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April Prompt: Agua Vida

The next Broken Planetarium is Sunday, April 24th. The theme is Agua Vida. Create something around a moment where you felt most alive, and narrate that moment as if it took place under water. What would it look like? How would it be different? Create a dance around your skydiving

March Prompt: Ety-mythology

The next Broken Planetarium is Sunday, March 20th. The theme is ety-mythology. Etymology is the history of the meaning of a word and its origins. For instance, we know the word "clue" as a fact or idea that helps us unravel a mystery or problem. But it

February Broken Planetarium: The Art of Losing

The next Broken Planetarium is The Art of Losing. Like Bishop's poem (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176996), make something out of what you've lost, whether it is your keys, your chinchilla, your mind, or your religion. Tell us a story about losing and also how

November prompt: Mortified

The next Broken Planetarium is Mortified. Inspired by the podcast, and that Frankenstein who looked in horror at what he made, we are looking to examine how we perceive our own art. Take something that you have created that now embarrasses you and bring it to share. You can bring

September Prompt: Stuck in the Middle

A sandwich is often named after its insides. Tolkien didn't write about no Upper or Lower Earth. And who is happier in a triple spoon than Lucky Pierre? This month we celebrate the middle, the median, the filling. Write a novel set at midnight, about a middle manager

August Prompt: The Copycat

After a July hiatus, the next Broken Planetarium will be Friday, August 7th. 6:00 pm potluck/ 7:00 pm start. The theme is copycat. Take someone else's idea that you've loved, and like a cat, bat it around in your paws while it suffers, then

June Prompt: Propacalypse

The next Broken Planetarium is Sunday, June 28th. The theme is pro-pocalypse. In a world, where too many film previews start with "in a world" and then show an apocalyptic setting, how can we envision a positive future? How is a positive future possible if we never