Sharing the Fire Storytelling Conference-Butterflies and Beauty

Purchase Tickets Here! Butterflies and Beauty and Baba Yaga, Oh My! Presented by Laura Packer Change rarely arrives with a marching band. More often, it tiptoes in on fragile wings, knocks disguised as trouble, or waits deep in the woods where we least want to go. Join Laura for traditional tales and lived-in stories that explore what happens when we are asked—by circumstance, by choice, or by fate—to become someone new. These are stories of thresholds and transformations, of fear and wonder walking hand in hand, of the unexpected gifts that emerge when we listen closely to what is changing within us and around us. Some stories will be ancient, some personal, all of them shaped by the moment we share together.

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Sharing the Fire Storytelling Conference-Virtual Track

Purchase Tickets Here! The Sharing the Fire Virtual Track includes: Two Workshops just for virtual participants Livestreams of mainstage performances Livestreams of workshops by our two featured tellers Livestream of the Keynote A Story Swap with the Worldwide Virtual Storytelling Guild Virtual meet-ups to connect and reflect Recordings of all of this (and the awards ceremony) available after the conference Prices  General Public: $150 NEST Members or ASST affiliates: $115 (NEST members, login to the site. ASST affiliates, ask Sue for the code at stf@asst.art.) Full-Time Students: $55 (Must have a free student NEST membership)

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“Earth Day- Stories to Celebrate Nature”

Link to Event: Zoom link will be sent two days before the event to those who preregister (NJStorytellingGuild@gmail.com) Event Website: none Event Phone: none Event Contact Email: NJStorytellingGuild@gmail.com Free Story Swap. Storytellers of all levels are encouraged to share an 7-10- minute folktale or personal tale. Please time your story and sign up for a time slot. Story listeners, as always, are welcomed to enjoy the feast! New this year: Beginner storytellers may sign in at 6:15 to learn one storytelling skill. This month, learn how to use facial expressions to add to depth to a story.

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