THE IDEASMYTH SALON: Stories on Stage • 17 February 2026

THE IDEASMYTH SALON: Stories on Stage • A Storytelling Variety Show hosted by (Curator • Writer • Coach • Editor • Creative Community Entrepreneur )

FEATURING the following critically acclaimed talent (in alpha order):

❣️ {Founder, GOLD Comedy • Co-Creator, "Breakup Girl" • Award-winning Journalist } ❣️ {Cartoonist • The Moth Radio Hour • Guggenheim Fellow}❣️ { + Bill Lienhard}❣️

NOTE: Actual lineup sequence will follow AGENDA BELOW

🎤 $20 COVER 🍻 $20 DINING MINIMUM (GREAT FULL DINNER + DRINKS MENU) 🥂 SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE ABOUT THE PERFORMERS (LISTED IN LAUNCHING SEQUENCE) 👇

❣️Flash Rosenberg • (Comic Monologue)

^ draws, photographs, writes, and performs. She had a jolly gig as a Pink Elf for Philadelphia Lord & Taylor's to relay gift wishes from children too terrified to sit on Santa's lap. She performed in "Making Light: A Rabbi & a Humorist Celebrate Hanukkah" at the 14th Street Jewish Y. She is a Guggenheim Fellow, who served as the pioneering Artist-in-Residence for LIVE from the NY Public Library, where she drew conversations between authors, artists and provocateurs to create "portraits of ideas" in real-time. Her work will be featured in the 2026 nationally touring exhibit "Citizen Artist" curated by the Delaware Art Museum She is a three-time Mainstage Storyteller for The Moth. Creator of "FlashThink Cartoons." Was voted "Funniest Person in Philadelphia" twice in the 90s by "The City Paper" for her public radio spots, "Flash Moments." She was an Academy Award finalist for her experimental short "Pulse of Desire." She taught "Perception Studies" classes for Cooper Union conducted entirely on the NYC subways. Flash Rosenberg Studio is a full-service art, motion picture, merriment, and mischief factory, based in Harlem. She lives with two turtles and infinite questions.

❣️Lynn Harris • "Move Over, Bacon" (A True Love Rejection Story)

^ is a culture-shifting producer, award-winning journalist, and author/co-author of six books, including Death By Chick Lit and Breakup Girl to the Rescue! Her writing and comedy-driven campaigns for social justice and gender equity have changed laws and conversations from Capitol Hill to NASCAR. She is founder and CEO of GOLD Comedy—the comedy school, professional network, and content studio where women and non-binary folks grow their comedy careers, build powerful communities, and make funny stuff that gets seen on all types of stage and screen. She co-created Breakup Girl (acquired by Oxygen), one of the first internet success stories, and served as the first VP of communications at Breakthrough, where her blend of humor and advocacy powered some of the global human rights group’s most effective U.S. campaigns. Over more than 25 years, she wrote about gender, culture, and social issues in the NYT and NYT Magazine, Salon, Glamour, NPR, and countless other publications and anthologies. She is a former Tonya Harding lookalike, which is a long story.

❣️ Saw + Whistle [Launa Schweizer + Bill Lienhard] • "Acts of Love" (Dynamic Duets)

^Saw + Whistle is the Brooklyn duo of Bill Lienhard (bass, vocals) and Launa Schweizer (keys and vocals.) When they are not doing the dishes, making the bed, or walking their dog Professor, they write and play music, usually for their full band New Yeller, which just released a video, “Full Fathom Five,” setting a Shakespearean tempest in the Gowanus canal. The band's newest single, “The Purpose of the Nest,” attests to the joy and sorrow of life with adult children, something they know a thing or two about. Their own grown daughters are both artists, making Launa and Bill wonder if they've succeeded brilliantly as parents or simply set a bad example. In their non-musical, non-parenting lives, Bill is a hell-for-leather public interest lawyer and Launa is an educator, consultant and coach. @launawrites @newyeller

❣️Victoria C. Rowan • Curator + Host

^: Curator • Writer • Coach • Editor • Creative Community Entrepreneur

Curating + Hosting: NYC: 92nd St. Y • The National Arts Club • Pangea • KGB Red Room, Mediabistro.com Northwestern Connecticut: Spring Hill Arts Gathering/ Vineyards • Judy Black Park Memorial Park & Gardens • The Ideas Depot • The Stone Church + Meetinghouse

Writing: The New York Times • The Financial Times • New York Magazine • Time Out New York + dozens of other domestic and international media outlets

Clients: Support clients as coach, editor, dramaturg; a partial listing of critically and commercially acclaimed writers + other outstanding creatives

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Host or Publisher Curator: Victoria C. Rowan • Creatrix • Ideasmyth