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David Heathfield Featured at Story Space Online Tue 06/13/2023
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 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. This Tuesday Story Space will try being hybrid (on Zoom & live at the Havurah). To attend via Zoom: Go to http://www.StorySpace.org In the banner click on “Meeting Invitation” To attend in person at Havurat Shalom: 113 College Avenue Somerville, MA 02144 • From Davis Square: About 5 blocks up College Ave - a yellow house on the right. • MBTA Subway: Red Line (Davis Square Stop); • MBTA Bus line: Routes 94 and 96. If you are attending in person at the Havurah please note the following: • Accessibility: Havurat Shalom is Handicap Accessible via a ramp in the rear • Food: Please: no food or drink in the building. Please consume it outside. • Masking: Please: we all must wear a KN95 or N95 mask while in the building. • Covid Vaccinations: Please: everyone must have been vaccinated for Covid-19. • Allergy Free: Please no pets, or scents (soap, perfume, cologne, after shave, etc.) To Subscribe to our mailing list: https://tinyletter.com/StorySpace 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). David Heathfield: is a world storyteller, teacher trainer and author from Exeter, UK who loves celebrating cultural diversity and learning stories from people he meets from diverse cultures around the world. He runs Creative and Engaging Storytelling for Teachers courses for worldwide participants on Zoom. Feature’s website: https://davidheathfieldblog.wordpress.com/ Feature's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/dwh202 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 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. 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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In the Groves: A Summer Solstice Journey
Event Website: https://ArboretumSolstice.eventbrite.com Event Phone: 617-522-4335 Event Contact Email: info@DianeEdgecomb.com Immerse yourself in the deep beauty of trees in this story and music journey through Boston’s favorite tree sanctuary, the Arnold Arboretum. Led by Oracle award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb and Celtic harper Margot Chamberlain, this unfolding performance of ancient tales and songs from cultures around the world takes place in a variety of groves at some of the Arboretum’s loveliest spots. Designed especially for the Arboretum, this Summer Solstice event takes the audience on a two hour journey through the landscape with story and music stops along the way. The rich cultural traditions of Japan, Australia, Russia, Britain and Native America celebrate cherry, evergreen and ash with the evening culminating in the haunting Czech legend “The Wild Woman of the Birch Grove” told among the birches at sunset. This annual event is designed for adults who can navigate an approximately two-mile journey on and off trails. Bring a cushion to sit on for the performance stops if you wish. A Living Myth Event Diane and Margot have been featured on NPR and at storytelling festivals, coffeehouses and theaters for over thirty years. Diane is known for her unique style of storytelling, where she embodies the various characters and scenes in a tale, bringing each moment alive. For this she has won both the national and the Northeast regional Oracle awards for Storytelling Excellence as well as five Storytelling World Awards. Margot Chamberlain has performed with numerous early music groups including the Revels. Her versatile approach to harp and song brings an underlying poetic weave to support each tale.
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In the Groves: A Summer Solstice Journey
Event Website: https://ArboretumSolstice.eventbrite.com Event Phone: 617-522-4335 Event Contact Email: info@DianeEdgecomb.com Immerse yourself in the deep beauty of trees in this story and music journey through Boston’s favorite tree sanctuary, the Arnold Arboretum. Led by Oracle award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb and Celtic harper Margot Chamberlain, this unfolding performance of ancient tales and songs from cultures around the world takes place in a variety of groves at some of the Arboretum’s loveliest spots. Designed especially for the Arboretum, this Summer Solstice event takes the audience on a two hour journey through the landscape with story and music stops along the way. The rich cultural traditions of Japan, Australia, Russia, Britain and Native America celebrate cherry, evergreen and ash with the evening culminating in the haunting Czech legend “The Wild Woman of the Birch Grove” told among the birches at sunset. This annual event is designed for adults who can navigate an approximately two-mile journey on and off trails. Bring a cushion to sit on for the performance stops if you wish. A Living Myth Event Diane and Margot have been featured on NPR and at storytelling festivals, coffeehouses and theaters for over thirty years. Diane is known for her unique style of storytelling, where she embodies the various characters and scenes in a tale, bringing each moment alive. For this she has won both the national and the Northeast regional Oracle awards for Storytelling Excellence as well as five Storytelling World Awards. Margot Chamberlain has performed with numerous early music groups including the Revels. Her versatile approach to harp and song brings an underlying poetic weave to support each tale.
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Traditions 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: folktalesrising@gmail.com Traditions and Truth: Virtual Open Mic Saturday, July 1 at 7:00 - 8:30 pm CDT (online) Featuring: Kucha and Baba Tony Presented by: storytelling.org Events occur on the first Saturday of the month at 7:00 PM Central Time. There will also be a featured teller at each gathering. Email: jdelnegro@dom.edu for the Zoom link and/or if you are interested in telling a story (7-10 minutes).
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OARS in the Water: Stories as Touchstones
Link to Event: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82691173743?pwd=bmV6UWsxRXNEazlOazc5Q3Q2cHA4QT09 Event Website: https://healingstoryalliance.org/oars/ Event Phone: (651) 703-8191 Event Contact Email: ahealingstoryalliance@gmail.com OARS in the Water: Stories as Touchstones June 14th at 7:00pm-8:30pm EDT Hosted by Elisa Pearmain and Ai-Lin Chuah Presented by: Healing Story Alliance We may all have many favorite stories. We love myths, folk and fairytales for their wisdom, metaphors and shared humanity. We love biographical stories that give us courage, understanding and hope. Religious stories may inspire us and guide us. Join us as together we will explore and reflect upon the stories that have been touchstones in our lives. (Please do not come prepared to tell a full story. We will share only brief descriptions and why they have been meaningful in our life journeys.) 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 appreciated. https://storynet.org/donate/ We’ll gather via Zoom. Here is the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82691173743?pwd=bmV6UWsxRXNEazlOazc5Q3Q2cHA4QT09 About our Hosts for June 14th 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 Executive Board of the Healing Story Alliance and is chair of the HAS Programming Committee. Ai-Lin Chuah - Once upon a time, a data-processing geophysicist with a liking for green spaces walked into a storytelling meeting. ... And 20 years passed. Ai-Lin lives in Singapore. She has taught storytelling in classrooms, facilitated workshops for children and adults, and performed in museums, schools, at events and at storytelling festivals in Singapore. She enjoys fact-based tales as much as fantasy, and is partial to Zen and Sufi stories. She loves trees, forests and the sea. "Nature is a giant story-web. All those Connections, the way things work... How can one not be in a state of constant Wonder?" Ai-Lin is also a licensed Nature guide and Tourist guide, with special interests in sustainability, heritage, culture, and history. She has discovered that storytelling skills work wonders on walking tours! For the Schedule of upcoming OARS Meetings visit: https://healingstoryalliance.org/oars/
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Stories for Dying and Living
Link to Event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/online-tickets-jim-brule-stories-for-dying-living-tickets-625441290737 Event Phone: 3128841818 Event Contact Email: jimbrule@gmail.com Traditional stories serve as the seeds to spark conversations and personal reflections around facing our own death, grief, the fear of dissolution, and how to leave loved ones behind. Join the journey to discover your current feelings and inner state, open difficult conversations, and hopefully uncover a space of stillness and peace to hold whatever storms may come. Jim Brulé has a Master’s in Counseling Psychology and is a member of the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance (NEDA). He is a Maggid, which is an ordained spiritual storyteller, and runs a school for multi-faith spiritual storytelling with students and faculty from over a dozen different traditions. Participants will be able to: * Have a greater fluency in how to engage themselves and others in the topics of dying and living in a personal way * Recognize the value of storytelling as a gateway to these conversations * Encounter new modalities for exploring stories about these and other deep topics This is a free event, sponsored by Francis House, an Omega Home in Syracuse NY. Donations are welcomed at https://francishouseny.org/
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Susan Ida Boucaud 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 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 and 2) in the banner click on “Meeting Invitation” (a new one will be posted every Tuesday by noon EDT. Otherwise, there will be a placeholder message.) To Subscribe to our mailing list: https://tinyletter.com/StorySpace 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). Susan Ida Boucaud: from Toronto, serves up a compelling mix of personal and traditional stories. Producer and performer involved with numerous Canadian storytelling events, she helps coordinate and can often be seen and heard at our counterpart Neighbor to the North’s weekly series: 1001 Friday Nights of Storytelling. Feature’s website: http://boucaudinthestory.com/ Feature’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/HerVoiceReturns/ 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 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. 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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Nothin’ Personal
On June 8, 2023, join emcee Jessica Robinson and storytellers Janel Behm, Calvin S. Cato, Heather Forest, Linda Schuyler Ford, Laura Simms, and Linda Yemoto for “Nothing Personal.” It’s storytelling, just nothing personal. Online only. Tickets on sale at: https://www.bettersaidthandone.com/.../not-personal-stories/ Suggested contribution $15 per attendee. Minimum $5. Proceeds will be divided among the storytellers. This show will be recorded. All ticket holders receive a zoom link to watch live and then a Youtube link after to watch the recording. This is a zoom meeting so, you will have the option to be seen. However, you can choose to keep your camera off to watch if you prefer. You should receive the Zoom login information shortly after registering. Check the email you use on Paypal and check your junk folder if you do NOT see it. Try to login a few minutes before show time to make sure you can gain entry. Contact us at stories (at) bettersaidthandone (dot) com if you still do not see the email. Link to Event: https://www.bettersaidthandone.com/2023/05/15/not-personal-stories/
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Jim Brulé Featured at The Story Space online, Tue 05/30/2023
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 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 and 2) in the banner click on “Meeting Invitation” (a new one will be posted every Tuesday by noon EDT. Otherwise, there will be a placeholder message.) To Subscribe to our mailing list: https://tinyletter.com/StorySpace 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). Jim Brulé: Jim Brulé is a transformational storyteller who invites us to be inspired and disturbed by stories with rich, often unexpected, meaning. Jim will be exploring a work in development - some of the stories of the Golem and the Maharal of Prague. Come be inspired and disturbed! Feature’s website: https://transformationalstorytelling.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 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. 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"
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