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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Continuing our nomadic life, the next StoryRise lands December 19, 2009 at “A Grill On the Go” in old town Avondale, AZ.

StoryRise: Storytelling for Adults
Saturday, December 19 7PM
Doors Open at 630PM.
No Admission Fee
(Please consider buying a a coffee, soda or sandwich from the store?)

Location:
“A Grill on the Go”
506 E Western Avenue Suite 101
Avondale, AZ 85323
(Map Link Here.)
(North of Buckeye Road Just West of Dysart Road on Western)
Park in the parking lot in the back of the building!

Featured Teller:
Liz Warren.

Also featuring stories
by Sean Buvala and Annie Gustafson

More info to follow!

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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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Our newest StoryRise event has been scheduled!
Download the PDF flyer here!

Our March 2009 Theme:

Irish Stories from Before and Then:
Stolen Women, Pookas, Demon Cats, Foggy Hills and Misperceptions are just some of the things you’ll hear when you listen to us tell to you about the stories from Celtic Lands. Laugh strong and we might even throw in the Salmon of Knowledge, too.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009  700PM
Ground Control Coffee Lounge
“Coffee, Wine,Gelato”
14140 W Indian School #B1 Goodyear, AZ
(NW Corner of Litchfield Road and Indian School)

Featured Teller:
West-Valley resident K. Sean Buvala has been kept busy performing and teaching storytelling for 23 years. In whatever state you call home, Sean has probably performed there. Recognized by the National Storytelling Network with the “Oracle Award,” Sean describes his stories as somewhere between “in your life and in your face” depending on the needs of his audience at any moment. When he’s not working in performances, you can find Sean coaching and training other artists or working as a trainer for corporate and non-profit leaders, teaching them to use the power of  storytelling to develop their own businesses. He’s the founder of Storyteller.net.  Find his website at http://www.seantells.net

About:
StoryRise presents both local and national storytellers in a one-hour fringe-theater performance. This is not an open-mic night.
This event is free of charge. We invite you to enjoy a food and beverage purchase from Ground Control’s reasonably-priced menu.

Produced by Storyteller.net and The Arizona Storytelling  Guild. This event is not intended for small children.

Space is (really truly) limited, so please arrive early. Ground Control offers wine-tasting at 6PM for a minimal charge. Contact them at 623.935.2604 for details.

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