CCM Storytelling Festival of World Music & Story
at the County College of Morris, Randolph NJ
Sunday March 18, 2012- 12:30 to 4:00 pm. Come for some – stay for all!!

Don’t miss this exciting day celebrating the arts of traditional storytelling & music!!
Bring the whole family!! Appropriate for ages 5 to 95.

12:30 pm– Musical Warm-up featuring the multi-talented Larry Siegel on
guitar, banjo, mandolin, ukulele and harmonica.
1-3:00 pm – Master New Jersey Storyteller/Musicians for all ages performing on three stages – with favorites Ken Galipeau, Anne Lemay, and Julie Pasqual.
3-4:00 pm – Music/Storytelling Performance for All – with Larry Siegel & Ken Galipeau. Both musicians have award winning CDs for adults and children to their credit. Larry provides the music for the popular “Hard Hat Harry” DVD series. Sample Larry at www.larrysiegel.com and Ken at www.storyNsong.com.

Tickets are $6 for all ages and are available at the door. What a deal!!
Go to ccm.edu for directions to the college.

PLUS – Storytelling Festival Workshop Available for Educators
{To register for morning workshop see below.}

New Jersey Storytelling Guild

The New Jersey Storytelling Guild meets once a month at the Vincent Building, to the right of the Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Ave., Upper Montclair NJ Workshops alternate with story swaps. Times vary according to the season.

NJSG annual dues are $30 per year, which includes workshops and Story Swaps. Individual workshops $10 unless otherwise noted. Story Swaps are free.

September 2011 – June 2012 schedule

September 11 – 7:30 pm Workshop ”Touch Drawing” with Linda Howe.
October 9th – 7:30 pm Story Swap Come to tell a story or to listen. We need both.
November 6th – 3 pm Workshop “Telling Stories to Teach Peace”
Jean Alter, presenter, is a licensed clinical social worker with a specialty in counseling children and adolescents.
December 4th– 3 pm Story Swap, Holiday Party and Book Sale
January 8th – 3 pm “Comic Lore – Finding the voice of the Graphic Novel Super Hero”
February 12th – 3 pm Story Swap – Come to tell a story or to listen. We need both.
March 4th – 3 pm OATS AND BEANS AND BARLEY GROW with Julie DellaTorre and YOU!! Just in time for Earth Day preparations! Come and help. Julie Della Torre will facilitate our first Guild working session on developing a list of resources to be posted on www.njstorynet.org. Following last year’s Garden workshop given by Doreen Shepard, there was great interest in developing our own Guild’s list of stories, songs, poetry and folklore of agriculture and gardens. After all, we ARE the Garden State, so it makes sense that we Jersey tellers will have a unique list to share
There will be stories told, songs sung and lots of talk, but come prepared to work. Be sure to bring your favorite collections, anthologies, websites, songbooks as well as individual stories and songs. For this session we are narrowing our search to all kinds of flora. What fun to see our work posted on njstorynet.org to share will other tellers!
April 1st – 7:30 Story Swap – Come to tell a story or to listen. We need both.
May 6th – 7:30 Workshop Please check back soon for details about this workshop.
June 3rd – 7:30 Story Swap and Indoor Picnic. Bring sweets, salties or beverages to share, a story to tell and/or your best listening ears to enjoy the stories and support the tellers.

REGINA RESS,  CAROL BIRCH, AND  MICHAEL PARENT
AT THE PROVINCETOWN PLAYHOUSE in GREENWICH VILLAGE
Provincetown Playhouse, 133 MacDougal Street, between West Third and Washington Square South [Subways: A, C, D, E, F (W 4th St)]

Spring 2012 Season
Storytelling at the Provincetown Playhouse, a professional storytelling series featuring nationally and internationally renowned performers, returns to its home in the Provincetown Playhouse this spring.

ADMISSION: $5 General, Children & Students Free

Friday February 10, 8 p.m. : INDRA’S NET: CONNECTION, REFLECTION, REFRACTION, DISTRACTION AND FINALLY, LOVE!
A net stretches throughout the universe; at each crossing point a polished jewel reflects all the other jewels. This is Indra’s Net. Blissful, baleful, welcomed, or refused, the Universe presents us with unwavering offerings of connection. When we refuse, we get lost in the stars; when we open our hearts, we dance the cosmos and discover Love. For her ninth annual Love Stories concert, Regina Ress plays with images of connection, bringing stories from around the world … and the human heart.

Sunday, April 1, 3 p.m.: EMPATHY AND ENGAGEMENT: STORIES FROM JOHN STEINBECK AND RAY BRADBURY
What do a tough waitress in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath and a weary librarian in a Ray Bradbury story have in common? When empathy precedes engagement, how extraordinary the compassion, the courage and the connection between human beings can be. How essential it is to find… and offer… the helping hands as we make our life journeys. Join Carol Birch, one of America’s preeminent storytellers and master of the literary tale, for an exhilarating, thought provoking and wonderfully entertaining afternoon of stories.

Sunday, April 29, 3 p.m.: WHAT? DIDN’T I TELL YOU?
“Unpredictable, uncategorize-able, and a better than average hockey and ping-pong player.” So says Frederico Papenfoose of Michael Parent. Storyteller, singer, and recovering asthmatic, Michael has performed for nearly 35 years in a wide and wild variety of venues, moving easily from silliness to poignancy. He combines an understated mastery of the storytelling form with a highly developed sense of fun. This better-late-than-never bow to April Fools Day will contain folk tales, personal stories and general tom-foolery. And there may or may not be door prizes.

For reservations, and to Purchase Tickets:
Online: NYU Ticket Central
By phone: 212 352 3101 or 866 811 4111
In person: 566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Square South)
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 12noon-6pm
THEATRE BOX OFFICE opens one hour before showtime
For more information, please call 212 998 5867