MARCH
Sat, Mar 21 - 11:00 AM Gary Lloyd
tells of Giants & Leprechauns and other things a wee-bit
Irish at the Herndon Fortnightly Library at 768 Center Street,
Herndon, Va. Free for all ages. Call
for reservations though at 703-437-8855.
Sun, Mar 22—2:00 pm Gary Lloyd tells of Giants &
Leprechauns and other things a wee-bit Irish at the Chantilly
Library at 4000 Stringfellow Rd., Chantilly, Va. Free
for all ages but call for reservations 703-502-3883
- 4:00 pm
4th at 4 StoryFolk at Towson Unitarian Universalist Church,
1 mile N of Baltimore Beltway on Dulaney Valley Rd. Please
bring something to nibble or sip and a story to share. RSVP
Barb 410-252-1438 or Diane at 410-321-8419
Mar 26-29 “Digging into Shakespeare” Jon Spelman with
musician Tina Chancey at Roundhouse Theatre in Silver Spring.
$15. 240-644-1100 or roundhousetheatre.org
Sat, Mar 28—9:30 am -4:30 pm SpeakeasyDC presents Storytelling
Boot Camp at St. Stephen's Church, 1525 Newton St, NW DC.
$85, or add in a half-price coaching session for $110. See
www.speakeasydc.org
for details.
Sat, Mar 28—7:30 pm Tell Tale Hearts presents Woven Yarns
in Concert. George Crafts and Dee Kyser at the Cultural Arts
Center at Glen Allen, 2880 Mountain Road, just off Woodman
Rd exit from I-295, Richmond. $10. 804-261-2787 for reservations.
www.telltalehearts.org
Sun, Mar 29—10-11:30 am “From Chelm to New York” by
Miriam Nadel as part of the series for adults “L'Dor Va Dor:
Preserving our traditions from generation to generation through
storytelling” at Agudas Achim Congregation, 2908 Valley Drive,
Alexandria, VA. 703-998-5450
Mon, Mar 30—8 pm Baltimore's Stoop Storytelling Series:
“You Want Fries With That?: stories about jobs, careers, &
working for The Man” 7 tellers get 7 minutes each at Centerstage,
700 N. Calvert St, Baltimore. Cocktails & live music by
Caleb Stine & the Brakemen at 7 pm. $15, Advance purchase
recommended: www.stoopstorytelling.com
or 410-332-0033.
APRIL
Wed, Apr
1--7:30 pm Kensington Row Story Salon. Sherry Geyelin shows
that storytelling is not just for kids. Free, Kensington Row
Bookshop, 3786 Howard Ave, Kensington. 301-949-9416
Sat, Apr
4—7:30 pm STORYSWAP
Storytellers & listeners are invited to the home
of Eve Burton in Gaithersburg for an evening of shared stories
& potluck snacks. Free. Call 301-926-4358 or email ebnineteen@hotmail.com
for RSVPs & directions. (Expect some Twinbrook Tellers
here.)
Tue, Apr 14 SpeakeasyDC takes on “ Lost & Found”
Stories about the misplaced, forgotten, and rediscovered .
Station 9, 1438 U St, NW. Doors open at 6:30, show 8-10, restaurant
open at 5:30. $10 cover. www.speakeasydc.org
to sign up for open mic
Thu, Apr 16—2 pm Laura J. Bobrow speaks at the National
Library Week Book Festival at Loudoun Campus of Northern Virginia
Community College in Sterling. Info: roking@nvcc.edu
Smithsonian Organizational Storytelling Weekend in Washington
DC
Bookings are now open for the annual weekend of organizational
storytelling events in Washington DC at the Smithsonian and
the 4H Center. You can book as follows: EVENING WORKSHOP AT
THE SMITHSONIAN:
INTRODUCTION TO STORYTELLING Svend-Erik Engh and Noa
Baum
Thursday April 16, 2009, 6.30 pm to 9 pm. Book here http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=216805
Fri, April 17, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ALL-DAY SEMINAR AT THE SMITHSONIAN:
STORYTELLING AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE GROUPS Ten exciting speakers
and a lot more interaction than in previous years. Note also
that we are using a smaller room this year and so numbers
are limited. Don't miss out. Book here
http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=216805
Sat, Apr 18—11 am Donna Washington at Sterling Library,
120 Enterprise St, ling, VA 703-430-9500
- 2 pm Donna Washington at Middleburg Library, 101
Reed St, Middleburg, VA 540-687-5730
-ALL DAY STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS AT THE 4H CENTER: 9
to 5:00 PM. Golden Fleece Storytelling Workshops at the 4H
Center in DC: Storytellers from around the globe facilitating
engaging dialogues - Why Story Matters Now More Than Ever: Exploring
Contemporary Challenges Information is available here More
information on the weekend is available at: http://stevedenning.com/Conferences/SmithsonianApr09.htm
Thu, Apr
23—7:30 pm SpeakeasyDC celebrates DC's Big Read. This year's
book is The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers.
SpeakeasyDC presents original stories on themes from the book
at Busboys & Poets, 14th & V, NW DC. Free. www.speakeasydc.org
Apr 24-25 Sounds of the Mountains Music and Story Festival
at Camp Bethel, near Roanoke. Featuring Donald Davis, Odds
Bodkin, Joseph Helfrich and… you? See VASA call for tellers
below. For festival info: 919-469-0394 or www.soundsofthemountains.org
Sat, Apr 25—10 am-6 pm Southern Maryland Celtic Festival at
Jefferson Paterson Park & Museum. A full day of storytelling
and lots more. For festival info, see cssm.org
Sun, Apr 26—4 pm 4th at 4 StoryFolk at Towson Unitarian
Universalist Church, 1 mile N of Baltimore Beltway on Dulaney
Valley Rd. Please bring something to nibble or sip and a story
to share. RSVP Barb 410-252-1438 or Diane at 410-321-8419
MAY
Sat, May
4 7:00 pm Local storyteller Jon Spelman will be
performing at the Ford's Theatre in their free Living Lincoln
Series. The theater has just reopened after a $25 million
refurbishment (comfy seats!) which maintained all of its historic
character. Jon's presentation is entitled, Lincoln as Storyteller
.
As you may know, Jon is trained in
both acting and storytelling and has a national reputation.
Even more important for this performance, he is a diligent
researcher who invariably presents a very professional performance.
For more about Jon, visit his website: http://www.jonspelman.org/TAPES&BOOKSPAGE.htm
To get your free tickets, go online (small handling fee) at:
http://www.fordstheatre.org/event/living-lincoln-series,
or go to the Ford's Theatre box office and pick them up at
no charge.
The performance begins at 7 pm, and it
is general admission, so arrive early to avoid sitting behind
a post... If you have to choose between sitting on the far
right or the far left (no political implications implied...),
choose the left to have a good view of the fateful box seats
where President Lincoln was sitting on his final night.
Wed, May 6—7:30 pm Kensington Row Story Salon Marcia
Joiner and Ellouise Schoettler present a Mother's Day Program,
showing that storytelling isn't just for kids. Free, Kensington
Row Bookshop, 3786 Howard Ave, Kensington. 301-949-9416
Tue, May 12 SpeakeasyDC takes on “ Coming of Age” Stories
about proms, weddings and other rites of passage . Station
9, 1438 U St, NW. Doors open at 6:30, show 8-10, restaurant
open at 5:30. $10 cover. www.speakeasydc.org
to sign up for open mic
