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Kind Stories in Concert
Link to Event: https://www.simpletix.com/e/kind-stories-in-concert-april-2nd-tickets-124767 Event Website: https://www.healingstoryalliance.org Event Phone: 651-703-8191 Event Contact Email: ahealingstoryalliance@gmail.com 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: April 2, 2023 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. ABOUT the STORYTELLERS: Carol Moore is a dedicated coach, a professional storyteller, and public speaker who lives to educate and entertain. With a style that is comedic, conversational, and authentic, she has performed with organizations such as the National Storytelling Festival, the Moth, Story District, Better Said Than Done, Tales and Ales, Six Feet Apart Productions, Speak Up Storytelling, the TELL: Pittsburgh Storytelling Series and more. She also posts nuggets of content on the social medias. For information on her upcoming events, helpful public speaking tips, or just a good old-fashioned giggle, follow her on your favorite social media platform. Simon Brooks is a British storyteller, humorist and author who, since 1991, has been telling to audiences from all over the world. Simon became a full-time, professional storyteller in 2003, released his first CD in 2006, and his first collection of folk and fairy tales in 2018. Simon has won awards and honors for his storytelling albums from Storytelling World and Parent's Choice. Simon has performed at the National Storytelling Festival in Tennessee and travels to major storytelling venues throughout the USA and abroad. Simon is a Children’s Literacy Foundation presenter, a member of the National Storytelling Network, North East Story Telling, and the New Hampshire Storytelling Alliance. Regi Carpenter has been utilizing the power of stories to motivate, inspire, energize and focus individuals in corporate, academic and non-profit settings for over twenty years. Regi is the recipient of many awards, including Storytelling World, Parent’s Choice, and Parents’ Guide to Children’s Media Award. Her stories have been featured on Sirius Radio, Apple Seed Radio, The Moth, and NPR. Her story Snap! is a winner of the Boston StorySlam. Snap! is the true tale of her severe mental illness as a teenager and her journey back to reality. Regi is also the founder of Stories with Spirit, a creative initiative dedicated to bringing songs of joy and stories of hope to grieving children and the people who love and care for them in homes, hospices, and hospitals. Emcee: Lyn Ford is a fourth-generation, nationally recognized, Affrilachian storyteller, a teaching artist and workshop facilitator with the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education, a Thurber House mentor, a writer published in storytelling magazines and newsletters, as well as teachers' enrichment books, story anthologies, and editorial collaborations. She is also a recording artist with award-winning CDs, a Laughter Yoga Teacher and breath mechanic. Lyn is a sought after storytelling and creative-writing workshop leader and interactive keynote presenter. She is also a happy partner-in-life, mama, grandmama, great-grandmama, and good cook! For more about Laugh Yoga visit her page, Laughter, Breath, Joy! Community Tellers: (Aaron) Emmanuel was born in California but grew up in Maryland. Growing up in church where his father was a pastor, doing spiritual work has always been a part of his life. We all know how polarized our society is; it’s more important than ever for people to invest in matter of the human heart. His organization Trust Moving Forward (https://www.facebook.com/TrustMovingForward) is meant to do just that through social demonstrations, events, and conversations. Aaron Emmanuel is a professional musician, songwriter, poet, and filmmaker. He's currently working on his directorial debut production entitled "Donuts and Stardust". Jenny deBeer Charno works as a medical massage therapist in Glen Cove NY and is an adjunct professor at Stony Brook University. She has led seminars for Landmark Worldwide for 30 years, and that’s how she acquired her Zoom skills. Jenny has one adult child who lives in Brooklyn and is a literacy specialist. Jenny lives in Bayville, a village on the north shore of Long Island. (Jenny is also Sara deBeer’s sister.) For more information, contact: Lani Peterson: Lani@LaniPeterson.com or Heather Forest Heather@storyarts.org
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Elinor Benjamin 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). Elinor Benjamin: presents an unconventional Baptist missionary from Nova Scotia, an invisible hunter, and a wonder-tale from Quebec with the usual cast (princes, an apple of wisdom, a unicorn, a lion, & best of all, a magical bird). Come in, Dearie, and I will tell you all.... Feature’s website: http://www.elinorbenjamin.ca/ 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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Whales, Tales & Sails with Jackson Gillman
Event Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/218487990691247/218488027357910/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22surface%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22permalink%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D Event Phone: 508-295-0886 Event Contact Email: jxsong@comcast.net "Stand-Up Chameleon" Jackson Gillman presents a free, hour-long family program every Friday morning at 10:00, September to mid-June. Participatory songs, movement, story and craft revolve around a different theme each week. All ages are welcome. If you’d like to be informed of each week’s theme, email jxsong@comcast.net
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Sharing the Fire 2023
Please join us for NEST’s 42nd Annual Sharing the Fire Conference - our gathering of storytellers and story lovers - to be held in person in Portsmouth, New Hampshire March 24-26, 2023! This is an opportunity for unmatched professional and personal development opportunities. Storytellers and story practitioners of all levels - from beginners to professionals - are all welcome and encouraged to attend. We hope you will join us! STF 2023
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HSA Kind Stories in Concert
Link to Event: https://www.simpletix.com/e/kind-stories-in-concert-may-7th-tickets-128727 Event Website: https://healingstoryalliance.org Event Phone: 651-703-8191 Event Contact Email: folktalesrising@gmail.com 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: May 7, 2023 Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm EST (Open Mic Story Share and Reflection: last half hour) Emcee: Jackson Gilman Tellers: Diane Ferlatte, Bill Harley, and Leeny Del Seamonds Community Tellers: Emily Gottlieb and Gregory Eftimie 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. Register here to Receive a FREE Kind Stories in Concert Zoom Link https://www.simpletix.com/e/kind-stories-in-concert-may-7th-tickets-128727 Click here to Donate and help make programs like this possible https://square.link/u/d9xbGN2I ‘Kindness is having the ability to speak with love, listen with patience, and act with compassion.” -Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
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HSA Kind Stories in Concert
Link to Event: https://www.simpletix.com/e/kind-stories-in-concert-april-2nd-tickets-124767 Event Website: https://healingstoryalliance.org Event Phone: 651-703-8191 Event Contact Email: folktalesrising@gmail.com 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: April 2, 2023 Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm EDT (Open Mic Story Share and Reflection: last half hour) Emcee: Lyn Ford Tellers: Regi Carpenter, Simon Brooks, and Carol Moore Community Tellers: (Aaron) Emmanuel and Jenny deBeer Charno 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. Register here to Receive Kind Stories in Concert Zoom Link https://www.simpletix.com/e/kind-stories-in-concert-april-2nd-tickets-124767 Click here to Donate and help make programs like this possible https://square.link/u/d9xbGN2I
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HSA Oars in the Water: All Our Families
Link to Event: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84757183292?pwd=WENjdm53c3hRb0owQmZuK045M0FKQT09 Event Website: https://healingstoryalliance.org Event Phone: 6517038191 Event Contact Email: folktalesrising@gmail.com HSA Oars in the Water Hosted by Penny Post & Joe Doolittle Theme: All Our Families Join us to explore the elements that help create bonds between the people we call family, whether they’re related by blood or other facets of kinship. 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
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Joy Smith Featured at The Story Space online, Tue 03/21/2023
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). Joy Smith: Is a multicultural storytelling with music: Singing River Tales, African and African-American folktales, stories from the Civil Rights Movement of the 60’s, moving personal experiences, plus Songs and Stories from Around the World. Feature’s website: https://www.instagram.com/joykellysmith/ 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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Open Mic StorySlam “Off the rails”
Link to Event: https://tinyurl.com/April11OpenMic Event Website: http://sfapshows.com/ Event Phone: +14158278190 Event Contact Email: sixfeetapartproductions@gmail.com There are 10 storytelling spots available and each teller is guaranteed to be on our VIRTUAL stage. Prepare a five-minute story on the theme "Off The Rails." Stories about the best-laid plans spinning out of control, good intentions that went wrong and the chaos caused by going "off the rails." Don't have a story? Join us and vote for your top two stories and help decide who will win our coveted trophy mug and a spot in our annual StellarSlam. This show will stream live on YouTube. Audience tickets $10 or pay what you can, suggested donation of $6.00. Guaranteed storyteller tickets $12.00.
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Bay Area Storytelling Festival-Online
Link to Event: http://basf2023.eventcombo.com/ Event Website: http://www.sixfeetapartproductions.com/basf.html Event Phone: 415-827-8190 Event Contact Email: bayareastoryfest@gmail.com Bay Area Storytelling Festival returns to Orinda Community Center in CA. With Antonio Rocha, Ingrid Nixon, Tim Ereneta and Kirk Waller. The Festival will stream live on YouTube. This will include all of the live main stage performances of the day plus a recording of all breakout sessions and workshops. If you miss part of the festival on the day of, your link will allow for viewing afterwards. The day's schedule will present an opening and closing concert featuring all of our performers, solo shows, shared concerts, a workshop, an AASIA (Asian American Storytellers in Action) showcase, youth tellers and an open mic story swap.
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