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Limor's Storytelling Agora

We are living through fascinating times. Systems regarded solid are crashing, figures admired for their success are exposed as responsible for wiping out the horizon of millions of people; people who believed they were working towards a better future for their families. Many stories about glamor are popping like soap bubbles. We still need to manage systems, lead, produce and serve, supply and live.

Cowboys and Dinosaurs

One of the problems with writing this blog is that if I let too much time go between posts so much cool stuff happens that I would like to write about that I can't possibly write it all. Then there's the anxiety - of all the cool stuff that's happened in the intervening time which should I write about? I don't know, I want to write about it all, to catch up, but sometimes we have to let some things go. Even the really cool stuff (but it's all really cool stuff). Recently I helped my wife at a Tastefully Simple Home Party.

As part of my mission to share my storytelling work with colleagues and educators I leave my self open to copyright infringement. Through the years resources from my workshops, magazine columns, newsletters, blog and website have been used without attribution. Surprisingly, some of the worst offenders have been educational institutions, those who should be on the front lines, teaching their students about respecting copyright.

Karen Chace - Catch the Story Bug!

Last Friday, I introduced a story to the Kindergarten class I am working with at the Gardner Pilot Academy , through their Young Audiences Friday Enrichment program. I call it " Six Blind Men Meet an Elephant ", and it derives from the storytelling tradition of India.

Storymomma

Doorways to the Soul, 52 Wisdom Tales from Around the World, by Elisa Davy Pearmain, published by Resource Publications; Portland OR, 2007, a slim 138 pages. When I got this book I was originally going to read it as suggested - one story a week. But the stories are so good I went through more than a story a day. In each case I saw something that applied to my inner work and life. I will be reading this again a story a week and going deeper with it and have recently been dipping into it! It is one of those books I will be returning to again and again like the Tao Te Ching, a book I use for inspiration and guidance.

A World of Stories - Simon Brooks

So, this one time… | Ruthanne Edward ~ Storyteller

Hey world, this isn’t really the topic I had planned for my second ever blog post, but there is a need to get this information out and this seems as good a way as any. If you are a Canadian storyteller, chances are you haven’t heard about the changes to the Canada Council for the Arts Spoken Word and Storytelling grant program. Unless you happened to visit the program web site in the last couple of days that is. Here is the link, go ahead, have a peek, I’ll wait.

Your Story Matters…

Blogim Stori (Storytelling Blog)

Last night we had the privilege to see and hear Dennis Dewey perform an array of Bible stories beginning, of course at 'The beginning... , going on to 'The Fall', 'Abraham, Sarah and their guests','The Exodus', 'The Daughters of Zelophehad', 'Jonah' (we all liked the fish - and the song of lament), 'Jesus' Birth', 'Jesus, the boy in the temple', 'Jesus Calms the Storm', 'Jairus' daughter', 'The parables of the persistent widow' and 'The two praying', 'Jesus death and resurrection', and a bit of 'John's revelation'. Wow! It was a great performance! Dennis brought out the voices of the characters in the stories and let the emotion of the story speak. And we felt like we were part of the story.

The Story Connection Blog Connecting with Author & Award-Winning Storyteller Dianne de Las Casas

Friends: My 11 year old daughter and I saw The Hunger Games movie on opening day and loved it. I was a big fan of the book/trilogy long before it became a blockbuster movie. In honor of the books and the movie, here is a story about my fun encounter with Suzanne Collins, the author. I met her two years ago at the San Antonio Airport Gift Shop.

Blithely I drove to the mountains near Martinsville, Virginia. It was a beautiful drive, and the weather was crisp and energizing. I arrived at dusk, just in time to be shown around the house before the only other human around waved goodbye and drove off into the dark of night. Have you ever noticed that when you're in the country and there's no one, I mean NO ONE around, that everything creaks and clicks?

Cascading Stories

Saints and Spinners

I am a bit incredulous that I only wrote two blog posts for January, not including this one. I've been better about reading other people's posts, even if I've only lurked. During the January 15 week of snow that shut down much of the city, I hung out with Lucia for most of the days, sewed, strummed guitar, and sewed some more. We walked in the snow quite a bit, too, and I was glad that we were able to visit a friend's house two miles away with no complaints from the girl about getting tired.

With 2012 still young, I thought I'd set my sights on the year ahead. As usual, I've got some traditional folktales that I'm working on. And I'm one of many local storyellers learning part of the Kalevala for a day-long telling of this Finnish epic, hosted by our muse Cathryn Fairlee .

Breaking the Eggs: Performance Storytelling in the 21st Century

A Quarter for a Tale

(Sean Buvala, author of the DaddyTeller book, talks about bedtime kids stories, storytelling techniques, parenting and fatherhood in an interview on Iowa radio station KBIZ. This is an edited transcript of the interview.) Voiceover: The mid-morning magazine with Mike continues with page two on 1240 KBIZ.

Last night I celebrated National Ice Cream Month with a scoop of my favorite ice cream at a local ice cream shop. The gal who fixed my cone, had not packed the ice cream into the cone. As I drove out of the drive-thru, the single scoop fell off of the cone and nearly hit the floor of my vehicle.

Carol's Blog | Carol Knarr - Storyteller and Drama Specialist

No Story, No Fans is available on Amazon as an e-book If I don’t have a story, I won’t have fans. I believe Raf Stevens when he delivers this message in dozens of ways, through dozens of captivating stories and through concrete steps to find and deliver that story. I believe him because I know what he says is true. I know it in the only way one can truly know anything, through direct experience.

Story Route – Cathryn Wellner

Sometimes I hear storytellers “borrow” a tale without credit or simply not know credit should be provided when telling certain kinds of stories. Sometimes, I need a reminder that in order to tell this folktale, personal tale, and/or original tale I need to do a mental ‘check in’ to see if the tale should be told by me. This is not to say it can not, but it is to say, it requires time, dedication and care when deciding. A story is a gift. Has it been given? Does it need to travel?