50th Anniversary Posters now available

The commemorative posters for the 50th Anniversary of the Festival of Ghost Stories have arrived!

You can pick up one at the October Guild meeting this Sunday, October 5th, ( 12:15, MCPL, Room 2C - see previous post for details)

Our poster was designed by Connor Stelle.  You'll be seeing more of his amazing artwork at the Festival of Ghost Stories (7:00 pm, Bryan Park, October 24)  

 

October Guild Meeting

It’s the season for spooky stories!

We know you have a favorite - maybe the tale that terrified you at camp?  Or the one that kept you from sleeping at a slumber party? A true tale that you heard at a family gathering?  Your favorite one from “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark”? The tricky one that made you gasp – and laugh?

Come share your story at the October meeting of the Bloomington Storytellers Guild:

Sunday, October 5

Monroe County Public Library, (on Kirkwood) Room 2C

12:15 to 1:45 pm

 

As you get ready to share a story remember:

            Keep it short (7-10 min)

            Don’t read it – tell it

            Practice telling it out loud before you come

            Let us know the source of your story

 

Love to listen to scary stories?  Stay tuned, there will be many opportunities this October!

Mark your calendar for the 50^th annual festival of Ghost Stories in Bryan Park on October 24^th!

Upcoming Guild Meeting

 The Bloomington Storytellers Guild will hold an open meeting:

Sunday November 6, 2022

2:00 pm

Monroe County Public Library, Main branch

303 E. Kirkwood Avenue

Room 214

This meeting is open to anyone interested in the traditional art of oral storytelling, in opportunities to hear stories, in becoming a teller, or in finding out more about our storytelling community.  

Summer Tales

 Summer Tales, a collection of stories for a warm summer evening told by members of the Bloomington Storytellers Guild is scheduled for 

Friday, July 29, 

from 7-8:30 p.m. 

at the Monroe County Public Library Auditorium 

at the MCPL Main Branch on Kirkwood Avenue.  

The show will feature favorite tales chosen by the individual teller and is appropriate for adults and children ages 10 and older. Summer Tales has replaced BSG's normal performance of Wintertelling which had to be cancelled the past two years due to Covid 19 protocols. The performance is free and open to the public.

STORYTELLING WITH DEBORAH ASANTE

The Bloomington Storyteller's Guild is pleased to sponsor a special opportunity to hear a master storyteller:

Deborah Asante. 

Deborah Asante is a Dream Farmer, Child Charmer, World Traveler, Jazz Gatherer, Blues Chaser, Hope Placer, History Keeper, Justice Seeker, there are so many ways to say Storyteller! She grew up traveling the world as the oldest child in an Army family. From an early age Deborah kept her younger siblings entertained by telling them stories so storytelling is in her bones. She is also the Founder and Artistic Director of The Asante Children's Theatre.

Mark your calendar for 

Sunday February 13

2:00 p.m.

Monroe County Public Library 

Auditorium

Free, registration is required:  

https://mcpl.evanced.info/signup/eventdetails?eventid=74452&lib=0&return=

She will be appearing as part of the events surrounding an exhibit at the Monroe County Public Library of Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards:

 https://mcpl.info/friends/our-voice-celebrating-coretta-scott-king-illustrator-awards 

PLEASE PLAN TO JOIN US FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT!!

2021 Festival of Ghost Stories MOVED

 Every year we wonder if the weather will hold for our outdoor event.

This year it will not!

The Festival has been moved to the Monroe County Library Auditorium 

303 E Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington

 

If you plan to come to the event in person, come to the Kirkwood entrance where the doors will be open at 6:30 pm.  Masks are required in the Library Building.  Storytelling from 7:00 to 8:30 pm

You can also watch the show LIVESTREAM from CATS:

 https://catstv.net/livestream.php?channel=special

Hope you will join us either live or in-person for this year's lineup of spooky, scary, funny, gruesome, shivery, supernatural and otherwise seasonal Ghost Stories!

As the Leaves Turn

As the Leaves Turn,  Fall Storytelling Season begins...

Our Bloomington Storytellers Guild has traditionally had a Fall Ingathering - an open invitation to anyone interested in any aspect of storytelling to join us, to find out more about our group, and to help us think about what we might do during the coming year.

This year the meeting is:

Sunday, September 15th, 2019

6:30 p.m.

Noodles and Company, Eastland Plaza, in the back room 

 Bring any interested friends with you,  we'll have a few stories, lots of information, and we'll discuss upcoming auditions and meetings.

Here's an opportunity to improve your art!

May 30-June 1, 2014

Announcing a supportive, challenging, helpful, enlightening and fun

INTENSIVE COACHING WEEKEND

for

Storytellers, Writers,

and

those of you who want to increase your effectiveness in your workplace or community through story!

Are you one of these people?

Then, this intensive coaching weekend is for you!

Conducted by two nationally renowned professional storytellers and story coaches,

Beth Horner and Susan O’Halloran

This coaching weekend will be rigorous and supportive with structured feedback sessions that are safe, practical and effective.

You will leave with clear direction, knowing your next steps to reach your goals.

Sometimes, we just need the structure of setting aside a weekend to get done what we’ve been meaning to do – work on our stories!

You know how powerful stories are. Give yourself the gift of laser attention from two premiere story coaches.

 Sue and Beth quickly create a safe environment that fosters freedom to experiment. They are both attentive and skilled listeners...they seem to have listened the story right out of me. They helped me find meaning, the essence and the arc of my family story. And there was lots of laughter! 

MORE INFORMATION

WHAT: A weekend in which you focus on your own specific story or project by being coached one-on-one. In addition, you will observe others being coached and thus, learn from their process and insights.  

WHO ATTENDS: Experienced, professional and new storytellers and writers plus those using applied storytelling within their organizations, communities, or for their own careers. Space is limited in order to give each participant individual attention. 

WHERE: At a private home in Evanston, Illinois

WHEN: Friday, May 30, 2014 (7:00 pm) to Sunday, June 1, 2014 (ending at 5:00 pm)

YOUR COACHES: Your story coaches, Beth Horner and Susan O’Halloran, each have over 30 years experience performing their stories to national and international audiences plus helping other artists, nonprofit and business leaders tell their stories in ways that are genuine, moving and unique to each person’s distinct style.

In addition to performing at the International Art of Storytelling Festival, multiple times at the National Storytelling Festival and on Live From National Geographic, Beth Horner has served as narrative consultant for the Johnson Space Center's StoryMining Project and presented storytelling workshops for scientists at NASA’s FameLab Astrobiology and for engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. www.BethHorner.com

Susan O’Halloran has presented at the National Storytelling Festival, the Smithsonian Institute and was story consultant for the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces. For her film and video scriptwriting, she has won awards of excellence from the CINDY competition, the U.S. Industrial Film Festival and the Los Angeles Film Advisory Board. Sue has appeared on PBS, ABC Nightline and inThe New York Times and has coached hundreds of nonprofit and corporate communicators. www.susanohalloran.com

Both Sue and Beth are recipients of the National Storytelling Network Circle of Excellence Oracle Award.

INVESTMENT:  

$550 (includes two hours of power coaching one-on-one with Sue and Beth on your individual project)*

Meals, lodging and travel expenses on your own

*Each individual coaching session plus the full weekend intensive will be facilitated by Sue and Beth together.

You get two experienced coaches at once focusing on you and your story!

Yes! I’m interested! What do I do now?

Go to: http://bit.ly/1ifYYJ2 to fill out an online application and receive more information.

***

Join Beth and Sue for this powerful weekend!

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--

Ellen H. Munds
Executive Director
Storytelling Arts of Indiana

The Whole Story: A Workshop with Carol Birch

A Workshop for Storytellers

featuring

Carol Birch

 

The Whole Story: Using Imagery To Extend The Story Experience

The real art of storytelling is restoring the primacy of the imagination in tellers and audiences alike. This presentation, which helps storytellers bring character and setting into sharper focus, is easily adapted to meet the storytelling experience of the audience. The goal is a more precise re-creation of an imaged world, one that has the vividness and conviction of daily living.

Join us for this workshop on 

Sunday Feb. 9th 2014

at the 

Unitarian Universalist Church

2120 N Fee Ln, Bloomington, IN 47408

 2:00 -6:00  pm

SCHEDULE:

2-2:30 p.m.--Registration and coffee/tea, cookies

2:30-5:30 p.m--Workshop with breaks for restroom and refreshments

5:30-6:00 p.m.--Wrap up

Cost for non-Guild members:  $25

Coming on Friday, Oct. 4

 Time to prepare.

Time to get ready for the season of spooky stories.


Time to work on a tale for the annual Festival of Ghost Stories.

Bring your story, or your idea of a story, to the audition meeting

Friday, October 4th

4:00-6:00 pm

Monroe County Public Library, meeting room 1-A

Questions?  Can't make that time?  Want to see the "Expectations" list to decide if your story fits?  Email the Guild.

December meeting cancelled

If you had noted on your calendar that the Guild was meeting this coming Sunday...

it was but now it isn't.

Time is flowing past too fast for us.

Watch for announcement of rescheduled opportunity to get feedback on your stories.

Ingathering

Gather together everyone!
It is time for our annual Ingathering Picnic and Story Swap!



Start the Storytelling Season on September 9th, 5:30, at Bryan Park.



Email the guild to RSVP and find out which shelter house - or check our Facebook Page!