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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.
May 1, 2020
HIGHLIGHTS
HIGHLIGHTS
Due to the precautions surrounding
the Coronavirus, live storytelling meetings and events have been
canceled, several storytellers and storytelling groups have set up
virtual events and meetings.
Please follow Governor Whitmer’s Stay-at-Home Executive Orders. Be safe, be well.
Many storytellers throughout Michigan and the rest of the country rely
on storytelling as their sole source of income. Due to the coronavirus,
all live storytelling events have been canceled. Please consider making a
donation to the Storytellers Relief Fund through the National
Storytelling Network:
https://storynet.org/storyteller-relief-fund/ Visit this sight to make a donation and learn what expenses your donation will cover
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we're doing in Michigan.
Visit this page to discover more about live and virtual storytelling events in Michigan.
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you are an active member in the Michigan storytelling community please
share this link and our monthly events on your personal and business
Facebook pages to help spread the word about all of the wonderful work
we're doing in Michigan.
APRIL
April 25 10:00 a.m.
Detroit Association of Black Storytellers meeting. Webex virtual meeting.
https://meetingsamer11.webex.com/meetingsamer11/j.php?MTID=mb2c8f4e5f48231a0b1c0a1bcba4bc3ab
| Meeting number (access code): 626 791 906 |
| Meeting password: DABS1 (32271 from phones and video systems) |
MAY
Ongoing Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:00 - 1:25 p.m.
Join Karen Bonnici for music, storytelling, and learning activities for
families, teachers, and students. Karen will share music, stories, and
creative activities for parents and teachers to include as teaching
tools for students during the Stay Home, Stay Safe Executive Order
2020-21 from Michigan’s Governor Whitmer. Click the link below to follow
Karen and view her live and recorded events.
https://www.facebook.com/karenabonnicistoryrhythms
May 3, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Zoom virtual concert
LIVING ROOM LIVE! This online storytelling concert features some of the
best storytellers that the Ann Arbor Storytellers Guild has to offer.
Hosted by Steve Daut, tellers include Beverly Black, Steve Daut, Jeff
Doyle, Jane Fink, Laura Lee Hayes, Lorelle Otis, and Judy Schmidt. There
is no cost for this concert, but donations are gratefully accepted. To
register in advance for this meeting, go to:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwuduutrzIvlm_ckSxWAHYgkUyr0Ko2LA Send questions to
mail@stevedaut.com
May 16, ZOOM virtual meeting
Detroit Story League invites you to join our monthly meeting via Zoom. For more Information contact
Judy@JudySima.com or call: 248-644-3951. Online workshop “Telling Your Story” contact Judy to register.
www.DetroitStorytelling.org.
May 16, 9:00 a.m. 24 hour Zoom Virtual Storytelling Conference
“Storytelling in a World Shaped by Coronavirus-19" including Panel
Discussion, Workshops, a Healing Story Circle, and Performances.
Presented by:World Storytelling Institute (Chennai, India), In
Association with National Storytelling Network (USA), and others. There
is a 90-minute segment for Storytelling Performances, from 1:30 to 3:00
p.m. Contact Eric Miller if you would like to tell a story up to 8
minutes. (folklore, personal experience, made-up story, etc.)
virtualstorytellingconference@gmail.com
The complete schedule-in-process is at
http://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/conference.pdf
May 21, 4-5:30 p.m. Zoom online Class
Overcome Isolation by Telling Your Life Stories. Learn to use your life
stories for health and healing during this time of unprecedented change
and uncertainty. Narrative Therapist and Story Coach Sheila Carroll will
share with you five ways you can use the events of your life to build a
bridge to friends and family in a meaningful way that brings comfort
and connection. Sheila will share tips and stories you can easily use.
No charge but registration is requested. To register contact: Sheila
at
carrollsheila@gmail.com
Judy Sima, Editor
Storyteller, Author, Teaching Artist
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