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October - November 2010 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
“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.” ~George Carlin
Story Circle Business News
Meetings: On October 20 please note the meeting from 6:15 to 8:00 pm. will be at the Pine Hills Library located at 517 Western Avenue Albany, NY 12203 We will have a topic for panel/roundtable discussion. On November 16 we will meet from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the William K. Sanford Public Library (Colonie). All are welcome! On September 21 we held the Annual Anniversary Dinner at Blu Stone Bistro. The regular meeting was at the Colonie Library after the dinner. Meeting Notes: August 18 Circle Meeting: Facilitator: Louise Koenig Joe Doolittle – The Hit - Original Claire Nolan – Fish Stories - Personal Louise Koenig - Surviving Elementary School, (or that explains a lot) - Personal Adam Hoffman – Shoes Danced to Pieces - Grimm Listeners: Judi Michela, Dane Ross and John Thomas Meeting Notes: September 21 Circle Meeting: Facilitator Kate Dudding (filling in for Carol Connolly) Adam Hoffman – The Monkey who Wanted Misery (Haitian folktale) and an Irish folktale Frank Wind – A Son’s Love - Personal Claire Nolan - Snakebite - Personal Louise Koenig – How Nana Missed her Own Seder – Personal Dane Ross – Uncle Remus, the Tar Baby - Traditional Listeners: Claire Beetlestone, Sandy Schuman, Collette Odell, Nancy Marie Payne, Fran Berger, Kate Dudding and Dee Wind
Did you Know? Dues are STILL a bargain at $10.00 per year. Please use the form on Page 7.
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 Adirondack Storytelling Guild – Contact Fran Yardley franstory@gmail.com. Children at the Well (CATW): Interfaith Youth Storytelling Group. http://www.interfaithstory.org/children-at-the-well.shtml. Find them on Facebook! 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. See
Adult Programs below for Interfaith Story Circle events on October 10
and October 11. http://www.interfaithstory.org/events.shtml October 13 Wednesday OPEN MIC in Saratoga – Signups to tell stories at 6:45 p.m. Stories begin at 7:00 pm 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. November 8 Monday OPEN MIC in Saratoga – Signups to tell stories at 6:45 p.m. Stories begin at 7:00 pm at Caffé Lena. 47 Phila Street Saratoga Springs 12866 (518) 583-0022. 6:45; telling from 7 until 9 pm. http://www.storycircleatproctors.org/hv/index.shtml
Family Programs October
2
Saturday 10:30 – 11:30 am Betty Cassidy at the Kingston Farmers Market
328 Wall Street Kingston, NY info@kingstonfarmersmarket.org
http://www.kingstonfarmersmarket.org/index.html Adult Programs October
3 Sunday
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm The Life and Times of Kate Stoneman, New
York's First Woman Lawyer with Nancy
Marie
Payne
Story Sundays at Glen Sanders Mansion 1 Glen Avenue Scotia NY 12302. Menu: Chicken Francaise, Baked Scrod, Vegetable
Napoleon $30/person ($27 for first timers) reservations 518-384-1700 sc@katedudding.com October 14 Thursday 7:30 pm “Listening to the Rivers – Stories of Saratoga" with Joe Doolittle at the Town of Saratoga Historical Association; Schuylerville Public Library, 52 Ferry St. Schuylerville, NY 12871-1151 (518) 695-6641. Free. October
15, Friday,
5:30 pm -7:30 pm If the Portraits Could
talk-The Stories they’d Tell? An Evening of Fellowship, Food and Stories
with Joe Doolittle at the First Reformed Church 8 North Church Street, Schenectady, NY. The stories are told in
conjunction with a two day seminar of the Portraits of the Faces of Schenectady, 1715-1750, sponsored by the
Schenectady County Historical Society , Joe Doolittle will be joined by
the musical father-daughter team of Ed and Nancy Munger.
Join us for supper, stories and music. For more information on the
two day seminar, call the Historical Society 374-0263 or check their web-site www.shist.org Cost $10/person. October
31 Sunday 2:00 pm The Dark. Word Plays with Marni
Gillard and Nancy Marie Payne. In the Fenimore Gallery at Proctors
Theater 432
State St. Schenectady NY 12305. $16.00. Look for a Money Saving
Coupon: http://www.storycircleatproctors.org/wp%20fourth%20season%201%20coupon.pdfTickets at the Proctor’s
Box Office: http://www.proctors.org/. Free Parking. November 10 Wednesday, 6:00 pm to 8:45 pm. Storytellers of many religious faiths are invited to share “Stories of Jerusalem and Other Sacred Places” at the Islamic Center of the Capital District, 21 Lansing Road N., Schenectady. Sponsored by the Interfaith Story Circle of the Tri-City Area, the program will begin with a vegetarian pot-luck meal. Storytelling from 7:15 to 8:45. All storytellers and listeners are welcome. Dr. Mussarat Chaudhry, Nancy Marie Payne and Audrey Seidman will start the telling with stories of Jerusalem from their respective faith traditions, and others will be invited to add their own stories of Jerusalem or other sacred places. The annual “Tent of Abraham, Sarah and Hagar” program was initiated in 2006 as a way to celebrate the confluence of holy days and continues as a way to build interfaith bridges. For additional information, contact Gert Johnson, 374-0637. Admission is free. November 14 Sunday 2:00 pm Tellabration 2010: Laughing Fits: Stories of Smiles and Surprises GE Theatre at Proctors, 432 State Street, Schenectady $12 for adults, $10 for newcomers and groups, $6 students (discounts for groups and new people and students). Free Parking http://www.storycircleatproctors.org/tellabration.shtml November
17 Wednesday
5:00 pm "Stories of Leaving
the Nest” with Joe Doolittle. New York State Retired Teachers
Association at the Gideon Putnam Hotel, Saratoga Springs, NY December 12 Sunday 7:00 pm "Three Spirits tell Stories of the Season" – with Kent Busman, Alden (Joe) Doolittle and Harlan Ratmeyer, three of the regions most whimsical and engaging storytellers share stories of the Joy, Wonder and Awe that come with the Holiday Season. At the Caffé Lena, 47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs, NY. $15 A Holiday benefit for Caffe Lena! Workshops for Storytellers October 6, 13, 20, 27 four Wednesday evening classes 7-9 pm. Storytelling: Doorway Into Forgiveness with Marni Gillard at the Pastoral Center 40 N. Main Ave. Albany (between Washington and Western - well-lit parking to left of building). We all carry stories that can lead us to forgiveness - of others and of ourselves. Storytelling helps us release blocks and open to the light. Come the nights you can. Sponsored by the Consultation Center. $40 (after 9/29 $45) Register 489-4431 October 11 Monday at 11:00 am (breakfast served at 10:30 am) Noa Baum's workshop, “Risking Peace” for storytellers and ANYONE interested in using story to promote peace at Hubbard Interfaith Sanctuary, 959 Madison Ave. on the College of St. Rose campus. It's breath-taking. Don't miss it. Mark your calendar today. Special thanks to Paula Weiss, leading the Interfaith Story Circle of the Tri City Area and the mother of Children at the Well's Adah Hetko, for snagging this wonderful teller and workshop leader. Cost $5 for students with ID, and $25 for others. For more information: http://www.storycircleatproctors.org/hv/interfaithcd/index.shtml#noa October
22-24 Friday
7 p.m. - Sunday 11:30 a.m. STORYTELLING WEEKEND
RETREAT Story Your Way In with Marni Gillard. Sharing tales from life
and literature, we see divine energies at work. We'll explore memories,
scripture (all faith traditions welcome), myths and poems, learning from the
past, envisioning the future. Bring a journal, a favorite story, poem or
keepsake. Silence too will inspire us. The retreat is at the Dominican Retreat
Center 1945 Union St. Schenectady. Tellabration News 1.
Marketing Ideas – it’s all of us making connections – Please
connect wherever you can! Among Ourselves Eileen Egan Mack had the opportunity to share the story and stories of Jeanne Robert Foster at Trinity College Dublin this fall as part of the John Butler Yeats Seminar. The audience was able to see the connection between Yeats and Jeanne Robert Foster and realize the influence his mentoring had on her writing. And Eileen tells us that of course they loved meeting Jeanne's neighbors of yesterday. Her show is called Voice of the Mountains: Jeanne Robert Foster, An Adirondack Legacy. Perhaps we can persuade her to bring it to the Capital District soon.
Send your good vibrations to Carol Connolly and Don Darmer. Don recently had surgery and one week later, on September 21, he and Carol were in a car accident. They are both ok but I am sure they would appreciate a note or phone call. Stay safe out there!
New Feature: Question of the Month Where do you find the inspiration for your stories? E-mail your answers to cbnolou@yahoo.com and I will print them in the December/January issue of the Talespinner.
See You Next Time
All meetings are held from 7 to 9 p.m. 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 (usually) at the Guilderland Public Library. On October 20 the meeting will be at the Pine Hills Library in Albany. DIRECTIONS: Pine Hills Library is located at 517 Western Avenue, Albany, between North Allen Street and West Lawrence St. across the street from the Police Station on the north side of Western Avenue. (October 20). Note the time! 6:30 – 8:00 pm!!!! 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. (November 16) 7:00 – 9:00 pm. *****************************************************************************
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