Shine a Little Light

Related Content

• I'm Gonna Live Forever
  June 29, 2011
• Speak for Yourself
  May 4, 2011
• Now Appearing: Practically Everyone
  October 5, 2011
• Carnival of Bad Taste
  April 13, 2011
• That Little Something, er, Extra
  February 16, 2011

More About

• Reny Ryan
• Kelly Corrigan
• Jennifer Sey
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Sexual and Reproductive Health

Like this Story?

Sign up for the Events Newsletter: What's happening in town? From underground club nights to the biggest outdoor festivals, our top picks for the week's best events will always keep you in on the action.

Privacy Policy Cancel Continue

We're squeamish. We can hardly believe people even get Brazilian bikini waxes, let alone give them for a living. It seems so invasive; isn't that hair there for a reason? Yet ripping off the follicles around your anus is hardly the weirdest thing you can do to your body — and bodies themselves are hardly innocent, as they surprise us daily with unasked-for eruptions, debilities, and failures. At Porchlight, a monthly "storytelling series," hosts Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte round up a group of more or less regular people, from poets to truck drivers, to step onstage and testify. This month, the theme is "The Skin We're In: Tales of the Human Body," and one of the performers is Reny Ryan, professional asshole waxer. Yep. Others include Jennifer Sey and Kelly Corrigan, authors of body-conscious memoirs, and Ed Wolf, local HIV educator — bet he has some interesting conversations with strangers.
Third Monday of every month, 8 p.m.; Fri., July 15, 8 p.m.; Third Monday of every month, 8 p.m. Starts: Sept. 15. Continues through June 20, 2008