storytellers, poets, comedians, performance artists and… glass eaters. Really? Yes. Hosted by Siobhan O’Loughlin and featuring: Martin Dockery, Todd Anderson, Audrey Dimola, Abigoliah Schamaun, Matteo Lane, and Eli Reiter. Honey and Poison’s FB page is here.
Nature of the Muse fireside reading & live writing
January 27th, 2013 – LIC Bar in Queens
CURATOR & HOST
The debut of my reading and live writing event, fireside in the carriage house at LIC Bar! Featuring: Michael Stahl, Sweta Srivastava Vikram, Michael Alpiner, and Carrie Noel, with myself as host and Ace Elijah as special musical guest. View the program here.
Sycamore Stories
February 20th, 2013 – Sycamore in Brooklyn
FEATURED WRITER
Featuring candid stories, short fiction, and poetry by the talented and insightful: Stella Perry, Dan Combs, Jose Paez, Adam Selbst, Robert Semple, Kate Jones, Eric Nelson, William Spadaro, Raquel Penzo, Audrey Dimola, Kathy Karadza, Alex Clermont, and Moshe Schulman, with your erratic host Kelley Brannon. Sycamore’s FB page is here.
REZ Reading Series
March 7th, 2013 – Odradeks Coffee House in Kew Gardens
FEATURED WRITER
The triumphant return of REZ! Featuring Aida Zilelian, Audrey Dimola, Aaron Adler, Deborah Emin, Liza Charlesworth, Justin Martin, Vickie Byron, Alissa Heyman, Enrique Flores-Galbis and Mandy Gor. REZ’s FB page is here.
Nature of the Muse fireside reading & live writing
April 4th, 2013 – LIC Bar in Queens
CURATOR & HOST
The second edition of my reading and live writing series, Nature of the Muse! Featuring: Aida Zilelian-Silak, Joe Yoga, Tim Fredrick, and Greg Kirkorian, with special guests Siobhan O’Loughlan and Paul Weinfield. Find out more about Nature of the Muse here.
Boundless Tales Reading Series
April 18th, 2013 – Waltz-Astoria in Astoria
HOST
Featured writers:
Jeff Brandt, Susana H. Case, Kim Liao, Eric Nelson, and Malini Singh McDonald
Proud to be on the co-hosting team of Boundless with founder Aida Zilelian and Devin Doyle!
Oh, Bernice! Reading Series
April 20th, 2013 – Cafe Marlene in Sunnyside
FEATURED WRITER
Featuring: Brian Kim, Jenna Telesca, Sachiko Clayton, Audrey Dimola, John Rice as host, and one of the most hilarious event posters I’ve ever seen. Oh, Bernice’s website is here, and video from my performance that night is here.
WITH SPECIAL GUEST
May 7th, 2013 – The Delancey, NYC
FEATURED WRITER
Reading poetry with LIVE IMPROV CELLO ACCOMPANIMENT! Amazing! Featuring: M. Leona Godin (also fabulous host), Audrey Dimola, Kyle Erickson, and singing cellist Calum Ingram, later accompanied by Sho Handa on drums. FB invite for future events is here.
Coney Island Oasis
Originally May 11th/rescheduled for May 18th, 2013 – Coney Island, Brooklyn
CURATOR & HOST
Oh, adventures in outdoor event curating! In collaboration with Lola Star – featuring a yoga class on the beach taught by Dina Ivas, readings by Jonathan Fox, Sheila Maldonado, Greg Kirkorian, and Audrey Dimola, with music from SMAX Music and Amy Leo.
The 1st NYC Not Wedding
May 22nd, 2013 – Bathhouse Studios, NYC
PERFORMER (SPOKEN WORD OFFICIANT)
So fun – I faux-officiated a real couple’s vow renewal with some spoken word at the 1st NYC Not Wedding, a bridal show alternative in the form of a big, fake wedding with vendors, food, music, dancing, and more!
Boundless Tales Reading Series
June 20th, 2013 – Waltz-Astoria in Astoria
HOST
Featured writers:
Ignas Bautrenas, Greg Kirkorian, Anna Voisard, Vito Racanelli, and Joe Yoga
Proud to be on the co-hosting team of Boundless with founder Aida Zilelian and Devin Doyle!
REZ Reading Series
July 11th, 2013 – Odradeks Coffee House in Kew Gardens
FEATURED WRITER
Reading alongside featured reader Malini Singh McDonald as well as Devin Doyle, Josh Rivedal, and Valerie G. Keane.
Kea’s Spoken Word
July 19th, 2013 – Enigma Bookstore in Astoria
FEATURED WRITER
Reading with Kea DeVay, Aida Zilelian-Silak, Devin Doyle, and Greg Gordon as part of Enigma Bookstore’s soft opening and the debut of Kea’s new spoken word reading series.
The 3rd Annual NYC Poetry Festival
July 27th, 2013 – Governor’s Island
FEATURED WRITER
Representing Astoria’s own Boundless Tales Reading Series alongside Devin Doyle and Lisa Badner at the city’s biggest poetry fest! A clip from my performance is here.
First Tuesdays: A Neighborhood Reading Series in Queens
September 3rd, 2013 – Terraza 7 in Jackson Heights
FEATURED WRITER
Honored to grace their floating stage – the featured writer goes on after the fantastic open mic. First Tuesdays’ FB page is here, and video from my performance that night is here.
Astoria Art Festival – Instagram Photo Show
September 2013 – Sparrow Tavern in Astoria
FEATURED ARTIST
So very cool to have some of my Instagram photos chosen for inclusion in the 2nd annual Astoria Art Festival‘s Instagram Photo Show!
Newtown Literary Reading
October 11th, 2013 – Astoria Bookshop
FEATURED WRITER
Celebrating Newtown Literary‘s 2nd issue and the opening of Astoria Bookshop with a reading featuring LIC/Astoria writers Jeff Brandt, Audrey Dimola, Carlos Hiraldo, Daniel Damiano, Candice Mays & Jaclyn Majewski.
Boundless Tales Reading Series
October 17th, 2013 – Waltz-Astoria in Astoria
HOST
Featured writers:
Jeff Bakkensen, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Vickie Byron, Jared Harel, and Karen Levy
Proud to be on the co-hosting team of Boundless with founder Aida Zilelian and Devin Doyle!
Queens Literary Town Hall (inaugural event of Queens Council on the Arts’ 3rd Space series)
October 18th, 2013 – Queens Council on the Arts in Astoria
CURATOR & HOST
Part performance, part soapbox, and part networking opportunity, the first ever Queens Literary Town Hall brought diverse Queens literary organizations (from bookstores to reading series to festival organizers and more) together with writers and lit lovers to celebrate and strengthen the burgeoning literary community in the borough. Click here for more info, and go here for more info on Queens Council on the Arts’ 3rd Space program.
FAVORS Opening Reception – Writers Read on FAVORS
November 8th, 2013 – SPACE Gallery in LIC
FEATURED WRITER
Reading with Elisa Montesinos as part of artist Priscilla Stadler‘s FAVORS project opening reception, meant to “challenge the people of Queens, NYC and beyond to smash the stereotype that New Yorkers are cutthroat, competitive egoists by doing favors for friends, family and strangers”!
Trajectories: words and music
December 12th, 2013 – Aurora Gallery in Astoria
CO-CURATOR/FEATURED WRITER
Featuring music by composers from Queens-based new music ensemble thingNY and poets (Devin Doyle, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Safiel Vonay, Valerie G. Keane, and Thomas Fucaloro) curated by Audrey Dimola – an “exciting salon of spoken word and poetry and its intersection with classical and improvised music.”
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{2014}
Nature of the Muse fireside reading & live writing
January 30th, 2014 – LIC Bar [Facebook]
CURATOR & HOST
The 2014 return of my reading/live writing series! Featuring: Jeff LaGreca, M. Leona Godin, Devin Doyle, Malini Singh McDonald, and John “Chance” Acevedo, with special musical guests Tyler Rivenbark and Thomas Graff.
In Celebration of The Year of the Horse: A Prose and Poetry Reading
February 2nd, 2014 – Bliss on Bliss Studio in Sunnyside [Facebook]
FEATURED WRITER
Seven writers – Jared Harel, Diane Chang, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Audrey Dimola, Jen Fitzgerald, Becca Klaver and Stephen Krauska – come to together to share their work and discuss what The Year of the Horse means to them. A Q&A will follow.
Beach Elements
February 6th, 2014 – Dougherty Gallery at Crescent Grill in LIC
FEATURED WRITER
A special poetry and prose reading for artist Nancy Gesimondo’s “Beach Elements” exhibition opening.
COFFEED Pop-up Art & Shop
February 13th, 2014 – COFFEED’s new event space in LIC [Facebook]
WORDS & MUSIC CURATOR/FEATURED WRITER
Poetry Teachers NYC’s The Unveiling Arrival
March 9th, 2014 – Bowery Poetry Club in NYC [Facebook]
FEATURED WRITER
Lecture on “Local Curating 101” for Intro to Creative Writing Class
March 11th, 2014 – Queens College
GUEST LECTURER
ETERNiDAY: the Queens Poet Lore Festival of the Language Arts
March 15th, 2014 – Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows Park [Facebook]
LOCAL PROGRAM CURATOR/FEATURED WRITER
IAM (Immigrant Advancement Matters) Open Mic
March 21st, 2014 – COFFEED in LIC [Facebook]
FEATURED PERFORMER
UNSTAGED: A Playwrighting & Performance Experiment at Rough Draft Festival
March 28th, 2014 – LaGuardia Performing Arts Center in LIC [Facebook]
CO-CURATOR & PERFORMER
Latimer Lounge presents: Latimer Creative Spark
April 4th, 2014 – Lewis H. Latimer House Museum in Flushing [Facebook]
FEATURED SPEAKER/POET
ASTORIA STAND UP local arts showcase in conjunction with “ASTORIA PARK” film
April 5th, 2014 – Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden in Astoria
CO-CURATOR & FEATURED PERFORMER
Audrey Dimola’s WORLD OF WORDS: QUEENS, A Celebration of Queens Literary Arts
April 12th, 2014 – LaGuardia Performing Arts Center in LIC [Facebook]
CURATOR & FEATURED WRITER/PERFORMER
Kea’s Spoken Word
April 25th, 2014 – Enigma Bookstore in Astoria [Facebook]
HOST
Mike Geffner’s THE INSPIRED WORD at COFFEED in LIC
May 7th, 2014 – FEATURED PERFORMER
ONGOING – HOST [Facebook]
International Women Artists’ Salon – Salon Radio
May 12th, 2014 – FEATURED ARTIST
A recording of the interview is available here. Listen to new and archived episodes on City World Radio – if you’re interested in joining as a woman creative of any discipline, email womenartsalon@gmail.com.
Atlas Park Reading Series at Atlas Park Shops in Glendale
May 22nd, 2014 – Shiro of Japan
HOST & FEATURED READER [Facebook]
IAM Open Sessions
June 5th, 2014 – Flushing Town Hall [Facebook]
FEATURED PERFORMER
Boundless Tales Reading Series
June 19th, 2014 (last reading of the season) – Astoria Bookshop [Facebook]
HOST
Queens Council on the Arts Block Party
June 21st, 2014 – Kaufman Arts District in Astoria [Facebook]
CURATOR/HOST OF LITERARY SLAM & FEATURED PERFORMER
Atlas Park Reading Series at Atlas Park Shops in Glendale
June 26th, 2014 – Shiro of Japan
HOST
QNSMADE Exhibition & Launch Party
July 18th, 2014 – 3rd Space at Queens Council on the Arts in Astoria [Website]
FEATURED ARTIST
3 Po3try NYC Presents – Hot House: A Summer Poetry Extravaganza
July 31st, 2014 – Organic Modernism in Brooklyn [Facebook]
FEATURED PERFORMER
Inspired Word All-Star Showcase at COFFEED LIC
August 14th, 2014 – COFFEED [Facebook]
FEATURED PERFORMER
Inspired Word All-Star Showcase at COFFEED LIC
September 11th, 2014 – COFFEED [Facebook]
HOST
International Women Artists Salon’s Monthly Salon
September 20th, 2014 – Dixon Place in NYC
FEATURED WRITER
Boundless Tales Reading Series
October 9th, 2014 – Astoria Bookshop
HOST
Canvas of Words’ Preserving Our Roots
October 11th, 2014 – Victoria Congregational Church in Jamaica, Queens [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
TRAVERSALS book launch & performance party
November 13th, 2014 – Q.E.D.: A Place to Show & Tell in Astoria
MY BOOK LAUNCH!
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{2015}
Boundless Tales Reading Series
January 8th, 2015 – Astoria Bookshop [Facebook]
HOST
Queens Library Open Mic for Poets
January 11th, 2015 – Queens Central Library (main Jamaica branch) [Website]
FEATURED READER
Mike Geffner’s The Inspired Word 5-Year Anniversary Extravaganza
January 17th, 2015 – COFFEED LIC [Website]
FEATURED PERFORMER
Nature of the Muse fireside reading & live writing
January 29th, 2015 – LIC Bar [Facebook]
Featuring Marc Montfleury, Roya Marsh, Valerie G. Keane, Kevin Marquez, and special musical guests Jeanne Marie Boes and Geoff Ong.
CURATOR & HOST
Queens Lit in Action! with Audrey Dimola
March 6th, 2015 – Queens Council on the Arts in Astoria
Funded by Poets & Writers! Featuring readings from “TRAVERSALS” and new work AND discussion/free-write exercises playing with themes of wildness, nostalgia, and childhood from my upcoming show “THE WILD PAPERS” [Website]
Boundless Tales Reading Series
March 12th, 2015 – Astoria Bookshop [Website]
HOST
Nature of the Muse reading & live writing
March 26th, 2015 – LIC Bar [Facebook]
Featuring Crystal Rivera, Richard Jeffrey Newman, Jennifer Faylor, Billy Conahan, and Armando Chapelliquen, with special musical guests Samantha Leon and Providence!
CURATOR & HOST
Fringe Verses Open Mic & Poetry (part of Rough Draft Festival 2015)
March 31st, 2015 – LaGuardia Performing Arts Center [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
LIC Reading Series
April 14th, 2015 – LIC Bar [Facebook]
FEATURED READER (at the debut!)
No Bullsh%t Hip Hop Showcase
April 23rd, 2015 – Hail Hail Bar, Brooklyn [Facebook]
HOST
THE WILD PAPERS site-specific performance debut
May 9th, 2015
Lewis H. Latimer House (part of their #museumanarchy initiative) – Flushing [More info]
Conceived by and featuring: Audrey Dimola, Tyler Rivenbark, Jacob Horstmeier, and Kate Vander Velden, with Diana Benigno.
On May 9th, the Latimer House in Flushing, Queens will be home to the very first incarnation of “The Wild Papers” as a performance – a unique, site-specific experience in the house and its grounds, conceived with inventor/poet/draftsman Latimer’s spirit of the unconquerable, of innovation and creativity.
You will be led through a seamless presentation of vignettes of dreams and memories, told through music, dance, poetry, and theatrical elements both specific and universal, playful and haunting. “The Wild Papers” is an exploration of the joy and poignancy of nostalgia, what we bring with us as we go forward, and what makes us who we are.
CURATOR, PERFORMER, CO-CREATOR/WRITER
Public Faculty No. 9
May 14-17th, 2015 (workshop began Jan 2015)
Selected to work on Public Faculty No. 9 project – conversations about connection – in the field in Queens in conjunction with Queens Museum and visiting artist Jeanne Van Heeswijk.
PARTICIPATING ARTIST
THE WILD PAPERS site-specific performance ENCORE
June 20, 2015
Lewis H. Latimer House (part of their #museumanarchy initiative) – Flushing [More info]
CURATOR, PERFORMER, CO-CREATOR/WRITER
RAGE Readings – Astoria Summer Series
July 6, 2015 – Astoria Coffee [Facebook]
FEATURED READER
The Inspired Word’s LAST FRIDAYZ
July 31, 2015 – Local Project in LIC [More info]
FEATURED POET
Queens NYC Lit Festival produced by The Inspired Word & co.
August 1st & 2nd, 2015 – LIC Bar [More info]
A grassroots celebration of literary arts plus music, open mic, vendors, ALL QUEENS BASED! I’ll be hosting some of the open mic on both days & reppin’ my Nature of the Muse reading & live writing series with Michael Stahl, Sweta Vikram, M. Leona Godin, Kevin Marquez & Crystal Rivera performing (Aug 2nd).
HOST, PERFORMER, CO-CURATOR
Mike Geffner’s The Inspired Word open mic
August 25th, 2015 – Funkadelic Studios in NYC [More info]
HOST
Lecture on “Local Curating 101” for Intro to Creative Writing Class
September 28th, 2015 – Queens College
GUEST LECTURER
WORDS WITH WINGS all-poetry show
September 30th, 2015 – THE GRIND in LIC [Facebook]
CO-HOST, CO-CURATOR, FEATURED PERFORMER
The Inspired Word’s We Heart NYC Writers Night
October 8th, 2015 – Parkside Lounge, NYC [More info]
HOST
STAYING WILD: presentation on power, positivity & poetry
October 9th, 2015 – Long Island City High School (10 classes in a row!)
GUEST ARTIST/LECTURER
Audrey Dimola presents MASHUPS! performance/workshop
October 28th, 2015 – Queens Council on the Arts in Astoria [Facebook]
CURATOR & FEATURED PERFORMER
Nature of the Muse reading & live writing
November 12th, 2015 – LIC Bar [Facebook]
CURATOR/HOST
THE RISE OF NEON REBEL: a gathering of creatives
November 18th, 2015 – Q.E.D. in Astoria [Facebook]
CURATOR/CO-HOST/PERFORMER
Inspired Word NYC’s first ever Women Poets of the Q4
December 9th, 2015 – Q4 Hotel in LIC [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
Boundless Tales Reading Series
December 10th, 2015 – Astoria Bookshop [More info]
HOST
Queens Museum’s Warming Up Winter Holiday Market
December 13, 2015 – Queens Museum [Facebook]
Featured artist vendor as ART FOR THE WILD with April Tigerlily and Omi Plufs.
FEATURED ARTIST
Risk of Discovery
December 15th, 2015 – Astoria Coffee [More info]
FEATURED READER
Inspired Word NYC’s Wednesday night open mic
December 16th, 2015 – Q4 Hotel in LIC [More info]
HOST
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{2016}
WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES: a fireside poetry/art/affirmation event
January 21st, 2016 – LIC Bar [Facebook]
HOST/CURATOR, PERFORMER
Boundless Tales Reading Series
March 10th, 2016 – Astoria Bookshop [Facebook]
HOST
Celebrating Queens Women Artists / The Enchanted Goddess Revue
organized by Joan Becht Willette for Women’s History Month
March 11th, 2016 – Queens Council on the Arts in Astoria[More info]
FEATURED POET / SPECIAL GUEST
Lecture on “Local Curating 101” for Intro to Creative Writing Class
March 14th, 2016 – Queens College
GUEST LECTURER
Queens Book Festival’s Q-Boro Lit Crawl – LIC
April 7th, 2016 – Corner Bistro stage (QBF/Wendy Angulo Productions) in LIC [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
Inspired Word’s We Heart NYC Writers Night
April 14th, 2016 – Parkside Lounge in NYC [More info]
HOST
Queens Library – Poets from Queens reading
with Queens Poet Laureate Maria Lisella and other distinguished local poets
April 16th, 2016 – Queens Library in Flushing (auditorium)
FEATURED POET
UNDER THE INFLUENCE: The Inspirational Legacy of a King from Queens
honoring Astoria graffiti legend DON1 with Louie “KR.ONE” Gasparro
April 16th, 2016 – QNS Collective in Astoria [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
Queens Book Festival’s Q-Boro Lit Crawl – Forest Hills
April 28th, 2016 – Sorry Not Sorry Bar & Lounge (as part of Canvas of Words stage) in Forest Hills [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
The Queens Bookshop Initiative’s Storytime in the Park
April 30th, 2016 – Russell Sage Playground, Forest Hills [Facebook]
FEATURED PERFORMER
Boundless Tales Reading Series
May 12th, 2016 – Astoria Bookshop [More info]
HOST
‘go slowly, see miracles’ at LIC Arts Open Festival 2016
May 18th-22nd, 2016 – 43-01 21st Street, LIC [Facebook]
Known throughout Queens for her explosive poetry, performance, and curatorial work, this is LIC native Audrey Dimola’s first art installation. ‘go slowly, see miracles’ is an immersive amalgam of hidden treasures and alcoves of memories, a cross between a lost boy’s wilderness hideaway, a secret grotto in the mind, and the gritty intersections of love, identity, and nostalgia. It features a variety of never before seen mixed media art pieces, 3D poetry, found objects, sound and visuals, and more- exploring wild spirituality, descents into darkness, reclamation and annunciation. The work is specially presented in this form for LICAO 2016.
INSTALLATION ARTIST
The Poets Settlement
July 12, 2016 – Brooklyn Colony [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
2nd Annual Queens Lit Fest
July 17, 2016 – LIC Landing [Facebook]
Representing my Nature of the Muse series (& other events) at Inspired Word’s 2nd annual Queens Lit Fest (July 16 & 17th) at LIC Landing, 3:30-4pm with Jack Feldstein, Timothy Bell & Tippy Rex.
FEATURED WRITER/CURATOR
Queens Book Festival
August 7th, 2016 – Kaufman Astoria Studios [Facebook]
Speaking on the Taking Poetry to the Streets panel with former Queens Poet Laureate Paolo Javier: Some may think of poetry as a writing style only for the lofty towers of higher education or the upper class, but these poets are taking their talents and love of poetry, and bringing it to everyone. These poets will elaborate on Audre Lorde’s statement, “Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity for our existence.” How is poetry a “light “in which we can put our hopes and dreams and use it to create change?
FEATURED POET/PANELIST
PETER PAN TURNS 30!
August 11th, 2016 – Local Project [Facebook]
MY 30th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION! Poetry, music, mashups, art, rainbowy food & potentially a water balloon fight.. The wildchild from Neverland turns 30, lost boy style!
CURATOR/PERFORMER… BIRTHDAY GIRL!
Boundless Tales Reading Series- 5 Year Anniversary
September 9th, 2016 – Queens Council on the Arts, Astoria [More info]
Boundless was the first reading series I read for and also the first reading series to give me a running gig as a host. Join us in celebrating this extra-special milestone!
CO-HOST
Visitor Experience Conference 2016
October 10th, 2016 – Philadelphia, PA
Speaking with the Lewis H. Latimer House Museum about my immersive theatrical experience, THE WILD PAPERS, on the “How to Let Visitors Create Their Own Experience” panel. View the presentation here.
One often under-represented group in the process of designing visitor experience are visitors themselves, who are really the core in experiencing cultural institutions. This session explores ways to involve visitors in creating their own experience through unconventional partnerships across cultural institutions, multidisciplinary artists, and community groups. Two projects being discussed here are Light On Sound art installation and Wild Papers theatre, both of which happened at Lewis H. Latimer House. The former incorporates the voice of local residents into an interactive installation, through community poetry workshops. The latter invited the audience to reinterpret the institutional space through a site-specific performance. The session will serve as a trigger for open conversations and collaboration proposals on more innovative ways to engage visitors to create their own cultural experience, either prior to or during their visit, and make a lasting impact on the institution through their experience.
FEATURED PANELIST
THE FIRE ROOM installation at LIC-A’s Fall Group Show
November 22nd, 2016 – 5-25 46th Ave, LIC [Facebook]
Special poetry graffiti installation with sharpie, spray cans, paint, candles, FIRE in THE FIRE ROOM at the LIC-A artists space through Dec 22, plus poetry performance on the opening night.
FEATURED POET/INSTALLATION ARTIST
The sisSTAR Loop Series: Authors & Writers Info Session
December 1st, 2016 – Novelty Nachos in the Bronx [Facebook]
FEATURED WRITER/PANELIST
Empyre Media Productions’ ArtistSpace 1 Year Anniversary
December 2nd, 2016 – Astoria, Queens [More info]
FEATURED SPEAKER
Boundless Tales Reading Series
December 8th, 2016 – The Local NYC in Long Island City, Queens [More info]
Hosting for Queens’ longest running reading series, Boundless Tales at their new venue The Local NYC! Submit your work if you’d like to read for a future date.
HOST
reliquary: the body premiere at LIC-A Winter Gala
December 22, 2016 – 5-25 46th Ave in Long Island City, Queens
Debut of brand new poetic theatre piece, reliquary: the body
FEATURED PERFORMER
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{2017}
PUBLIC PROGRAMS at Socrates Sculpture Park!
Curated full season of Public Programs and Arts Education at Socrates Sculpture Park, live season May to October 2017
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS
International Women Artists’ Salon’s Salon Radio
February 2nd, 2017 – City World Radio broadcast from NYC
Featured artist on City World Radio on International Women Artists’ Salon’s Salon Radio program discussing HOW WE CREATE & HOW WE COPE, listen LIVE online at cityworldradio.com, 8-8:55pm EST. *Listen to the recording by clicking “Listen to Archived Shows,” clicking the folder icon, and going to International Women Artists’ Salon 2-2-17.
FEATURED ARTIST
HOW WE CREATE & HOW WE COPE: intersections of art & mental health/mental illness
February 10th, 2017 – Queens Council on the Arts’ LAB space in Astoria [Facebook]
Queens native and poet/curator Audrey Dimola hosts a panel and performance evening aiming for safe space, honest talk, and open presentations about the too-often stigmatized topic of mental illness, particularly in connection to the creative experience. Throughout our cultural history, many of the legendary artists we know today grappled in this way- yet it becomes a passing line in their bio, a tragic footnote; and their brilliant work remains. In the present day, an increasing number of individuals of all ages are struggling in similar fashion, frequently in silence and shame, for fear of judgment and unanswered questions. How much of how we suffer makes us who we are and results in the art we create? How much of these feelings are the natural experience of the artist, and when is it time to seek help? What do those forms of help look like? A variety of local featured artists will present their stories, poetry, music, visual art, and more, in addition to facilitated discussion, Q&A, and sharing of resources/experiences on these topics. All are welcome, your voice is encouraged.
HOST, CURATOR, PERFORMER
Cyrus Second Saturdays Poetry Series
February 11th, 2017 – Cyrus Chai & Coffee in Bay Shore, Long Island [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
Generative Spaces & Social Change
February 13th, 2017 – The New School in NYC
Featured guest speaker representing Socrates Sculpture Park and my work as an independent poet/curator for P. Azzarello and J. Pirone’s incredible class on generative spaces and social change at The New School.
GUEST SPEAKER
LIC-A’s Valentines Night opening of 8 LOVES
February 14th, 2017 – Plaxall Gallery in Long Island City, Queens
Special dance/poetry multidisciplinary debut of “a memory is altered everytime you recollect it” with Alvin Ailey dancer Artemis Stamouli [Facebook]
FEATURED PERFORMER
What is Human? in a Figurative Sense – exhibition opening
February 17th, 2017 – The Factory in Long Island City, Queens
FEATURED POET
What is Human? in a Figurative Sense – exhibition closing
March 2nd, 2017 – The Factory in Long Island City, Queens [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
The Divine Female exhibition opening – Eduardo Anievas & Yelena Tylkina
March 4th, 2017 – The Local NYC in Long Island City, Queens [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
Boundless Tales Reading Series
March 9th, 2017 – The Local NYC in Long Island City [More info]
HOST
2nd annual Celebrating Queens Women Artists event
March 10th, 2017 – Queens Council on the Arts in Astoria [More info]
KEYNOTE SPEAKER & FEATURED PERFORMER
MDAD presents 5th Annual Women Empowerment Event
March 18th, 2017 – La Maison d’Art in Harlem, NYC [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
Inspired Word NYC’s Pre-Queens Lit Fest Open Mic
March 24th, 2017 – COFFEED in Astoria/Long Island City, Queens [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
NeverTheLess: A Night of Nasty Women
March 28th, 2017 – El Barrio’s Artspace PS 109 in NYC [Facebook]
FEATURED PERFORMER
Line Break Reading Series
April 1st, 2017 – Q.E.D.: A Place To Show & Tell in Astoria, Queens [Facebook]
FEATURED READER
Nasty Women Unite Fest
April 26, 2017 – The Paper Box in Brooklyn [Facebook]
Featured panelist for the panel on Nasty Women* and Community Engagement and Activism as part of Nasty Women Unite Fest (April 23-30)!
FEATURED PANELIST
Inspired Word NYC’s 3rd annual Queens Lit Fest
April 30, 2017 – LIC Landing in Gantry Plaza State Park [More info]
FEATURED POET
Boundless Tales Reading Series
June 8, 2017 – The Local NYC in Long Island City [Facebook]
HOST
JOURNEY OF DREAMS exhibition closing
June 15, 2017 – LIC Arts Open Gallery at The Factory [more info]
FEATURED POET
Organizing for Action’s ‘Rethink Plastic’ – film screening & discussion
September 9, 2017 – Variety Boys & Girls Club in Astoria, Queens [Facebook]
FEATURED PANELIST – representing Socrates Sculpture Park
NeverTheLess: A Night of Dualism
September 19, 2017 – El Barrio Art Space, NYC [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
Effie Pasagiannis’ Art & Poetry Salon
September 28, 2017 – Arlo NoMad, NYC [Facebook]
Reading original works inspired by paintings!
FEATURED POET
The 36th Asbury Short Film Concert
October 19, 2017 – Zukor Theatre at Kaufman Astoria Studios, Queens
Honored to join the ranks of Edie Falco, John Turturro, Adrian Grenier, Olympia Dukakis and Harvey Keitel to host for this series, in partnership with my wonderful friend and fellow curator Ann O’Connor who is working to create another stronghold for short film in Queens! Asbury Shorts USA’s mission is to keep great short films in theaters and public spaces for folks who don’t generally go to film festivals. [More info]
HOST
Mental health-themed benefit show for The Rainbow Foundation
October 24, 2017 – Lucky Jack’s, NYC [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
New York Writers Workshop reading – curated by Jen Fitzgerald
December 7, 2017 – The Red Room at KGB Bar in NYC [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
FREEDOM: NOTHING CAN STOP ME – curated by Yuko Kudo
December 28, 2017 – Bar Thalia in NYC [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
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{2018}
PUBLIC PROGRAMS at Socrates Sculpture Park!
Curated full season of Public Programs and Arts Education at Socrates Sculpture Park, live season May to October 2018
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS
CHURCH OF THE SACRED BODY
January 14, 2018 – LIC Bar [Facebook]
The debut of my show CHURCH OF THE SACRED BODY 5-7pm in the intimate, fireside carriage house at LIC Bar. this show is a call to honoring our bodies, the sacredness in sensuality and sexuality, healing and releasing trauma in our bodies, letting the body speak its truth, uncensored.
CURATOR, HOST, PERFORMER
Compass Project Poetry presentation for four 6th grade classes
January 18, 2018 – IS 126 Middle School
Presentation on “Compass Project Poetry! And other ways to reach the world with unexpected positivity” in collaboration with Community Word Project: “How to reach the people with your art, work and/or message? Guest Artist and leader of Socrates Sculpture Park, Audrey Dimola sharing the way she uses slogans, taglines and mottos via social media to inspire and promote change in the world. Our students then got a chance to create their own slogans we will turn into stickers as we continue our campaign against injustice in the world while promoting creativity.”
GUEST ARTIST/LECTURER
Three Rooms Press’ WOMEN LIKE US
March 2, 2018 – Cornelia Street Cafe in NYC [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
THEN SHE DID curated by Melissa McCaig-Welles & Lori Zimmer
March 3, 2018 – Plaxall Gallery in LIC [Facebook]
Site-specific full hallway of poetry graffiti – poem “lazarus was a house on fire (WOMAN)” – and performance included in new exhibition as part of Women’s Month, THEN SHE DID, at the Plaxall Gallery in LIC.
INSTALLATION ARTIST & FEATURED POET
Celebrating Queens Women Artists curated by Joan Becht Willette
March 23, 2018 – Queens Council on the Arts in Astoria [More info]
FEATURED AS PRACTICING ARTIST/ARTIST LEADER
“WILDLIGHT” book release and performance
March 24, 2018 – Q.E.D. Astoria [Facebook]
PERFORMER & CURATOR
IDLEWILD MAGAZINE issue No. 14 launch
March 24, 2018 – LetLove Inn in Astoria
My poem “lazarus was a house on fire (WOMAN)” is excerpted in the new issue celebrating Women’s History Month! [More info]
FEATURED POET
The Power of Your Voice’s THRIVE
March 30, 2018 – Bar Thalia in NYC [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
POETS OF QUEENS curated by Olena Jennings
April 4, 2018 – Ditmars Vintage in Astoria [More info]
FEATURED POET
HOW WE CREATE & HOW WE COPE: intersections of art & mental health/mental illness at Rough Draft Festival 2018
April 15, 2018 – LaGuardia Performing Arts Center in LIC [Facebook]
Thrilled and honored to return to LaGuardia Performing Arts Center’s ROUGH DRAFT FESTIVAL with the next generation of my show HOW WE CREATE & HOW WE COPE: intersections of art and mental health/mental illness, which originally debuted to a sold out crowd at Queens Council on the Arts in February 2017. How much of how we suffer makes us who we are and results in the art we create? How much of these feelings are the natural experience of the artist, and when is it time to seek help? A multidisciplinary exploration of creativity and mental health/illness.
CURATOR/HOST & FEATURED PERFORMER
WILDLIGHT & Scags Evening Reading
April 17, 2018 – Kew & Willow Books in Kew Gardens [Facebook]
Special reading for “WILDLIGHT” and “Scags at 45” at Kew & Willow Books in Kew Gardens (The Queens Bookshop Initiative’s brick and mortar bookstore!) with my wonderful friend and fellow writer Deborah Emin.
FEATURED POET
WILDLIGHT reading and discussion with teens
May 23, 2018 – Long Island City High School
What happens when your 9th grade English teacher gifts copies of your new book “WILDLIGHT” to her entire class…
GUEST LECTURER/PERFORMER
“Poetry & Lunch with Audrey” workshop/discussion for teens at LIC High School
June 8, 2018 – Long Island City High School
FEATURED POET/SPACE-HOLDER
Joaquin Capehart’s “WHAT IF I SAID” book release
August 19, 2018 – Flor de Azalea Cafe in Astoria
SPECIAL GUEST POET
Nancy Ruhling’s Astoria Characters Day
September 23, 2018 – Variety Boys & Girls Club in Astoria [More info]
I was interviewed by Nancy as part of her Astoria Characters series in August 2018 as “The BFF of Socrates Sculpture Park”! Read the story here.
FEATURED PERFORMER
HOW TO BUILD A FIRE: RESILIENCE
November 16, 2018 – Open Source Gallery [Facebook]
FEATURED STORYTELLER
Open Mic Renegades presents Flower Power Fridays
December 7, 2018 – Flower Power Coffee House NYC [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
NEIGHBORHOOD MIXTAPE: Volume 1
December 13, 2018 – Chateau Le Woof [More info]
Hosted and curated Volume 1 of NEIGHBORHOOD MIXTAPE, a new poetry, music & comedy show in partnership with Chateau Le Woof!
HOST/CURATOR/PERFORMER
PROVENANCE: a new alchemical theatre work by Audrey Dimola
December 18, 2018 – LIC-A/Plaxall Gallery
Debut of my first ever original theatre work, “PROVENANCE” at LIC-A/Plaxall Gallery. [More info]
WRITER/PERFORMER/PROCLAIMER …
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{2019}
PUBLIC PROGRAMS at Socrates Sculpture Park!
Curated full season of Public Programs and Arts Education at Socrates Sculpture Park, live season May to October 2019
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS
The Widening Circle
January 18, 2019 – Communitea [Facebook]
My creative gathering The Widening Circle comes to Communitea in LIC with poetry/music/comedy and community sharing!
HOST & CURATOR, PERFORMER
NATURE OF THE MUSE – 6 year anniversary
January 27, 2019 – LIC Bar [Facebook]
6 year anniversary of my first curated/hosted show ever, NATURE OF THE MUSE! In the fireside carriage house at LIC Bar.
HOST & CURATOR, PERFORMER
Neighborhood Mixtape: Volume 2, Ladies Edition
February 7, 2019 – Chateau Le Woof
HOST & CURATOR, PERFORMER
The Secret Loft
February 28, 2019 – Secret Loft in NYC [Facebook]
Featuring with my dear friend and fellow poet, Buttered Roll, for this popular Poetry & Prose Open Mic.
FEATURED POET
Astoria Performing Arts Center’s Playmaking Program
March 6, 2019 – PS 152 in Woodside, Queens
Each year, middle school students from P.S. 152 participate in an after school Playmaking Program with APAC teaching artists. These middle school playwrights see their original short scripts brought to life by professional actors and directors in a evening of staged readings. The show is free and open to the public.
PARTICIPATING ACTOR
HEAD FOR THE TEMPLE house show
March 9, 2019 – Astoria, Queens
Hosted interdisciplinary artist Brandon Perdomo (NYC, butoh) + David Rudge (wNY, electric fiddle) in addition to an eclectic offering of music, poetry, comedy, and ceremony.
HOST/PERFORMER/SPACE-HOLDER
Inspired Word NYC’s QUEENS VOICES debut
March 30, 2019 – COFFEED in Astoria, Queens [Facebook]
FEATURED POET
DZIECI THEATRE’S “A PASSION”: A dramatic choral liturgy unbound
April 13-20, 2019 in various NYC venues: CAMBA in Bushwick, Christ Church NJ, Church of the Redeemer in Astoria, Old First Reformed Church in Brooklyn, Old Dutch Church in Kingston, Old Stone House in Brooklyn
One of the most extraordinary experiences of my life. THANK YOU Dzieci, forever.
COMPANY MEMBER
“trusting the inmost angel” art installation
June 8-22, 2019 – The Lit Exhibit, Brooklyn [More info]
My installation “trusting the inmost angel” will be on view as part of The Lit Exhibit’s 2019 show, RITUALS! The Lit Exhibit is an annual Brooklyn exhibition of literary art by local, national, and international emerging and contemporary writers and artists.
FEATURED ARTIST
DON’T CALL IT A FEATURE showcase
July 27, 2019 – Flor de Azalea Cafe in Astoria, Queens
Produced by Your Friendly Neighborhood Open Mic.
FEATURED PERFORMER
BAE: Moonlit – An Ode to the Waterbearers
August 15, 2019 – Ambrosia Elixirs in Brooklyn [Facebook]
HOW TO LIVE YOUR LEGEND: A PRAYER TO SEE AND BE SEEN – Poetic Alchemy & Storytelling with Audrey Wildfire Dimola
FEATURED PERFORMER
Dzieci Theatre presents MAKBET
September 15, 2019 – Widow Jane Mine in Rosendale, NY
COMPANY MEMBER/ENSEMBLE
A Prayer To See & Be Seen: Creative Reframing for Mental Health
October 10 & 12, 2019 – Art House Astoria in Queens
An effort extremely close to my heart. More info: tinyurl.com/creativereframingnyc
CURATOR/HOST
Dzieci Theatre’s “FOOLS MASS”
December 4-22 in venues around NYC + Upstate including a huge dream: final performance at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine! [More info]
Once again, one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life. An honor to make this exploration, this play, this Work, this truest effort {with many bumps + bruises along the way} with all of You.
COMPANY MEMBER
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{2020}
2020 Southeast Queens Biennial Exhibition: Writing Home
February 14 – April 17, 2020 at Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning and York College Fine Arts Gallery – Jamaica, Queens
2 new installation works debuted in both venues, more info HERE and below:
MY INSTALLATIONS:
JCAL: in the beginning was a hero seeking Home {mapping}
WRITING HOME means charting my course from the origins, trying desperately to find safety, belonging, wholeness– HOME– in everywhere + anywhere Else. this has been a journey of individuation– of profound growth + loss, heartbreak, codependency, emotional trauma + instability. but it has also meant– the reclamation + rebirth of my heroic Self.
YORK: in the beginning was a hero seeking Home {resolutions}
after moving ten times in the past five years + wracking endlessly with heartbreak, codependency, emotional instability + spiritual awakening– this assemblage, in dialogue with my installation at JCAL– conjures the resolutions + beginnings borne out of my hero’s journey to WRITE HOME + reclaim the legend of my own Self.
FEATURED ARTIST
Borne Dance Company’s Annual Eating Disorder Awareness show
February 28, 2020 – Secret Theatre, Long Island City
Performing a participatory new work {“the body is a prayer for beginning”} alongside Borne’s premiere of “BOUND” and other guest artists.
FEATURED PERFORMER
400 Years of Inequality – 2020 Symposium, Part 2
April 10, 2020 – Live on Zoom
FEATURED PRESENTER
Dzieci Theatre presents “A PASSION” for the Present Moment {on Zoom!}
April 10, 2020 – Live on YouTube, streamed from Zoom in real-time
COMPANY MEMBER
Sunnyside Shines Virtual Pop-up Market
April 18, 2020 – Live on Zoom [Facebook invite]
CO-HOST & FEATURED PERFORMER
Women’s Night of Dance
May 1, 2020 – On Zoom
So honored and thrilled to share my new “THE WAY OUT IS IN” alchemical exercises and personal archetype exploration as part of the special breakout activities at the virtual Women’s Night of Dance event!
SPECIAL GUEST / FACILITATOR
Support & Inspiration Circle
May 13, 2020 – on Zoom
FEATURED POET
Storytime Theater
May 15, 2020 – on Zoom
Presenting The Garden of Live Flowers from “Through The Looking Glass”!
ACTOR
The Great Indoors reading series
May 15, 2020 – on Zoom
FEATURED READER
Dangerous Gifts – Institute for the Development of Human Arts (IDHA) Open Mic
May 25, 2020 – on Zoom
FEATURED PERFORMER
Let’s Talk About Mental Health
May 28, 2020 – on Zoom
CO-HOST/FEATURED PERFORMER
Allison Sylvia’s The Living Zoom series
July 19, 2020 – on Zoom
FEATURED ARTIST
Meetings with the Masters – Minor Miracles Summer Youth Program
July 29, 2020 – Socrates Sculpture Park
My first formal presentation on Ecotherapy for the Minor Miracles Summer Youth Program (as well as teen girls from the Green Girls program of City Parks Foundation)!!
FEATURED PRESENTER
Truth To Power show on Radio Free Brooklyn
September 14, 2020 – episode 140: The Wild Truth!
FEATURED ARTIST/GUEST
“Up in the Air” exhibition launch – Amanda Millet-Sorsa & Maki Teshima
September 27, 2020 – on Zoom
Q&A MODERATOR
Poets of Queens book launch
October 4, 2020 – on Zoom
FEATURED READER
How to Convert Your Life into Legend: Inside the Hero’s Journey
November 16, 2020 – on Zoom
DEEP HEARTWORK! Hosted by Institute for the Development of Human Arts (IDHA) – more info here; recording here.
HOST / WORKSHOP FACILITATOR
Dzieci’s FOOLS MASS livestream
December 6, 2020 – on YouTube
Dzieci Theatre livestreams a special performance of their yearly FOOLS MASS from Sure We Can! So honored to reengage my holy fool wildchild, Irpinia…
ACTOR / COMPANY MEMBER
Art & Action Chat: Long-term Thinking in Uncertain Times
December 9, 2020 – online
Hosted by Human Impacts Institute
FEATURED PANELIST
Queens Library – Open Mic & Featured Reader
December 17, 2020 – online
FEATURED READER
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{2021}
Old Astoria Neighborhood Association – OANA monthly meeting
February, 10 2021 – online [when do I get to stop writing this?! haha]
FEATURED PERFORMER (SPOKEN WORD)
The Storytelling Circle presents Tales To Get Us Through This – THE HOLY FOOL {The Story of Parsifal}
February, 19 2021 – online [Event info]
Eight storytellers, eight tales, eight evenings of myth, insight and collective exploration. So beyond honored to be a part of this international band of wildhearted tellers!
FEATURED STORYTELLER
Dzieci Theatre presents A PASSION 2021
March 28, 2021 – performed live at Boughton Place / streamed online
ACTOR / COMPANY MEMBER
Integrating the Hero’s Journey into your Life and Practice (presented by Institute for the Development of Human Arts / IDHA)
April 19, 2021 – online [Event info]
IDHA and facilitators JoAnn Dorio Burton, CPRP and Kristin Becker, LCMHCA are hosting a workshop that explores the Hero’s Journey as an empowering way for individuals and practitioners to conceptualize life experiences in ways that are person-centered, de-stigmatizing, and cross-cultural. This event expands upon themes covered in the November 2020 IDHA workshop “How to Convert Your Life Into Legend.” Joined by storyteller and previous IDHA presenter Audrey Dimola, the trio will traverse the stages of the Journey (including Departure/Separation, On The Road/Initiation, and Return/Transformation), discuss how to engage the Hero’s Journey in your life and practice, and explore how to invoke specific myths to deepen resonance and internal explorations in the way that only the Old Stories can- with the rich example of the Grail Legend that centers around Parsifal, the Wounded Fisher King, and the courage to ask the necessary questions. Workshop recording is here.
FEATURED STORYTELLER
The Storytelling Circle presents The Only Way Out is Through – THE WOMAN WHO GREW HERSELF BACK {The Story of The Handless Maiden}
May 7, 2021 – online [Event info]
Ten storytellers, ten tales, ten evenings of myth, insight and collective exploration. So beyond honored to be a part of this international band of wildhearted tellers!
FEATURED STORYTELLER
NYCxDesign’s In The Neighborhood: Live Conversations Series
May 14, 2021 – online thnx to NYCxDesign [watch the video here]
Hosted by Wendy Goodman of Curbed with: Russell Greenberg – Partner, Rux Studios & Stickbulb, and Audrey Dimola – Director of Public Programs, Socrates Sculpture Park. {What I didn’t know at the time would be my last interview while working at Socrates- wow.}
FEATURED SPEAKER/PANELIST
(((( AND THEN I ADVENTURED IN THE UK FOR 2.5 MONTHS :D !! Came back + got my head blown off in November with the Sacred Way initiatory Intensive in Colorado … )))
The sisSTAR Loop’s Sip & Share
December 1, 2021 – [watch the IG Live broadcast here]
FEATURED AUTHOR
Institute for the Development of Human Arts – Art & Experience Auction
December 9, 2021
Happy 5 Years to IDHA! Offering 2 of my books and a Personal Legend Session <3
FEATURED ARTIST / PRACTITIONER
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{2022}
Moving Through Myth – The Way Out Is In
March 15, 2022 [online] as part of Wiracocha Foundation and Qoya Inspired Movement’s fundraiser to support the women weavers of the Q’ero people of Peru
The old stories carry ancient earthen energies that can help us move with and through the trouble and mystery of our lives. Audrey di Mola is an earth-based singer, teller, dancer, Listener, and mythographer– called to continue helping others to remember the Deep Songs of Earth and Story. In this “The Way Out Is In” session Audrey will guide participants through a gathering of chosen stories around a virtual hearth-fire, that we will then “feed” and share from. Where do we find ourselves in the story? What announced itself in our bodies to tell us that? From there, we will dip into visualization/meditation or free movement/embodiment exercises to walk through our own internal legendary wilderness. Nothing is needed besides space to hear, listen, and feel.
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
WE2022 IG Live Series celebrating 10 years of the Annual Women Empowerment Event
March 31, 2022 – Instagram Live [replay here]
FEATURED PANELIST {2017 featured poet/special guest at the conference}
Wild Body Dreaming with Audrey – storytelling session for Dr. Sharon Blackie’s Mythic Imagination Network {April- debut!}
April 27, 2o22 [online]
The old stories carry ancient earthen energies that can help us move with and through the trouble and mystery of our lives. This is the first of several events in which Audrey di Mola will gather us monthly in sacred circle to tell an old story or stories in the oral tradition – the ones which choose to be told that day, in that moment. We will practice listening with our whole body, and afterwards will ‘feed the story’ to be in right relationship with the nourishment we received. Where do we find ourselves in the story? What announced itself in our bodies to tell us that? We explore together, holding space for each other and ‘trailing not trapping’ the profound aliveness that courses through these tales.
STORIES: “No-Song” and “The Moon Palace”
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Special telling of “The Listener,” with Audrey di Mola
May 3, 2022 [online]
1.5-hr telling of the Seneca story “The Listener” for The Roundhouse Storytelling School <3
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Institute for the Development of Human Arts (IDHA)’s Transformative Mental Health Curriculum Development
May + June 2022
Participated as part of the Curriculum experts (inclusive of both lived and professional forms of expertise) who weighed in on content for IDHA‘s forthcoming Transformative Mental Health Curriculum – Module 2: Lived Experience Through Storytelling.
ARTIST WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE – PANEL OF EXPERTS! :)
Wild Body Dreaming with Audrey – storytelling session for Dr. Sharon Blackie’s Mythic Imagination Network {May}
May 25, 2022 [online]
STORY: “Ivan and the Grey Wolf”
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
For The Depths of Us – performance-walk and ritual for Works on Water’s Water Connectors cohort 2022
June 25, 2022 – 16 Oaks Grove to The Cove in Astoria/LIC, Queens [more info]
Works on Water’s Water Connectors is a series of six neighborhood-based temporary public art projects that connect NYC communities vulnerable to the effects of climate change with their waterfront, and with each other. I worked with my Kin to the Cove collaborator, dancer/choreographer Christopher Bisram to weave this experience:
In the late 1800s a body of water that ran through Ravenswood to the East River was buried underground to make way for increasing industrialization. What in us has been buried in the name of progress– what have we sent down into the dark? Kin To The Cove artists Christopher Bisram and Audrey di Mola lead a neighborhood performance-walk tracing the path of Sunswick Creek down to the Cove, woven with personal and collective mythologies in the form of dance, storytelling, song, and ritual. What can be recovered when we make the ecological practice of “daylighting” a stream, metaphorical? What can be found, inside us, out of the Depths?
STORYTELLER / CO-CREATOR
Immersion Session: The Woman Who Married Coyote – for Roundhouse Storytelling School
June 28, 2022 [online]
STORYTELLER / FACILITATOR
Wild Body Dreaming with Audrey – storytelling session for Dr. Sharon Blackie’s Mythic Imagination Network {June}
June 30, 2022 [online]
STORY: “Sedna / Nuliayuk”
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Their Ways Are Wise & Wild: An Evening of Storytelling
July 19, 2022 – Earth&Me in Astoria, Queens [Eventbrite]
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Wild Body Dreaming with Audrey – storytelling session for Dr. Sharon Blackie’s Mythic Imagination Network {August}
August 9, 2022 [online]
STORY: “The Firebird”
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
The Way Out Is In: Letting the Stories Lead Us workshop
August 20, 2022 [online]
Part of Tam Orlando’s 3-day Reclaim Your Creative Expression online retreat
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR / STORYTELLER
Their Ways Are Wise & Wild: An Evening of Storytelling
August 23, 2022 – Earth&Me in Astoria, Queens [Eventbrite]
In collaboration with Lyssa Mandel and her live writing/drawing based on vessel prompts (you had to be there <3)
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Wild Body Dreaming with Audrey – storytelling session for Dr. Sharon Blackie’s Mythic Imagination Network {September}
September 7, 2022 [online]
STORY: “The Marriage of Gawain to Lady Ragnell”
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
An Evening of Storytelling at Kew & Willow Books
September 8, 2022 – Kew Gardens, Queens [Eventbrite]
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
The Winter Court at Book Club Bar
September 11, 2022 – Lower East Side, NYC
Weaving in The Black Prince and The Goose Girl, two of the old stories, betwixt the music sets of folk-mythic band The Winter Court. So fun. <3
GUEST STORYTELLER
Sarah Cameron Sunde’s 36.5 / A Durational Performance With The Sea – New York Estuary
September 14, 2022 – The Cove in Astoria/LIC, Queens [Website]
The culmination of site-specific work that began in November 2019 during my time at Socrates Sculpture Park, and the 9th and final work in Sarah’s global durational performance series, since 2013. A nearly 13 hour stand in the East River, uplifted hourly by dance, prayer, music, communal noise-making (!). We did it. <3
EVENT MGMT + COORDINATION / SPACE-HOLDING / PRAYER OFFERING
Therapeutic Storytelling session for Reality House recovery community
September 22, 2022 – Astoria, Queens
GUEST STORYTELLER
Wild Body Dreaming with Audrey – storytelling session for Dr. Sharon Blackie’s Mythic Imagination Network {October}
October 5, 2022 [online]
STORY: “The Earth God”
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Community, Storytelling and Immersion into the Mythic
October 6, 2022 – Astoria Park, Queens [Eventbrite]
Outdoor telling of The Handless Maiden woven with mini wilderness vigil in one of my favorite urban mythic spaces <3 Thank you Olivia for hosting!
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Wild Body Dreaming: Letting The Stories Lead Us {1st Hudson Valley event!}
October 21, 2022 – Valley Spirit Acupuncture + Internal Arts [more info]
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Wild Body Dreaming with Audrey – storytelling session for Dr. Sharon Blackie’s Mythic Imagination Network {November}
November 16, 2022 [online]
STORY: “The Woman Who Became A Fox”
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Therapeutic Storytelling session for Reality House recovery community
November 17, 2022 – Astoria, Queens
GUEST STORYTELLER
Wild Body Dreaming with Audrey – storytelling session for Dr. Sharon Blackie’s Mythic Imagination Network {December}
STORY: Another telling of “No-Song” to take us back to the start
December 13, 2022 [online]
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
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{2023}
Estrogenius Festival 2023 – Solo Voce
Feb/March 2023
My brand new autobiographical solo show “grace period” (written in Feb 2023) was accepted into the festival but after much reflection, as an act of mercy for my own wellbeing I chose not to perform and the organizers were graciously understanding <3
The blurb:
A storyteller and adult child of a dysfunctional family is inspired by the myth of Ariadne to trace threads back through the labyrinthine complexity of her intergenerational trauma. In familial narratives and patterings of pain that feel so inextricable, what happens when we venture into the darkness in attempt to individuate, to heal, to Change? An autobiographical solo show offering an honest glimpse into the tangles of what tracing the secrets and “reasons Why” is actually like, examining the inter- and inner-weavings of love, shame, violence, and unprocessed grief.
WRITER / SOLO PERFORMER
Institute for the Development of Human Arts (IDHA)’s Transformative Mental Health Core Curriculum
Feb/March 2023 – release date for online course: now live, as of Sept 2023!
Invited to present a custom lesson for the “Lived Experience Through Storytelling” module, which I titled: “The Mythic Lens: How Context Changes Story.” HUGE honor <3
TEACHING FACULTY
Wild Body Dreaming with Audrey – storytelling session for Dr. Sharon Blackie’s Mythic Imagination Network {March}
March 14, 2023 [online]
STORY: “The Crescent Moon Bear”
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Secret City: Encountering the Urban Mythic pilot session for Dr. Sharon Blackie’s Mythic Imagination Network
April 4, 2023 [online]
{Thank you so deeply to Sharon herself for encouraging the development of this offering and Seeing my own urban mythology from the first time we met! <3}
The mythic world has no bounds, and yet it is often easy to ascribe soul to a forest but not to a city. Are you open to seeing the urban landscape in a new way– one alive with the guidance, stories, and resourcing we find naturally in wild places?
New York City dweller and storyteller Audrey di Mola was born and raised in a post-industrial neighborhood along the East River in which tapestries of birdsong and native plants bursting out of sidewalks were as common as active warehouses, grinding steel, and illegal trash dumping. Audrey became increasingly and intimately attuned to what she calls “the urban mythic” as a matter of energetic and emotional survival, not only grounding and regulating with the wild she could find in the city, but receiving unique mythologies and creating lasting relationships with the beings she encountered there.
The co-presenters/facilitators of this gathering are the beings themselves, including an underground stream diverted into the sewer system, the “wilds of the deep heart” growing in a stalled construction site, a beloved suspension bridge that became an urban mountaintop, and a massive silver linden resembling the Tree of Life, alone amongst baseball fields, with whom Audrey deeply bonded in the last years of its long life.
During the course of this gathering we’ll discuss the practicalities and perceived obstacles to communion with the urban mythic and sound inspirations for overcoming them, such as taking wandering walks and making intentional “containers” in which to have mini vigils or explorations exactly where you are.
Special consideration will also be made to develop a sense of when we are “being claimed” or called by those urban beings or landscapes which seem dirty, repulsive, or “abandoned.” What in our inner worlds can our outer environment reflect to us, and can we meet our potential biases/inclinations towards what is pleasing or comforting to behold?
To engage with this in real-time, we’ll take a break during the gathering and go outside to take a short sojourn into our immediate surroundings, returning to each other afterwards to share where our bodies led us, and what beings announced themselves. (** Note: no worries if you don’t live in a city! We can apply these exercises anywhere.)
Secret City will be offered in Audrey’s characteristic easeful manner, with the aim of receiving what is already there, rather than seeking it, figuring it out, or “trying to make something mystical happen”! This communal exploration is not meant to dissuade pilgrimage or restorative journeys to more expansive or far-flung landscapes– but a loving dare to acknowledge even what seems overcrowded, intense, and full of litter and concrete as a home for the World Soul.
PRESENTER / FACILITATOR / STORYTELLER
Therapeutic Storytelling session for Reality House recovery community
May 11, 2023 – Astoria, Queens
GUEST STORYTELLER
The Songs and Stories We’re In: special live in-person concert with Judith-Kate Friedman and Mythsinger Legacy Project
June 7, 2023 – Chateau Le Woof in Long Island City, Queens
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Group Story Share for Dr. Sharon Blackie’s Mythic Imagination Network
June 13, 2023 [online]
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Therapeutic Storytelling session for Reality House recovery community
June 15, 2023 – Astoria, Queens
GUEST STORYTELLER
The Gospel at Imagine Worship
June 21, 2023 – St. Bart’s Episcopal Church, NYC
A great honor– offering a Gospel story of the loaves and fishes, in my own unique style, as part of the Imagine Worship service at St. Bart’s <3
GUEST STORYTELLER
Women Weaving Words: a live online storytelling event exploring the mythic feminine
June 22, 2023 – Online [Eventbrite]
Three women storytellers from Scotland, England, and the United States come together to offer tales of adventure, tragedy, humor, and hope, anchored in the lives and breaths of women in our ancestral memory.
It is only in recent time that fairy tales and folkloric stories became “just for kids” — storytelling is one of the oldest forms of healing in the world, and have something to offer to you, right now, in whatever phase of life you find yourself in.
Join Audrey di Mola, Aly Foy, and Kirsten Milliken for a three-part offering of stories with space for listening and reflection.
STORY [I told]: “Goose Girl”
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Wild Body Dreaming with Audrey – storytelling session for Dr. Sharon Blackie’s Mythic Imagination Network {July}
July 11, 2023 [online]
STORY: “The Handless Maiden”
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Sound + Story: an improvisational exploration in trusting the expression of soul-full rhythms and ancient stories
August 3, 2023 – The Portal in Brooklyn [Eventbrite]
In collaboration with sound journeyer, multi-instrumentalist, and circle-singer Yuma Is <3
The sacred offerings of sound and story are ancient– our birthright, informed by spirit and the earth, ignited with the truths and travails we’ve experienced in our own human bodies. On this evening at The Portal, sound journeyer Yuma Is and storyteller Audrey di Mola will weave their worlds for the first time– trusting improvisational sounds and old stories to flow through them, to each other and those gathered. Come as you are to add your presence, see and be seen. This is not a performance but a safely held circle, a moment of Being-ness and Together-ness to commune with our own mythologies and soundscapes.
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER / COLLABORATOR
Wild Body Dreaming with Audrey – storytelling session for Dr. Sharon Blackie’s Mythic Imagination Network {August}
August 8, 2023 [online]
STORIES: “Blind Tarvaa” and “The Woman Who Married Coyote”
Final offering before The Network closes. WOW! <3
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Wilds of the Deep Heart: a safe place for storytelling and feeling
September 12, 2023 [two sessions; online- info on Eventbrite]
Debut of my monthly story-space online <3 Telling “The Half-Child” and “Narada and Vishnu” (what Michael Meade calls “A Divine Wake-up Call”) …
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
the wilds of the deep heart presents: INTO THE LABYRINTH
October 17, 2023 – [two sessions; online, info here]
“during my travels in california the thematic of THE LABYRINTH returned to me– so much so that my body was led, without trying, to two labyrinths hidden in the landscape of the [pictured] sibley volcanic regional preserve during one solo adventure. this was a strong motif i was working with over the wintertime in my explorations of my own/my family’s intergenerational trauma, woven with the myth of ariadne. there is something here for me, as well, entwined with my long and often painful journey with my digestion, and the impetus to return to my childhood home two years ago to ‘move the energy.’ (turns out i really had no idea what that meant. yet ;)).
during this online gathering we will hold sacred space and move together through an intentional ritual involving story, movement, and inward journeying. // noting that this will be different than previous gatherings which were centered around me telling, and you receiving and feeding back, a story. more of those are in store :) but i feel called to gather us to experiment with/explore in this way, around this theme, for the month of october.”
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
The Gospel at Imagine Worship
October 26, 2023 – St. Bart’s Episcopal Church, NYC
A great honor– offering a Gospel story of “The Prodigal Son,” in my own unique style, as part of the Imagine Worship service at St. Bart’s <3
GUEST STORYTELLER
INTO THE MYTHIC: an evening of storytelling
December 8, 2023 – Pancakes Records in Astoria, Queens [More info on IG!]
Telling “The Moon Palace” and “Vishnu and Narada”
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
PARSIFAL & THE GRAIL LEGEND OF THE FISHER KING: 3-hour story deep dive
December 16, 2023 – online
“‘we shall not cease from exploration/ and the end of all our exploring/ will be to arrive where we started/ and know the place for the first time.’ — t.s. eliot.
will you join me for this traversal into the wild heart of an unforgettable grail epic?– the center of which echoes with timeless relevance: the Asking of a Sacred Question into the Wasteland of a Perpetual Wound.”
“this is one of the most important stories of my life. i have not told it since the first and only time i told it– february of 2021, for the UK-based storytelling circle; the first time i formally donned the cloak of Being A Teller. i have wept over this work. for it, and over it. it has been the elixir of life and death, for me. it is the Most Important Thing in my life– not only because of how it has saved and bolstered and enlivened and Held the cracking apart of my existence– but also because it has brought me to All Of You. people and places i would never have met. bonds strengthened. impossible adventures, improbable loves. all from devoting myself to This, over and over; following where the stories lead me.
i cancelled the last monthly online story gathering in light of one of the Other most important things i have ever done in my life, one of the greatest and most profound Honors– walking an old friend through the threshold of their physical death. i am Changed, my heart has been broken, widened– my scope of the Most Precious and Most Terrible– deepened. i have been sensing this story, not only walking along the edges of my periphery, but/and i have felt a Longing inside me to be lost inside it, as only one of the Big, Old, Winding tales can immersively cloak you. i have needed that place, that Returning, after All Of This– and this morning while on the way to a yoga class i opened a little free library box on the street and found, immediately, a book called: ‘healing the wounded king: soul work and the quest for the grail.’
it must be told, it must be told, it must be told.“
Note that a special video recording of this deep-dive is available for purchase [with participant sharing edited out], shoot me an email if you are interested!
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
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{2024}
Featured storyteller for The Hearth on Dr. Sharon Blackie’s The Art of Enchantment
March 16, 2024 – online
Live storytelling of “The Goose Girl” for members of The Hearth on Dr. Sharon Blackie’s The Art of Enchantment community on Substack!
GUEST STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
In the wilds of myth: 3-hour story immersion with Audrey di Mola
March 24, 2024 [more info]
I told what ended up being my debut telling of “The Maiden King” <3
Note that a special audio recording of this deep-dive is available for purchase [with participant sharing edited out], shoot me an email if you are interested!
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
School of Mythopoetics: Wild Body Dreaming – Immersive Storytelling with Audrey
April 17, 2024 – online [more info]
Telling “The Woman Who Married Coyote” for the School of Mythopoetics’ Storyweavers group
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
In the wilds of myth: a telling of “THE LISTENER”
April 28, 2024 – online [more info]
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
In the wilds of myth: a telling of “GILGAMESH”
May 19, 2024 – online [more info]
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Myth and Mental Health: Wulf Speak and Heart-Eye Vision
June 29, 2024 – online on Dr. Sharon Blackie’s Substack, The Art of Enchantment [recording available for paid subscribers]
Multidisciplinary artist, space-holder, and oral tradition storyteller Audrey di Mola is deeply informed by her first stretch of time in the underworld; a.k.a. the years she spent in what is commonly referred to as ‘mental health crisis’ and suicidality. Audrey shares in a characteristically honest and experiential presentation how her bipolar II diagnosis became mythically re-translated as a walk with a black wolf and a white wolf– and how the rest of her incredible, life-saving journeys in Legend grew out from there. Not intended for only those who have lived experience with mental health crisis or have received diagnoses– curiosity and ‘leaning in’ is more than welcome. These learnings from the profound generativity of Audrey’s descents and re-emergences can be applied, in general, to engaging life in a more intentional, spacious, integrated, deep listening, and imaginally-interwoven way.
GUEST PRESENTER / SPACE-HOLDER
HERE BE DRAGONS
July 14, 2024 – online [more info]
A curiously power-full co-created gathering of dragon energies creating a safe space for Otherness, sharing, story, and discussion <3 One of my favorite experiences!
SPACE-HOLDER
The Fifth Direction – Women’s Haven
August 21, 2024 – online
Stewarding the women’s circle for The Fifth Direction, Australia-based global online mythopoetic community! *as of now I also facilitated on 9/4, 9/18, and 10/2 before the gnarly NYC/Aussie time-difference caught up with me :)
SPACE-HOLDER
Birthday month cèilidh / sharing circle !
August 25, 2024 – online
There turned out to be no full-on telling from me but this is one of the most Loved and Seen experiences I have ever had in my entire life, and probably the best birthday I’ve ever had. Unending love to my Village. THANK YOU.
SPACE-HOLDER
Queer Disability Support Group
September 8, 2024 – Access Oasis Garden [info on @queerdisabilityaid IG]
SPACE-HOLDER
Guest Storyteller for “Myth & Ritual” class at Hunter College
September 17, 2024 – online
Telling “The Lindwurm”! Thank you Prof Henry :)
STORYTELLER / GUEST SPEAKER
growing your wings on the way down: a mythic & personal exploration of suicidality & madness
September 22, 2024 – online [more info]
A deeply moving (and important to me) mythic mental health collaboration with my soul-brother, storyteller/practitioner Chaise Levy (of Northern Spirit House), for this month themed with suicide observances/awarenesses (World Suicide Prevention Day, National Suicide Prevention Month). Chaise and I recently collaborated on the Northern Spirit House podcast conversation, ‘Living your legend- a myth could save your life.’ <3
“Join storyteller/psychopomp Audrey Nova di Mola and storyteller/sorcerer Chaise Levy for an intentionally held space to mythically explore suicidality and madness as they each approach the 9 year anniversary of their initial Descents. September is designated as Suicide Prevention Month and our approaches– carried out completely unbeknownst to each other, on opposite coasts– have been to lean into the particular kind of amplification and spaciousness that a mythic and ritual context provides, meeting the generativity and the danger of such experiences and states. Weaving both personal and mythic stories, Audrey and Chaise will explore alternatives to a singular model of ‘prevention’ and more ‘traditional’ ways of receiving mental health crises, an ever-evolving pathway that encompasses community and being witnessed, images, magic, Seeing and Re-membering new and ancient ways to be with the trouble.”
STORYTELLER / CO-FACILITATOR
The Fifth Direction – Story Circle
September 24, 2024 – online
A special telling of “The Moon Palace” for weekly Story Circle of online Australia-based mythopoetic community, The Fifth Direction <3
GUEST STORYTELLER
Mythsinger StoryNight – September 2024
September 25, 2024 – online [more info]
It is one of the greatest honors of my life to help steward the legacy project of my late great teacher Danny Deardorff– musician, mythologist/storyteller, and author of the one-of-a-kind mythic text, The Other Within: The Genius of Deformity in Myth, Culture, and Psyche. <3 !!
CO-FACILITATOR
Queer Disability Online Support Group
September 26, 2024 – online [more info]
Honored to hold this online support group space for Queer Disability Aid after our in-person group earlier in September. I held this space once again on 10/22. <3
SPACE-HOLDER
Encountering the Urban Mythic
October 19, 2024 – online on Dr. Sharon Blackie’s Substack, The Art of Enchantment [recording available for paid subscribers]
The mythic world has no bounds, and yet it is often easy to ascribe soul to a forest but not to a city. Are you open to seeing the urban landscape in a new way — one alive with the guidance, stories, and resourcing we find naturally in wild places? New York City dweller and storyteller Audrey di Mola was born and raised in a post-industrial neighborhood along the East River in which tapestries of birdsong and native plants bursting out of sidewalks were as common as active warehouses, grinding steel and illegal trash dumping. Audrey became increasingly and intimately attuned to what she calls ‘the urban mythic’ as a matter of energetic and emotional survival, not only grounding and regulating with the wild she could find in the city, but receiving unique mythologies and creating lasting relationships with the beings she encountered there. The co-presenters/facilitators of this gathering are the beings themselves, and during the course of this session while sharing their images and stories, we’ll discuss the practicalities and perceived obstacles to communion with the urban mythic and sound inspirations for meeting these places (and the reflections and teachings they offer us) where they are.
GUEST PRESENTER / SPACE-HOLDER
School of Mythopoetics: What’s Your Story?
November 14, 2024 – online
Telling my own Legend of “The Saint of the Sword & The Wanting Creature” for the Storyweavers group, What’s Your Story? at the School of Mythopoetics.
STORYTELLER
when to come back up- an online story-space with audrey di mola
November 24, 2024 – online [info here]
Telling “The Nixy in the Mill-pond”
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Year-end Imaginal Gathering
December 14, 2024 – online
For folks who attended my story-gatherings throughout this year <3 We went on an imaginal journey and then called in the old stories that have moved us and accompanied us this year. A softer way to meet the intensity of this holiday-time; and threads to carry us forward …
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{2025}
SINGING OVER THE BONES: 4 Sundays of online ritual-gatherings
4 Sundays: 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, and 2/16, 2025 – online [more info]
My first-ever experimental 4-week series of storied/somatic online ritual-gatherings in community … Unforgettable experience for Many reasons {see my reflection in between week 3 and 4, here}. THANK YOU, SO MUCH, to the folks who so heart-fully explored this with me. <3
from my description: “what will this entail? ~ storytelling and stories ~ imaginal experiencing / journeying ~ embodiment in ways that are accessible to you ~ listening and witnessing ~ being in community, in whatever way you are able (including if you feel really shy or overwhelmed or don’t like to speak in front of groups of strangers) ~ getting the f*** out of the way of what wants to happen for each of us, and collectively, in a strongly held ritual container :) this is not a ~workshop or a course.~ it is real people coming together in a new-old way. come for 1, come for all, come for a few. they will build in intentionality, carry the common thematic of singing ourselves back to life, and will be colored by what is present in the group. whatever happens– it is a current of energy that is Going To Exist for these 4 weeks, and you can step into it, or not. <3 this energy is going to consciously be worked with, individually and collectively.”
STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Fairy Tale Salon: Beauty and the Beast
April 12, 2025 – online on Dr. Sharon Blackie’s Substack, The Art of Enchantment
My first-ever telling of the Story Of My Life, “Beauty and the Beast”! Recording available for paid subscribers.
GUEST STORYTELLER / SPACE-HOLDER
Dzieci Theatre’s A PASSION: a dramatic choral liturgy unbound
April 19, 2025 – Judson Memorial Church, NYC
I unexpectedly got to rejoin my Dzieci Theatre brethen (finally performing again in person!) for the finale of their 2025 A PASSION run <3
GUEST PERFORMER
audrey nova di mola : wilds of the deep heart 