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Don't miss our monthly swap this Wednesday, 4/10/13 at 7pm at the Portland Public Library Rines Auditorium!  I'm so thrilled to be presenting Jackie Reifer for our feature!  Jackie is a veteran performer, has trained and performed with the renowned mime Tony Montanero and always brings a exquisite movement, playful, quirky and sometimes just downright hilarious perspective to the stage.  We'll start with 10 minute or shorter stories and welcome audience to participate.  Jackie will follow…

Willey's stuff he mentions at shows for folks to see.

If you share it please give Willey Phinedit (Find-it) the credit.

Mainestoryteller@gmail.com

I am the story teller Learnin’ Vernon

teller of legends, lore, and a whole lot more.

Drawing on voice characters, audience participation, laughter and drama, As Vernon Cox I grew up in Bar Harbor Maine where my love of stories began. As a parent raising my daughter Shanna in Orland I refined my tales at many a scout campfire. I spent the third Saturday of every month as a reader and performer for the Buck Memorial Library’s Story Hour in Bucksport…

9th Annual

Granite State Story Swap

Saturday May 4, 2013

At the Seacoast Science Center, Rye, NH

Call for Tellers

The first Saturday of May, storyteller, librarians, educators and other story aficionados come together from all over New England to one of New Hampshire’s premier storytelling events.  Since the…

Join us at Hope's new community arts center Sweet Tree Arts for a teachers workshop and Story SLAM 

hosted by Judith Black www.storiesalive.com.

Workshop Sat Feb 16th 9-12 - Storytelling in the classroom

SLAM Sat Feb 16th 5pm - PreSLAM workshop for participants 4.30. Sweet Tree Arts is Looking for tellers to participate. 5 Tellers, 5 Minutes, 1 theme - OPPORTUNITY.

If you are interested in participating in the SLAM please…

MOOSE Open mic/Spoken Word Monthly Meeting

2nd Wednesday of every month

This forum is for members to post info and comments on our Monthly meetings that are open to…

Host Responsibilities

1. Within 2 MONTHS of choosing a month to host you must contact a member of the publicity committee with the information described below with an online or printed host submission form:

name of feature

title of program

short synopsis & short description of style of teller

short bio

picture

2. If the information listed…

currently working on pieces of aesop fables. I am wondering who might be willing to share a story that we then can create fabric pieces for that story as visuals to support the story teller. Am willing to share pieces I am currently working on and have done in the past, to show what it is I do. I have throughly enjoyed story telling and grew up with a mother who read to us at dinner, bedtime and anytime she could spare. Fabric happens to be my choice of finding pleasure in passing on…

Back by popular demand, from Halifax Nova Scotia, the talented storyteller and singer Claire Miller will be our Aug 8th featured teller.  If you missed hearing Claire's heart warming tales and beautiful songs the last time she was in the lower 48 now is you chance!  Join us at the Rhines Auditorium in the Portland Public Library. Open mic is from 7-8 and our featured teller is at 8-9.  Come join us!…

It will be an honor to introduce the Feature Teller on July 11, 2012. I will announce the teller soon, sincerely, Margaret Cardoza, Moose member

I will be telling my 'compact' version of Eunice's "Women Were Pioneers Too," on Saturday of the festival!

MOOSE Open mic/Spoken Word Monthly Meeting

Featuring Audrey Mason

June 13, 2012 @ 7pm

Rines Auditorium

5 Monument Square Portland, Maine

Audrey Mason will perform Finding Joy in the Full Catastrophe of Life.  Audrey is a strong voice, joyful voice who brings power and sweetness to traditional stories, along with humor and insight in contemporary tales of her own creation.  She dropped…

We will soon be looking for Hosts for 2013.

Please check back for open dates for Hosts and Featured Storytellers.

Host Submission form for Open Mic/Spoken word

Join host Deena R. Weinstein every third Thursday at The Maine Jewish Museum on Congress Street at the head of India. This quiet environment allows for uninterrupted telling and listening for secular stories and often special topics and guests. Arrive at 6:30 for schmoozing and noshing (socializing and snacking) followed by stories by Deena and open mic from 7 to 8 p.m. Program is intended for adults unless otherwise posted. Look for more info in…

If you not have given your information to Margaret or Jo in the past two years please fill out an application.(later than 2009)

If you want to do more for Moose, or have Moose do more for you, please consider filling out our Moose Application.

Follow the link below for our new application:…

Bill Hinderer and Susan Dries will tell stories that are filled with suspence and humor and things that go bump in the night.  Some will make you jump so hold on to your seats!  Stories are geared for children 7 yrs and up.

Sun. Oct. 23 7pm -8pm

Little Meetinghouse 716 Roosevelt Trail (rt 302) Windham.

Handicapped accessible

Sugested donations of $3 children, $5 adults $10 families

Information  …

Jean Armstrong (www.jeanarmstrong.com) hosts September Storytell/Spoken Word for Grownup, a monthly swap for telling stories just for grownups on 9/14/11.  Please welcome Nicolette Heavey to our stage for our featured performer.  Sponsored by MOOSE.

Date 9/14/2011

Place: Rines Auditorium, Portland Public Library, Congress St. Portland, ME

7:00 Open mic (10 min.…