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October 2009 – November 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
Imagination is more important than knowledge. - Albert Einstein
Story Circle Business News
Meetings 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. are at the William K. Sanford Public Library (Colonie) 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: October 21 at GPL Claire Nolan facilitator: Come early and bring your dinner to join in the Tellabration planning committee meeting at 5:00 pm. At 6:00 pm we will begin the always popular Storytelling Materials Swap! November 18 at Colonie Heads up! The December Meeting on Wednesday December 16 will be at GPL. This is our Annual Holiday Meeting with pot luck refreshments and our traditional story feature: “Same Story: Different Voices”. The story for 2009 is “Rumplestiltskin”. Story Circle Meeting: Wednesday August 19 Facilitator:
Janet Glantz Story Circle Meeting and Annual Dinner/Business Meeting: Tuesday, September 15. Facilitator Carol Connolly. A delicious dinner was enjoyed at the Nottingham Chop House on Wolf Rd. Everyone was pleased with their menu choices: Kate Dudding had an open faced steak sandwich with fries; Carol Connolly and Theresa Stevens enjoyed the shepherd’s pie; there were no complaints from Nancy Payne who pronounced the baby spinach salad “very good”. Joe Doolittle, Claire Beetlestone and Dee Wind all ordered the broiled seafood platter and many others at the table wished they had ordered it as well! Micki Groper declared that the Portabella mushroom was one of the best she had ever eaten and Frank Wind was very happy with his Caesar Salad. Claire Nolan and Jane Ainslie both had the chicken quesadilla and agreed that the jalapeno pepper made it very special. Claire and Joe were thrilled to discover that the Chop House serves Smithwick’s ale; it is not seen at very many local restaurants. Nancy enjoyed the Pumpkin Ale – a seasonal offering at the Nottingham Chop House. I know I will go back to the Chop House! Thanks to Dee Wind for arranging the Dinner Meeting! Stories told: Kate Dudding – Work Arounds - Original, Historic Nancy Payne - You are My Sunshine – A story once heard and embellished Frank Wind – The Haggis – Original Dee Wind – My Story + Me and My Aunts - Original and Contemporary Claire Nolan – My Brothers – Original Claire Beetlestone – Squash It! - From the picture book by Eric Kimmel Micki Groper – Socks for Supper – From a children’s book Listeners: Eric Randall, Don Darmer, Jane Ainslie, Joe Doolittle, DeAnn Springer and Theresa Stevens Reminder
Dues are Due in January - $10.00 per year. Please use the form on Page 8.
Cancellations: 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. The facilitator can consult with Carol Connolly or Kate Dudding if they wish. If the facilitator decides to cancel a meeting: 1) Send out an email message via Story Circle listserv (or ask Carol Connolly or Kate Dudding to do it) and 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 Sunday,
December 13th 2:00 p.m. Place to be determined. Fifth Annual Interfaith Telling with
youth from the Hindu, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Unitarian and B'hai traditions.
Stories will be followed by light refreshments and an interfaith mixer activity;
no pot-luck this year, http://www.childrenatthewell.org/ OPEN
MIC in Saratoga - Mon, Oct 5, Caffè Lena: with special
guest teller, Mary Ann Fitzgerald, Saratoga City historian, telling a
West Side Saratoga tale collected during her oral history project. There will
be time for other tellers after Mary Ann, but even if you don't tell on that
October night, you won't want to miss Mary Ann's story, and you will probably want to bring
at least ONE guest with you that night!! 47 Phila St. Saratoga Springs 12866 (518) 583-0022. $3.00 Interfaith
Story Circle
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Sunday, October 18th 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at. St.
Paul's Episcopal Church 21 Hackett Blvd. Albany, NY 12208 518-463-2257 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
Adult Programs Ongoing The Moth StorySlams various locations, NY, NY http://www.themoth.org/storyslams October 4 Sunday 5:00 – 8:00 pm Story Sundays at the Glen Sanders with Motoko “Tales of Now and Zen” Menu: Sesame Beef and Broccoli; Tryaki Chicken or Vegetable Stir Fry. 4 courses of stories interwoven with 3 courses of food (banquet menu, salad and your choice of one of three entrees). $30.00 includes entertainment, dinner, tax and tip! Reservations: (518) 384-1700 sc@katedudding.com October
8, November
12 and December 10 Thursdays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Come swap
stories with us! Part of Spoken Word Thursdays at the Belleville Bistro
on 5th Avenue at 5th Street. There is a $7.00 drink/food minimum charge. Belleville
Spoken Word Thursdays (718) 832-9777 (for information about Belleville) October 18 Sunday 2:00 pm (New Day and Time) Word Plays in the Gallery at Proctors featuring Betty Cassidy and Margaret French in “Not in Kansas” 432 State Street, Schenectady; tickets are $16.00 (discounts available). Proctor’s Box Office (518) 346-6204. November 1 Sunday 5:00 – 8:00 pm Story Sundays at Glen Sanders with Elizabeth Ellis “Stories from the Heart of the Matter” Menu: Sliced Bistro Tenderloin; Chicken Milanese or Rigatoni with Butternut Squash. 4 courses of stories interwoven with 3 courses of food (banquet menu, salad and your choice of one of three entrees). $30.00 includes entertainment, dinner, tax and tip! Reservations: (518) 384-1700 sc@katedudding.com November 4 Wednesday 12:00 pm: "If the old-Post Road Could Talk" with Joe Doolittle - Grace Methodist Church, Pot Luck, 42 Church St. Nassau, NY 12123 (518) 766-9628 November 4 Wednesday at 7:30 pm Amazing Open Comedy Mique with Judith Black at the Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham, MA 10 Hollis St. 01702. Debbie Ritner (508) 651-0960 debbierittner@yahoo.com November 13 Friday Caffe Lena, Phila St. Saratoga Springs, NY. 8:00 p.m. (America's oldest continuously operating folk coffeehouse.) Stories told by Bairbre McCarthy and music provided by Matt and Shannon Heaton, wonderful Boston based Irish musicians. www.mattandshannonheaton.com 518 583 0022. www.caffelena.org. November 15 Sunday at 2:00 pm Tellabration 2009 “Laughter is the Best Medicine” at the GE Theatre at Proctors, 432 State Street, Schenectady tickets are $12 (discounts for groups and new people). Proctor’s Box Office (518) 346-6204 http://www.storycircleatproctors.org/tellabration.shtml November 21 Sunday 7:30 pm The Central NH Storytelling Guild (http://www.cnhsg.net) will perform their tenth annual Tellabration and
introduce two new tellers from the New Hampshire Technical Institute. Celebrate the
art of storytelling with local storytellers who will delight you with
captivating tales. Enjoy refreshments and a chance to meet the tellers. (http://www.nhti.edu). Contact: Patricia Darcy (603)224-0709 Check out http://www.storytelling-nyc.org/calendar.html for more New York City Storytelling events!
Workshops and Classes for Storytellers
October 29, November 5, November 12 and November 19 Thursdays 6:30 - 8:30. Once again, Dee and Frank Wind are offering a storytelling course through HVCC: “Passing on Memories and Favorite Stories”. Cost: $65 for Four Sessions The course is listed at HVCC under Communications. The Course Number is 50061. http://www2.hvcc.edu/ November
7 on
Saturday from 9:30
am - 10:00 pm for the NEXT GATHERING of New York Storytellers at
The Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship
* 67 South
Randolph Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. Continuing the tradition of getting
together, sharing stories, and sharing dreams and getting to know one
another! October 7, 14, 21, 28 Wednesdays from 7-9 pm Storytelling Your Spiritual Life At the Pastoral Center, 40 N. Main, Albany Come for the series or sign up for whatever nights work. Non-denominational. All welcome. Although this class is not focused on performing, students will find potential material for sharing with specific audiences. Spirit energies are always flowing toward and through us. Some tellers combine song, poetry and story. We’re about exploration and feeding the spirit within. Hope you’ll join us. PLEASE pre-register. Call 489-4431. October
23, Friday
– Sunday Storytelling Retreat Weekend for Men & Women begins Friday,
October 23, 2009 at 7:45 p.m. ends Sunday October 25 11:30 a.m. Location: Dominican Retreat &
Conference Center, Route 7, Niskayuna. Storytelling: Mining the
Spiritual Gold Within Storytelling Materials Swap Clean out your bookshelves! Look under your bed! Check the CD player! I am sure you have some well-loved but no longer needed storytelling materials that other storytellers can use. Bring your favorite materials: books, CDs or DVDs that you no longer need and swap with your fellow storytellers! It will be like Christmas in October!
News from LANES The League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling One Million Ears - a
project of the League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling. (LANES)
members tell their stories all around the world. How many ears hear them? Tellabration News What’s New for 2009?
Check this out!! 1. Marketing Ideas – it’s all of us making connections – Please connect wherever you can! A Tellabration flyer is available on-line: www.storycircleatproctors.org/Tell flyer7-22.pdf Flyers printed on yellow paper are also available from Kate Dudding – please contact her and let her know how many you want: 383-4620 or kate@katedudding.com Immediately begin marketing to groups of adults, since groups need time to plan their events. The committee asks all Story Circle members to give a flyer to each adult group they belong to, such as: Senior centers; Groups at places of worship; Red Hat groups; Book clubs; Friends of libraries and Service groups Ideally, each member of Story Circle will contact five groups. If you are emailing people, you can also refer them to our Tellabration web page: www.storycircleatproctors.org/tellabration.shtml 2. Refreshments: Nancy Payne has volunteered to chair the refreshments – look forward to information from her. 3. Tellabration needs
help to chair the following Tellabration activities: Photographer Refreshments Nancy Marie Payne There will be a discussion on the above items via email. If you don’t use email and you have opinions or feedback about the above items, or want to help please call Kate (518)383-4620. 4. It’s time to start selling program ads. Ads typically bring in $400 so the more we get, the more library programs can be underwritten. The form to buy an ad is available from Kate and is also on the web site www.storycircleatproctors.org/Ad-Form-7-22-2009.pdf 5. Commit to selling 10 tickets, either by buying 10 tickets at the group rate ticket price($10) and reselling them, or referring folks. A full house is a major success for supporting storytelling regionally which is a main Story Circle goal. 6. Next committee meeting: Wed. Oct. 21, 5:00 pm BYO dinner to Guilderland Library (before the Story Circle meeting)
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 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. (October 21) 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 17) *****************************************************************************
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