Shaggy Dog Story Night

March’s second, sold out, and highly entertaining, Shaggy Dog story night has us scheduling a third show with 8-10 new storytellers at The Carleton on Thursday, October 22nd. Our speakers will begin spinning true yarns at 7 PM and tickets – with all proceeds going to the AfterWords Literary Festival – are only $12.50 + HST. We are excited to announce two of the speakers: the first is dear friend Mark “Doc” Docherty, former Speaker of the House in the Saskatchewan legislature (and so much more), who is flying in from Regina to tell the funniest story we’ve ever heard (and we’ve heard a few!); the second is a special guest who’s now a little too high profile to be able to list. Trust us on this one, you’ll be happy you were there. in November, 2025 we held our first Story Tellers’ night at the joint. Just a bunch of regular folks, on stage, telling cool, and often very funny, tales ripped from the headlines of their real lives. It was a great success and a super-fun night. We sold it out. So we gave it a name – Shaggy Dog – and sold out a second show in March of this year. We’re now doing a third show and we’re on the hunt for people with entertaining stories who can deliver them, without notes, for 10ish to 15ish minutes. The organizers are Devon Perlmutter (emcee) and Erin Karygin and they would love to hear from you, or someone you know that might need a little push, if you/they’d like to be involved. You can reach them to pitch your tale at shaggydoghfx@gmail.com. The series now has a Facebook page which you can check out HERE. Once there, make sure to follow and share, so we can start getting traction on what we know is going to be a regular event. Even better, let Devon and Erin know you’ve got a story to tell that you’d love to share from our stage. Ticket proceeds will go to the AfterWords Literary Festival and admission will still be cheap. If you’re too timid to actually get up and do it, you can still participate as a member of the audience.