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April 2009 – May 2009 The Newsletter of the Story Circle of the Capital District Editor and Publisher: Claire Nolan 11 Norwood Street Albany, NY 12203 (518) 209-6477 E-mail: cbnolou@yahoo.com Visit our web site at www.story-circle.org
"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." Rudyard Kipling Story Circle Business News
Meetings 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the William K. Sanford Public Library and 6:15 to 9:00 p.m. at the Guilderland Library (GPL). At GPL, we will have a topic for panel/roundtable discussion. Upcoming
Meetings: April 8 at GPL and May 19 at Colonie Carol
Connolly--
"A Tale of Irish Luck"--jocular tale Patsy Patrick announced that the Friends of Schenectady County Public Library will be sponsoring a series in January through March 2010 of music and storytelling. For more information, call Ronald Patrick at 864-5098 Cancellations: The February Meeting was canceled. For future reference, please use the following guidelines to cancel a meeting or to check on a scheduled meeting: It is up to the facilitator to decide to cancel a meeting. Carol Connolly or Kate Dudding may be consulted. A facilitator who decides to cancel a meeting must: 1) Send out an email message via Story Circle listserv 2)
Notify the library
Ongoing Events
Story by Story is our weekly TV show; tune in on Sunday nights at 8:30 and Tuesday afternoons at 1:00 on Schenectady Public Access TV, Channel 16.
Children at the Well: Interfaith Youth Storytelling March 29 Sunday 3:30 pm St. Francis de Sales Church, 1 Maria Drive, Loudonville. For more information, see www.childrenatthewell.org
OPEN MIC in Saratoga on the Second Wednesday of each month. April 8 (6:45 sign-up) Stories from 7 – 9 at Woodlawn Commons 156 Lawrence St. 6:45 sign up. Directions: From Broadway in Saratoga, turn West on Church St. Turn right on Seward St. (If you get as far as the hospital, you've gone one block too far). Turn right again on Clement St. (at the 2nd stop sign). Look for Hospice. Woodlawn is the big yellow building nearby. May 13 and June 10 (6:45 sign-up) Stories from 7 – 9: at Café Lena 47 Phila St. Saratoga Springs. 6:45 pm sign ups; 7:00 Storytelling. Phone: 583-0022. http://www.caffelena.org/open-mic.htm#s
Adirondack Storytelling Guild – Contact Fran Yardley franstory@gmail.com.
Interfaith Story Circle : April 2 Thursday 6:00 – 8:00 pm at Congregation Beth Emeth at 100 Academy Rd in Albany. - GRSJohnson@aol.com
Dates and Location TBD - Albany Open Mic - We are looking for storytellers and listeners and a location for an Open Mic in Albany – call Claire at 209-6477 or e-mail cbnolou@yahoo.com if you are interested.
Family Programs April
14 Tuesday --Tales
‘n Tunes
will present Hello Earth! It’s Spring! at 6:30 p.m at the Soule
Branch of the Onondaga
County Library System, Syracuse, NY. (315) 435-5320.
Little Red Schoolhouse, Coeymans Hollow (518) 756-2053www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.com Free
April
21 Tuesday 6:30-7:30
pm Spring in the Air -- Stories Everywhere (518) 658-2231 www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.com Free
April 21 Tuesday 6:30 – 7:30 pm Tales That Spring to Life Fran Combs Berger and Dee Wind Woo d Park Senior Center Sponsor (518) 686-9401www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.com Free
April
22 Wednesday 6:30-7:30
pm Spring
in the Air -- Stories Everywhere
April 22 Wednesday 7:00-8:00 pm Stories from Near and Far Kate Dudding and Alan McClintock Stephentown Memorial Library (518) 733-5750 www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.com Free
April 23 Thursday 6:30-8:00 pm Family performance Our Favorite Stories with the featured Tellers of the Riverway
Storytelling Festival East Greenbush Community Library (518) 477-7476 April
24 Friday 7:00-8:00
pm Things
That Go Bump in the Night with the Featured Tellers of the Riverway Storytelling
Festival at Guilderland Public Library (518) 456-2400
April
25 Saturday
11:15 – 12:15 Passport to Adventure: World Stories for Families. Come
hear some of the finest storytellers in our region! At the Albany Public
Library Main Branch (518) 427-4319 www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.com Free. April
25 Saturday 1:00
– 1:45 pm Fresh Voices: Stories with Attitude. Young storytellers
April 25 Saturday 7:00 – 8:00 pm Stories that Make you Giggle and Grin with the Featured Tellers of the Riverway Storytelling Festival at Bush Memorial Center Russell Sage College NOTE: While this is a free concert, the seating is limited and tickets are required. Some tickets may be available that night. Please call (518) 274-7071 for more information. www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.com
May 3 Sunday -- “Every Day is Earth Day,” Schenectady County Community College. Times TBA.
Adult Programs
March
28 Saturday --
Word Plays in The Gallery at Proctors
April
24
Friday
8:30 – 10:00 pm Tales to Take You to the Edge with the Featured Tellers
of the 2009 Riverway Storytelling Festival. Guilderland Public Library (518)
456-2400 www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.com
April 25 Saturday 8:30 – 10:00 pm You Might as well Laugh: Comical Tales for Grown-ups with the Featured Tellers of the Riverway Storytelling Festival at Bush Memorial Center Russell Sage College NOTE: While this is a free concert, the seating is limited and tickets are required. Some tickets may be available that night. Please call (518) 274-7071 for more information. www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.com
Opportunities for Tellers April 25 Saturday 2:00 – 2:45 pm Story Swaps – Where anyone can tell (but not read) a story. This is a good opportunity to tell unpolished tales. Length: under 7 minutes. This is at the Albany Public Library Main Branch (518) 427-4319 www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.com
Workshops and Classes for Storytellers
April 1 through May 13
Wednesdays 6:30-8:30 pm at Hudson Valley Community College - Telling Traditional
and Family Stories. Learn techniques necessary to be at ease and
bring a story to life. The instructors will demonstrate proper breathing
techniques, facial expressions, blocking, and hand and body movement skills. April 16, 2009 – April 19, 2009 Each year Marni Gillard
brings Storyteller/Coach Doug Lipman to her home in Schenectady for
an intensive weekend workshop. Beginners and experienced tellers work together
and learn both how to improve our work and how to find the kind of supportive
helpers that keep us from feeling isolated in our artistry in the future. COST FOR WORKSHOP: $497for 3 sessions of individual coaching, 7 sessions of watching others be coached, and several mini-lectures on topics from how artistic work equals political work to how to find support for your artistic growth year round. $50 deposit holds your spot. The weekend is limited to 8. If you can¹t come, it will be refunded once the weekend is full. Any returnee to one of Doug¹s long workshops, here or elsewhere, gets an additional $30 returnee discount ($367)
April 24, Friday 1:00 - 4:00 pm. Workshop: The Whole Story: Using Imagination to Animate the Tale with Carol Birch at the Guilderland Public Library (518) 456-2400 www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.com $25.
April 25 Saturday 9:30 – 11:00 am. Workshop: Storytelling 101 with Mitch Capel at the Albany Public Library Main Branch (518) 427-4319 www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.com $20 adults/$10 students.
April 25 Saturday 9:30 – 11:00 am. Workshop: Taking Stories Beyond: Part 1 with Peninnah Schram at the Albany Public Library Main Branch (518) 427-4319 www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.com $20.
April 25 Saturday 3:00 – 4:30 pm. Workshop: Using Humor in Personal Stories with Andy Offutt Irwin at the Albany Public Library Main Branch (518) 427-4319 www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.com $20 adults/$10 students.
April 25 Saturday 3:00 – 4:30 pm. Workshop: Taking Stories Beyond: Part 2 with Peninnah Schram at the Albany Public Library Main Branch (518) 427-4319 www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.com $20.
July 24 – July 26 Friday dinner through Sunday lunch - mark your calendars – Don’t miss the Pyramid Lake Storytelling Weekend. Fun workshops on various topics, a story swap, and a campfire concert by teachers Marni Gillard, Kevin Brooks and Laura Packer. Best of all is the beautiful lake, free kayaks and canoes. The food is plentiful and the friendships warm. Welcoming to men, women and young people who want to learn more about storytelling. Young teens have participated the last few years. $120 for everything! Contact pyramidlife.org to register. Contact marnigillard@earthlink.net with questions. Fund Raiser April 2 Thursday,
7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Wine & Chocolate: Stories of Decadence, Blarney and Mirth
All meetings are held from 7 to 9 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday and 6:15 – 9:00 on the 3rd Wednesday of the month alternating between Tuesdays in odd numbered months at the William K. Sanford Library and Wednesdays in even numbered months at the Guilderland Public Library. DIRECTIONS: The Guilderland Public Library is located at 2228 Western Avenue, Guilderland, 1/2 mile west of Rte. 155 on the south side of Western Avenue. (April 8: This is NOT a type-o!!) The William K. Sanford Library is located at 629 Albany Shaker Road, just off Northway Exit 4, and 1/4 mile east of the intersection of Wolf Road and Albany Shaker Road on the left side. (May 19) *****************************************************************************
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