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Kind Stories in Concert
Link to Event: https://www.simpletix.com/e/kind-stories-in-concert-february-4-2024-tickets-152669 Event Website: https://www.healingstoryalliance.org Event Phone: 6517038191 Event Contact Email: ahealingstoryalliance@gmail.com 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-february-4-2024-tickets-152669 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 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: Feb. 4, 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. “WHEN YOU ARE KIND TO OTHERS, IT NOT ONLY CHANGES YOU, IT CHANGES THE WORLD.” Harold Kushner ABOUT the STORYTELLERS Connie Regan-Blake is one of America’s most celebrated storytellers. She has captivated the hearts and imaginations of people around the globe with her powerful performances and workshops. Entertaining audiences in 47 states, 18 countries, and 6 continents she brings the wisdom, humor, and drama of stories to main stage concert halls, libraries, and into the corporate world. Both as a solo artist and a member of the acclaimed Folktellers duo, Connie has been featured on seven award-winning recordings – five audio and two videos produced by PBS. New Age Magazine, School Library Journal, and Southern Living have praised her work. She has been a guest on NPR’s All Things Considered, ABC Good Morning America and CNN. Andy Offutt Irwin, with a silly putty voice, hilarious heart-filled stories, and amazing mouth noises (arguably, the greatest whistler in the world) is equal parts mischievous schoolboy and the Marx Brothers, peppered with a touch of the Southern balladeer. He has frequently been featured at the National Storytelling Festival and as a Teller in Residence at the International Storytelling Center. Among other gigs, Andy has been a Guest Artist at La Guardia High School of Art, Music, and Performing Arts in New York (The “FAME!” School); he has been a Keynote Speaker/Performer at the Library of Congress-Virburnum Foundation Conference on Family Literacy; a Guest Writer Performer with the Georgia Tech Glee Club; and a guest composer with the Amherst College Men’s Double Quartet. Andy has held a few almost-real-jobs that include: Artist-In-Residence in Theatre at Emory University’s Oxford College from 1991 to 2007. (He continues serving at Oxford from time-to-time as Artist-in-Just-Passing-Through). A very long time ago Andy spent five years as a performer, writer, and director for SAK Theatre at Walt Disney World. Gauri Raje is a storyteller, educator and workshop facilitator working with adolescents and adults from multilingual, multicultural and disadvantaged backgrounds. She works with different genres: folk tales, fairy tales, epics and myths, mainly from non-European regions, and autobiographical storytelling. She tells stories in various languages including Urdu, Hindi, English and other Indian languages such as Gujarati and Marathi. Gauri formally trained in telling stories with the School of Storytelling, Sussex and then with Jan Blake. She incorporates her training in Indian classical music and dance in her storytelling. She believes storytelling to be a community art form and trained in Theatre of the Oppressed and witness-based work, which enables those with no performance background to tell their stories. She has performed and told stories at several venues in the UK, Greece, Estonia, Norway, Sweden, Germany and India. She tells stories in schools, in barns, by rivers, on the land and in ruins of heritage buildings. Emcee Megan Wells is nationally-respected professional storyteller who has enthralled audiences for more than 40 years. She holds a BA in theatre from Illinois Wesleyan and an MFA in Directing from Illinois State University. She has appeared in theatres, with symphonies, and in cultural arts venues throughout the USA. Her extensive performance repertoire includes myths, folklore, persona, and literary tales. She is highly respected for her directing of contemporary storytellers and is a recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s Circle of Excellence Award. Community Tellers The Turtle Rescue League is a non-profit organization founded in 2010 that has four main programs, rehabilitation, incubation, conservation, and education. Every year they admit hundreds of injured and sick native turtles. They provide medical treatment and prepare them for release back in their homes in the wild. They also incubate eggs recovered from dangerous locations or departed mothers. By ushering healthy hatchlings into the wetlands, they can preserve and carry forth the next generation of turtles. Their facility in Southbridge MA, which includes a clinic, and sanctuary provides for over 200 turtles, and they have a second building under construction for the permanent residents. They are open 24/7 for injured turtles, and Monday through Friday for pet turtle assistance. Please visit the website www.turtlerescueleague.org Ellie Sarty is an animal advocate, ordained animal chaplain, and an animal chaplain in residence for Unity of Central MA for 2024. She is also the founder/director of Compassion Arts, an all-volunteer arts and education initiative for inspiring a deeper understanding of and compassion for other animals and the Earth we share. Compassion Arts dedicates its work to holistic non-violence towards all species (humans and animals) and holds that the animals of this world co-exist on the earth with us, not for us. A former NY based music artist and published songwriter for many years, Ellie now uses her artistry for developing creative humane education programs with a wide range of organizations helping animals and others, and is currently an advisory board member of the Culture and Animals Foundation. https://www.compassionarts.org
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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 OARS in the Water January 10th 7:00pm-8:30pm EST Hosted by Heather Forest & Lani Peterson Theme: Journeys Join us as we explore the transformative experience of adventuresome travels. “A Journey is called that because you cannot know what you will do with what you find, or what you find will do to you.” James Baldwin 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 Jan 10th 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. Heather Forest, PhD, is an award-winning storyteller, author, and musician. 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 three 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.
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The Wonderful Birch – Diving Deeply
Link to Event: https://www.simpletix.com/e/the-wonderful-birch-diving-deeply-season-2-tickets-153850 Event Website: https://transformationalstorytelling.org/ Event Contact Email: jimbrule@gmail.com In this series, we will examine the Russian/Finnish story, "The Wonderful Birch." This is a story with challenging variations on the Cinderella classic, including shapeshifting, murder, and wise women. The Diving Deeply series invites participants to explore stories with rich metaphor and mystery, seeking meanings below the surface that often affect the listener - and the storyteller - without their awareness. Participants dissect the stories, their symbols and metaphors, and uncover both the first set of meanings that seem to present themselves and then consider alternative tellings and impacts. A limited number of scholarships are available upon request. Likewise, those who can afford more to help subsidize those who can't are encouraged to do so. This is truly a unique experience to dive deeply into these mystical depths.
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Open Telling Featured at The Story Space online, Tue 12/26/2023
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. 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 and 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: 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). Open Telling: This is the last event of 2023. So we will have open telling. Join us giving birth to a new, old, or not-yet-a story. Dec. 26th is Boxing Day in Canada & the UK -- no gloves in the Ring, just presents for the Servants! There's no need to be Patronizing or Pugilistic, just bring the Gift of your stories to share -- it's all Open Telling tonight! Or tell one about Christmas, Kwanzaa, Chanukah, The Eating Season, Martin Luther King Jr. Day; or maybe a holiday you wish existed. 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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Paula Dugan 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. 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 and 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: 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). Paula Dugan: Paula tells stories from myths, tradition and her own musings. Tonight's telling will include poems and stories that explore tradition, identity, fate and love. Paula Dugan began telling in the early1990's at Bookseller’s Cafe, hosted by the late Brother Blue. She has taught storytelling workshops for performers and librarians. She has performed for First Night celebrations in MA and NH. Credits include Club Passim, Johnnycake Storytelling Festival; Rhode Island Storytelling Festival; Three Apples Storytelling Festival; American Story Theater, Downtown Ceili, Upper William Street Festival, TryWorks Coffee House, and Cork Yarnspinner, Ireland. Feature’s facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063621785863 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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Florida Storytelling Festival
Event Website: flstory.com Event Phone: (352) 234-6422 Event Contact Email: fsa@flstory.com Featured Tellers: Tim Tingle, Connie Regan-Blake, Eva Abram, Chris Kastle, Mary Lou Williams. The four-day Florida Storytelling Festival celebrates the art and craft of oral storytelling through community and connection. Our annual festival brings us together for listening to Featured Tellers, learning in Workshops, and telling your own story in Swaps. The festival encourages diversity, fellowship, and our youth. Listeners Pass $60, Full Festival Pass $185.
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In Praise of Kindness
Link to Event: facebook.com/HCAStoryCenter Event Website: http://www.hcastorycenter.org/ Event Phone: 6517038191 Event Contact Email: storymentor2010@gmail.com The Hans Cristian Andersen Storytelling Center presents "In Praise of Kindness" - Online Storytelling Festival Free! All ages welcome! Saturday, December 16th at 11 am - 12:30 pm EST Donations welcome at http://www.hcastorycenter.org/ Watch Live on FACEBOOK: facebook.com/HCAStoryCenter
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Tellabration! Featured at The Story Space online, Tue 12/12/2023
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. 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 and 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: 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). TELLABRATION!: It's our late edition of the "World-Wide Night of Storytelling for Adults", but just in time for tales about Winter and Winter Holidays, so please join us & some special Guests for some special Stories. Your eight-minute stories are welcome, too! Feature’s website: https://storynet.org/events/tellabration/ 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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The Winter Solstice in Story and Song – a Video on Demand
Link to Event: https://www.simpletix.com/e/the-winter-solstice-in-story-and-song-vid-tickets-61893 Event Website: https://livingmyth.com/event/classic-tales-and-songs-of-the-winter-solstice-a-video-on-demand Event Phone: 617-522-4335 Event Contact Email: Diane@LivingMyth.com Video on Demand available from December 20th -December 28th This beautifully edited video captures the essence of Diane Edgecomb's annual story and music Winter Solstice event. Filmed at New Hampshire Theater Project's intimate theater, "The Winter Solstice in Story and Song" will be available as a Video on Demand through the entire holiday season: December 20th - 28th. Your video Link will be emailed to you on December 20th. About the Video of The Winter Solstice in Story and Song: Celebrate the Winter Solstice with haunting legends of light, evergreen traditions, and entertaining tales surrounded by traditional and original music and song. Master storyteller Diane Edgecomb brings to life ancient tales of the longest nights. Featured stories include the beautiful Legend of the Mistletoe from Scandinavia, humorous English Wassail traditions, and the poignant Greek legend The Halcyon Days of Peace. Accompanied by Celtic harper Margot Chamberlain and multi-instrumentalist Tom Megan this performance offers a fascinating look at the humorous and moving stories behind winter holiday traditions. Songs evocative of the season and lovely instrumental melodies round out the event. "A storyteller in the grand tradition, Edgecomb is a virtuoso of the spoken word, an entire cast rolled into one." Publisher's Weekly Diane’s Storytelling Concerts have toured the US, the UK and beyond. Her solo show, A Thousand Doorways her solo performance on gathering the folkloric tales of the Kurds in the mountain villages of Turkey received raves and five star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2018. “An epic story told with consummate skill!”- The Stage UK. Her seasonal performance-events with Celtic Harper Margot Chamberlain celebrate the Winter Solstice as well as myths and music from cultures around the world. Now available as performance videos, expertly filmed in beautiful locations from Scotland to the International Storytelling Center Diane’s award-winning Story and Music Concerts may be streamed in real time to your audience! For additional engagement, Diane leads a lively Q and A at the end.
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The Winter Solstice in Story and Song
Event Website: https://Solstice_2023.eventbrite.com Event Phone: 617-522-4335 Event Contact Email: Diane@LivingMyth.com Celebrate the Winter Solstice with this delightful seasonal performance filled with tales and songs from cultures around the world. This unique celebration brings to life the fascinating and evocative stories told at the time of the longest nights from the beautiful Greek myth The Halcyon Days of Peace to Native American and Tanzanian stories of how the animal kingdom brought light and life during the darkest times. Created by and featuring award-winning performer and recording-artist Diane Edgecomb, the presentation is accompanied by long time collaborators: musicians Margot Chamberlain on Celtic harp and multi-instrumentalist Tom Megan whose original and revitalized songs of the season and evocative instrumentals round out the entertainment. A winner of both the national and regional Oracle awards for storytelling excellence, Edgecomb brings passion, humor and her trademark "embodied storytelling" style to every piece each of which is beautifully complemented by musical accompaniment and song. This inspiring event has been a beloved Boston area celebration of the Solstice for over thirty years. "A storyteller in the grand tradition, Edgecomb is a virtuoso of the spoken word, an entire cast rolled into one." - Publisher's Weekly
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