WNYC and The Moth Present “Only in New York”
An evening of live storytelling and musical performances
Hosted by WNYC’s Alison Stewart
Friday, March 14 at 7:30pm at NYU Skirball
(February 3, 2025) – WNYC and The Moth today announced “ONLY IN NY,” a special Moth Mainstage of storytelling in celebration of WNYC’s Centennial. The performance will take place on Friday March 14, 2025 at 7:30pm at NYU Skirball. Tickets are available now here.
This special Mainstage will be New York to the core. The theme, “ONLY IN NY,” will feature five New Yorkers, each sharing a personal story representing the five boroughs of the city. Tying it all together is first-time Moth host, WNYC’s Alison Stewart whose signature weekday show, All Of It, is offering listeners a chance to potentially be one of the storytellers.
“ONLY IN NY” is presented as part of WNYC’s year-long Centennial celebration, which kicked off on July 8, 2024. In addition to live storytelling, the event will include highlights from the WNYC historic archives, memorabilia from past storytelling events by the Moth, and musical moments and sounds of the city. The evening promises to be a heartfelt tribute to a century of telling New York stories on the airwaves, a night of community and camaraderie for WNYC fans, and a celebration of storytelling in all its forms.
The Moth is a NYC fixture, presenting live storytelling events throughout the city since 1997. Its Peabody Award-winning The Moth Radio Hour is heard on public radio stations nationwide, including WNYC. The stories from “ONLY IN NY” will be recorded for a special episode of The Moth Radio Hour, premiering on public radio stations nationwide on April 1, 2025.
“I’m excited to celebrate WNYC’s 100 years on the air with this special night of ‘Only In NY’ storytelling with our friends at The Moth,” said Alison Stewart. “I talk to New Yorkers every day on All Of It, and they’re the kind of people who always have a good story to share. The good, the bad, the one of a kind – these stories and the people who tell them make New York such a singular place.”
“Our stories are what bring us together, and remind us we have more in common than we know,” said Christina Norman, Chief Creative Officer of The Moth, “It’s a joy to celebrate the connections which build community, especially with our long time partners at WNYC.”
To submit a story for consideration, please visit https://themoth.org/share-your-story/pitchline.
ABOUT WNYC
With an urban vibrancy and a global perspective, WNYC is New York’s public radio station, broadcasting and streaming award-winning journalism, groundbreaking audio programming and essential talk radio to the city and beyond. WNYC is a leading member station of NPR and broadcasts programs from the BBC World Service, along with a roster of WNYC-produced local programs that champion the stories and spirit of New York City and the surrounding region. From its state-of-the-art studios, WNYC is reshaping audio for a new generation of listeners, producing some of the most beloved nationally-syndicated public radio programs including Radiolab, On the Media, The New Yorker Radio Hour, and the local radio show and podcast The Brian Lehrer Show. WNYC broadcasts on 93.9 FM and AM 820 to listeners in New York and the tri-state area, and is available to audiences everywhere at WNYC.org, the WNYC app and through major digital radio services, all made possible through the generous support of our members, donors and sponsors.
ABOUT THE MOTH
The Moth is an acclaimed nonprofit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. For 25 years, The Moth has presented over 50,000 stories, told live and without notes to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. The Moth conducts eight ongoing programs: The Moth Mainstage, which tours internationally, has featured stories by Elizabeth Gilbert, Hasan Minhaj, Kathleen Turner, Malcolm Gladwell, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, John Turturro, Molly Ringwald, Boots Riley, Krista Tippett, Damon Young, Mike Birbiglia, Rosanne Cash, Danyel Smith and Tig Notaro, as well as an astronaut, a pickpocket, a hotdog eating champion and hundreds more; The Moth StorySLAM program, which conducts open mic storytelling competitions in 28 cities: 26 in the US plus Melbourne, AU and London, UK; The Moth Community Program, which offers storytelling workshops and performance opportunities to adults who are too often overlooked by the mainstream media; The Moth Education Program, which brings the thrill of personal storytelling to high schools and colleges in New York, and educators around the world; The Moth Global Community Program, which develops and elevates true, personal stories from extraordinary individuals in the global south; The Moth Podcast—the 2020 Webby People’s Voice Award Winner for Best Podcast Series—which is downloaded 100 million times a year; MothWorks, which uses the essential elements of Moth storytelling as an empathetic communication tool; and the Peabody Award-winning The Moth Radio Hour which, produced by Jay Allison at Atlantic Public Media and presented by PRX, The Public Radio Exchange, airs weekly on over 575 public radio stations nationwide. To date, The Moth has published four critically acclaimed books: The New York Times Best Seller The Moth: 50 True Stories (Hachette Books, September 2013), All These Wonders: True Stories About Facing the Unknown (Crown Archetype, March 2017) — described as “wonderful” by NYT’s Michiko Kakutani and New York Times Best Sellers Occasional Magic: True Stories of Defying the Impossible (Crown Archetype, March 2019) and How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth (Crown Archetype, April 2022). The Moth has released its first card deck, A Game or Storytelling (Clarkson-Potter). The Moth’s second podcast, Grown, is out now on all major streaming platforms. Learn more at themoth.org.
ABOUT NYU SKIRBALL
NYU Skirball, located in the heart of Greenwich Village, is one of New York City’s major presenters of international work, and has been the premier venue for cultural and performing arts events in lower Manhattan since 2003. The 860-seat state-of-the art theater, led by Director Jay Wegman, provides a home for internationally renowned artists, innovators and thinkers. NYU Skirball hosts over 300 events annually, from re-inventions of the classics to cutting-edge premieres, in genres ranging from dance, theater and performance art to comedy, music and film.