All Blog Posts Tagged 'Storytelling' (49)

Some years ago, the same year that John Gray published "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus," I had several gigs in the weeks prior to Valentines Day with several "H" card shops giving workshops on "Romance".  They were always full, couples, singles, male and female.  But the next year I couldn't bring myself to pitch the workshop to any of the local card stops.  The folks who attended ran the gambit, eager young couples wanting to get it right, brow beaten men accompanied by wives who…

I've been working on my first book about storytelling; the working title is "Tricks of the Trade"  with "tricks" meaning "acquired skills".

I've actually written lots of books for private industry.  Training manuals, equipment documents and so forth; but I never "decided" to write a book about storytelling until recently. Like many, I've talked about it, daydreamed about it, and well, just never pulled the trigger. It might seem strange to say but I don't think writing a book about…

Recently a few spammers contacted members, asking to be emailed back for something "of interest to you."  They were quickly removed as soon as it was known.  I asked new member, Tom Doty, if I could post this for him so you don't think he's spamming.  I've known Tom for many years through the email list, Storytell. He's definitely a long time Professional Storyteller -- 33 years sharing native stories.  Look at …

STORY ARTS PROGRAM WILL BENEFIT HISTORIC SITE

Members of The Territory Tellers, the statewide story arts organization, the Oklahoma Association of Storytellers (a new Oklahoma City story guild), the Historical Presenters Association, and Wesley United Met

hodist Church will combine to present an evening of the storytelling art this November. The date is Satu

The internationally notable event, "Tellabration", will be celebrated in numerous…

Tale Spinners – we keep the oral tradition of storytelling ALIVE!

Storytelling is real, entertaining, FREE, and every forth Thursday of the month.

Bring your treasured stories to the swap, polished, in process, or improvise.

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Orinda Library in the Gallery Room

As always stories of any genre with appropriate adult theme are welcome. Listeners are special! And first time storytellers are encouraged.

Hostesses are Bobbie Kinkead and…

Storytelling has almost endless applications. Millions of people worldwide are rediscovering its power. They are also creatively adapting it for modern needs: in education, business, health and social welfare.

Internationally there are storytelling organisations, celebrations like…

Thank you to those of you who responded and read my last blog on my adventures with the Kickstarter fundraising tool.  That was a very exciting process which allowed me to finish creating and produce my Storytelling DVD entitled:

Eating Baba Yaga: An Evening with Brian Rohr

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Here's an NHPR piece about a Laconia, NH project that combines storytelling, oral history, and cultural preservation.

http://www.nhpr.org/oral-history-project-nhs-bhutanese-community