Stories & Style

Join us on Thursday, January 29th for an evening of comedy, storytelling and
style with designer Nicole Lenzen at the new retail marketplace Bene Rialto!

Treat yourself to wine & appetizers while getting to know the
Nicole Lenzen collection.

Enjoy special fashion-themed storytelling performances by:

Ophira Eisenberg
Elna Baker
Sara Benincasa

Nicole Lenzen is a Brooklyn-based designer whose womenswear collection is inspired by the freedom of movement in swing dancing. As a trained patternmaker with over a decade’s worth of experience in the fashion industry including custom couture, her pieces allows women to—as they do in the energetic Lindy Hop dance—swing out and let go.

Ophira Eisenberg is standup comic, writer, and host of NPR's weekly trivia, puzzle, and game show "Ask Me Another". She has appeared on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson", "Comedy Central", "VH-1", and is a regular host and storyteller with The Moth. "Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy" (Seal Press/April 2013) is her first book.

Elna Baker is a writer and comedian whose book The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance was published by Penguin. As a comedian and storyteller, Elna has performed with The Moth, on This American Life, Studio 360, Radiolab, BBC Radio 4, at the Upright Citizens Brigade, The PIT, The Magnet and at many other venues throughout New York City.

Sara Benincasa is an award-winning comedian and author of the books "Great" and "Agorafabulous!: Dispatches From My Bedroom" from William Morrow (a division of HarperCollins).Her comedy has won praise from the Chicago Tribune, CNN, The Guardian, and The New York Times.

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