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Storytelling Workshop with Diane Wolkstein
New York City
Thursday, December 27th, 2007 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Well–told stories entertain, teach, heal, nourish the soul and take us on great adventures. To know a good story is to have a treasure no one can take away. Telling the right story at the right moment is the work of the storyteller.
This workshop with master storyteller and teacher Diane Wolkstein was created for everyone who loves stories, wants to hear more stories, or wants to learn to tell stories. Participants experimented with different storytelling techniques — verbal and physical — and each person was given an opportunity to tell a story. Diane discussed approaches to developing storytelling talents, described different genres of story, and even told some great examples of story.
Diane Wolkstein at Brooklyn College
2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Diane was on the campus of Brooklyn College for a program on storytelling for children.
A Joyous Benefit
for the Libraries of New Orleans
58 Park Avenue at 37th Street, New York City
Saturday, November 10th, 2007 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
In November of 2005 — in response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina — Diane Wolkstein organized a benefit, featuring the Hans Christian Andersen Storytellers, to raise money for storytelling programs in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. This resulted in a six–week summer story program for the Jefferson Parish Libraries.
And we can still do so much more.
And that is why we are grateful to everyone who joined us for a joyous gala benefit for the summer programs of the libraries of New Orleans and Cameron Parish on November 10th, featuring fun stories from the Hans Christian Andersen Storytellers — Diane Wolkstein, Therese Folkes–Plair, Melissa Heckler, and Ron Sopyla — and the music of New Orleans jazz musician Paul Peress, pianist/composer David Kelly, electric guitarist/singer Michael Campbell, and acoustic guitarist Charles Hipster. Special kudos go out to the children who joined us on stage during some of the music!
You are still encouraged to make donations in support of more library storytelling programs for the families of New Orleans. Please send your donations to:
Friends of the Cameron Parish Library
c/o Scandinavia House
58 Park Avenue
New York City, NY 10016
Contact: (212) 879–9779 or hca@amscan.org
On stage at Scandinavia House in New York (November 10th, 2007) from left to right:
Therese Folkes–Plair, Charles Hipster (acoustic guitar), David Kelly (piano), Paul Peress (drums), and Michael Campbell (vocals)
Diane presenting Roz Cohen (left) with a copy of the book They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust by Mayer Kirschenblatt and Barbara Kirschenblatt–Gimblett
9th Québec Intercultural Storytelling Festival
(9e Festival Interculturel du Conte du Québec)
Stories from the Jewish Diaspora
with Dan Yashinsky, Diane Wolkstein, Oro Anahory, and Josh Dolgin
Jewish Public Library
5151 Côte Ste Catherine, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Sunday, October 28th, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
The 9th Québec Intercultural Storytelling Festival — held from October 19th to 28th 2007, in concert venues, libraries, and theatres around Montréal — featured more than one hundred events, in French and in English, by no less than eighty storytellers. Diane was among the 9th Annual Festival's English–speaking tellers, who also hailed from Wales, Scotland, England, Italy, and Canada.
On October 28th, Diane joined Montrealer Oro Anahory–Liebowicz and klezmer musician Josh Dolgin in an exploration of the richness of the Jewish oral tradition. Hosted by Dan Yashinsky, the evening honored Rosalyn Cohen, who was one of the pioneers of storytelling in Montréal.
Contact: Sylvie Morin at 1–514–272–4494
Diane at the Canadian première of A Storyteller's Story,
with the DVD's main menu in the background
Diane Wolkstein: A Storyteller's Story
Canadian Première
Institute of Community & Family Psychiatry — Jewish General Hospital
4333, chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine
Montréal, Québec H9R 4Y3 Canada
Thursday, October 25, 2007 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Diane was in Montréal for the Canadian première of the thirtyty–seven minute film A Storyteller's Story (now available for sale as a DVD in our Webshop). It was followed by a discussion of the role of story in community, in the classroom, and in our personal lives.
Contact: Judith Grossman at 1–514–340–8222, ext. 5243 (voice),
1–514–340–8104 (fax), or adll@musica.mcgill.ca
The poster artwork for the Canadian première of Diane Wolkstein: A Storyteller's Story on October 25th, 2008 in Montréal
This presentation was sponsored by the Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry at McGill University, and by the Creative Arts Therapies Program/Centre for the Arts in Human Development at Concordia University.
Certificate in Applied Mythology:
The First Story
David Gonzalez & Diane Wolkstein
214 West 29th Street (16th Floor), New York City
(between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Thursday, October 18th, 2007 from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m.
The Certificate Program in Applied Mythology is an intimate one–year program with an extraordinary faculty. The course unites the finest minds in the academic, social, and artistic arenas, whose common thread is a deep understanding and every day application of mythic imagination. Between them, these teachers use myth and archetype in the realms of the highest levels of politics, inside prisons and with the homeless, with youth, in the university and as the foundation of art, from Broadway performance to the Kennedy Center. Authors of numerous books, plays, papers as well as operas and games, the Applied Mythology faculty conducts a remarkable series of master classes, coordinated by the Creative Director and Co–president of Mythic Imagination Institute.
On October 18th, at the beautiful META Center New York, David Gonzalez and Diane Wolkstein — two master performers — combined their talents and love of story to present two of the world's most riveting myths: Inanna and Orpheus. Their presentation, was the kickoff of the year–long course on Applied Mythology.
As a special treat, they told together the Grimm fairy tale of "The Glass Mountain" — the story of the Princess who Rescues herself.
Please visit the Mythic Imagination Institute website for further details on the Program.
Storytelling Live!
(Teller in Residence)
International Storytelling Center
100 West Main Street, Jonesborough, Tennessee
Tueday through Saturday, July 10 – 14th, 2007
Special Children's Concert: Saturday, July 14th, 2007 at 10:30 a.m.
Twenty–two of America's best–loved storytellers were Tellers in Residence at the International Storytelling Center in 2007 — one per week for twenty–two weeks — from May 29 through October 27. Diane was in Jonesborough the week of July 10th through July 14th.
Contact: 423–913–1276 or 1–800–952–8392
Central Park, New York City
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007, from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Diane's storytelling career, nineteen internationally and nationally–known storytellers and musicians — including Anita Ratnam, Dovie Thomason, Bill Gordh, Rafe Martin, Raouf Mama, Laura Simms, and Therese Folkes–Plair — came to Central Park to share stories from the Native American, European, African, and Asian traditions.
Watch the CelebrateStory 2007 publicity video
(hosted at YouTube)
Visit the official CelebrateStory website
(Adobe Flash Player required for your browser)
Stories at the Statue of Hans Christian Andersen
Central Park (72nd Street entrance)
Fifth Avenue & 72nd Street, New York City
Every Saturday from June to September, 2007
Diane told stories on June 2nd ("The Nightingale") and 23rd (as part of the CelebrateStory 2007 Festival), and September 15th (The Duckling's Party. featuring "Elsie Piddock Skips in her Sleep" by Eleanor Farjeon, with musicians Shirley Keller and Bruce Markow).
INANNA in London 2007
INANNA
Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG England
(Underground subway stations: Holborn, Tottenham Court Road,
Russell Square, and Goodge Street)
Saturday, May 12th, 2007 1:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Inanna Day at the Theosophical Society
Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London
Sunday, May 13th, 2007 from 2:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Diane Wolkstein at Camden Ceilidh Storytelling
Torriano Meeting House
99 Torriano Avenue, London NW5 1RZ England
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007 at 8:00 p.m.
