StoryRise

We are regrouping a bit over here as we plan the future of StoryRise. There will be no event in February, but we promise to return the third Saturday in March to the West Valley. Watch this space for more information. Thanks for your support.

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Here’s another free podcast for you. From our live StoryRise event in December 2009, storyteller Liz Warren shares with you the folktale of “The Month Brothers.” You can listen now in .mp3 by clicking this link. Liz is also the director of the South Mountain Community College Storytelling Institute in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Storyteller Sean Buvala shares a seasonal tale about darkness and light. You can listen in now in .mp3 audio by clicking this link now. Recorded live at the December 2009 StoryRise event. Enjoy. Don’t forget to sign up for our update list by filling out the form over to your right on this page.

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Thank you for coming out to the StoryRise event this past weekend. We’re grateful to the Glendale Public Library for hosting our after-hours event. Thank you, too, to the staff of Perfetto de Cafe who provided great hospitality and affordable snacks and meals. Of course, thanks as well to Elly Reidy for her role as our featured teller for the evening. If you missed the event, please check out the Podcast page for the latest free listen. You can also download the flyer for the evening from this link here.

See you next month, December 19, for another great event. Our guest teller will be Liz Warren.

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We’ve got more StoryRise events happening in 2009. Currently, we’re planning on the third Saturday of every month to be our “regular” night. This year, we decided to use the “National Month of….” as the themes for each Saturday gathering. The featured tellers will be challenged to create the most interesting program of stories based somehow around the month’s theme. The Challenge: Take a theme that might be a bit “beige” and bring it to vibrant life.

2009 Schedule and Themes:

Sept 19:
National Courtesy Month (Relationships done right and some gone wrong.)
With Featured Storyteller Carol Knarr from Indiana.

October 17:
Adopt A Shelter Dog Month (Pooches and pets potpourri.)
With Featured Storyteller Harriet Cole

November 21:
International Drum Month (National Tellabration Night with Stories of Music and Song.)
With Featured Storyteller Elly Reidy.

December 19:
National Calendar Awareness Month (The past, present and the future all around us.)
With Featured Storyteller Liz Warren.

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We’re happy to tell you that our next StoryRise event features Sean Buvala and Sandy Oglesby. Learn more about these tellers on our “performers” page.

Saturday, May 16, 2009 700PM

Come join us as storyteller Sean and Sandy share stories for adults. This isn’t reading and it’s not spoken word. It’s storytelling for adults. This month the theme is “National Photo Month.” YOU are encouraged to bring a family photo or your own to share a story with one or two other audience members. Too much fun.

Don’t bring the little ones, this isn’t for kiddies. You’ve been advised .

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