Storytelling Calendar

Series & Open Stages in New England

Summer - Fall, 2007

CONNECTICUT

East Windsor CT "Dinner and A Story" series at The Jonathan Pasco House. Dinner is at 7pm, featured storyteller at 8pm. Reservations for dinner and performance are $45; call (860) 627-7709.

MASSACHUSETTS

Storytelling with Brother Blue and Friends every Tuesday, hosted by Brother Blue and Ruth Edmonds Hill, 7pm open mic, 8:30pm feature. Sherrill Library, Room 2B (2nd floor), Episcopal Divinity School, Mason St. & Phillips Place, just outside Harvard Square, Cambridge MA. (617) 491-8399.

Storytelling for Grown-Ups hosted by Laura Packer, 2nd Fridays. 7pm open mic (10 minute slots), 8pm featured teller. Bestsellers Bookstore Cafe, 24 High St., Medford MA. Info (781) 391-7171; bookings (781) 324-1758.

StoryLab at Club Passim Monthly storytelling concert for adults at the legendary folk music club. Hosted by Laura Packer; co-sponsored by LANES. $10. Open mic every Tuesday 7pm (mostly folk musicians, but storytellers welcome) $5. 47 Palmer St., Harvard Sq., Cambridge MA. (617) 492-7679, (617) 491-8399. www.passimcenter.org

Worcester Storytellers 2nd Fridays, 8pm. Open mic and a featured teller. Village Arts Center, 1 Ekman St. (off Millbury), Worcester MA. Free with donations requested. For info, directions or booking, email the host Dave Macpherson: davemacp@aol.com

Spontaneous Storytelling 1st Fridays potluck followed by featured tellers. Potluck at 6pm, storytelling at 7:30pm with monthly theme. At Spontaneous Celebrations, 45 Danforth St., Jamaica Plain MA (near the Stonybrook Subway Station.) Coordinated by Tamara Safford and Ed Pazzanese. (617) 524-6373; sponcel@earthlink.net; janesaff@aol.com.

Andover Bookstore Family Storytelling Storytelling by the fireside, one Friday a month at 7pm, and children's participatory storyhour with Susan Lenoe 10am Fridays (resumes Oct. 8). No events until fall. Bring a story or just come listen. Free. All Welcome! Hosted by Susan Lenoe. Andover Bookstore 89R (Rear) Main St., Andover MA. Susan Lenoe or Karen Harris (800) 491-0143; (978) 475-0143. www.andoverbookstore.com.

South Shore Story and Song Group Third Fridays, 7pm to 9pm. Read a five-or-ten-minute story or passage from a book, tell a story, sing a song, or just listen. We are a very casual group centered on the simple pleasures of reading aloud and being read to. We read what we like and there is no assigned reading. Storytellers welcome. (This is the same group that formerly met at Borderland State Park.) At Hearts and Stars Bookshop, 95 Washington St., Canton MA. Daniel Smith (508) 586-4156; (781) 762-6131. dpbsmith@verizon.net

Saxonville-Framingham: Amazing Things Arts Center. Linda Havel hosts one Wednesday a month. Open mic at 7:30 pm and feature at 8:30 pm. At 55 Nicolas Road, Saxonville-Framingham. 508-405-2787. www.amazingthings.org. Admission $6 ($5 members). Information: Joel at JOELINHAVE@aol.com. www.amazingthings.org

Once Upon a Time: Storytelling for Grownups 3rd Saturdays, 7pm-9pm at Strong Cup of Coffee, 112 Stoughton St. (near Uphams Corner) Dorchester MA. 10 minute open mic slots. Sponsored by Dorchester Center for Adult Education. Mike Oliver (617) 474-1170. moliver@fdnh.org

Song and Story Swap hosted by Pioneer Valley Folklore Society, 2nd Friday of each month, 7:30pm. Open swap, followed by featured performer. Free, at Black Sheep Cafe, 79 Main St., Amherst MA. (413) 253-9484 or (413) 256-0433. www.filbert.com/pvfs/

NEW YORK

Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia St. (between Bleecker & West 4th), Greenwich Village NYC. Features and open mike, second Tuesdays, 6pm, hosted by Barbara Aliprantis. $6. www.corneliastcafe.com. (212) 989-9319. Barbara Aliprantis: (718) 461-1355. www.barbaraaliprantis.com

Storytelling at Caffe' Lena one Monday a month storytelling open mic, sign up at 6:30pm, show at 7pm. Organizers and MCs: Marni Gillard, Christie Keegan, and Jeannine Laverty. Sign up to tell by 7:15pm. There is a 10-minute limit on story length. No reading of stories please, just telling. $3. Sponsored by the Story Circle of the Capital District. At Caff� Lena, 47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs NY. (518) 583-0022; www.caffelena.com

Story Sundays at the Glen Sanders Mansion dinner and storytelling one Sunday a month, 5pm to 8pm. Resumes in Sept (6th Season). The Glen Sanders Mansion, Scotia, NY. $25 including dinner. 1 Glen Ave., Scotia NY (across the Western Gateway Bridge from Schenectady). For reservations: (518) 370-3700. Joe Doolittle (518) 384-1700. http://timesunion.com/communities/hvstoryall/

Susquehanna Storytelling the last Saturday of every month, 8pm, at Barnes & Noble, Town Square Mall in Vestal NY. Sponsored by Susquehanna Storytellers of Binghamton NY. Featured tellers, often accompanied by musicians, followed by open mike session. Eileen Ruggieri (607) 775-1190 or Jan Fiore (607) 797-9357.