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Listen to Selected Shorts: "Surprising Tales," recorded live in Salt Lake City on Nov. 15th

KUER hosted Selected Shorts live in Salt Lake City on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at The Grand Theatre at Salt Lake Community College's Center for Arts and Media.  The sold-out show was broadcast on KUER in its entirety on Sunday, November 23rd, 2014.  If you missed the performance or on-air broadcast, you can stream the show here.  

The evening's performances included:

Kirsten Vangsness (best known as Penelope Garcia on the CBS drama Criminal Minds) reading "The Red Fox Fur Coat" by Teolinda Gersão

Christina Pickles (television credits include Saint Elsewhere and Friends as Monica and Ross's dysfunctional mother) reading "In the Reign of Harad IV" by Steven Millhauser.

Parker Posey (best known from Dazed and Confused and the Christopher Guest "mockumentaries" including Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, and A Mighty Wind) reading "Crazy Glue" by Etgar Keret.

David Strathairn (nominated for an academy award for his performance of Edward R. Murrow in Good Night and Good Luck) reading "When I Woke Up This Morning, Everything I Had Was Gone" by T.C. Boyle.

Tune in Sunday, November 23rd, 2014 at 7:00pm to hear the performance broadcast on KUER, and view pictures from the event on KUER's Facebookor Flickrpages. 

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