The one-night-only show happens on Tues., May 1. Credit: ERIN BRETHAUER

The one-night-only show happens on Tues., May 1.

The one-night-only show happens on Mon., April 30. ERIN BRETHAUER

Pop-Up Magazine is not a magazine, at least not in the traditional sense. There’s no paper or subscription cards, and it would make a terrible liner for your litter box. Instead, Pop-Up is a magazine come to life.

A live storytelling event in the vein of the Moth or Mortified, Pop-Up features best-selling and award-winning authors, filmmakers, journalists, audio producers, musicians, and emerging voices, who tell stories—sometimes personal, but usually reported—accompanied by film, music, graphics, and art. But unlike the Moth, Mortified, and other traveling shows, Pop-Up happens one time only. There’s no podcast or video recorded for later. If you miss it in person, you miss it for good.

Katie Herzog is a former staff writer at The Stranger.