Festival of Ghost Stories 2020

The traditional Festival of Ghost stories is a bit different this year!

This year the audience size was limited and registration was required.  Those who have tickets will join tellers at Bryan Park Friday night, October 30th, at 7:00 p.m. for a live performance.

Those of you who want to listen to some of our tales at home have a virtual option!

You may watch a pre-recorded version ONLINE!  Here's how:

go to bloomington.in.gov/parks  

or

tune in to CATS-TV (channel 3 on Comcast; 301 on Smithville; and available on AT&T U-Verse by going to Channel 99 and selecting "Govt Educ and Public Access", then "Bloomington", and "Monroe County Public Library CATS"

All versions of the event start at 7 p.m. EDT

As always, we remind you to wrap up warmly and that this program is most appropriate for upper elementary, teen and adult audiences. 
 

Storytelling Workshop

UPCOMING!   PUPPETS IN STORYTELLING WORKSHOP

Stephanie Holman, seen here with a Crocodile and friends, has long been using puppets to bring life to storytelling.   Mind you, this can be something entirely different than putting on a puppet show (although she is excellent at that too!).  

Telling with a puppet can:

 *focus attention in a challenging environment

 *give the single teller a second voice

*illuminate a character with form and motion

*add surprise and delight to stories.  

Puppets work with stories for all ages, not just the youngest audience, and they are super to provide variety in long programs for families or mixed age groups.

Stephanie is soon to leave Bloomington and the Guild, but before she leaves she is going to impart her puppet wisdom to us in a free Workshop on Thursday, January 30, 2020.

This is the first of a series of workshops designed to introduce tellers and would-be tellers to new techniques and storytelling skills.

Here's the blurb from the Library's website:

Puppet Storytelling Workshop

1/30/2020

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Monroe County Public Library, Main Library, Children's Program Room

303 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, In 47408

Registration is open

Call 812-349-3100 or visit http://mcpl.evanced.info/signup/Calendar

Professional storyteller and retiring Children’s Librarian Stephanie Holman will share her experience with puppets in this creative and immersive workshop. Teachers and Librarians for preschool through elementary age can bring or choose a story and utilize puppets and will leave the workshop with a new puppet show.

A partnership between Bloomington Storytellers Guild and the Library.

Please join us!