We're going home.

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Last week I said I'd tell you about July. Here it is — and it's not what I expected to write.

This year, for WYSS's 7th anniversary, I'm hosting Top Shelf — an evening with some of our best storytellers, the ones who made rooms go quiet over the years. Stories first. Then they come find you in the audience afterward, for real conversation.

That part I'd already decided.

Here's the part I didn't see coming.

I'd booked a new venue for the show. Then I heard Filmhouse had taken over the space that used to be The Projector — the Blue Room included. The actual room where WYSS lived for six years, before everything I told you about last week.

I went to see it. I walked in and almost choked up. Same room. Same walls that held six years of strangers telling each other the truth.

So I made a decision: Top Shelf is coming home.

Friday, 17 July, 8pm–10pm. The Blue Room.

Friday, not our usual Tuesday. That's deliberate. Some things needed to change for this chapter — I needed to stop holding on to the old shape of things, even the ones I loved.

I know this is last-minute — the show is less than three weeks away. The rental rates have gone up since Filmhouse took over, but I didn't want that to change anything about the night. I'm covering the difference myself. Some things matter more than margins.

Because you've been here through the silence too — your ticket is $45, before it goes up to $55 for everyone else.

Five to six storytellers. True stories. The Blue Room.

If you're in town, I'd really love to see you there.

Anna

P.S. If the Blue Room already means something to you, you'll understand why this matters. If it doesn't yet — come find out why it does.