Ottawa Storyteller Events: August 2011
[Source: Ottawa StoryTellers press release]
OST Presents the Following Events for August, 2011:
August 4, 2011
Ottawa StoryTellers Story Swap: Open Stage Night
7:00 – 9:30 p.m.
Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Room 156.
Free admission
Ottawa StoryTellers offers Story Swap, an open stage night, on the first Thursday of every month at Library and Archives Canada (Room 156). This is an opportunity to experience the art of storytelling for the first time or for new storytellers to practice before an audience. The evenings also include stories by experienced tellers so that new tellers can learn the art. People are welcome to come and listen, but anyone wishing to tell a story should register on arrival with the evening’s host, and s/he will be given a time slot. Stories should be no longer than ten minutes and must be told, not read. They may be traditional stories, folk tales, literary stories, or personal stories.
August 4 and 18
Stories at the Bytown Museum
7pm-8pm
Bytown Museum, 1 Canal Lane Ottawa Ontario K1P 5P6
Ottawa has many stories to tell! The murder of Thomas D’Arcy McGee, the Stoney Monday riots and the fire at the Booth Lumberyard to name a few. The Bytown Museum hosts a Story Series by the Ottawa StoryTellers as part of their free Thursday night programming this summer.
Every Friday Night in August
Campfire and Storytelling at the Billings Estate National Historic Site
7pm-8:30pm
$6 per person, $10 for two, $16 per family, tickets at the door
Billings Estate National Historic Site, 2100 Cabot Street
Bring the family or come alone and roast marshmallows over an open fire and then enjoy stories of all kinds. There will be stories for adults and also separate stories and songs for children, and each Friday there will be new stories and new storytellers.
August 9
Tales for a Hot Summer Night
Phil Nagy and Jimmy Frickey
Stories and Tea
The Tea Party, 119 York St.
7pm-8:45pm
Pay what you can
August 23
Small Town Tales
Leah Sander and Sherri Yazdani
Stories and Tea
The Tea Party, 119 York St.
7pm-8:45pm
Pay what you can
For more information on our programming, visit www.ottawastorytellers.ca
Join the Ottawa Storytellers facebook group to get invites to our events, or follow us on Twitter @ottawastory.
OST programming is supported by the City of Ottawa, the Ontario Arts Council, Heritage Canada and Canada Council for the Arts.
Ottawa Storytellers March Performances Begin with Story Swap Open Stage
Ottawa Storytellers present the following performances for March 2010:
Ottawa StoryTellers Story Swap: Open Stage Night
Thursday, March, 4, 7:00 – 9:30 p.m.
Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Room 156
Free admission
Ottawa StoryTellers offers Story Swap, an open stage night, on the first Thursday of every month at Library and Archives Canada (Room 156). This is an opportunity to experience the art of storytelling for the first time or for new storytellers to practice before an audience. The evenings also include stories by experienced tellers so that new tellers can learn the art.
People are welcome to come and listen, but anyone wishing to tell a storyshould register on arrival with the evening’s host, and s/he will be given a time slot. Stories should be no longer than ten minutes and must be told, not read. They may be traditional stories, folk tales, literary stories, or personal stories.
March 9
Tales from Northern Lands
Anne Nagy and Karen Niven
Stories and Tea
The Tea Party, 119 York St.
7pm-8:45pm
Pay what you can
March 18
A Thousand Welcomes: Stories of Ireland
Mike Burns
NAC 4th Stage, 7:30pm
With the stories he heard as a child and has polished over decades of telling, Mike Burns will bring you to the place that still haunts him though he has been more than Twenty years in Canada. It is a land of fogs and rugged cliffs, farming and fishing, evenings warmed by whiskey and turf and stories. You will know the glimmer of the embers in the hearth, and the old stories that have lived in the place names and in the minds and hearts of the people of the wild western coast of Ireland – the next parish to America, as it is sometimes called. These are stories of love, lust and lies; bright blue spears and little folk; magic and mayhem; wise men and cruel kings; havoc and hunting; laughter and tears.
Tickets are $15, $12 seniors & students and are available at the NAC box office or Ticketmaster.ca 613.755.1111. Package prices are available, 4 shows for $50
March 20
World Storytelling Day Concert
7:30-9:30pm
Children’s Room, Sandy Hill Community Centre
250 Somerset Street East, Ottawa
Come and hear stories from around the world to celebrate World Storytelling Day! This event will feature stories from far and near and an “after dinner potluck” of savoury snacks and desserts. Admission is free.
March 23
Keep Your Hair On! Tales of Bobs, Beards, and Bouffants
Mary Wiggin and Kim Kilpatrick
Stories and Tea
The Tea Party, 119 York St.
7pm-8:45pm
Pay what you can
For more information, visit Ottawa Storytellers.
