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HSA Kind Stories in Concert
Link to Event: https://www.simpletix.com/e/kind-stories-in-concert-november-3rd-2024-tickets-188616 Event Website: https://healingstoryalliance.org/ Event Phone: 651-703-8191 Event Contact Email: ahealingstoryalliance@gmail.com Kind Stories in Concert Join the Healing Story Alliance for a special gathering to share and explore stories of kindness in its many faces and forms. Through folk tales and personal stories, we will dive deeply into multiple experiences of kindness. What is it? How does it impact us and our relationships to ourselves, to each other, to the world? Come and listen to “kind stories” shared by both professional tellers and community members and see what memories of kindness emerge for you. Date: November 3, 2024 Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm EST (Open Mic Story Share and Reflection: last half hour) Format: The story session opens with a concert of seasoned tellers and community tellers sharing stories with themes of kindness. During the second half of the gathering, audience members are invited to share a story, moment, or reflection about kindness that emerged for them as listeners. Purpose: We all need a little more kindness in our lives. Perhaps a story can take us there. ABOUT OUR STORYTELLERS Featured Tellers Adam Booth is the 2022 West Virginia Folk Artist of the Year, awarded at the Governor’s Arts Awards. Adam blends traditional mountain folklore, music, and an awareness of contemporary Appalachia to create original, forward-thinking story artistry. Adam’s new multidisciplinary program, “The Heron’s Journey,” has been selected for the 2024-2025 Mid Atlantic Arts Touring Roster. He is a member of the Recording Academy and his recordings have received multiple national honors, including a Parents’ Choice Gold Award. Adam serves as the inaugural Storyteller-In-Residence at Shepherd University and is the founding artistic director of Speak Story Series, a premier destination for storytelling in concert. Lisa Williams is a storyteller, leader, friend, partner, and mother. As a retired secondary mathematics teacher, she skillfully used storytelling to transform abstract concepts into concrete understanding for her students. She is the CEO and Founder of “Magnolia StoryMatters,” serves on the board of the National Storytelling Network, and is the Director of Storytelling in Organizations. Beyond her professional life, Lisa enjoys traveling, exercising, reading, and cherishing time with her family and friends. Cindy Rivka Marshall is an award-winning professional storyteller, story coach, and children’s book writer based in the Boston area. Her workshops bring story-based approaches to education, diversity awareness, and community building. Her commitment to social justice motivates Cindy to design and facilitate personal story sharing experiences that lift up marginalized groups. Her recordings of stories have won awards from Parent’s Choice, Storytelling World, and National Parenting Publications. Emcee Bob Kanegis claims roots that reach back to the esteemed sages and fools of Chelm. Thus, it is that he tells tales that span the ridiculous to the sublime. He believes that we each have two big stories; The Story of Me and the Story of We. Where they intersect is where community happens. With that view as a compass, Bob has spearheaded numerous collaborations including Vision and Voices with the National Park Service, We Have Stories to Tell, a multiyear project with farm workers and homeless families, F.E.A.S.T Families Eating and Storytelling Together and the promotion of his initiative, The Endangered Stories Act. Through Three-Fold Legacy workshops and individual coaching, he guides people to uncover, craft and tell their most important stories. Bob has contributed to anthologies including: The Healing Heart-Stories to Build Community; Telling Across Language Barriers; Speak Peace; and Where the Heart Is-A Celebration of Home. Learn more at www.storyconnection.com and find Bob’s musings on intersection of folktales, family, culture, and nature on his blog- www.storytellerscampfire.com Community Tellers Whittier Mikkelsen is an author and storyteller who specializes in telling healing stories and facilitating workshops centering on disability and emotional healing. She holds an MA in psychology and worked in mental health until pain, secondary to cerebral palsy, caused her to slow down and pursue writing. Whittier’s love of the natural world has led her to photography. Her floral photographs hang in local galleries. A resident of Florida’s Gulf Coast, she is focused on storytelling and writing her memoir. Stu Ervin is a retired engineer who designed imaging hardware. He is a lifelong musician who plays many instruments. He sees music as a window to the soul. Stu is a climate activist. He says that being a dad was the best thing he ever did. His dream is to offer free music lessons to kids who can’t afford them.
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HSA OARS in the Water-Empowering Others Through (Our) Stories
Link to Event: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84757183292?pwd=WENjdm53c3hRb0owQmZuK045M0FKQT09 Event Website: https://healingstoryalliance.org/ Event Phone: 651-703-8191 Event Contact Email: ahealingstoryalliance@gmail.com OARS in the Water October 23. 2024 7:00pm-8:30pm EDT Hosted by Mike Seliger and Michael D. McCarty Theme: Empowering Others Through (Our) Stories When we share a story, whether it is personal, traditional, historic, true or created, that story is heard and reacted to by its audience. Often it is a story that needs to be heard, by individuals or groups that need support or encouragement, to overcome confusion, doubt or a sense of powerlessness. We don’t always know the effect that our telling will have, but we trust that there is a good reason why we share those stories. We will share examples of stories that have empowered individuals or groups (OR US!). We will encourage OARS participants to identify times that they have either told, or heard stories that empowered themselves or others. OARS in the Water is a facilitated Zoom gathering that meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7 pm Eastern Time. The Healing Story Alliance’s OARS in the Water offers a community listening space in which to share the experiences and stories that have emerged in turbulent times. OARS co-hosts facilitate the evening and provide participants with a warm welcome and a meaningful theme which we hope will be healing, supportive and inspiring. Format: A typical 90-minute meeting consists of a 20-minute, theme-based opening, followed by 20 minutes in breakout rooms, and then we reassemble for a whole group conversation. Because of the personal nature of this format, HSA does not record the program for later viewing. Admission is free, although donations are deeply appreciated and help support our programming. Your tax-deductible donation can be made here: https://square.link/u/d9xbGN2I We’ll gather via Zoom. Here is the NEW link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84757183292?pwd=WENjdm53c3hRb0owQmZuK045M0FKQT09 No registration is required. Just click on the link to join the event. About our Hosts for October 23rd Mike Seliger brings experience as a community organizer in New York City, a role in higher education, and studies as a mime and clown to his storytelling. He refers to himself as a Creative Communicator, because “I use whatever vehicle makes sense to get an intended message across — whether it’s story, poetry, visual media, or quiet compassionate listening.” He is a long-time member of the HSA Advisory Committee and has been actively supportive of OARS in Water since its beginning. Michael D. McCarty is a multicultural storyteller of African, African-American and International Folktales, Historical tales, Stories of Science, Spiritual stories as well as stories of the brilliant and absolutely stupid things he has done in his life! His stories inform, educate, inspire and amuse. His storytelling style is energetic and enthusiastic. Michael has traveled to many countries and his travels have reaped a harvest of tales that testify to the unity within the diversity of the human spirit.
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HSA OARS in the Water-Shoulders: Comfort and Solace
Link to Event: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84757183292?pwd=WENjdm53c3hRb0owQmZuK045M0FKQT09 Event Website: https://healingstoryalliance.org/ Event Phone: 651-703-8191 Event Contact Email: ahealingstoryalliance@gmail.com OARS in the Water October 9. 2024 7:00pm-8:30pm EDT Hosted by Joe Doolittle & Claire Nolan Theme: Shoulders: Comfort and Solace Join us as we explore the realm of how we give and receive comfort and care. We will journey through stories and an inspiring poem, “Shoulders” by Naomi Shihab Nye. OARS in the Water is a facilitated Zoom gathering that meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7 pm Eastern Time. The Healing Story Alliance’s OARS in the Water offers a community listening space in which to share the experiences and stories that have emerged in turbulent times. OARS co-hosts facilitate the evening and provide participants with a warm welcome and a meaningful theme which we hope will be healing, supportive and inspiring. Format: A typical 90-minute meeting consists of a 20-minute, theme-based opening, followed by 20 minutes in breakout rooms, and then we reassemble for a whole group conversation. Because of the personal nature of this format, HSA does not record the program for later viewing. Admission is free, although donations are deeply appreciated and help support our programming. Your tax-deductible donation can be made here: https://square.link/u/d9xbGN2I We’ll gather via Zoom. Here is the NEW link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84757183292?pwd=WENjdm53c3hRb0owQmZuK045M0FKQT09 About our Hosts for October 9th Joe Doolittle specializes in stories of home and family, historical events, places and people. He has applied his humorous and good-natured style to audiences throughout Upstate New York. He is a member of the HSA Program Committee guiding OARS and other HSA offerings. A retired health care executive, he has practiced healing stories as a Stephen Minister in his church and as a volunteer on call Chaplain at the Albany Medical Center. Claire Nolan tells folktales and myths at various venues in and around New York’s Capital District. Claire has the benefit of a large family that informs her humor and repertoire. Claire has a base in the learning center in NYS Thacher Park in the Helderbergs near Albany. She often appears at Word Plays at Proctors in Schenectady. At Wiawaka in Lake George, Claire performs in personae as various notable historic women. More recently, Claire has been working on stories in honor of our Mother, the Earth. She is an ardent conservationist. Healing the Earth is a bridge to her interest in healing stories. On the side she also teaches English as a second language at SUNY Albany.
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HSA Kind Stories in Concert
Link to Event: https://www.simpletix.com/e/kind-stories-in-concert-november-3rd-2024-tickets-188616 Event Website: https://healingstoryalliance.org/ Event Phone: 651-703-8191 Event Contact Email: ahealingstoryalliance@gmail.com HSA PRESENTS: KIND STORIES IN CONCERT Register here to Receive a FREE Kind Stories in Concert Zoom Link: https://www.simpletix.com/e/kind-stories-in-concert-november-3rd-2024-tickets188616 Click here to Donate and help make programs like this possible https://square.link/u/d9xbGN2I Join the Healing Story Alliance for a special gathering to share and explore stories of kindness in its many faces and forms. Through folk tales and personal stories, we will dive deeply into multiple experiences of kindness. What is it? How does it impact us and our relationships to ourselves, to each other, to the world? Come and listen to “kind stories” shared by both professional tellers and community members and see what memories of kindness emerge for you. Date: November 3rd, 2024 Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm EST (Open Mic Story Share and Reflection: last half hour) Format: The story session opens with a concert of seasoned tellers and community tellers sharing stories with themes of kindness. During the second half of the gathering, audience members are invited to share a story, moment, or reflection about kindness that emerged for them as listeners. Purpose: We all need a little more kindness in our lives. Perhaps a story can take us there. ABOUT OUR STORYTELLERS Featured Tellers Adam Booth is the 2022 West Virginia Folk Artist of the Year, awarded at the Governor’s Arts Awards. Adam blends traditional mountain folklore, music, and an awareness of contemporary Appalachia to create original, forward-thinking story artistry. Adam’s new multidisciplinary program The Heron’s Journey has been selected for the 2024-2025 Mid Atlantic Arts Touring Roster. He is a member of the Recording Academy and his recordings have received multiple national honors, including a Parents’ Choice Gold Award. Adam serves as the inaugural Storyteller-In-Residence at Shepherd University and is the founding artistic director of Speak Story Series, a premier destination for storytelling in concert. Lisa Williams is a storyteller, leader, friend, partner, and mother. As a retired secondary mathematics teacher, she skillfully used storytelling to transform abstract concepts into concrete understanding for her students. She is the CEO and Founder of Magnolia StoryMatters, serves on the board of the National Storytelling Network, and is the Director of Storytelling in Organizations. Beyond her professional life, Lisa enjoys traveling, exercising, reading, and cherishing time with her family and friends. Cindy Rivka Marshall is an award-winning professional storyteller, story coach, and children's book writer based in the Boston area. Her workshops bring story-based approaches to education, diversity awareness, and community building. Her commitment to social justice motivates Cindy to design and facilitate personal story-sharing experiences that lift up marginalized groups. Her recordings of stories have won awards from Parent’s Choice, Storytelling World, and National Parenting Publications. Emcee Bob Kanegis claims roots that reach back to the esteemed sages and fools of Chelm. Thus, it is that he tells tales that span the ridiculous to the sublime. He believes that we each have two big stories; The Story of Me and the Story of We. Where they intersect is where community happens. With that view as a compass, Bob has spearheaded numerous collaborations including Vision and Voices with the National Park Service, We Have Stories to Tell, a multiyear project with farm workers and homeless families, F.E.A.S.T Families Eating and Storytelling Together and the promotion of his initiative, The Endangered Stories Act. Through Three-Fold Legacy workshops and individual coaching he guides people to uncover, craft and tell their most important stories. Bob has contributed to anthologies including, The Healing Heart-Stories to Build Community, Telling Across Language Barriers, Speak Peace, and Where the Heart Is-A Celebration of Home. Learn more at www.storyconnection.com and find Bob’s musings on intersection of folktales, family, culture, and nature on his blog- www.storytellerscampfire.com Community tellers Whittier Mikkelsen is an author and storyteller who specializes in telling healing stories and facilitating workshops centering on disability and emotional healing. She holds an MA in psychology and worked in mental health until pain, secondary to cerebral palsy, caused her to slow down and pursue writing. Whittier's love of the natural world has led her to photography. Her floral photographs hang in local galleries. A resident of Florida's Gulf Coast, she is focused on storytelling and writing her memoir. Stu Ervin is a retired engineer who designed imaging hardware. He is a lifelong musician who plays many instruments. He sees music as a window to the soul. Stu is a climate activist. He says that being a dad was the best thing he ever did. His dream is to offer free music lessons to kids who can’t afford them.
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Ed Lewis Featured at The Story Space online
Link to Event: http://www.StorySpace.org Event Website: http://www.StorySpace.org Event Phone: (857) 998-15692 Event Contact Email: ChadisR3@outlook.com The Story Space online Every Tuesday from 6:45-9:00 P.M. EST Note: We are on EST (Eastern Standard Time), 5 hours behind GMT, or UTC-5 To attend: 1) Go to http://www.StorySpace.org 2) In the banner click on “Meeting Invitation” (a new one will be posted every Tuesday by 6:00 PM EST. Otherwise, there will be a placeholder message.) To Subscribe to our mailing list: http://tinyurl.com/StorySpaceSubscribe02a To correspond with us: info@storyspace.org There is an $8 requested donation: http://www.storyspace.org/Kitty.asp (There is no entry fee. You can donate at any time). Ed Lewis: is a retired teacher of young children as well as an Early Childhood Education professor who tells stories to children throughout the world as "Eddie Spaghetti". He has performed in schools sharing interactive stories, puppets, songs, and movement activities since 1973 and across America and abroad. Feature’s website: https://sacramentostorytellersguild.org/storyteller-directory Storytelling Association of California: http://www.storysaac.org/ There is an $8 requested donation. The Story Space runs every Tuesday Night from 6:45 – 9:00 P.M. EST. Storytelling of all types and styles, in a friendly, cooperative venue where listeners and tellers and newcomers alike get full attention. There are no content restrictions, other than prohibiting deliberately offensive language. Try out a new story, spin an old favorite, or just listen. No Topics. No Competition. No Judging. Just Stories. In the spirit of Brother Blue. There is an $8 requested donation. http://www.storyspace.org/Kitty.asp. Signup for Open Telling (8-minute slots) starts at 6:45 P.M. EST. Open Telling starts at 7:00 P.M. EST sharp. Followed by the Featured Teller at around 8:00 P.M. EST. To learn more, or be on our mailing list: info@StorySpace.Org "Programs Subject to Change" www.StorySpace.org
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The Grapevine
Event Website: https://fsgw.org/grapevine The Grapevine is spoken word performance for adults and teens, celebrating the timeless art of the story, hosted by storytellers Renée Brachfeld and Tim Livengood. Our featured tellers this month are dern tootin' Jane Dorfman and tea-sipping Geraldine Buckley! Join us on Wednesday, October 9 at 7:30 Eastern at Busboys and Poets Takoma; or, for out-of-towners, via Zoom. You can register FOR FREE at: https://fsgw.org/event-5881158 for access to the live stream or to catch the recorded show later. No registration needed for in-person. ABOUT THE ARTISTS: Jane Dorfman tells tales of dutiful daughters and wise women, faithful sons and wicked kings, of magic skipping ropes and Irish heroes, of the angel Elijah and the fools of Chelm. Jane has performed at the Smithsonian Institution, at the Washington Folk Festival, at Speak! in Shepardstown, WV, and at the Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park. In 2022, Jane was a featured teller at the Glens of Antrim Festival in northern Ireland. More about Jane at http://voicesintheglen.org/storytellers/jane-dorfman/ British born, internationally known, award-winning storyteller and educator, Geraldine Buckley is primarily known for personal stories that make people laugh and think. She teaches workshops, and tells stories in conferences, colleges, corporations, prisons, schools, house concerts, and festivals throughout America and as far away as New Zealand. She has been featured several times at the National Storytelling Festival, in Jonesborough, TN and the Timpanogos Festival in Lehigh, Utah. More about Geraldine at http://www.geraldinebuckley.com/
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Brooklyn Sandbox Fall Harvest Festival
Title of Event: Brooklyn Sandbox Fall Harvest Festival Event Website: www.brooklynsandbox.com Event Phone: 718-369-0033 Event Contact Email: sonja.neill.turner@brooklynsandbox.com Event Description: For children ages 2 to 5. We would love to have you share stories. Our preschool Families will gather to celebrate the season, and to acknowledge contributions and traditions of the Lenape people. We will follow traditional recipes dishes featured in a Lenape cookbook.
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Michael Anderson Featured at The Story Space online
Link to Event: http://www.StorySpace.org Event Website: http://www.StorySpace.org Event Phone: (857) 998-15692 Event Contact Email: ChadisR3@outlook.com The Story Space online Every Tuesday from 6:45-9:00 P.M. EDT Please Note: We are now on EDT (Eastern Daylight Time), 4 hours behind GMT, or UTC-4. To attend: 1) Go to http://www.StorySpace.org 2) In the banner click on “Meeting Invitation” (a new one will be posted every Tuesday by 6:00 PM EDT. Otherwise, there will be a placeholder message.) To Subscribe to our mailing list: http://tinyurl.com/StorySpaceSubscribe02a To correspond with us: info@storyspace.org There is an $8 requested donation: http://www.storyspace.org/Kitty.asp (There is no entry fee. You can donate at any time). Michael Anderson: Michael Anderson is a union lawyer. After he takes off his tie, he talks to audiences in ways they don’t allow in federal court. He has appeared in venues from San Francisco to London. Recent theater roles include Caesar in Julius Caesar, Claudius in Hamlet, and Duncan in MacBeth, thus confirming his tyepcasting as “the old guy that everyone wants to stab.” Next to his wife and son, he loves the essays of George Orwell, the Queen’s Gambit in chess, and the first three Clash albums. He thinks: there’s no such thing as free speech if you don’t use it. Feature’s website: http://www.michaelandersonboston.org/ There is an $8 requested donation. The Story Space runs every Tuesday Night from 6:45 – 9:00 P.M. EDT. Storytelling of all types and styles, in a friendly, cooperative venue where listeners and tellers and newcomers alike get full attention. There are no content restrictions, other than prohibiting deliberately offensive language. Try out a new story, spin an old favorite, or just listen. No Topics. No Competition. No Judging. Just Stories. In the spirit of Brother Blue. There is an $8 requested donation. http://www.storyspace.org/Kitty.asp. Signup for Open Telling (8-minute slots) starts at 6:45 P.M. EDT. Open Telling starts at 7:00 P.M. EDT sharp. Followed by the Featured Teller at around 8:00 P.M. EDT. To learn more, or be on our mailing list: info@StorySpace.Org "Programs Subject to Change" www.StorySpace.org
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Healing Story Alliance; OARS in the Water
Link to Event: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84757183292?pwd=WENjdm53c3hRb0owQmZuK045M0FKQT09 Event Website: https://healingstoryalliance.org Event Phone: 6517038191 Event Contact Email: ahealingstoryalliance@gmail.com HSA OARS in the Water Wednesday, September 25th 7:00-8:30pm EDT Hosted by Sara deBeer & Jennifer Zunikoff Theme: Welcoming Peace Free / Donations Welcome Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84757183292?pwd=WENjdm53c3hRb0owQmZuK045M0FKQT09
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Persephone’s Choice Workshop
Link to Event: https://www.simpletix.com/e/persephones-choice-a-sacred-story-workshop-tickets-182776 Event Website: https://healingstoryalliance.org/ Event Phone: 6517038191 Event Contact Email: ahealingstoryalliance@gmail.com Persephone’s Choice: A Sacred Story Workshop into the Power of Sovereignty and the Mythic Imagination with Jacqui Bushell Wednesday, October 30th at 7:00-9:00 pm EDT $25-$75 (pay what you are able) Register at: https://www.simpletix.com/e/persephones-choice-a-sacred-story-workshop-tickets-182776 The program will be recorded and available for viewing by those who purchase a ticket.
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