Misha Trubnikov has always been known as the class clown.
Trubnikov works at the Peabody Essex Museum and hosts walking tours around Salem.
“It becomes a percentage. You can do like 80% facts and then 20% some humor and jokes,” Trubnikov said. “I look at the joke part as the fat in the content of this meat because if it’s just all non-fat it’s not too tasty.”
He also does some improv comedy and mystery shows.
Trubnikov called any chance to be on stage fun and exciting. He called events where people present an art an opportunity to be present and listen to something “so raw and so emotional.”
Now Trubnikov is bringing his emcee skills to the Swampscott Tides’ Fish Tales event.
The event supports the Swampscott Tides, which has been covering the town for the past 10 months. The Swampscott Tides works to ensure readers receive accurate coverage of what’s happening in Swampscott, from School Committee meetings and the town budget to new business openings and community events.
“To be here when things are still getting created, especially in year two, it’s even more exciting because you know it works from last year,” Trubnikov said. “The company’s growing.”
Fish Tales will be held on March 28 at 7 p.m. at the Swampscott High School.
Tickets are now available for the Fish Tales community event, celebrating local storytelling and supporting independent journalism. Kim Carrigan will host the event, with speakers including lawyer and author Robert Jauron, artist Claire Donnelly, magician Anton Andresen, Boston bass player Fran Sheehan, author and attorney Robert Jauron and former METCO student Naina Alves Varela.
“I’ll be making little interjections in between,” Trubnikov said, comparing the format to The Moth StorySLAM open-mic storytelling competition which he has participated in. “The theme of the night will be ‘fish out of water’ and one of the questions will be ‘tell us about a time you found yourself in an unfamiliar situation.’ People will get a little slip of paper and they will write on that and I’ll sift through the stories.”
For more information to buy tickets, visit swampscotttides.org/fishtales.
