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April – May 2012 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
“Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.” ~ Hermann Hesse Story Circle Business News
Meetings – Open to the Public - from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the William K. Sanford Public Library (Colonie) and from 6:15 to 9:00 p.m. at the Pine Hills Library- small meeting room. At Pine Hills, we will have a topic for panel/roundtable discussion. Upcoming Meetings: Wednesday April 18 at the Pine Hills Library at 6:00 pm & Tuesday May 15 at Colonie at 7:00 pm. Meeting Notes: February 15 Meeting facilitator
Kate Dudding Donald Davis has a small book on family
stories: Telling Your Own Stories, August House Publishers, Inc., 1993,
(800) 284-8784, ISBN 0-87483-235-7. $10.00. Meeting Notes: March 20
Did you Know? 2012 dues are DUE! And still a bargain at $10.00 per year. Please use the form on Page 8.
Story Circle Meeting Cancellation
Policy:
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. The facilitator may
consult with Carol Connolly or Kate Dudding. If the facilitator
decides to cancel a meeting: 1) Send out an e-mail message via the Story Circle
listserv (or ask Carol Connolly or Kate Dudding to do it) and 2) notify
the library.
Ongoing Events Every Week - The LANES Teller-Phone - Call 617-499-966. A new three-minute story every week starting on Mondays. Adirondack Storytelling Guild – Contact Fran Yardley at franstory@gmail.com. Eighth Step Open Mic First Thursdays 7-9:30 at Proctors in Robb Alley - All welcome. Interfaith Story Circle of the Tri-City Area – http://www.interfaithstory.org/events.shtml Contact Anne Snyder for upcoming meetings. Anneveronica50@hotmail.com Children at the Well (CATW): April 22 Sunday 2:00 pm at Steamer No. 10 Theater. 500 Western Avenue Albany, NY 12203. (518) 438-5503, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim students will tell stories from their faith traditions. http://www.interfaithstory.org/children-at-the-well.shtml. Find them on Facebook! For more information: 518-785-7842, paulabweiss@gmail.com Story by Story is our weekly TV show on Channel 16 in Schenectady County on Open Stage Media tune in on Mondays at 9:00 p.m. or Thursday at 9:00 a.m. In most other counties in the Capital District on Channel 18 through Time Warner Cable tune in on the first Monday of the month at 12:30 p.m. http://www.storycircleatproctors.org/story-by-story.shtml Free OPEN MIC in Saratoga Monday April 11 at Woodlawn Commons 156 Lawrence St. Directions to Woodlawn Commons: 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 and turn in. Woodlawn is the big yellow building straight ahead. http://www.storycircleatproctors.org/sc/Open%20Mics.shtml Free OPEN MIC in Saratoga Monday May 14 at Caffé Lena. With Featured Teller Ken Busman. Signups to tell stories at 6:45 p.m. Stories begin at 7:00 pm. 47 Phila Street Saratoga Springs 12866 (518) 583-0022. http://www.storycircleatproctors.org/sc/Open%20Mics.shtml Free
Family Programs April 13 Friday 6:30 pm “Rhythms for RISSE: A World Music Concert and Silent Auction”. RISSE, the Refugee and Immigrant Support Services of Emmaus, is a local nonprofit organization to refugees and immigrants make the transition into life in the US. RISSE offers an after-school program for refugee children, English classes for adults, an English-intensive summer program, and other occasional services. “Rhythms for RISSE” will kick off at 6:30 PM with a silent auction At 7 PM a world music concert will begin, featuring music from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Performers will include Saint Rose music students, local community musicians, and student storytellers from “Children at the Well”. The night will conclude with a dessert reception in the lobby.“Rhythms for RISSE” will the take place at Saint Rose in the Massry Center for the Arts, 1002 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12203. Tickets are $5 for students, $10 general admission (suggested donation), and may be purchased in advance or at the door. For more information on the event, to reserve tickets, or to learn how to volunteer at RISSE, please contact Carolyn at vista@strose.edu or by phone: 518-458-5318. April 16 – April 21 Riverway Storytelling Festival - We're coming up on ten years of stories here in the Capital Region through Riverway Storytelling Festival! Our 10th annual Riverway. Look for more information at www.RiverwayStorytellingFestival.org Free April 16 Monday 6:30 – 7:30 pm “Fools, Fairies and Folktales” with Kent Busman and Muriel Horowitz at the Everett Wagar Senior Center, Grafton. Sponsored by the Grafton Community Library. Look for more information at www.RiverwayStorytellingFestival.org Free (518) 279-0580 April 18 Wednesday 6:30 – 7:30 pm “Tales by the River” Maple Hill Storytellers at the Castleton Public Library. Look for more information at www.RiverwayStorytellingFestival.org Free (518) 732-0879 April 19 Thursday 6:30 – 8:00 pm. “Best Loved Stories” with the Riverway Storytelling Festival Featured Tellers: David Novak, Michael Parent, and Valerie Tutson at the Bethlehem Public Library. Sponsored by the Friends of Bethlehem Public Library. (518) 439-9314 Look for more information at www.RiverwayStorytellingFestival.org Free April 20 Friday 7:00 – 8:00 pm “Things That Go Bump in the Night” with David Novak, Michael Parent and Valerie Tutson at the Guilderland Public Library. NOTE: While this is a free performance, the seating is limited and tickets are required. Some tickets may be available that night. Please call the library, 456-2400 ext. 41, for more information. Look for more information at www.RiverwayStorytellingFestival.org Free April 21 Saturday 11:00 am – Noon
“Once Upon a Time and a Little Bit More: Stories for Families” April 21 Saturday 7:00 – 8:00 pm Riverway Storytelling Festival’s 10th Birthday Celebration! Laughin' Night - Family performance “Stories that Make You Giggle and Grin” with David Novak, Michael Parent and Valerie Tutson at the William K. Sanford Town Library, Colonie NOTE: While this is a free performance, the seating is limited and tickets are required. Some tickets may be available that night. Please call the library, 458-9274, for more information. Look for more information at www.RiverwayStorytellingFestival.org Free April 22 Sunday 2:00 pm Children at the Well Student Storytellers’ Concert. At Steamer No. 10 Theater. 500 Western Avenue Albany, NY 12203. (518) 438-5503, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim students will tell stories from their faith traditions. http://www.interfaithstory.org/children-at-the-well.shtml. For more information: 518-785-7842, paulabweiss@gmail.com
Adult Programs . April 15 Sunday 5:00 pm Story Sundays at the Glens Sanders Mansion. Certainties: Other than Death and Taxes with Kate Dudding and Margaret French. Do your taxes early and then come enjoy Kate and Margaret telling stories of the gutsy, klutzy, amazing, hell-raising, resilient human spirit. At Glen Sanders Mansion 1 Glen Avenue Scotia NY 12302. Menu: Brisket of Beef; Chicken Francaise or Pasta Primavera. $31/person ($28 for first timers) reservations 518-384-1700 sc@katedudding.com April 16 Monday 1:00 – 2:00 pm “Detours and Speed Bumps: Stories About the Journey of Life” with Fran Combs Berger and Margaret French (518) 861-7239 St. Lucy's Parish Center, Altamont, NY Sponsored by the Altamont Free Library. Look for more information at www.RiverwayStorytellingFestival.org April 19 Thursday 12:30 – 1:30 pm “Lives Unfolding Stories About the Human Experience” with Alan McClintock and Nancy Marie Payne. (518) 686-9401 at the Hoosick Falls Senior Service Center Sponsored by Cheney Library (Hoosick Falls). Look for more information at www.RiverwayStorytellingFestival.org April 20 Friday 1:00 – 2:00 pm. “People Who Made a Difference” with Alden (Joe) Doolittle and Kate Dudding (518) 765-2791 at the Voorheesville Public Library. Look for more information at www.RiverwayStorytellingFestival.org April 20 Friday 8:30 – 10:00 pm “Tales to Take You to the Edge” David Novak, Michael Parent, and Valerie Tutson at the Guilderland Public Library NOTE: While this is a free performance, the seating is limited and tickets are required. Some tickets may be available that night. Please call the library, 456-2400 ext. 41, for more information. Look for more information at www.RiverwayStorytellingFestival.org Free April 21 Saturday 8:30 – 10:00 pm Riverway Storytelling Festival’s 10th Birthday Celebration! Laughin' Night – “You Might As Well Laugh: Comical Tales for Grown-ups” with David Novak, Michael Parent and Valerie Tutson at the William K. Sanford Town Library, Colonie (518) 458-9274 NOTE: While this is a free performance, the seating is limited and tickets are required. Some tickets may be available that night. Please call the library, 458-9274, for more information. Look for more information at www.RiverwayStorytellingFestival.org Free May 6 Sunday 2:00 “Inspirations”: Word Plays with Kate Dudding and Gert Johnson Come hear Gert and Kate share moving, touching and uplifting stories from around the world and through time. Our Fifth Season in The Fenimore Gallery. Do you linger in your car just to hear the end of Garrison Keillor's "The News from Lake Wobegon" or Ira Glass on "This American Life," then Word Plays is for you. Superb performers tell rarely heard contemporary and traditional stories about being human. Word Plays is an experience shared between the audience and the performer, combining the intensity of a solo performer with the intimacy of a face-to-face conversation. Enjoy the art work in The Fenimore Gallery as the exhibitions and the stories change over the course of the year. Wine, beer and soda are available at the cash bar before the show starts and during intermission. After the show, you can meet the performers. The Gallery is on the second floor above the Box Office, accessible by stairs or elevator. $16 Free Parking Look for a $4 OFF COUPON at http://www.storycircleatproctors.org/word-plays.shtml. NEW! GROUP RATE groups of 8 or more pay only $8 per ticket at the Box Office.
Workshops and Conferences
April 14 Saturday For anyone who likes to journal or needs gentle, specific encouragement for memoir-writing or life storytelling, Maggie Whelan is offering a great one-day workshop. According to Marni Gillard, Maggie has had several of her life-story pieces published. And she's a great teacher. The workshop will be held at the Dominican Retreat & Conference Center 1945 Union ST. (Rt 7), Niskayuna. Call 393-4169 or email dslcny@nycap.rr.com $30 for the one day program. Want a weekend getaway? Connect Maggie's workshop to Awakening Creativity, Sunday April 15 with Claudia Gregiore. April 18 Wednesday 6:30 – 9:30 pm. Michael Parent will be giving a master class for Story Circle members at Kate Dudding’s home: 8 Sandalwood Drive, Clifton Park (approx. 2 miles from Exit 9 off the Northway)Cost: $10 / SCCD members; Limit: 15 attendees. Storytelling Troubleshoot This is a workshop for people who are already telling stories. Bring specific storytelling problems or challenges you are facing and Michael will assist you, often with the aid of the assembled group. The more concretely and specifically participants can state the challenges they're facing, the more likely they are to get some truly useful feedback. For example, to state that "I'm having trouble with audience participation” is not as useful as "When I get children to participate by making animal sounds, I sometimes can't stop them." This workshop is in lieu of our April meeting. It is underwritten by Story Circle membership funds (Michael will be paid $200 from SCCD membership money plus $10 per participant.) Michael is in town as one of the featured tellers at the Riverway Storytelling Festival: www.RiverwayStorytellingFestival.org. To reserve your space, send a $10 check, made out to “Story Circle” to: Kate Dudding, 8 Sandalwood Drive, Clifton Park, NY 12065-2700. April 21 Saturday 3;00 – 4:30 pm “I'm Talking, They're Listening, Oh-Oh: Creative Ways to Reduce Anxiety and Enhance Communication” with Michael Parent. Does the idea of standing in front of an audience, all eyes on you, make you start to sweat? Whether you make presentations or tell stories, you can learn to manage your performance anxiety and become a more effective presenter or storyteller. Using demonstrations and exercises, Michael Parent will help participants learn to overcome difficult performance hurdles through. For presenters and storytellers of all levels. (518) 458-9274 William K. Sanford Town Library, Colonie. Look for more information at www.RiverwayStorytellingFestival.org $20.00 for Adults and $10.00 for students.
Tellabration Grants By Nancy Marie Payne This year 4 story telling grants have been won by the following libraries: Stephentown, Fonda, Fulton and East Greenbush. These grants are available through money raised at our Tellebration Event. If you are on the Story Circle roster of tellers, you may be contacted by one or more of these libraries to conduct a program. You may only accept this invitation from one of the above libraries. Each grant is for $200. You may accept this as your fee or contract with the library for a higher fee and/or travel money. If you have any questions about these grants please direct them to Nancy Marie Payne, nmpmountaintop@juno.com Story Circle Financial Report By Kate Dudding This is the financial information presented
at the January Story Circle meeting.
All meetings are held from 7:00 to 9:00 pm on the 3rd Tuesday or 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 Pine Hills Branch of the Albany Public Library. Addresses and DIRECTIONS: (April 18 at 6:00 pm). Pine Hills Branch of the Albany Public Library 517 Western Avenue Albany, NY 12203 near Allen Street at “the Point”. (May 15) 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. 7:00 – 9:00 pm. ***********************************************************************************
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