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“Tales” with Diane Edgecomb and Nightengale Chorus
Event Website: https://livingmyth.com/event/tales-diane-performs-with-the-nightingale-chorus-a-livingmyth-event-in-the-landscape-historic-forest-hill-cemetery-boston-ma/ We’re going on an adventure! Join us for “Tales,” a walking tour through Forest Hills Cemetery featuring music and stories inspired by its many remarkable environments. In collaboration with master story-teller Diane Edgecomb, Nightingale invites you to breathe the spring air deeply and listen closely to the stories that nature has to tell. Tickets are for $15 Student and $30 for General. Nightingale is a Boston-based vocal ensemble dedicated to curating unique and imaginative concert experiences by performing members’ original compositions, presenting varied ensemble and chamber works, and engaging in innovative collaborations.
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Lusty Month of May
Link to Event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/isi-the-lusty-month-of-may-tickets-868807896807?aff=oddtdtcreator Event Website: https://storytelling.org/events/new-events/ Event Phone: 651-703-8191 Event Contact Email: info@storytelling.org Storytelling.org presents the Second Annual "Lusty Month of May" story concert Thursday, May 9, 2024 7-9:00 pm CDT Featuring: Margaret Burk, Kelly Campos, Janice Del Negro, Jane Dorfman, Rachel Ann Harding, Megan Wells Ticket: $15 or What you can pay Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/isi-the-lusty-month-of-may-tickets-868807896807?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Tradition and Truth: A Virtual Open Mic
Link to Event: https://storytelling.org/events/traditions-and-truth/ Event Website: https://storytelling.org/ Event Phone: 651-703-8191 Event Contact Email: info@storytelling.org Storytelling.org & Dominican University present Tradition and Truth: A Virtual Open Mic featuring Barbara Schutzgruber Saturday, May 4, 2024 7-8:30pm CDT - Online via Zoom Free - Donations appreciated. Email Janice at: jdelnegro@dom.edu for the Zoom link and/or if you want to tell a story in the open mic (7 to 10 minutes)
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HSA Kind Stories in Concert
Link to Event: https://www.simpletix.com/e/kind-stories-in-concert-may-5th-2024-tickets-166138 Event Website: https://healingstoryalliance.org/hsa-event-registration/ Event Phone: 651-703-8191 Event Contact Email: ahealingstoryalliance@gmail.com KIND STORIES in Concert Sunday, May 5th 7-8:30 pm EDT Host: Usha Venkatraman Tellers: Donald Davis, Joy Kelly, Lee-Ellen Marvin Community Tellers: Mary Bromley and Keona Lewis Register here to Receive a FREE Kind Stories in Concert Zoom Link https://www.simpletix.com/e/kind-stories-in-concert-may-5th-2024-tickets-166138 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. 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 the STORYTELLERS DONALD DAVIS was born in a Southern Appalachian mountain world rich in stories. While he heard many traditional stories about Jack and other heroic characters, he was most attracted to the stories of his own family and places of origin. Davis begin retelling the stories he heard and then adding his own new stories to them until he was repeatedly asked to "tell it again, on purpose." During his twenty-five-year career as a United Methodist Minister, Davis began to use stories more and more. He was also asked to begin performing at festivals and in other settings until he retired from the church to tell stories full time. The author of eighteen books and more than forty original recordings, Davis is the recipient of both the Circle of Excellence and the Lifetime Achievement Awards from the National Storytelling Network. JOY KELLY is an actress, storyteller and director. As a storyteller she has performed at Pete Seeger’s Clearwater Festival and at the Hans Christian Anderson statue in Central Park. For almost 20 years Joy directed for the acclaimed theatre company Theatreworks, USA as well as for various theatre festivals. As an actress Joy is featured in the documentary, “A Child Shall Lead Them” chronicling the integration of schools in Nashville, Tennessee of which she was a part. She has performed at LaMama Theatre in New York in “The Bacchae” and also portrayed an Aborigine Goddess in “Yanagai! Yanagai” speaking all of her lines in the Aborigine language Yorta-Yorta. She has been featured on “Late Night with David Letterman” including their Emmy award winning Christmas Show and performed in various soap operas including “One Life to Live” and “All My Children”. LEE-ELLEN MARVIN has explored storytelling as a performer, audio producer, educator, folklorist, and community advocate. She has told and taught storytelling to thousands in colleges and universities, developed and published Story Shifters, a non-competitive game, and holds a PhD in Folklore and Folklife. Lee-Ellen lives in EcoVillage at Ithaca, New York. 607-229-8429 EMCEE USHA VENKATRAMAN is an award-winning Storyteller, TEDx Speaker, educationist, author, classical vocalist, puppeteer, and radio show host, who inspires and transforms through stories. Recently donned the role of a Social Impact Creator at the UN Women 2024, 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women from India. Usha’s stories are an intersection of Indian Myths, folklore, Feminism and Music. She loves to bring different voices together, weaving threads of untold stories of women heroes stitching together forgotten folklore, fragments of myth, songs, and music. Usha has been storytelling at national and international festivals, events, and conferences in India and abroad. She is the founder of Mumbai Storytellers Society and festival director of Gaatha - Mumbai International Storytelling Festival. COMMUNITY TELLERS KEONA LEWIS is assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion. She oversees the vision, strategy, and community-building programs for academic diversity and inclusion. Lewis helps ensure that the academic core is an environment where faculty and staff feel a strong sense of belonging and respect and where differences are celebrated, partnering closely with the vice president and associate provost for faculty affairs. In addition to her role as assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion, Keona Lewis holds an appointment as assistant professor of the practice in Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns. She joined Notre Dame from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was associate director of research and evaluation for diversity, equity and inclusion. In this capacity, she played a lead role in developing, supporting and evaluating programs for faculty, staff and students. She also chaired the Diversity Champion Awards Committee and co-chaired the Georgia Tech Police Department Community Council. Lewis previously served as program review and research manager for diversity, equity and inclusion at Georgia Tech. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, she taught in the anthropology and criminology departments at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia. Lewis has an impressive record of leading training programs on a variety of topics, including assessing conscious and unconscious biases and microaggressions. With research interests that include higher education, the African Diaspora, ethnicity, gender and educational outcomes, she has previously taught courses in anthropology, U.S. cultural diversity and perspectives in criminal justice. Lewis earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminology and her doctorate in applied anthropology from the University of South Florida in Tampa. MARY BROMLEY has been a psychotherapist for almost 40 years. She loves her work. She is spiritually orientated, learning as much from her clients as they do from her. She is a seasoned therapist, having worked at St. Vincent's Hospital in NYC and in East Hampton, NY. , specializing in the treatment of anxiety and depression. She has extensive experience working with the Police treating sex crimes cases and testifying in high profile cases. In 1987 she co-founded a Domestic Violence Agency called "The Retreat". Mary is not afraid of tough problems....but believes laughter and humor play a crucial role in therapy.
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HSA OARS in the Water
Link to Event: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84757183292?pwd=WENjdm53c3hRb0owQmZuK045M0FKQT09 Event Website: https://healingstoryalliance.org/oars/ Event Phone: 651-703-8191 Event Contact Email: ahealingstoryalliance@gmail.com OARS In The Water Wednesday, May 22nd 7:00pm-8:30pm EDT Hosted By: Lani Peterson & Jim Brule Theme: Nagi: We Are A Swarm Of Stories The Lakota concept of self is embodied in their word Nagi, which means a dynamic “swarm of stories.” As we share stories with each other – and ourselves – we reshape who we are and the world around us. Join us as we playfully explore our Nagi and those of others, and consider how we can heartfully invigorate our worlds with the unexpected. OARS in the Water is a facilitated Zoom gathering on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month offered by Healing Story Alliance to create a listening space to share the experiences and stories that have emerged through turbulent times. This is not a therapeutic circle but we do hope it will be healing, supportive and inspiring. 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 May 22nd Jim Brulé is a transformational storyteller, death doula, teacher, and mentor with a diverse background: he has advanced degrees in clinical psychology and artificial intelligence. His online school, Transformational Storytelling, trains spiritual storytellers from multiple traditions to tell stories that inspire healing and spiritual growth. He offers a series of classes and workshops on storytelling focusing on multi-cultural wisdom as well as facing end-of-life and grief. His most recent book, "Stories of the Heart," co-authored with Rebecca Lemaire, lovingly curates and explores 18 folktales from around the world to accompany the reader on the journey into dying and living. You can find out more here: https://transformationalstorytelling.org/events/ Lani Peterson, PsyD, known for telling and encouraging personal stories, has a specialty in story exploration as a healing art and change agent. Her background includes over 25 years as a professional storyteller and story coach combined with a doctorate in psychology from William James College, a master's in counseling psychology from Lesley University and an undergraduate degree in literature from Smith College. She has taught Effective Organizational Communications Skills for Non-Profit Leaders in the master's program at Wheelock College as well as Healing through our Stories in the Expressive Therapies master's track at Lesley University. From CEO's to scientists, doctors, mental health providers, ministers and the homeless, Lani has worked with individuals, groups and organizations to help people find their stories, share their stories, and come together with a deeper level of connection and understanding. Her ongoing mission is to bring to light and share the stories that will open doors within and between storytellers and listeners alike.
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HSA OARS in the Water
Link to Event: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84757183292?pwd=WENjdm53c3hRb0owQmZuK045M0FKQT09 Event Website: https://healingstoryalliance.org/oars/ Event Phone: 651-703-8191 Event Contact Email: ahealingstoryalliance@gmail.com OARS In The Water Wednesday, May 8th 7:00pm-8:30pm EDT Hosted By: Elisa Pearmain & Joel Ying Theme: Creating Safe Space For Story What helps you feel safe to share stories? What helps others feel safe to share stories? How can we create more safe spaces for story? Let’s explore these questions together. OARS in the Water is a facilitated Zoom gathering on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month offered by Healing Story Alliance to create a listening space to share the experiences and stories that have emerged through turbulent times. This is not a therapeutic circle but we do hope it will be healing, supportive and inspiring. 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 May 8th Elisa Pearmain has been telling stories professionally since 1987, and always with a penchant for the many healing benefits of story. She is the award-winning author of 52 Wisdom Tales from Around The World, Once Upon a Time: Storytelling to Teach Character and Prevent Bullying, and the double CD Forgiveness: Telling Our Stories in New Ways. Elisa is also a Psychotherapist in private practice, is on the Advisory Board of the Healing Story Alliance and is chair of the HSA Programming Committee. Dr. Joel Ying is a Physician-Educator-Storyteller. In this age of information, it is not the facts and figures that inspire, but rather it is the power of story to create emotion and move us into action. Believing in the powerful medicine of story, Dr. Joel teaches “Storytelling as Healing” and produces events at Florida Gulf Coast University. He performs regularly with an eclectic collection of world folk tales and personal stories.
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OARS in the Water
Link to Event: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84757183292?pwd=WENjdm53c3hRb0owQmZuK045M0FKQT09 Event Website: https://healingstoryalliance.org/oars/ Event Phone: 651-703-8191 Event Contact Email: ahealingstoryalliance@gmail.com OARS In The Water Wednesday, April 24th 7:00pm-8:30pm EDT Hosted By: Heather Forest & Noa Baum Theme: Nature’s Way As the season turns, join us as we explore wide-ranging experiences in nature and our personal relationship to the natural world. OARS in the Water is a facilitated Zoom gathering on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month offered by Healing Story Alliance to create a listening space to share the experiences and stories that have emerged through turbulent times. This is not a therapeutic circle but we do hope it will be healing, supportive and inspiring. 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 About Our Hosts for April 24th Heather Forest, PhD, is an award-winning storyteller, author, musician, and organic farmer. A pioneer in the American storytelling renaissance, she has appeared in theatres, schools, literature conferences, and major storytelling festivals throughout the United States and abroad since 1975. A modern-day bard, her dynamic fusion of original music, poetry, and the sung and spoken word brings multicultural folktales to life in the imagination of her listeners. She is a recipient of the Circle of Excellence Award presented by the National Storytelling Network for her performance skill and the 2021 Talking Leaves Award for her contributions to storytelling literature. An author of seven folktale recordings and ten folktale books, her published work has earned an American Library Association Notable Record Award, two Parent’s Choice Gold Awards, and five Storytelling World Honor Awards. Her musical monologue EARTHSONG won Best Composer in the 2021 United Solo Festival off Broadway. She views storytelling as both a fine art and a powerful tool for positive social change. Noa Baum is described by the Washington Post as someone who “spreads cultural truths that eclipse geopolitical boundaries…”. Born and raised in Israel, Noa is an award-winning storyteller, author and coach focusing on the power of narrative to heal across divides of identity and build bridges of peace. She was an actress at Jerusalem Khan Theater, studied with Uta Hagen in NYC and holds an M.A. from NYU in drama therapy. Noa presented at The World Bank; Mayo Clinic; NSA; National storytelling Festival; Kennedy Center; USDA; and Stanford University. Noa’s memoir A Land Twice Promised won several awards including the Anne Izard Storytellers Choice Award. How the Birds Became Friends is her award-winning children’s book.
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Barbara Aliprantis Featured at The Story Space online
Link to Event: http://www.StorySpace.org Event Website: http://www.StorySpace.org Event Phone: (857) 998-1592 Event Contact Email: NYTB@comcast.net The Story Space online Every Tuesday from 6:45-9:00 P.M. EDT Note: We are on EST (Eastern Standard Time), 5 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 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). Barbara Aliprantis: presents "The Escapades of Nastradin Hodja". The stories I tell I learned from my "Uncle Sava Georgiades", who came to America from Turkey, in 1911 with nothing but the clothes on his back, his widowed mother, Athena, AND, a headful of Hodja Stories!!!! (Psst, many storytellers tell Hodja stories they found in a book or on-line but ... the Hodja stories I tell I learned eavesdropping as Uncle Sava regaled my father and uncles with stories he learned as a youngster in Turkey. He gifted me with his collection of Hodja Books, in English and Greek. The illustrations are priceless! Feature’s website: https://barbaraaliprantis.wordpress.com/ 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 seasoned tellers and newcomers alike are received with 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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Jackson Gillman – Spring into Action & Song
Event Website: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=819550383541660&set=a.227948909368480 Event Phone: 508-999-6363 x283 Event Contact Email: jxsong@comcast.net Celebrate spring in all of its flowery, song-filled wonder. Everyone becomes worms, flowers, birds, sun, rain and more in this playful romp. The shows in this quarterly series, "Celebrate the Seasons in Story and Song,” are supported by a grant from the Wareham Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
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Braiding Stories Workshop
Link to Event: https://www.bettersaidthandone.com/2024/03/26/spring-and-summer-workshops/ On April 28th, join Better Said Than Done Executive Director Jessica Robinson online for: Braiding Stories, a 90 minute workshop on weaving together multiple stories. https://www.bettersaidthandone.com/2024/03/26/spring-and-summer-workshops/ April 28 at 3:00pm Eastern On Zoom Jessica first presented this workshop at the Florida Storytelling Festival in 2023, and then for the Story Center at the Mid-Continental Library. If you missed it there, here's your chance to learn when, how, and why to weave together multiple stories - for only $25. The workshop will be recorded and the recording made available to those who register for the workshop.
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