Storyteller Harlynne Geisler
www.swiftsite.com/storyteller
858-569-9399
storybag@juno.com
CALENDAR OF EVENTS WORLDWIDE
COLORADO
Ongoing
Durango
Flo Trujillo. 599-1273 Monthly swap in Durango. Info.: ftrujill@infoway.lib.nm.us.
Every
Summer The Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival, at Palmer Lake CO. Palmer Lake is
a SMALL town on the plains side of the mountains, south of Denver, just a jog west
of I-25. For details, visit http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~jbowles/RMSF.html"
CONNECTICUT
Ongoing
http://www.connstorycenter.org
The Connecticut Storytelling Center is based at Connecticut College in New London.
http://www.lanes.org
League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling (LANES) is the Northeastern
regional organization for storytelling. Lists events throughout the New England states.
StoryNight
at Borders Books and Music, hosted by Theresa McGoff Ferreira, last Wednesday of
the month. 7:30pm open mic followed by featured teller at 8:45pm. At Borders, 54
Pavilions Dr., Manchester, CT. Call Theresa at (860) 763-5751.
Eastern CT Shoreline
area: call Catherine Conant (860) 526-5895. csquare947@aol.com
Fairfield County
CT: Storytellers Anon, usually one Thursday a month at 7:30pm at Darien Library,
Darien. Call Christine Ginsburg or Janet Davis at library: (203) 655-1234.
Manchester
CT: Friends of the Word, monthly, 3rd Tuesdays at 7:30pm. Emanuel Lutheran Church
(chapel) 60Church St,, Manchester CT. Chris Rothe (860) 871-0514, chrisrothe@msn.com
or Maude Carpenter (860) 649-5176, maudec1@juno.com.
Bridgeport CT area: Talewaggers
of Housatonic Valley monthly weeknight potlucks Trumbull/Shelton, Monica Peterson
(203) 926-0677 or Yvonne Wilkins (203) 261-7940.
Danbury CT area: Talewaggers
of New Milford, 3rd Tuesdays, 8pm at New Milford public library. Sue Ford (860) 355-1191.
Hartford
CT area: Hither & Yon Storytellers, 4th Mon. or Tues., 7pm, Ellie Toy (860) 651-6257.
New
Haven/Guilford CT area: Took-A-Look Tellers, 3rd or 4th Thurs. potluck 6:30pm, Rita
Hughes (203) 272-8677.
Northeastern CT area: NE CT Storytellers, one Wed. monthly,
7:30pm, Joy Child Care, Rte. 6, N. Windham. Hazel Smith (860) 455-0203 or Pat Boyd
(860) 455-9792.
Wethersfield Public Library Open Mic!. Second Friday. 7-9 p.m.
April
every year CONNECTICUT STORYTELLING FESTIVAL, Connecticut College, New London CT.
Sponsored by Connecticut Storytelling Center. Csc@conncoll.edu. www.connstorycenter.org.
860-439-2764
Oral Traditions Masters Program at Mitchell College, New London.
www.learn.edu
The Graduate Institute's Master of Arts in
ORAL TRADITIONS
Exploring
the Power of the Spoken Word
An accredited master of arts program ~ The Graduate
Institute is now
enrolling cohorts in New Haven, Hartford and Stamford, Conn.
The program
is designed to explore areas of inquiry including:
· What
is storytelling?
· How does storytelling open the doors to other societies,
our
society, cultures, time, perspectives?
· How does language develop?
· What are the ways in which we can see into others worlds
through
storytelling?
· How are stories the natural insight to identity?
·
What is orality?
· How do we become readers and thinkers from language?
·
How does language evolve?
Dynamic faculty and mentorship opportunities
~ Transdisciplinary dialogue
is facilitated by leaders in the fields of developmental
psychology,
cultural anthropology, mythology, sociolinguistics and world literature.
Participants
are required to work collegially with a mentor in their
field.
Supportive cohort
learning communities ~ The program is structured to
provide participants with
a supporting learning community in which 10-18
adult learners study together,
share knowledge, and engage in creative
dialogue for the duration of study.
One
weekend a month, for 22 months ~ The program is designed for working
professionals.
Classes are held one weekend a month during the academic
year in addition to one
weeklong summer session. The program is completed
in less than two years.
Affordable
~ Tuition and fees are commesurate with the state higher
education tuition rates.
The total cost of the program is $10,224.
Payment plans and loan opportunities
are available.
For more information ~ Contact Jodie LaBombard, Director of Marketing
&
Publicity at labombard@learn.edu, or by calling 203-874-4252.
The Graduate
Institute
701 North Street
Milford, CT 06460
www.learn.edu
DELAWARE
http://www.lanes.org League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling
(LANES) is the Northeastern regional organization for storytelling. Lists events
throughout the New England states.
FLORIDA
ONGOING
2nd
Monday St. Augustine, Tale Tellers of St. Augustine meeting & story swap 7 -
9 p.m. Call for location. 904-471-0179 StoryBuff@AOL.com
Collier County, Seaside
Story Spinners meets the second Tuesday of each month at the main branch of the Collier
County Library on Central Ave. 7-9 p.m. 262-6853.
Fort Myers, Tamiami Tale Tellers
meets 7-9 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at Grand Court, 8351 College Parkway.
free. (941) 472-1781.
3rd Sunday of every month from 2-4 pm. Tampa Bay Storytelling
Guild alternate between Hillsborough (Tampa) and Pinellas (St. Pete Clearwater, etc.)
counties
Melbourne, Voices of Story Storytelling Guild meets the first and third
Tuesdays of each month except December at the Community Room of Melbourne Square
Mall from 7 to 9 p.m. Call Ada Forney at (321) 259-3822.
3rd Fri. 7 p.m. Home
of Margaret Lawrence. Sandcastle Storytellers Swap & Critique. RSVP: 904-756-7908
Last
Fri. Sandcastle Storytellers Meeting at 7 p.m.; swap at 7:30 p.m. Daytona. Barnes
& Noble Bookstore, International Drive. 386-767-0435 http://www.SandcastleStorytellers.org
Official website of Sandcastle Storytellers.
Every Sat. 7:30 p.m. Deland. Sandcastle
Storytellers Open Mike. Boston Grommet Coffee Shoppe, New York Ave. 386-767-0435
http://www.miamistorytellersguild.com
The Miami Storytellers Guild provides links to storytellers online and upcoming events
Florida
Storytelling Association www.flstory.org
GEORGIA
The
Southern Order of Storytellers is a regional group of storytellers and story listeners,
based in Atlanta. www.SouthernOrderOfStorytellers.com
March Athens. Stitching
Stars Storytelling Festival. stitchingstars@hotmail.com, http://www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us/stitching.html
HAWAII
Ongoing.
Ongoing Honolulu, Hawai`i. Moonlight
Storytellers of Oahu monthly storyswap. Free. Small, but friendly, visitors welcome.
Swapping and a shortteaching session. 2nd Friday of the month, 7:00-10:00 pm (roughly).
Call or e-mail Vicky Dworkin, (808) 262-2049, dworkin@hawaii.edu for meeting location,
usually in Kaimuki.
Every October Talking Island Festival. Jeff Gere 808-738-0001
jeffgere@lava.net
Robert Bela Wilhelm, Th.D. Host, Guide & Storyteller
Inn of the Storytellers http://www.innofthestorytellers.com Tel. (301) 791-9153
IDAHO
4th Tuesday of the month Idaho Falls www.srv.net/~telltale/guild.htm
Storytelling Guild of Eastern Idaho meeting, performance, and discussion. Barnes
& Noble 7:00 p.m. 17th Street. Listeners are welcome. (208) 529-3276
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