The Mountain Goats are touring this summer and fall, and they've got a break in their tour dates during which time frontman John Darnielle will come to NYC's Symphony Space to "curate a special evening of favorite stories" for Symphony Space's 'Selected Shorts' series. If you're unfamiliar, 'Selected Shorts' is "a weekly public radio show broadcast on over 150 stations to about 300,000 listeners." It "[features] stories around a lively theme, the favorite works of a guest author, or a special collaboration." Here's more:

There is a theme to each Selected Shorts episode and performance. Several stories are presented around each theme. The stories are always fiction, sometimes classic, sometimes new, always performed by great actors from stage, screen and television who bring these short stories to life. Evenings are often co-hosted by writers, literary producers, and other interesting characters.

John Darnielle's edition, which happens on October 24 at 7:30 in Symphony Space's Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, "[explores] the connective tissues between songwriting and storytelling." It hasn't been announced if he'll have any guests or not. Tickets are on sale.

John Darnielle went on a book tour earlier this year for his latest book, 2017's Universal Harvester. The Mountain Goats' latest album also came out in 2017, Goths.

Earlier this year, a Mountain Goats tribute album came out in conjunction with a Mountain Goats podcast, featuring covers by Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace, The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn, Andrew Bird, Amanda Palmer, Julian Koster (Neutral Milk Hotel, The Music Tapes), and more. Laura Jane Grace also covered a different Mountain Goats song at Against Me!'s Brooklyn show earlier this year. Watch below:

Also watch a solo performance by John Danrielle:

The Mountain Goats -- 2018 Tour Dates

AUG 30 Athens, GA Georgia Theatre

AUG 31 Tallahassee, FL The Wilbury

SEP 01 Tampa, FL The Orpheum

SEP 02 St. Augustine, FL Sing Out Loud Festival

SEP 04 Oxford, MS The Lyric Oxford

SEP 05 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom

SEP 06 Dallas, TX Canton Hall

SEP 07 San Antonio, TX Paper Tiger

SEP 08 Austin, TX ACL Live at the Moody Theater

SEP 10 Tucson, AZ 191 Toole

SEP 11 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom

SEP 12 Santa Fe, NM Meow Wolf

SEP 13 Boulder, CO Boulder Theater

SEP 14 Fort Collins, CO Washington's

NOV 30 Saxapahaw, NC The Haw River Ballroom

DEC 01 Saxapahaw, NC The Haw River Ballroom