Storytelling Event Calendar
www.MichiganStorytelling.org
Free Since 2001
Judy Sima, Editor
All events are located in Michigan unless otherwise noted.
Submission: Judy@JudySima.com by the 15th of the month.
FEBRUARY
February 1, 7:15pm Doors Open | 7:30pm Stories Begin EST
Eastern Story Slam. “Love Hurts.” Tickets $10 at
www.themoth.org Virtual Story Slam
February 1, 7:15pm Doors Open | 7:30pm Stories Begin CST
The Moth is dedicated to finding intriguing people to tell inspired
stories. At The Moth StorySLAM, those people find us. On this night,
using words as weapons, they compete to determine The Moth's Central
GrandSLAM Story Champion Central Grand SLAM Showdown .
www.themoth.org Tickets $15
February 1, 7:30 p.m. EST
Speaking Up for Justice: Finding Your Voice webinar. Susan O Halloran
will tell a current events story - we’ll have some discussion - and then
we’ll learn and practice a skill together. Register at
https://SpeakingUpWebinar.eventcombo.com.We
all have moments when we wish we had said something, but most of us
don’t know what to do or say when we witness injustice large or
small. In this 90-minute interactive webinar, Susan will share the
story of when people stood up for those in their community who were
being targeted and show how we, too, can learn to take respectful,
effective stands. We will start with a story performance, discuss the
story, have a short teach-in and skills section and, then, open up for
more discussion, questions and comments. Sharing stories is one of the
best ways to discuss "difficult" subjects. If you've been wanting to
talk about race, religion and other current topics, but don't know how,
this is a great place to start.
February 2, 9, 16, 23, 7:30 p.m. EST ZOOM
Every Tuesday Ottawa, Canada Story Swap Join Zoom Meeting (same link every week)
https://zoom.us/j/668027991?pwd=WDJLWW1uTlZVcFN1YndTOG40ellMZz09 Meeting ID: 668 027 991. Password: 219861
February 3, 10, 17,24 6:00 p.m.
Each Wednesday of Black History Month, The Detroit Association of Black
Storytellers will bring a selection of personal and historical
narratives aimed at youth and families brought to you by the Charles
Wright Museum of African American History.
https://www.thewright.org/events/wednesday-night-virtual-storytelling-series.
Performers include: Mary Grant “Moving North and My Dad Taught Me to
Read.” Janice Barnett “The Sword Among Lions” and “Wilma Rudolph,
World’s Fastest Woman.” Sheryl Pryor “The Eagle” and “The Burning of
Birmingham.” Larry Castleberry “The First African American Boxer.”
Vickie Slaughter “A Gift for Minty’s Mother.” Jatu Gray “CR Patterson.”
February 4, 11, 18, 25, 11:00 a.m. EST ZOOM
Do you want to become a storyteller? Do want to strengthen your
storytelling skills? Do you want supportive coaching on the stories you
tell? Now on Zoom in its 31
st year, join Judy Sima’s famed
Parent-Tellers. Contact Judy if you wish to participate. 248-644-3951
Judy@JudySima.com. You don’t have to be a parent to attend
February 6, Day-long Event
The
National Storytelling Network presents: LUUV
Join us for the LUUV Event featuring 16 tellers that includes the LUUV Show (family-friendly)
as well as the SWOON Story Slam (adult) and the Late Night Passion (adult). For more information go to:
http://www.storynet.org/nsnevents.
The National Storytelling Network (NSN) presents LUUV
5pm CST: family-friendly “LUUV Tales,” a powerful mix of epic, classical, and personal tales.
7pm CST: LUUV’s Story Slam with the theme “Swoon.” Join the crowd to listen or dare to share a Swoon tale of your own.
9pm CST: NSN’s curated “Late Night” Adult Show.
(No, not for kids; yes, definitely for adults!) Enjoy these intimate,
frank, celebratory, humorous and sensuous sexual folktales and personal
tales. How Daring!
Full package rates (including slam) for all three shows: $25 (members), $40 (non-members). Register here:
https://storynet.org/nsnevents/events-registration/
Prices for only the Swoon Story Slam: minimum $5, suggested $10, patron $15. Register for slam only here:
https://storynet.org/nsnevents/events-registration/
If you want to throw your hat in the ring for the Swoon Slam, go here
for rules and signing up (you will also have to register at one of the
links above.)
https://storynet.org/nsnevents/#swoon
February 6, 1:00 - 6:00 p.m. EST
The Kalamazoo Valley Museum celebrates its Ninth Annual Storytelling
Festival virtually. Join Museum staff and guest storytellers for stories
that uplift and challenge everyone to embrace love, serve others, and
make a difference. “Raising a Generation That Changes the World” can
happen, one story at a time.. Check the festival website for more
information.
www.kvmstorytelling.org.
Seasoned storytellers invite listeners into the story, where they often
tap into emotions and past experiences while walking through an
adventure. Noa Baum uses stories from history to bring alive characters
who befriend the audience. Tim Cusack displays raw emotions from true
stories of children and their reactions to the stories they’ve heard.
Jenifer Strauss shares stories from her past and the effect they had on
her. La’Ron Williams brings to life folktales and a song that speak to
character and lessons learned. Adam Mellema has provided three very
different stories: one true story of a servant heart, a story about
compassion, and a new and futuristic story about being still. Mama Edie
Armstrong tells two traditional tales with a moral at the end of each.
Donna Marie Todd challenges listeners to step outside of their comfort
zones and embrace the not-so-pretty truth in stereotypes and rejection.
The Gemini brothers, Laz and San, have been playing music, singing
songs, and telling stories for over four decades. End the Festival with a
Gemini Brothers’ concert of lullabies.
February 7, 2:00 p.m. EST
Mother Goose and Gander will be on the Kerrytown Market and Shops
FaceBook Page, once a week, with a short program, geared to a preschool
audience, sharing rhymes and stories. For more information contact Trudy
Bulkley 734-769-3115. Here is the link:
https://www.facebook.com/99965546438/posts/10157273430701439/
February 8, 7:15pm Doors Open | 7:30pm Stories Begin PST,
Pacific Story Slam. “Love Hurts.” Tickets $10 at
www.themoth.org/ Virtual Story Slam
February 8, 7:00 p.m. EST, Zoom
Join us at the Plymouth District Library, for “Telling Twain” with Storyteller & Author, Steve Daut.
This FREE program highlights the wit and wisdom of Mark Twain and his
continuing relevance today. The program includes a series of stories
that retain the flavor and wry humor of Mark Twain, but are condensed
for oral delivery and modernized for today’s audiences. It also includes
the historical backdrop for his stories to help people understand and
appreciate them fully.
https://tinyurl.com/plymouthtt
February 9, 7:00-8:00 CST, Zoom
Story Arts of MN holds an online workshop on the second Tuesday of each
month. The February session is tentatively titled “Working with Family
Stories – A Conversation.” A small panel of storytellers will share
their experiences of mining their family's legends and sorting fact from
fiction to shape tellable stories. There will be time for audience
questions. Although details and names of panelists are still being
firmed up, you can register now at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/working-with-family-stories-a-conversation-tickets-133774622497.
After registering, you'll receive an email message with the Zoom link.
Registration is free, although donations ($10 suggested) are
appreciated to support SAM's ongoing virtual programming.
February 13. 7:30 p.m. Facebook Live
34
th Annual Storytelling Festival – Ark Family Room Series. Featuring Lyn Ford, Chetter Galloway, Antonio Rocha, Steve Daut.
www.theark.org . Free. Tip Jar available
February 14, 2:00 p.m. EST
Mother Goose and Gander will be on the Kerrytown Market and Shops
FaceBook Page, once a week, with a short program, geared to a preschool
audience, sharing rhymes and stories. For more information contact Trudy
Bulkley 734-769-3115. Here is the link:
https://www.facebook.com/99965546438/posts/10157273430701439/
February 14, 7:00 p.m. EST
Zoom on out to this special edition of Living Room LIVE! with Anne
Rutherford and Norm Brecke. Join Anne and Norm for a rollicking time,
filled with hilarity, jokes, and great stories. Anne and Norm have been
featured in premium venues around the country, and they always deliver a
good time. You don't want to miss this one! A portion of the proceeds
will be donated to the Ann Arbor Storytellers Guild. Donation link -
https://tinyurl.com/lrlive2u Registration link -
https://tinyurl.com/lrlannenorm Questions to
mail@stevedaut.com
February 17, 8:00 p.m. EST, Zoom
"Not Your Mother's Fairy Tales", featuring Steve Daut, Tobey Anderson,
Ingrid Nixon, Laura Packer, Anne Rutherford and Norm Brecke. Although
you'll meet Three Bears, Billy Goats and Red Riding Hood, the stories
aren't anything like the traditional tales you read to the kids. In
fact, LEAVE THE LITTLE ONES IN THE OTHER ROOM - this show is for adults
and older children only. Grab your favorite beverage, settle in, and
enjoy modern adult tales that are by turns, fun, quirky,
thought-provoking and troublesome. $15 Donation per zoom link
requested.
Click here to donate. (You can also donate during or after the show.)
Click here to register for your free Zoom link.
February 17, 8:00 p.m. EST ZOOM
Register for the next Michigan Meet-Up: 7 tellers, 7 minutes each,
stories of any type, any topic, any stage of development, with a bit of
time to chat after. You don't even have to be from Michigan! Contact
Jennifer Otto to sign up to tell and/or register for the event.
jennifer.pahl.otto@gmail.com. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email
February 19, Virtual Doors @7:15p.m. Showtime @7:30p.m. EST
The Secret Society Of Twisted Storytellers® presents “Love Stories” Live streamed Contact:
https://www.twistedtellers.org/events for tickets and link to the show.
February 20, 4:40 p.m. EST, Online
As part of the Chennai, India Strytelling fesitval, Steve Daut will be
presenting his workshop, "Building Connection and Empathy
through Storytelling". Storytelling is, at its most basic, an act of
connection. We connect not only through our words, but also through our
relationships to the stories we tell, and through the emotional energy
we bring to the stories. In this workshop, participants will be invited
to do exercises to explore stories of connection and to expand their
emotional openness in a group. We also explore ways difficult stories
can be made safer through the use of humor.
https://storytellinginstitute.org/CSF2021_Presenters.html#stda
February 20, 6:00 p.m. MST, 5:00 p.m. PST, 7:00 p.m. CST 8:00 p.m. EST.
In the coldest part of winter, join Stories with Spirit (Rachel Ann
Harding and Cooper Braun) and special guest Pam Faro on Zoom as we bring
the warmth of story to the darkness.
“Fire in the
Dark” Stories of winter, fire, cold, and warmth will kindle your heart!
Songs to melt the heart of winter, to the raw terror of the cold. From
the fires of hell, to the quiet joy of a winter hearth, these stories
will warm your soul. While our stories are geared towards adults, this
is an All Ages show. This show is a Pay What It's Worth event based on
your experience of the show.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fire-in-the-dark-tickets-136031370491
February 21, 2:00 p.m. EST
Mother Goose and Gander will be on the Kerrytown Market and Shops
FaceBook Page, once a week, with a short program, geared to a preschool
audience, sharing rhymes and stories. For more information contact Trudy
Bulkley 734-769-3115. Here is the link:
https://www.facebook.com/99965546438/posts/10157273430701439/
February 23, 7:00-8:00 p.m. CDT, Zoom
Story Arts of MN holds an online Story Circle (open mic) on the fourth
Tuesday of each month. This FREE event is open to everyone. After
registering, you'll receive an email message with the Zoom link.
Register at
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/story-arts-of-minnesota-17294067957.
Bring your favorite seven-minute tale and your listening ears. All
stories are welcome, including traditional tales as well as original
true stories. Both experienced and new storytellers are welcome. Don't
have a story to share? We invite you to watch and listen. (This
activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant
from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative
appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.)
February 26, 7:00 EST ZOOM
Detroit Association of Black Storytellers presents “4
th Friday Story Hour: Doors Open at 6:50 pm / Concert @ 7:00 pm Check the website for zoom link.
www.Detroitstorytellers.com.
This month featuring Black History Month with DABS Elders, Alma Greer,
Genevieve Bellamy, Jenny Crittenden, Vicki Slaughter, and Ami Jackson
Emcee.
February 26, 7:00 p.m. Zoom
Southfield Parks & Recreation Department welcomes back The Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers® as the final
Southfield Celebrates Black History Month event for 2021. virtually via zoom for
Pride & Prejudice! The
show will consist of 4 storytellers, virtual vendors, and musical
performances! ! Zoom links will be sent out via email prior to show
time!
www.twistedstorytellers.org.
https://www.cityofsouthfield.com/departments/parks-recreation/current-events
February 28, 2:00 p.m. EST
Mother Goose and Gander will be on the Kerrytown Market and Shops
FaceBook Page, once a week, with a short program, geared to a preschool
audience, sharing rhymes and stories. For more information contact Trudy
Bulkley 734-769-3115. Here is the link:
https://www.facebook.com/99965546438/posts/10157273430701439/
February 28 , Ann Arbor 2:00-4:00 p.m. ZOOM EST
Ann Arbor Storytellers’ Guild Monthly meetings – Virtual Meeting.
Meetings always start with stories, and then, more stories! Listeners
and tellers welcome. Free Event register ahead of time. Information:
www.annarborstorytelling.org
Judy Sima, Editor
Storyteller, Author, Teaching Artist
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