Colorado Storytelling News
March 2011
Greetings! Here are storytelling events and announcements for February..
The HEADLINES – SCROLL down for details.
- Three Story Circles choices:
- Original Denver Swallow Hill Storytelling Circle: Swallow Hill, 3rd Monday, March 21, 6:30 to 8:30 pm.
- New Swallow Hill Storytelling Circle: Swallow Hill, 1st Sunday March 6, and April 3 1- to 3 pm.
- Boulder Story Circle: Boulder Public Library, 2nd Sunday March 13 3:30 to 5:00 pm., hosted by Bailey Phelps.
- Northern Colorado Storytelling Circle, second Thursday of the month (except summer) 7pm in Loveland, CO. Contact Dan Overholser for details and location at (303) 485-7541 or dano_ver@comcast.net .
- Rocky Mountain Storytelling Conference Call for Proposals for “Nuts and Bolts Conference”
- NSN Grant Deadlines – Various Grants
- Spring Story Potluck at Boulder Public Library
- Liz Weir and Shonaleigh Combers Concert
- Upcoming Programs – There are LOTS of great events coming up to attend. See below for details!
- Colorado Radio Storytelling:
- KRFC, Loveland, 88.9 FM, See below for new program
- KRZA, San Luis Valley, 88.7 FM, last Sunday each month, 5 pm krza.org
- Adult Storytelling at the Mercury Café in Denver
Details of Events and News:
1. STORY CIRCLES
Storytellers and story listeners are equally welcomed at the Story Sharing Circles, sponsored by the combined efforts of Rocky Mountain Storytellers Guild, Swallow Hill Music School and the Boulder Public Library. These are excellent opportunities to try out new stories, dust off old ones, engage in conversation about storytelling and let others in the storytelling community know what you are doing, or simply to gather in good company and listen. Hope to see you at one of the circles!
Denver Circles at Swallow Hill (71 E. Yale, Denver) held in the Cafe:
1st Sunday afternoon of each month, 1-3 pm, hosted by Julie Davis and guests. Contact Julie Davis jdavis@indra.com
3rd Monday evening of each month, 6:30-8:30 pm, hosted by Kate Lutz and Lev Ropes. Contact Kate katelutz@mindspring.com or Lev levropes@comcast.net
Boulder Circle in the Boulder Public Library, the South Pulse Point:
2nd Sunday of each month, 3:30-5 pm,
following the 2pm the Second Sunday Storytelling event, (except September)
Contact Linda Batlin Lbatlin@aol.com
2. ROCKY MOUNTAIN STORYTELLERS CONFERENCE CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE “NUTS AND BOLTS" CONFERENCE
When: May 14th, 2011 - 9:30 to 4 pm
Where: Swallow Hill, 71 E. Yale (Yale & S. Broadway), Denver
What: A workshop that takes us back to the basics of storytelling. We are requesting workshops that discover, define, review, refine, recycle and reuse those skills that storytellers use in capturing the imagination of the audience.
Proposals deadline: March 19th
Conference details and registration begins April 1st.
See Conference website http://www.rmstory.org under NutsNBolts tab for proposal application.
3. NSN GRANT DEADLINES
Member Grants Application Process
Opening – due April 20th
To further its mission of “bringing
together and nurturing individuals and organizations that use the power
of storytelling in all its forms”, the National Storytelling Network
supports a Member Grants Program through which NSN individual, associate,
and affiliate members may apply for funding up to $1,000 to develop
new projects. Support is available for the development of individual
work, for collaborative projects, for community-based storytelling programs
or for scholarly research. For additional information including eligibility
and application (available within the next few days): http://www.storynet.org/
Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling – due April 29th
Applications are now open for the 2011 Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling, a $5,000 grant available to NSN members with an innovative, service-oriented project, which to some extent is replicable in other places. Applications are due April 29, 2011.
Taking its name from brimstone, the elusive element medieval chemists believed would transform base metals into gold, this award focuses on the transformational properties of storytelling and aims to increase understanding of the ways storytelling can promote change in individuals and communities.
For full details about the award including
the criteria and the application go to http://www.storynet.org/
4. SPRING STORY POTLUCK!
Stories are sprouting everywhere!
Join us as we gather in celebration of spring with a
Spring Story Potluck!
Date: Saturday, April 2, 2011
Storytelling: 1:00-4:00 pm
– beginning with a special hour of children’s stories from 1:00-2:00
Potluck Tea: 4:00-6:00 pm
Place: Boulder Public Library,
1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, CO
Cost: Free!
To tell a story: If you’d like to tell a story of between 3 and 10 minutes, come early on April 2 and sign up, beginning at 12:30. “First come, first served!”
To listen to stories: If you'd like to listen to a “smorgasbord” of stories, no telling required – come for any or all of the time!
To enjoy a potluck: Join together after the stories for a community gathering. Bring your favorite appetizer or cookies to share and we’ll supply the tea!
Co-sponsored by the Boulder Public Library and the Rocky Mountain Storytellers’ Conference.
Questions? E-mail us at info@rmstory.org or heepkec@boulderlibrary.org
5. LIZ WEIR AND SHONALEIGH CUBERS CONCERT
The Boulder Public Library presents renowned international storytellers Liz Weir and Shonaleigh Cumbers in concert on Sunday, April 3, 2011 from 2 - 4 p.m. in the Canyon Theater of the Boulder, Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave. Boulder, CO. The first hour is geared for young children and the second hour is for older children and adults. They will be telling tales of their native lands and all over the world. Weir and Cumbers are in Boulder for the Conference on World Affairs at CU the rest of the week, but this is the only chance to hear them off campus.
Shonaleigh Cumbers is a drutsyla (storyteller) from the Yiddish oral tradition and a UK deputy national storytelling laureate. She has worked as a professional storyteller for the last 12 years, traveling across the UK, Europe, and further a field.
Liz Weir is a storyteller and writer from Northern Ireland, who tells her stories to children and adults on all five continents. Weir appears in small storytelling clubs and at major international festivals, such as the National Storytelling Festival in Tennessee and the Australian National Storytelling Festival.
Liz and Shonaleigh have agreed to lead a discussion at 4 p.m. just for storytellers. The discussion is entitled “How Storytellers Support Each Other – Here and Around the World” . They will chat with local Colorado storytellers about how we can best support each other. Models for organizations, local, national and international, as well as models for training and developing new skills will be discussed informally after the performances, for about 30 - 45 minutes. Refreshments will be served.
Questions? E-mail Carol Heepke at heepkec@boulderlibrary.org
6. UPCOMING PROGRAMS
*Susan Kaplan
I. Peace Wrestling – Use Storytelling, Story Listening, and Skill Building to create a more Peaceful and Compassionate Classroom
Instructor Susan Kaplan, M.S.W., M.P.A.,
Continuing Education Credits Available: Approved for Teachers and School Counselors for 1 CEU through UCD, for Social Workers for 15 CEC hours, and Professional Development for Early Childhood Professionals (Qualistar recognized).
Dates April 1 & April 2, 2011
Location The Conflict Center, 4140 Tejon St., Denver, CO 80211 (NW Denver)
Cost $75 for general registration or $100 for Continuing Education Hours
II. Compassionate Classroom or School Setting– Diversity Appreciation, Inclusion, Community Building, Bully Prevention & Storytelling Intensive
Instructors: Susan Kaplan, M.S.W., M.P.A., Carema Cook-Masaud , Jane Treat,
Continuing Education Credits Available: Approved for Teachers and School Counselors for 1 CEU through UCD, for Social Workers for 15 CEC hours, and Professional Development for Early Childhood Professionals (Qualistar recognized).
Dates Friday, March 11, Friday, April 8, 2011
Location The Conflict Center, 4140 Tejon St., Denver, CO 80211 (303) 433-4983
Cost $50 for general registration or $100 for continuing education credits.
III. Peace in the Family: A Family Educational Model Using Stories and Skills to Build More Peaceful and Healthy Families
Date: Friday, April 15, 2011
Time: 1:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Place: Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO
Conference: Regional Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference
Registration on web site: Regional Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference
Contact Susan Kaplan, M.S.W., M.P.A. at 303.871.8469 or kaplan@earthlink.net
CEC Hours: 3 Hours for Social Workers and Early Childhood Professionals
IV. Using the Arts with Young Children to Build Peace-Making Classrooms
Instructors: Susan Kaplan, M.S.W., M.P.A., Facilitator, Trainer, and Professional Storyteller. Nancie Tonner West, MS, Early Education Specialist & Coach
Date: Saturday, April 15, 2011
Place: Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO
Conference: Regional Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference
Registration on web site: Regional Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference
Contact Susan Kaplan, M.S.W., M.P.A. at 303.871.8469 or kaplan@earthlink.net
Continuing Education Hours: 3 CEC Hours for Social Workers & Early Childhood Professionals
V. Compassionate Communication Practice Group
Instructor: Susan Kaplan, M.S.W., M.P.A., Educator, Facilitator, Storyteller & Story Listener, and Affiliate Trainer for Rocky Mountain Center for Compassionate Communication
Continuing Education Credits: 1 CEU Teacher , 15 CEC hours Social Workers, or Professional Development for Early Childhood Professionals.
Dates Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4, May 11, May 18, 2011
Times 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM (except for May 18 5 – 8 PM)
Location The Conflict Center, 4140 Tejon St., Denver, CO 80211 (303) 433-4983
Cost $75 for general registration or $100 for continuing education credit.
Registration: Susan Kaplan at 303.871.8469 or kaplan@earthlink.net
VI. Courage to Teach – Explore the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life: A Reading & Study Group
Instructor Information: Susan Kaplan, M.S.W., M.P.A., Educator, Facilitator, Storyteller
Dates: Tuesdays, March 29th, April 5th, April 12th, April 26th, May 3rd,
Time: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: 2318 South Josephine Street, Denver, CO 80210
Continuing Education Credit available.
Cost: $75.00
To register - Please contact Susan Kaplan at 303.871.8469 or kaplan@earthlink.net
VII. A Child with Many Names – Orphan Train Survivors Performance
Parker Historical Society, March 8th, 6:30 – 7:30 pm. Call Susan Kaplan for information: 303.871.8469 or kaplan@earthlink.net
For details on all of these courses please go to Susan’s website www.susankaplanmsw.com,
*Susan Marie Frontczak
March 8 - Boulder
MOSAIC Film Screening and Panel Discussion
March 14 - Boulder
Storytelling Class Recital
March 16 - Wednesday - Aspen
Of Leprechauns and Wee Folk
March 17 - Thursday - Basalt
Of Leprechauns and Wee Folk
March 17 - Thursday - Glenwood Springs
Eleanor Roosevelt, "This is My
Story" - Set during the Great Depression
April 3 - Sunday - Lakewood
Eleanor Roosevelt, In War and Peace
For details on these programs please see Susan Marie’s website at www.storysmith.org.
*Touching Stories
You Are Invited!
To the official launch and fundraising event for our new Storytelling
non-profit, Touching Stories. Saturday, March 12th, 2011
5:00-6:30, SouthGlenn Library, 6972 S. Vine Street, Centennial, CO 80122
Touching Stories is the first storytelling agency dedicated to the needs
of the intellectually disabled community in the United States. We specialize
in unique and original multi-sensory stories. Our program provides a
complete story experience, incorporating elements of sensory integration
therapy. You and visit our website at www.touchingstories.org, or contact
gwen@touchingstories.org to learn more! Please join us for hors
d’oeuvres, a demonstration of our storytelling materials and techniques
and a performance of Ray Bradbury's story, All Summer in a Day. We love
telling stories to children, but this particular event is for adults
only. RSVP by March 5th to gwen@touchingstories.org.
*Spellbinders in Basalt
Spellbinders® Storytelling at Basalt Library March 22nd at 4 pm, The Story of Macaroon,
a companion book to the Aspen Writers Foundation
Great Read book, The Great Gatsby.
To complement the Aspen Writers' Foundation efforts to encourage Valley
residents to all read and talk about The Great Gatsby, Roaring
Fork Valley Spellbinders will be telling the children’s story,
The Story of Macaroon, orally in Valley elementary school classrooms
- and this one time in the Basalt Library -
*Denis Gessing
March 7, The American Irish Seanachi' s ST. Paddy's program Johnson Adult Day - Englewood
March 16, The American Irish Seanachi' s ST. Paddy's program Nightingale Assisted living - Arvada
March 17, The American Irish Seanachi' s ST. Paddy's program Aspen Assisted Living - Lakewood
March 21, The American Irish Seanachi' s ST. Paddy's program Heritage, Greenwood Village.
March 25 free show for the Castle Rock
Community at the Library on Wilcox for their fundraising efforts
on behalf of Dawn Thompson who left us Feb 19 after battling cancer
for 9 years.
7. COLORADO RADIO STORYTELLING:
LARK Radio Theatre and The Poetry Show Schedule beginning in February 2010
SUNDAYS from 6:00 to 7:00 PM
1st and 3rd Sunday – The Poetry Show w/Dona Stein (d_stein_us@yahoo.com)
2nd and occasional 5th Sunday – LARK Radio Theatre w/Bev Siglin (bjsiglin@juno.com)
4th Sunday – TELL US A TALE w/Peter Jones (bjsiglin@juno.com)
San Luis Valley, KRZA, 88.7 FM radio on the last Sunday each month at 5:00 p.m. hosted by the San Luis Valley Spellbinders.
8. ADULT STORYTELLING AT THE MERCURY CAFÉ IN DENVER.
New venue in Denver for adult storytelling at the Mercury Cafe, 22nd & California, on the 4th Tuesday of the month from 7-9 pm, FREE. This fun event is presented by the ImageMaker and Mercury Cafe. The evening features a mixture of monologues, fables, myths and dramas. To tell your tale contact Ed Ward 303-322-9324. For informal information, call Kate Lutz 303-941-1749. Hope to see you there.
SEND info for storytelling news to Lbatlin@aol.com.
Want the latest and best national storytelling news and articles on best storytelling practices? Join the National Storytelling Network (NSN), the go to place for storytelling, and get the scoop on what's happening all over the country AND how to improve your storytelling! http://www.storynet.org/
This information provided by…
Linda Batlin
(303) 494-6407
Please send me any notices of events for April 2011. I love getting mail. Thanks!
Colorado Liaison for the
National Storytelling Network
Co-president of the Rocky Mountain Storytellers Guild