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# SANTA MONICA Six years of SPARK gets its due
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-six-years-of-spark-gets-its-due/
- Published: 2007-09-20T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T01:02:01.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Events, Santa Monica, #archive-import

City Hall’s Cultural Affairs Division is set to honor the contributions of the public library’s long-standing SPARK storytelling series with an evening of storytelling on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Main Library. “Spark Celebrates Six Years” features seven personal narratives culled from the best stories performed over the last six years at SPARK’s regular monthly series at The Powerhouse Theatre. The event will be recorded for SPARK’s debut CD, and will be followed by a reception with the cast and producers.

Since its beginning in 2001, SPARK has attracted audience members from across the Los Angeles area to its resident space at Santa Monica’s Powerhouse Theatre. Each month, the producing team invites seven individuals to write and perform personal narratives (read: true stories from their lives) around a particular theme.

Over the past six years, SPARK’s monthly shows have garnered a regular audience, some of whom have also appeared on the SPARK stage. Many have compared the series to NPR’s popular radio program, This American Life.

The seven storytellers sharing their personal essays include Grant Albrecht, Joel Alpers, Tamar Brott, Ernessa Carter, Mike Lambert, Cheyenne Rothman and Ed Spielman.

The Main Library (Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium) is located at 601 Santa Monica Blvd. (at Sixth Street) in Santa Monica. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, please call Spark at The Powerhouse Theatre: (310) 396- 3680 ext. 5#. To learn more about SPARK, e-mail

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 20, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/092007.pdf?ref=smdp.com)