7 Stories Program @Highline Heritage Museum

This free program presents an evening of true stories told by members of our community on a given theme. There are 7 storytellers and 7 real stories @ 7 minutes each. 7 Stories is planned for the fourth Friday of each month at 7:00 PM as a public event at the Highline Heritage Museum, 819 SW 152nd Street, Burien. The event is held in the main space of the Museum and videoed. The videos are later posted on the  7 Stories YouTube channel.

What: 7 real stories told by 7 members of the community @ 7 minutes each on a given theme

When: Designated Friday evenings @ 7:00 PM

Where: Highline Heritage Museum, 819 SW 152nd Street, Burien

Cost: Free admission

To tell your story, sign up online @ burienculturehub.org/7stories or email  7stories@burienculturehub.org

• January 23: New Beginnings
  
• February 27: Blind Date/Love is Blind
  
• March 27: Lucky Day or Outta Luck
  
• April 24: Foolishness — No Foolin’
  
• May 22: Oh, Mom!
  
• June 26: On the Road Again
  
• July 24: Animal Tales
  
• August 28: Karma
  
• September 25: Lessons Learned
  
• October 23: Skeletons in the Closet

If you would like to tell your story on one of the above themes, please email 7stories@burienculturehub.org  or sign up at https://www.burienculturehub.org/7stories. Join our Meetup group at https://www. meetup.com/7-stories.

• January 24: Leap of Faith
• February 28: Kindness of Strangers
• March 28: Animal Tales
• April 25: More Animal Tales/Hidden Truths
• May 23: First Time
• June 27: Rude Awakenings
• July 25: Letting Go
• August 22: Awkward
• September 26: Way Too Close
• October 24: The One That Got Away

• January 26: Brush With Greatness” or “You Only Live Once (Y.O.L.O.)
• February 23: The Perfect Storm/Aligned & Positive!” or “Hot Mess
• March 22: Paths Not Taken” or “Diary Entries
• April 26: Duped” or “Aha!
• May 24: Chance Encounters” or “Tiny Acts
• June 28: Sibling Rivalry and/or theme of Father’s Day (Life with or Life without father)
• July 26: Brush with the Law and/or What the hell am I doing?
• August 23: Best/Worst Vacation and/or Chemistry
• September 27: Summer’s Over! and/or New Beginnings
• October 25: Acceptance and/or Close Encounters (thinking of Halloween…)

• January 27: Coming Home
• February 24: Fed Up-Tipping Point/Stories of Enough is Enough
• March 24: Advice to My Younger Self and/or Rearview Mirror
• April 28: It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
• May 26: Disconnecting, Unplugging, Uncoupling
• June 23: Crossroads (U-turns, stories of changing your mind)
• July 28: Fish Out of Water / Square Peg in Round Hole
• August 25: Never in a Million Years!
• September 22: Reinventing Yourself (stories of transformation, change)
• October 27: Things You Should Regret, but Don’t / Craving (stories of desire)

• January 28: How Did I Get Here? (cancelled)
• February 25: My First Crush or How Did I Get Here?
• March: When I Was a Kid
• April 22: If Only I’d Listened
• May 27: Mother or Gifts: Stories of Getting What You Need
• June 24: Acceptance
• July 6: Storytelling Workshop, Highline Heritage Museum, 819 SW 152nd Street, Burien, WA
• July 22: Coming to America/Adjusting to America
• August 26: Saying Yes – Taking Chances
• September 7: Storytelling Workshop, Highline Heritage Museum, 819 SW 152nd Street, Burien, WA
• September 23: First Job/Worst Job
• October 28: Silver Linings

• March 26: Kindness of Strangers, live on Zoom, later posted on YouTube.
• October 22: Uncharted Territory
• November 19: Plan B
• December 17: If Only I’d Listened

• February 28: Lost and Found (live event)
• March 27: Second Chances. Due to the pandemic, this was videoed by Scott Schaefer of the B-Town Blog and posted on YouTube

Pandemic closures and restrictions halted the program for the rest of 2020.

This program is co-sponsored by Burien Arts, the Highline Heritage Museum, Culture Hub, and the City of Burien.