New America x The Moth

The Holiday Theater (map)

Join New America’s US@250 initiative and The Moth at 7:30 pm MT for an evening of stories at the historic Holiday Theater in Denver, CO. The country turns 250 next year, and our storytellers—accompanied by a lively host and musician—will share stories of pride, reckoning, and new aspirations.

About the Producers
New America’s US@250 initiative is marking the nation’s forthcoming 250th anniversary in 2026—through pride in its progress, reckoning with its shortfalls, and an aspiration for a better, shared future.

The Moth is a nonprofit that believes in connecting humanity through the power of personal storytelling. For over 27 years, The Moth has presented over 60,000 true personal stories, told live without notes, to standing-room-only audiences around the globe. Renowned for showcasing a broad range of human experiences, The Moth produces 600 live shows annually and has an ongoing presence in 27 cities worldwide.The Moth Podcast is downloaded over 90 million times a year, and each week, the Peabody Award-winning The Moth Radio Hour presented by PRX, the Public Radio Exchange, is heard on over 560+ public radio stations. The Moth runs storytelling workshops for students, teachers, adults, advocates and professionals reaching thousands of new storytellers every year. The Moth has published five critically acclaimed books, which consistently debut on The New York Times best-sellers list.

Private Event

Cascade Under the Stars

Cascade United Methodist Church (map)

Music, poetry & inspiration! Join Crystal Aiken, Richard Shaw & Amena Brown under the stars Oct 11 @ 6PM.

Private Event

CreativeMornings ATL - SOFT

Meet up and connect with fellow creatives and get insights to help better shape your relationships, work and habits.

Amena Brown Live at Eddie’s Attic

EDDIE'S ATTIC (map)

Amena Brown live at Eddie’s Attic!

Amena Brown is a writer, spoken word poet, and performing artist, whose work interweaves keep-it-real storytelling, rhyme, and humor. The author of five spoken word albums and two non-fiction books, Amena’s poetry was featured in the New York Times’ bestselling book Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal. Amena’s essay “Period Playlist” was featured in Hungry Hearts: Essays on Courage, Desire and Belonging, alongside essays by Ashley C. Ford, Bozoma Saint John, and Sue Monk Kidd. She was also a 2022 The Watering Hole Poetry Fellow.

Amena’s performance of her poem “Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl” was featured on TV series, Social Society, on ALL BLK TV. In 2021, Amena was featured in Olay’s Face Anything campaign alongside Jennifer Hudson and Busy Phillips. She is also the poetic partner for PATTERN Beauty, award-winning actress, producer, and activist Tracee Ellis Ross’ natural hair care brand.

A proud graduate of Spelman College, some of Amena’s most popular spoken word videos are “Letter to My Hair,” where she writes about her natural hair journey, “Dear TV Sitcoms,” a nostalgic piece about the lessons we can learn from sitcoms, “Girlfriends Poem,” where she writes about the importance of friendship among women, and “For the Women” a poem she wrote to honor women of color for International Women’s Day. Collectively these poems have reached over 400,000 views on Facebook Video.

Amena is the current co-executive producer and co-host of the Wake Up and Create podcast, in partnership with WABE/NPR and CreativeMornings Atlanta. She has also cultivated conversation as the former podcast host of HER with Amena Brown, Hello Sunshine’s podcast: Hungry Hearts, and How to Fix a Broken Record. Amena received the Seneca Women Podcast Award at the 2021 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards.

From performing at global events such as the MAKERS Conference and Creativity World Forum to hosting at events such as Pantene’s My Black is Beautiful Tour and Essence Festival’s Beauty Carnival Stage, Amena takes arenas, theaters, and performance venues and turns them into living rooms, where performance becomes conversation and builds community. Amena has had the honor of sharing stage with many great artists, authors, and thinkers such as Sonia Sanchez, Pearl Cleage, Cornel West, Mindy Kaling, Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Michelle Buteau, and many others.

Amena lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband DJ Opdiggy and their dog Kane, where she is the chapter host of CreativeMornings Atlanta.