I’ve been asked to start a new monthly storytelling series at Cafe Nine. The first one is tonight at 8 p.m.

Entitled “Get to the Point!,” it’s held on the first Monday of every month at Cafe Nine St., New Haven.

I’ve got a varied and unpredictable group of tellers, orators, yarn-spinners, writers and text-reliant musicians for the first one, including:

For Get to the Point’s inaugural volume, I’ve enlisted:

• Ina Chadwick, a seasoned storyteller who’s produced events at clubs and theaters around Fairfield County.

• Poet and writer Franz Douskey

• Michael “Live Mike” Cooper, telling a story rather than fronting a band

• Chris Randall—photographer, director of New Haven Land Trust and community-builder

• Steve Scarpa of New Haven Theater Company

• The band Jellyshirts, covering a Velvet Underground story-song classic.

• others

There’s no cover charge for this. Please join us and listen up. If you want to take part in future events (or even this one—I’m all about surprises), contact me at chris@scribblers.us