A fun project, like massmouth, Adam Tessier, is doing Shakespeare in the street. His project is called ourdailysonnet.com Adam caught me after telling as Mary Read, pirate this Sunday, and I still have a bit of my makeup - a spot of soul patch "beard" on my chin. Husband, Robert listens in background. On this lovely Sunday afternoon we sat outside Toscanini's in Central Square, Cambridge.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
yes! First Boston story slam sells out room !
story slam kicked butt. Nice job everyone!
The room was packed, non-storytellers were there and told, the house was rocking!
Congratulations to massmouth and everyone who attended!
Laura P
What a night! Let's keep the momentum - onward to NOV 23rd ! Sleep beckons. More later!
The room was packed, non-storytellers were there and told, the house was rocking!
Congratulations to massmouth and everyone who attended!
Laura P
What a night! Let's keep the momentum - onward to NOV 23rd ! Sleep beckons. More later!
Sunday, October 25, 2009
3 conferences NOV 7+8
There are 3 conferences on connecting creators and performers to audience and each other on the weekend of NOV 7+8
in Boston: Creative Massachusetts: The Artists Congress 2009 – November 7-8
The C3 Project Conversation, Creativity, and Community:
A World Café to redefine our community Saturday, November 7, 2009 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead
You are warmly invited to gather and explore the themes of Conversation, Creativity and Community. We will be working together to uncover new insights and possibilities for action in building a stronger creative community for everyone.
The Questions:
= Why don’t we know our neighbors any more?
= How do we engage people to want a better community?
= How can art and the creative experience be used to bring people together?
= How can a community empower itself to support the health, well being and interests of the diverse individuals who belong to it?
Come meet some new neighbors to explore what makes up an engaged, creative community of the future that finds value in all of its members. The Participants:
Artists, self-advocates, educators, activists, community builders and people from all walks of life and abilities interested in exploring these themes. This event will be a collaboration and catalyst for more dialogues and activities around common interests and needs in your home community.
in NYC:
AUDIENCE "If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate hustle." -Marlon Brando
http://audienceconf.com/ Audience.
NOV 6th in NYC 500 people Audience is a conference aimed at those who recognise the need to reach engage and influence audiences of all kinds, an investigation into how this is changing, and a look at how technology has in the past and is now, through new media tools and the social web, changing audience participation and interaction.
The speakers range from large traditional media organisations with Dan Farber of CBS, though the recording industry with Warner Bros. Music CTO Ethan Kaplan, advertising with Crayon's Joe Jaffe, HR and internal audiences with Frank Roche of iFractal and new media players like Mike Arrington of TechCrunch and Jason Calacanis of Mahalo, not to mention Musicians like Adam & Mia and Writers like the inimitable Andrew Keen of "Cult of the Amateur" fame with more being added all the time.
Engaging on November 6th in the Hudson Theatre, one of New York's oldest playhouses.
If you're interested in meeting with a diverse and knowledgable crowd and have a goal of understanding how the methods used to reach engage and influence audiences have changed and are changing. If you want to know the real business value of new tools and old tools in the battle to reach your audience, users or customers, then Audience conference is for you.
in Boston: Creative Massachusetts: The Artists Congress 2009 – November 7-8
Creative Massachusetts: The Artists Congress 2009 Welcoming Artists of All Disciplines to a Discussion of Our Creative Future November 7 & 8 at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA Save the Dates Nov. 7 & 8 for “Creative Massachusetts: The Artists Congress 2009″ in Boston, MA Creative Massachusetts: The Artists Congress 2009 is presented by the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition (MALC) and the Kirstein Business Branch of the Boston Public Library. This event is free and open to all Massachusetts artists of all disciplines. To receive more information about the event, please join the ArtistsUndertheDome.org’s free listserv at http://www.artistsunderthedome.org/contact.html, and look for updates here on the MALC blog:
in Worcester: the C3 ProjectThe C3 Project Conversation, Creativity, and Community:
A World Café to redefine our community Saturday, November 7, 2009 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead
You are warmly invited to gather and explore the themes of Conversation, Creativity and Community. We will be working together to uncover new insights and possibilities for action in building a stronger creative community for everyone.
The Questions:
= Why don’t we know our neighbors any more?
= How do we engage people to want a better community?
= How can art and the creative experience be used to bring people together?
= How can a community empower itself to support the health, well being and interests of the diverse individuals who belong to it?
Come meet some new neighbors to explore what makes up an engaged, creative community of the future that finds value in all of its members. The Participants:
Artists, self-advocates, educators, activists, community builders and people from all walks of life and abilities interested in exploring these themes. This event will be a collaboration and catalyst for more dialogues and activities around common interests and needs in your home community.
in NYC:
AUDIENCE "If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate hustle." -Marlon Brando
http://audienceconf.com/ Audience.
NOV 6th in NYC 500 people Audience is a conference aimed at those who recognise the need to reach engage and influence audiences of all kinds, an investigation into how this is changing, and a look at how technology has in the past and is now, through new media tools and the social web, changing audience participation and interaction.
The speakers range from large traditional media organisations with Dan Farber of CBS, though the recording industry with Warner Bros. Music CTO Ethan Kaplan, advertising with Crayon's Joe Jaffe, HR and internal audiences with Frank Roche of iFractal and new media players like Mike Arrington of TechCrunch and Jason Calacanis of Mahalo, not to mention Musicians like Adam & Mia and Writers like the inimitable Andrew Keen of "Cult of the Amateur" fame with more being added all the time.
Engaging on November 6th in the Hudson Theatre, one of New York's oldest playhouses.
If you're interested in meeting with a diverse and knowledgable crowd and have a goal of understanding how the methods used to reach engage and influence audiences have changed and are changing. If you want to know the real business value of new tools and old tools in the battle to reach your audience, users or customers, then Audience conference is for you.
Friday, October 23, 2009
WFEE: Storytellers grips Muraco imaginations - Winchester, MA - The Winchester Star
Me from backstage. A fun pic in somewhat
disturbing demagogue-ish kinda way...
WFEE: Storyteller grips Muraco imaginations - Winchester, MA - The Winchester Star
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AUDIENCE a conference in NY.NY on NOV 7TH
AUDIENCE
"If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate hustle." -Marlon Brando
I KNOW I will read bout it later http://audienceconf.com/ but ooooh to be a fly on the wall at the conference called Audience.
NOV 6th in NYC 500 people
Audience is a conference aimed at those who recognise the need to reach engage and influence audiences of all kinds, an investigation into how this is changing, and a look at how technology has in the past and is now, through new media tools and the social web, changing audience participation and interaction.
The speakers range from large traditional media organisations with Dan Farber of CBS, though the recording industry with Warner Bros. Music CTO Ethan Kaplan, advertising with Crayon's Joe Jaffe, HR and internal audiences with Frank Roche of iFractal and new media players like Mike Arrington of TechCrunch and Jason Calacanis of Mahalo, not to mention Musicians like Adam & Mia and Writers like the inimitable Andrew Keen of "Cult of the Amateur" fame with more being added all the time.
Engaging on November 6th in the Hudson Theatre, one of New York's oldest playhouses with a capacity of only 500, this will be an intimate gathering of fine minds in Manhattan. We felt it was appropriate to hold a conference that was about Audience in a place that was specifically designed for an audience.
If you're interested in meeting with a diverse and knowledgable crowd and have a goal of understanding how the methods used to reach engage and influence audiences have changed and are changing. If you want to know the real business value of new tools and old tools in the battle to reach your audience, users or customers, then Audience conference is for you.
"If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate hustle." -Marlon Brando
I KNOW I will read bout it later http://audienceconf.com/ but ooooh to be a fly on the wall at the conference called Audience.
NOV 6th in NYC 500 people
Audience is a conference aimed at those who recognise the need to reach engage and influence audiences of all kinds, an investigation into how this is changing, and a look at how technology has in the past and is now, through new media tools and the social web, changing audience participation and interaction.
The speakers range from large traditional media organisations with Dan Farber of CBS, though the recording industry with Warner Bros. Music CTO Ethan Kaplan, advertising with Crayon's Joe Jaffe, HR and internal audiences with Frank Roche of iFractal and new media players like Mike Arrington of TechCrunch and Jason Calacanis of Mahalo, not to mention Musicians like Adam & Mia and Writers like the inimitable Andrew Keen of "Cult of the Amateur" fame with more being added all the time.
Engaging on November 6th in the Hudson Theatre, one of New York's oldest playhouses with a capacity of only 500, this will be an intimate gathering of fine minds in Manhattan. We felt it was appropriate to hold a conference that was about Audience in a place that was specifically designed for an audience.
If you're interested in meeting with a diverse and knowledgable crowd and have a goal of understanding how the methods used to reach engage and influence audiences have changed and are changing. If you want to know the real business value of new tools and old tools in the battle to reach your audience, users or customers, then Audience conference is for you.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
“storyteller who writes...”
RIC hosted me a few weeks ago and I had a wonderful time. Shout out to Antoinette Gomes who arranged and guided me through the day. What a wonderful time.
Article below from RIC online:
MEd in TESL cooperating teachers
meet with award-winning author, storyteller Norah Dooley
By Liz Garofalo, Coordinator of Special Projects
Feinstein School of Education and Human Development
On Oct. 9, four MEd in TESL (teaching English as a second language) cooperating teachers attended a private book signing and discussion with Norah Dooley, famed New England author of “Everybody Bakes Bread” and “Everybody Cooks Rice.” The four were from the Pawtucket School District.
Karen Hammarstram, ESL coach, Leslie Pettingell of Potter-Burns School, Jackie Sisun of Henry J. Winters School, and Carol Hoppe of Elizabeth Baldwin School engaged in a lively dialogue with Dooley about their use of her stories in class as well as the incorporation of the books in their social studies content area and their connection to language and content objectives.
Dooley, a self proclaimed “storyteller who writes,” also told of the sources of inspiration for her work, her struggles and triumphs in writing and publishing, and the challenges she experienced as a teacher in a charter school.
The reception concluded with a book signing of the candidates’ favorite Dooley titles for their personal and school collections.
The book signing and discussion followed an all-morning Diversity Week event at the Henry Barnard School coordinated by the Unity Center, HBS Diversity Committee and the Feinstein School Office of Special Projects. Students in K-6 along with the cooperating teachers listened to Dooley’s energetic and informative talk about the writing process, participated in a read aloud, engaged in questions and answers and then selected homemade and donated breads from HBS parents and LaSalle and Colonial Bakeries.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Personal Narrative as performance - storytelling and slams
"The story was the San people’s (Bushman of the Kalahari) most sacred possession. These people knew what we do not; that without a story you have not got a nation, or culture, or civilization. Without a story of your own, you haven’t got a life of your own." —Laurens Van der Post
This is why we are working hard to make a story slam work in Boston. We ( the organizers at massmouth ) want everyone to be alive to the possibilities in the narrative of their own lives. And we love the art that is created when those possibilities are explored in live storytelling. The slam aspect seems to bring more serious attention to the performance - and this is a good thing. When you perform, your intention is to communicate but your attention must be on the audience - what are you giving them? Do you know why you care about the story you are telling? Then we have a chance to care about your story too.
I like to tell my storytelling students ( grades K- 12 ) that their story has to answer the 5 Ws - Who, What, When, Where and.... I draw out the " Why" and separate it from the rest of the Qs. We show the answers to the 4 Ws with details and experience. AND The whole story should answer the question "why?" without being explicit. I tell my young students that if the audience does not know why they just listened and why they should care? Your story is not "cooked" yet. And you need to go back to the kitchen of imagination and adjust. Maybe it is seasoning that is missing? Maybe it is a key ingredient? AND you may realize that you must to start all over from scratch when you see that your story idea is a hors d'œuvre and you thought to serve it as a main course? Or maybe you thought your story was a delectable confection, suitable for dessert and really? It is a main course and more savory than not. These are just some things we discover when we tell our story over and over. BUT we must have some idea, at least one intention before we ask others to listen in performance. We will continue to discover meaning and deepen our understanding and the meaning constantly evolves with the telling. - but if we are serving the story? It must feed our audience. Cook before serving!
This is why we are working hard to make a story slam work in Boston. We ( the organizers at massmouth ) want everyone to be alive to the possibilities in the narrative of their own lives. And we love the art that is created when those possibilities are explored in live storytelling. The slam aspect seems to bring more serious attention to the performance - and this is a good thing. When you perform, your intention is to communicate but your attention must be on the audience - what are you giving them? Do you know why you care about the story you are telling? Then we have a chance to care about your story too.
I like to tell my storytelling students ( grades K- 12 ) that their story has to answer the 5 Ws - Who, What, When, Where and.... I draw out the " Why" and separate it from the rest of the Qs. We show the answers to the 4 Ws with details and experience. AND The whole story should answer the question "why?" without being explicit. I tell my young students that if the audience does not know why they just listened and why they should care? Your story is not "cooked" yet. And you need to go back to the kitchen of imagination and adjust. Maybe it is seasoning that is missing? Maybe it is a key ingredient? AND you may realize that you must to start all over from scratch when you see that your story idea is a hors d'œuvre and you thought to serve it as a main course? Or maybe you thought your story was a delectable confection, suitable for dessert and really? It is a main course and more savory than not. These are just some things we discover when we tell our story over and over. BUT we must have some idea, at least one intention before we ask others to listen in performance. We will continue to discover meaning and deepen our understanding and the meaning constantly evolves with the telling. - but if we are serving the story? It must feed our audience. Cook before serving!
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