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Christopher Agostino has enjoyed a 30-year adventure in theater, storytelling, facepainting and bodypainting as chronicled in his book Transformations! The Story Behind the Painted Faces. He combines these arts in a unique performance style called StoryFaces. This piece is a synthesis of lessons learned through his explorations of world cultures and the art of transformation. Before Cave Walls…the story on our skin is a full-length educational presentation on the history and cultural significance of masks and body art. Samantha Desom, medical student, models for the story.
Charlotte Blake Alston is a storyteller, narrator, instrumentalist and singer who performs in venues throughout North America and abroad including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian Institution, the Kimmel Center, the Women of the Word Festival in Cape Town, South Africa, a refugee camp in northern Senegal plus prisons, detention centers and major festivals, museums, universities and concert halls.
Originally from Japan, Karin Amano was trained in Japanese traditional song, dance, and theater. After performing in numerous Japanese theaters and on TV, she moved to New York City and performed in off-off Broadway productions including Shakespeare plays, one-woman shows, storytelling, and musicals. From 1997 to 2000, she also emceed the Enjoy Japan Festival at Carnegie Hall. She was hired as an actor by Walt Disney World in Florida in 1999 and performed as a full-time actor/storyteller at Epcot till 2010. She still performs there as a storyteller for Holidays Around the World every year. Recently she has been telling Japanese Folktales at cultural festivals, Young Authors Conference, Asian American Storytelling Summit, schools and libraries in Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and Orlando.
Brenda Wong Aoki is a writer, performer and recording artist. Weaving together Japanese Noh and Kyogen theater, dance and everyday life experience her plays have been produced in the U.S. Japan, China, Singapore, Australia and Austria. She has been awarded National Endowment Theater Fellowships, Drama-logue Awards, INDIE awards for Best Spoken Word recordings, a Critics' Circle Award, and continued ASCAP Innovation Awards for new libretto. She is the first nationally recognized Asian Pacific Storyteller in the nation (NSN Circle of Excellence Award 2014). She is a founding faculty member of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts (IDA) at Stanford University and continues to teach and perform internationally.
Mama Edie McLoud Armstrong, an African Native American, is a bilingual storyteller, voiceover artist and percussionist of the Drum Divas. She travels the world, weaving songs into stories in Yoruba, Twi, Sanskrit, English, Cherokee, Sign Language and Spanish. She seamlessly blends Spanish and English into tailor-made interactive performances for students and adults. She was awarded a National Storytelling Network Grant and a RaceBridges Fellowship for her residency "What About the Children?" encouraging refugee children to tell their own stories. Mama Edie's personal, historical and folk tales encourage self-knowledge and empowerment, learning to see the light in everyone, and daring all to make a difference.
Sheila Arnold has been gifted by God with performance skills and has been using this talent since she was eight years old. Since 2003 she has been a full-time Storyteller traveling through the United States and sharing a variety of stories – "whatever tells good in her mouth", as well as doing Historic Character Presentations and Christian Monologues.
Carrie Sue Ayvar, an award winning, Arabic surnamed, Eastern European Jewish woman from Pittsburgh, PA tells stories that flow effortlessly between Spanish and English. As a storyteller, speaker, Teaching Artist and Chautauqua Scholar, she loves to connect people, languages and cultures via shared stories. Believing, as her grandfather taught her, that "If you don't know the trees, you may be lost in the forest, but if you don't know the stories, you may be lost in life", she guides her listeners through cross-cultural experiences in her performances at venues large and small throughout the U.S. and Mexico.
Award winning storyteller/playwright Robin Bady is based in Brooklyn, and performs and teaches across the United States and Europe. Her repertoire includes world tales, Jewish stories, social satire, oral histories, literature, ghost experiences and personal stories.
Zahra Glenda Baker is a vocalist, storyteller and teaching artist. She has worked in collaboration with musicians, poets and storytellers for the past 30 years. She loves to research and to connect personal experiences with historical events and political action. She has long-term partnerships with Emily Hooper Lansana as a partner in their Performance duo: In the Spirit. She also enjoys a musical and storytelling partnership with Shanta Nurullah as ShaZah.
Born and raised in Jerusalem, Noa Baum trained in theatre at Te-Aviv University, studied acting with Uta Hagen and received and MA in Educational Theater from NYU. Since 1982, she's performed and led workshops internationally and crated award-winning CDs. Her one woman show and new memoir A Land Twice Promised-An Israeli Woman's Quest for Peace-recounts her journey from girlhood in post-Holocaust Israel to her adult encounter with "the other." She's a recipient of multiple Individual Artist Awards from The Maryland State Arts Council and The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County.
Carol Birch is an internationally acclaimed storyteller, author, workshop leader, lecturer, recording artist, and director of storytelling recordings who has been a featured storyteller six times at the National storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Her concerts for adults include the story of Lou Gehrig and works by John Steinbeck and Ray Bradbury, while others celebrate immigrants, women, and love.
Judith Black's wide-ranging repertoire includes adult theater pieces, original stories based on the real lives of America's unsung heroes and heroines, stories for religious communities, women's stories, and programs for school audiences that include traditional folklore and original pieces. She also leads workshops for students, educators, storytellers, religious educators, and natural and historic interpreters.
Kucha Brownlee is a rogue English major who believes in sharing stories—from books, from experiences, from history, from the news, wherever the messages that resonate with truth and beauty can be found. She shares stories and songs with all age groups and believes that the more we know about one another, the more likely we are to realize that we have more in common than differences. She is co-founder of Ase: The Chicago Association of Black Storytellers and works with youth, teaching storytelling.
British born Geraldine Buckley is an award-winning storyteller, speaker, writer and educator who shares folk tales, and true stories based on her own globe-trotting adventures, at festivals, schools, theatres, house-concerts, colleges and conferences. Until January 2010 Geraldine was a chaplain at the largest men's prison in Maryland and she is currently developing middle school storytelling projects and curriculum aimed at keeping at-risk teenagers out of jail. Known for her warmth, wit and humor, Geraldine lives in Frederick, Maryland, but she is an audience favorite on three continents – her most recent trip was a storytelling and speaking tour of New Zealand.
An internationally known performer, a produced playwright, a published poet and fiction writer, a lauded director and dramaturg, an award-winning recording artist, a storytelling revival archivist, an educator, and scholar, Milbre Burch is a storyteller in every sense of the word. In 2012 her teaching and touring schedule took her to Seville, Spain, Dublin, Ireland, Shropshire, England andWashington, DC. She received an NSN Oracle Award in 1999 and was nominated for a spoken word GRAMMY in 2007.
Margaret Burk is a storyteller and writer. She believes there is power in story to touch the heart, embolden the spirit, and remind us of the greatest of human potential! Margaret is President of Illinois Storytelling Inc. and co-hosts two monthly storytelling venues in Oak Park/River Forest, IL. Margaret has co-authored four books on scripture for children.
Jasmin Cardenas is a bilingual storyteller and 1st generation American born to Colombian parents. Her repertoire includes ancient myths and legends from the Americas, as well as person stories, for all ages that tell about the joys and challenges of growing up bi-cultural. A recipient of The Race Bridges Storytelling Fellowship, Jasmin performed this story at the 2016 National Storytelling Festival as an Exchange Place teller.
Shannon Cason is a writer and award-winning storyteller. He has shared his stories on large stages, dive bars, and small living rooms. Shannon is Chicago's first Moth GrandSLAM champion and has hosted shows for The Moth throughout the country. He has been heard on NPR, WBEZ, WGN and many other programs and podcasts. He hosts his own storytelling podcast called Homemade Stories, available on iTunes.
Cynthia Changaris heard stories as an adult for the first time at the Corn Island Storytelling festival in 1983. She became immediately connected to Storytelling and has been studying stories and telling ever since. Cynthia believes stories connect us to each other, to our past, to our future, and celebrates our common humanity.
Ada Cheng was a tenured professor in sociology at DePaul University in Chicago for 15 years. Her areas of expertise included gender, sexuality, immigration, and race. She resigned from her position to become a full-time storyteller, improviser, and a standup comic. She is a one-time Moth story slam winner, a presenter at National Storytelling Network's Conference, and a runner-up at Bughouse Square Debates.
Arif Choudhury is a storyteller, filmmaker, and stand-up comic who shares a tapestry of stories about growing up in one of the Chicago area's few Bangladeshi-Muslim families. Focusing on issues of ethnic and religious identity, immigration, assimilation and diversity, Choudhury explores the humor in how we think about and relate to one another.
Patricia Coffie was born interested and Iowan. Her storytelling is filled with love and laughter and sometimes tears from a heart that belongs to the Midwest, USA.
Rives Collins is a storyteller, a theatre director, and an Associate Professor at Northwestern University. He recently offered the keynote address at the National Conference of the National Storytelling Network, a talk that he will be reprising at an international symposium in South Africa in the spring of 2017. He is the co-author of The Power of Story: Teaching Through Storytelling, and is especially fond of telling stories to children and families.
For over twenty years, Kevin Cordi has told stories in over forty states, England, and Japan. His story work has been commissioned by the National Youth Storytelling Hall of Fame, Newsweek, and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. As a story teacher he is considered one of the nation's primary advocates for youth storytelling.
Carmen Deedy grew up hearing stories in the Cuban community within Decatur, GA. The love of stories that she acquired as a young person was solidified the first time she experienced The National Storytelling Festival as a listener. Since then she has gone on to tell Nationally and Internationally. Deedy has authored numerous children's books, among them a New York Times Bestseller, 14 Cows for America. She is the recipient of various literary awards, and is the Emmy-winning host of Love That Book, a children's book program, produced in her home state of Georgia. A frequent speaker to adults, children remain her favorite audiences.
Nancy Donoval is the 2010 National Story Slam Champion. Coming to storytelling 26 years ago from a background as a theater director, she is a highly respected storyteller and story coach specializing in finding humor in the hard stuff. Nancy tours her one-woman show "The Road to Shameless" to campuses nationwide to promote sexual violence prevention. Originally from Chicago, she now makes her home in Minneapolis.
MaryGay Ducey learned about stories in the best way possible—from family. Descended from Southern women who treasured a sassy mouth, she grew up in New Orleans with its rituals and play. She has appeared twice at the National Storytelling Festival and on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. She is also a children's librarian in Oakland, California.
Kate Dudding has told stories since 1995 and has a special interest in giving voice to people from the past, people who have made a difference in their communities and the world. Kate has created two websites advocating for storytelling in education: Storytelling – It's News! and Storytelling in Schools.
Eldrena Duomo is a professional storyteller who travels throughout the United States sharing stories from her American Indian background and presents workshops on creative writing and storytelling. Her experience as a storyteller began as a child listening to her Pueblo family members and other adults in her community tell stories about life experiences, history and folktales. Today, Eldrena continues to develop stories of her own unique creation which stand to become as much a part of her rich heritage as the traditional stories she grew up with.
Parents' Choice Award winner Motoko Dworkin blends her hilarious and poignant tales from Asia with mime, songs and origami. A native of Osaka, Japan, Motoko has performed in schools, libraries, and festivals across the U.S. since 1993. Her featured appearances include PBS' "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood", the National Storytelling Festival, and Carnegie Kids in Miyazaki, sponsored by Carnegie Hall.
Whether he's singing about catfish, pontificating on possums, extolling the virtues of dandelions, pondering the "nature" in human nature, telling wild snake tales or wailing out a jivey harmonica tune, storyteller, Doug Elliott, will take you on an unforgettable, multifaceted cultural tour of North America's back country.
Telling personal tales, Appalachian and Texas tales, and stories of heroic American women, Elizabeth Ellis's storytelling journey has taken her from her local library to as far away as New Zealand. Her workshops, storytelling intensives, and interactive keynotes open doors for participants to communicate on a deeper level, and her school and library performances enhance curriculum, promote character education, stimulate reading, and celebrate diversity.
Andrea Fain is a storyteller and published poet. She spent many years working in Chicago Public Schools and even more years working as a community activist. Her stories and poetry capture real life moments and weave in memories from her past. She tells it "like it is" and "like it was".
Diane Ferlatte continues to focus on schools and libraries as much as possible because she believes this is where the tradition of storytelling is to be nurtured and the lessons of the stories most need to be heard. In fact, she was honored to be featured in Language of Literature, McDougal Littell's latest textbook series for middle school grades.
Gerald Fierst is one of America's most acclaimed storytellers. As a performer, he has appeared throughout the US, in Europe, and in Asia, telling original stories, stories from his own Jewish tradition, and stories from world folklore; as a writer and teacher, he has worked for school systems and universities across the US, leading workshops for teachers and students in writing and performance. He has served as a Co-director of the Mid-Atlantic Storytellers' Gathering, as a member of the board of The New York Storytelling Center, and as artistic director of the Jewish Storytelling Center at the 92nd St Y in NYC.
A fourth generation storyteller, Lyn Ford shares stories seasoned with humor, hope, and her multicultural African American family's storytelling wisdom. She is an Ohio teaching artist who has facilitated workshops for literacy, early childhood education, storytelling, and diversity events across the country.
Heather Forest, Ph.D. is a noted storyteller, musician, recording artist, children's book author, and storytelling educator. For the past thirty-five years, she has toured her performance repertoire of world folktales told in a fusion of original music, guitar, poetry, prose and the sung and spoken word to theatres, schools, conferences and major storytelling festivals throughout the United States and abroad. An award-winning author, she has published seven children's picture books, three folktale anthologies, eight audio recordings of storytelling and a popular educational web site Story Arts Online.
Julie Ganey is an actress and writer in Chicago, where her original solo shows The Half-Life of Magic and Love Thy Neighbor…till it hurts have received multiple productions. She is a company member at 2nd Story, a professional collective of writers and storymakers, and her work has appeared in their recently published anthology and also on NPR. Julie is especially proud of her work as a teaching artist with students of all ages.
Elizabeth Gomez is a Chicago-based comedian, storyteller, writer, and experienced napper. She is a founder of the Windy City Rollers (all female roller derby league); cast member of the Kates; storytelling teacher for Fear Experiment; and has performed at The Laugh Factory, Drop Comedy Club, Zanies, and Chicago Women's Funny Festival. Her biggest dream is to live the rest of her life without tucking her skirt into her pantyhose.
Nestor Gomez was born in Guatemala and has lived as a naturalized citizen in Chicago for the last twenty plus years. He is currently working on a novel, a collection of poems and a solo storytelling show.
For the past 25 years, Linda Gorham has engaged audiences with interactive folktales, distinctive myths, notably twisted fairy tales, riveting well-researched historical stories, and humorously heartfelt stories about family life. In 2016 Linda was awarded the Distinguished National Service Award by the National Storytelling Network. She also received the Linda Jenkins Brown Nia Award for Service from the National Association of Black Storytellers. Linda was a 2016 'Featured Teller' at the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in Orem, Utah and as a 'New Voice Teller' at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee and a "Teller in Residence" at the International Storytelling Center in 2015.
Bill Harley is a storyteller, songwriter and author known for his work with families and children. He has won two Grammys for his spoken word recordings. His recording of Freedom Songs, I'm Gonna Let It Shine was named a best album of the year by Entertainment Weekly.
Yvonne Healy was born in Ireland, but grew up on an American Main Street with Irish language, stories and culture. Her unique tales come from Irish myth, folk life and history. She has spent decades in professional storytelling, writing, acting, and improvisation and teaching college courses, conference workshops, and artist residencies.
Judith Heineman's stories include tales of the Jewish tradition and around the world, the darker side of traditional fairy tales, and nature-based myths and legends. With musician Daniel Marcotte, she presents songs and stories from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. Her work has been commissioned by the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago, the Chicago Historical Society, and the Museum of Science and Industry, among others.
Megan Hicks is a storyteller, writer, and mixed media "trash artist." Her storytelling credits include the National Storytelling Festival, regional festivals, schools and libraries throughout the U.S., and tours on three continents. She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Gwendolyn Hilary, former librarian and educator, has been sharing stories that spark the imagination and touch the soul for more than 25 years. She regularly performs with Enoch Williamson, world-renowned musician, and together they create an energetic fusion of music and the spoken word. Gwen especially enjoys sharing multicultural folktales and the history, contributions, and powerful.
Steven H. Hobbs is a storyteller, educator, lawyer, poet, ethicist, historian, quilter, entrepreneur, consultant, actor, community organizer, and world traveler. Steven sees himself as a storyframer, one who structures stories around history, law, entrepreneurship, culture and life. He likes to share stories of wisdom, humor and the triumph of the human spirit.
Priscilla Howe has a gift for sizing up audiences and delivering a whopping good time. A former librarian, she has been a full-time storyteller since 1993. She's not easy to pigeonhole—Priscilla is as comfortable with kids in Juvenile Detention as she is with preschoolers as she is with elders in retirement communities. She tells a mix of stories from books, folktales and her own stories, most with a generous dollop of humor. Priscilla lives in Lawrence, Kansas and travels the region, the country and the world telling stories.
Archy Jamjun is a writer and storyteller from Chicago. He is a graduate of Second City's Writing Program and an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at Roosevelt University. In 2015, he won The Moth Grand Slam in Chicago. His fictional story Jai Awn was published by The Coachella Review's Summer 2016 Edition and you can see more of Archy's work on YouTube.
Eunice Jarrett listened to personal stories of family and friends for many years before she knew social storytelling was "a thing." Retired from classroom teaching and mental health work, she studies and performs stand-up comedy and storytelling in the Midwest.
Carol Kerman is a storyteller, story educator and drama specialist. Her folktales are full of energy and engage the audience to participate through chants and movement and help children be "smart from the heart." Her personal stories hope to spark in her listeners their own stories.
Storyteller, author, musician and educator Dan Keding grew up with his Croatian grandmother filling him with the stories of the old country. He has pursued this passion for over forty years telling at some of the most prestigious venues both nationally and internationally. He has won numerous awards including the ALA Notable Recording for Children, nine Storytelling World Awards, and two Anne Izard Storytelling Choice Awards. In 2000 he was awarded The Circle of Excellence by the National Storytelling Network. Dan is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Illinois in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. He has over a dozen recordings and six published books and travels worldwide telling stories. He lives in Urbana, Illinois with his wife, Tandy Lacy, and their Australian Shepherd, Mac.
Robert Kikuchi-Ynogo, together with his storyteller wife, Nancy Wang, founded Eth-Noh-Tec in 1982. This is is a kinetic story theater company based in San Francisco, weaving [tec] together distinctive cultural elements of the East and West [eth] to create new possibilities [noh]. Eth-Noh-Tec produces and performs contemporary presentations of traditional folktales from the many countries and cultures of Asia through storytelling, theater, dance, and music. Robert is available for performances in schools and colleges solo, or with his wife as Eth-NohTec.
Susan Klein is noted for a variety of presentations involving Story. She tours her one woman shows internationally in theaters, at conferences, and at special events. Her highly acclaimed storytelling and memoir writing workshops are held annually on Martha's Vineyard and around the nation and in Europe. Her substantial repertoire includes selections from the world body of folklore and myth, literary stories, rites of passage and love stories for adults of all ages.
Kevin Kling, playwright, author, and storyteller, has had his plays and adaptations performed around the world. His commentaries can be heard on NPR's All Things Considered and he has been awarded numerous arts grants and fellowships. He travels around the globe to numerous storytelling festivals and residencies and has released a number of CD collections of his stories.
Archana Lal-Tabak, M.D. is an Integrative Physician, Storyteller, Speaker, Writer, and Visual Artist. Archana completed the Honors Program in Medicine at Northwestern University and practices Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Holistic Psychiatry, Nutrition and Mind-Body-Soul Integration into Wellness & Wholeness. She is often a guest on television, radio and speaks to groups throughout the U.S.. She is a Co-Founder of Heart of Transformation Wellness Institute in Evanston, IL with her husband, Jim. Archana was raised in a Punjabi Hindu family from India and now practices Interfaith & Trans-denominational Spirituality.
Erica Lann Clark's has performed in storytelling festivals, as an Artist in the Schools, and as a scholar in residence with congregations of many faiths. She is the Associate Director of Storytelling for Stagebridge, a senior theater company based in Oakland, and she hosts a storytelling radio show on KKUP Cupertino, 91.5 FM.
Emily Hooper Lansana, noted storyteller and educator, is the former Director of Education at Lincoln Center Theater. Her experience includes teaching storytelling and performance at: Columbia College, Chicago State University, the University of Chicago, The Guild Complex and in the Public School Schools. In addition to her performance work, she currently serves as Arts-in-Education consultant for ETA Creative Arts Foundation and Muntu Dance Theater.
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Syd Lieberman is an internationally acclaimed storyteller, an author, and an award-winning teacher. Many of his best-loved stories deal with growing up and raising a family in Chicago. He is also known for his original historical pieces and his signature versions of Jewish and literary tales. Syd's work has garnered awards from ALA, Parent's Choice, and Storytelling World. He has taught storytelling at the Kennedy Center and Disney World, and received commissions from NASA; the Smithsonian Institution; Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Historic Philadelphia; and the Van Andel Museum Center.
"Diagonally parked in a parallel world", Angela Lloyd sees the art of storytelling as a way to tell what we see. A teaching artist, worker of the word and musician, Angela was raised abroad with three languages: English, Spanish and music.
Before she was a storyteller, Latina American Olga Loya was many things. Like many of her storytelling colleagues, she spent years working as a teacher. (She even founded her own alternative school after a few years in the public school system.) The classroom is a gateway for many professional performers who learned their trade in front of a demanding audience of students.
Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor has been performing stories based on Filipino folktales and Filipino-American history as a member of the Bellingham Storyteller's Guild since 2004. As a creative, culturally-inspired entertainer with a Tagalog/Ilocano/Pangasinan heritage, she encourages others to celebrate their uniqueness within community. She has worked closely with indigenous peoples of the Philippines, British Columbia, Canada, and Coast Salish Nations to advocate the preservation of traditional knowledge through story. A desire for wholeness drives her art and weaves past and present, folktale with fact, and subjectivity with objectivity, into works that entertain and enliven others.
Diane Macklin storyteller has delighted audiences for over 15 years, sharing tales through a "dynamic" style seasoned with rhythm, sounds, and movement, engaging listeners of all ages. She has performed from Massachusetts to California for venues such as the National Air and Space Museum, Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park, Wolf Trap's Theatre-in-the-Woods, and the National Storytelling Festival's Exchange Place. As a performer,certified educator, and writer, Diane believes in "Making a difference, One Story at a Time."
Michael McCarty ("Have Mouth Will Run It"™) is a multicultural storyteller of African, African-American and International Folk tales, Historical tales, Stories of Science, Spiritual stories as well as stories of the brilliant and absolutely stupid things he has done in his life. His stories inform, educate, inspire and amuse. His storytelling style is energetic and enthusiastic.
Earliana "Earl" McLaurin is a Chicago-based actor, writer, and teaching artist. Earliana has worked with such companies as Stockyard's Theatre Project, Hell in a Handbag Productions, and is a company member with 2nd Story storytelling collective.
Onawumi Jean Moss is a storyteller, narrator, keynote speaker and author. This talking book and rhythm master encourages pride of heritage, appreciation of cultural differences and recognition of kinship. Onawumi's sponsor-supported solo performances, keynotes, workshops and residencies inspire imagination, motivation, reflection and inquiry.
Loren Niemi has spent more than a quarter century as a professional storyteller, creating, collecting, performing and teaching stories to audiences of all ages in urban and rural settings. In 2001 he created Public Policy Project, working with Children's Home Society & Family Services (St. Paul, MN), helping low-wealth and communities of color shape and tell stories that illuminate issues of race, equity and social change.
Bobby Norfolk's national and international community and educational programs promote positive character education traits and cultural diversity, literacy, drug awareness, nature, and history. He delights audiences with his first person living history and musical programs, and his workshops and keynotes are favorites among educators, corporations, festivals, and conventions.
Jay O'Callahan, recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, has performed his original work with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Lincoln Center and in theatres throughout the United States. Time Magazine called his work "genius."
Andy Offutt Irwin is a storyteller/singer/songwriter who is a sixth-generation native of Covington, Georgia. He loves living in the New South.
Susan O'Halloran is a story artist, writer, television personality and keynote speaker. Her stories focus on family, a sense of place and how our past affects our present and future. She is the author of several books and diversity curricula plus a producer of multicultural performances and films. In addition, Sue teaches diversity and inclusion seminars in Fortune 500 companies and Graduate Schools of Business and Story Power seminars for nonprofits.
The daughter of a writer and librarian, Laura Packer has been telling stories her whole life. She has told and taught around the world and is the winner of the Brother Blue Award and the National Storytelling Network's Oracle Award. When she isn't telling or teaching, Laura works with organizations to help them understand the value of storytelling and listening.
A native Mainer of French-Canadian descent, Michael Parent has performed as a storyteller and singer, in both English and French, throughout the United States, and beyond, since 1977. He has been featured at many events, including the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee, and international events in France, England, Ireland, Poland, and New Zealand. In addition to his performances in schools, libraries, theaters, and festivals, Michael also leads storytelling, story writing, and performance workshops.
Over the past fifteen years, Jo Radner has performed in theaters, festivals, conferences, schools, colleges, and at community events. She creates personal and family tales as well as stories about the people and history of Maine. She leads storytelling workshops for children and adults and also conducts fieldwork and oral history projects for communities, veterans' organizations, and other groups.
Patricia J. Redd, given the storytelling name of Serenity, has captivated diverse audiences of all ages with style and grace. She has been telling stories professionally for over 15 years and tells tales of yesterday, transforming tomorrows through folk, cultural and personal stories. An educator for over 30 years, she has been a teacher, has held leadership roles as principal for both the private and public sector; currently she is the Director of Community Schools for the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.
Connie Regan-Blake has entertained audiences in 47 states and 16 countries, bringing the wisdom, humor, and drama of stories to main stage concert halls, libraries, and the corporate world. She has been featured on seven award-winning recordings, both as a solo artist and a member of the acclaimed Folktellers duo, and at the nation's top folk music and storytelling festivals.
Antonio Rocha, a native of Brazil, began his career in the performing arts in 1985. His unique solo shows of stories and mime have been performed from Singapore to Hawaii and many places in between including ten countries on five continents.
Gail Rosen trained in theater and special education and as a bereavement facilitator and educator, she leads hospice and adult bereavement camps. Her programs include Jewish storytelling, Holocaust oral history, wisdom stories, folk tales, literary stories, and personal adventures. Gail is the founder of the Healing Story Alliance, a special interest group of the National Storytelling Network.
Arianna Ross and her company, Story Tapestries,create international, dynamic programs that weave the power of storytelling, dance, theatre, and music. She is known for her ability to entertain and educate children and adults with equal success. For over 14 years, Arianna has performed and taught workshops across the United States, India, and Brazil in festivals, concert halls, colleges, libraries and schools.
Antonio Sacre, born in Boston to a Cuban father and Irish-American mother, is an internationally touring writer, storyteller, and solo performance artist based in Los Angeles. He earned a BA in English from Boston College and an MA in Theater Arts from Northwestern University. He has performed at the National Book Festival at the Library of Congress, the Kennedy Center, the National Storytelling Festival, and museums, schools, libraries, and festivals internationally.
Florida born Autumn Joy Kornreich Saskill is an eighteen year-old college junior currently studying to be an interpreter for the Deaf. Recipient of national awards for excellence in youth storytelling, Autumn has told stories to many groups including the National Storytelling Pre-Conference (St. Louis, MO); Ebony Talent Association (Chicago, IL); the Sterling, IL Storytelling Festival, and the National Association of Black Storytellers Festival (Atlanta, GA); and has presented her own workshop series, The Art of Creating Stories, for hundreds of children from area schools. Autumn uses her special gifts as a singer, pianist, professional voice-over artist and multilingual Storyteller to embody the talent of today's youth.
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Misty Saskill is a storyteller and poet par excellence that is fluent in Spanish and Haitian Creole and has spent extensive time as a workshop presenter and volunteer in the Dominican Republic. She is part of a multilingual storytelling family that brings a unique blend of language, music, movement, and teaching to their high demand interactive tandem-tag-team performances. Misty has been recognized throughout the United States for her storytelling and poetry and is published in the National Association of Black Storytellers' anthology, Sayin'.
Born in Evanston, Illinois, Amber Saskill is a talented storyteller who has performed stories and songs in English, Spanish, French and Russian in schools, museums, libraries and festivals around the world. As a youth, in the year 2000 the National Storytelling Youth Olympics Committee chose Amber from among thousands to be the National Ambassador of youth storytellers. As an adult, she continues to perform individually and with her family that is one of the premiere multilingual storytelling troupes in America.
Sadarri Saskill is a Chicago-born writer, educator and multilingual storyteller whose work is seasoned with cultural richness and diversity. Sadarri is part of a vivacious family of teaching artists offering programs worldwide for audiences of all ages; taking her performances to places like Haiti, Spain, France and North America including the Exchange Place at the National Storytelling Festival and the International Storytelling Center – both in Jonesborough, TN; NABS Festivals in San Diego and Atlanta; and the International Art of Storytelling Festival in Miami. Specializing in multi-cultural literacy, their stories and songs have also been showcased in numerous award-winning audio and video recordings.
For Barbara Schutzgruber, stories are the threads that connect the world. A freelance performer since 1985, she performs for audiences of all ages across the United States, weaving images from the depths of your imagination and sharing the threads of life through folktales, ballads, and personal stories of resilience. As a recording artist, she has won two Parents' Choice Gold Awards, an American Library Association Notable Award, and two Storytelling World Awards.
Leeny Del Seamonds is a multi award-winning, internationally acclaimed master performer of Hispanic/Latino, original and World stories spiced with exquisite mime, a cornucopia of characters, and love of people. With a twinkle in her eye and fire in her heart, Leeny breathes life into her stories, as she masterfully and effortlessly springs from one story character to another.
Shanta is a nationally known storyteller who blends traditional folktales, contemporary stories, and world instruments in exciting and inspiring presentations. Since 1978 Shanta has been presenting storytelling programs at festivals, colleges, museums, schools and libraries throughout the U.S. She brings a unique blend of music and message to her work.
Nancy Shapiro-Pikelny is a teacher, storyteller and 'oral archaeologist' who uncovers and brings to the stage, narrative layers of history, folktales and family legends. Her stories come from Jewish life in Eastern Europe to the Middle East, her ancestors' immigrant experiences in America and her original work. Nancy has performed at schools, libraries and community events, including the National Storytelling Festival Exchange Place, Piccolo Spoleto, the Chicago Jewish Folk Arts Festival and the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
Like many Japanese-American families, Anne Shimojima's family didn't talk about their experiences during World War II. Gathering family photographs and interviewing a 91-year-old aunt opened the way to uncovering the story, and helped Anne to articulate her own identity as a Japanese-American. Anne performs folk tales, literary stories, and historical pieces in schools, libraries, museums, and festivals, and gives workshops on the use of storytelling in education and the creation of family history projects.
Judy Sima is one of Michigan's favorite award-winning storytellers, author, and teaching artist. She has been featured at conferences and festivals, schools and libraries across the country. She is co-author of Raising Voices: Creating Youth Storytelling Groups and Troupes.
Laura Simms is an internationally-renowned storyteller, writer and advocate for healing, transformation and community change through engaged storytelling and mindfulness as compassionate action. This author of six books performs worldwide and is the artistic director of the Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Center and the founder of GIRLS WRITE HAITI.
Kiran Singh Shira is President of the International Storytelling Center, producers of the world-acclaimed National Storytelling Festival, based in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Kiran has established a number of award-winning arts, cultural and human rights programs used in the UK, Scotland and Northern Ireland. As a previous Rotary Peace Fellow Kiran's many presentations have included a keynote address at the UN headquarters, entitled Telling Stories That Matter – a project that encourages the use of arts, culture and diverse storytelling within the international peace building community.
Joseph Sobol is a storyteller, musician, folklorist, and author of "The Storytellers' Journey: An American Revival," a history of the American storytelling movement. Since 2000 he has directed the Graduate Program in Storytelling at East Tennessee State University. He is currently Director of the George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling Research at University of South Wales.
Jon Spelman's thirty years as a performer, storyteller, writer, teacher, and coach have won him awards and acclaim. He has developed more than thirty-two hours of narrative performance material, which he performs throughout the United States and Europe, and his work has been commissioned by Ford's Theatre, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and The Smithsonian Institution, among others. Jon also offers master classes and school and community residencies.
Jane Stenson is a storyteller, author, and master teacher who instills world folktales and personal stories with images and metaphors crafted from her love of nature and belief in diversity. Her stories stimulate and inspire her listeners to think more humanistically about each other and their place in the world. Jane is the co-author of three books on storytelling in the classroom.
Jim Stowell, award-winning actor, writer, director, and storyteller, has been producing theater in the Twin Cities for forty years. He has taught creative writing, performance, playwriting, and storytelling here and abroad. Jim has also written and performed eleven one-man plays and twelve full-cast plays.
Gene Tagaban, "One Crazy Raven," is Cherokee, Tlingit and Filipino. For over 25 years, Gene has worked as an influential storyteller, trainer, speaker, mentor and performer. Through his culture and traditions, Gene facilitates workshops and gatherings, nationally and internationally, on empowerment, leadership, relationship, communication, self-awareness, prevention, spirit and honor to participants of all ages.
Alton Takiyama-Chung grew up with the stories, superstitions, and magic of the Hawaiian Islands. This combined with his Japanese and Korean roots, gives him a unique perspective to tell cultural tales and personal stories with a deep sense of reverence and authenticity.
Dovie Thomason learned Indian stories from her Apache and Lakota relatives, and has performed throughout the United States and internationally in schools, libraries, conferences, powwows, and festivals. The National Endowment has recognized her commitment to traditional cultural arts and education as a Master Traditional Teaching Artists for the Arts and she is a winner of the Parents' Choice Gold Award, Storytelling World Honors Award, and the American Library Association/Booklist Editor's Choice Award for her recordings of traditional Native stories.
DiGgSy Twain is a dreamer that envisions a world where people are more empathetic by understanding each other. He believes storytelling is a powerful tool to help people understand each other so he is on a mission to tell stories in the hopes that people will join him in promoting creativity, understanding, and silliness.
Gene Unterschuetz has been studying the dynamics of race since 1990 and engaged in field research on racial conditioning for the past 15 years. He and his wife, Phyllis, have traveled extensively around the country telling stories of their personal struggles to overcome their own racial conditioning. These anecdotes eventually became the basis for their book, Longing: Stories of Racial Healing, which was published in May 2010.
Phyllis Unterschuetz is the co-author with her husband Gene of Longing: Stories of Racial Healing, a white couple's personal account of a journey that pulled them out of their comfortable notions about race and into the lives of people of African descent, where they faced their greatest challenge – their own racial conditioning. She has been engaged in field research on the dynamics of race for the past 15 years, sharing her stories of healing for organizations around the country. Phyllis is also a founding member of the Race Story ReWrite Project, a movement to claim authorship of our collective race story and write a new ending that reflects our inherent nobility.
Csenge Virág Zalka is a storyteller and former Fulbright student from Hungary, currently working on her PhD studies in the USA. She performs internationally, telling folktales and legends in three languages. As a storyteller and author she focuses on the merging of oral tradition and popular culture.
Nancy Wang, together with her storyteller husband Robert Kikuchi-Ynogo founded Eth-Noh-Tec in 1982. This is is a kinetic story theater company based in San Francisco, weaving [tec] together distinctive cultural elements of the East and West [eth] to create new possibilities [noh]. Eth-Noh-Tec produces and performs contemporary presentations of traditional folktales from the many countries and cultures of Asia through storytelling, theater, dance, and music. Nancy Wang is available for performances in schools and colleges solo, or with her husband as Eth-NohTec.
Donna Washington has been a storyteller for twenty-seven years. She's traveled the world sharing stories with anyone who will listen. She lives in Durham, NC with her husband/business manager, and two cats named Love Bug, and Flash.
Pippa White calls her One's Company Productions "part storytelling, part theatre, part history." Her true stories are those of immigrants, pioneers, Orphan Train Riders, resistance fighters, reformers and other brave individuals who seek to better the world. She has performed in 31 states.
Scott Whitehair is an international storyteller, producer, and instructor living in Chicago, Illinois. Scott has been featured on NPR, Risk! Podcast, Sirius XM, as well as other media. He is producer of This Much Is True and StoryLabChicago and on the Board of the National Storytelling Network.
Nationally acclaimed storyteller, La'Ron Williams, shares stories that are educational, musical, and highly participatory. Drawing inspiration from the lessons of struggle, perseverance, and survival of Africans in the Western Hemisphere, Williams' stories are noted for their ability to offer hope, and to provide alternatives to despair.
Marsha Wong has been telling stories all of her life. She has traveled around the world collecting and creating stories to fill her trunk. Her stories will educate, enlighten and entertain you in the most enthusiastic manner.
For more than 30 years, Linda Yemoto was "Ranger Linda" to thousands of kids and adults in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now retired from her career as a Park Naturalist, she continues to tell stories that convey an appreciation of natural and cultural history. Linda is Chair of the annual Bay Area Storytelling Festival.
Rev. Robert Jones has more than twenty years of experience as a performer, musician, storyteller, radio producer/host and music educator. He has opened for and played with some of the finest musicians in the world. Still, Robert considers his greatest honor to be his call to the gospel of ministry. He currently performs with his wife of twenty-two years, Sister Bernice Jones.


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Pumpkin Scissors
Sypnosis: 3 years after a Cruel war ( Similar to World war ll ) The empire has weaken and there are problems like short in Water, Food and Job. The Poberty now invades the citizens, With the objetive of Solve the Country troubles, the ARMY starts a new section. that its mission is to bring help to citizens in need. since its job doesnt take place in battle. Soldiers always say they are useless and calm. Yet with the citizens taking as a joke and insult the Army saying War Reliefs for people. sometimes get agressive and others just ignore it. Section 3 is soon called Pumpkin Scissors. ( Wish has a long and good meaning to its name ). Despite their job is to help the people thx to their leader, they often gets dragged to dangerous situation like combat against tanks. But Thx to the New Recruit in the section 3 Randell Oland no one else gets injured. And so the Mission to Free the empire from Corrupts Oficials . Noble`s and Bandits start. same with many misteries about Randel Oland and Army Secrets.
Personal : This anime is quite good the story and characters are quite well. you can see how many problems a country has even when war and peace comes. Altough the main plot is talking about the section itself actually the main protagonist and story is Randel Oland who is a solder of an experiment of the army. but that you will see it on the anime. The characters are pretty weird. and some generic like the normal womanizer and the always strict one. also despite is army i dont get why a girl that seems like a child and acts like it is there. but i suppose it was for the Section Mission to Socialize with Citizens. in the anime they get to know many stories and problems the country still have and starts to discover little by little About Certain Project the army had done. also The anime doesnt really finish and i am still waiting for a second season yet the manga is on hold till now so i dont know when that will be XD. actually i like this one a lot despite some episodes can be a bit boring , others has so deep meaning on them that just cannot stop seeing XD. anyway my rate of this anime would be 7/10 good for pass time but not to my favorite haha.
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Taking place in a quaint, but also narrow-minded, suburb of Michigan in the 70s, Lux Lisbon (Kirsten Dunst) and her other four sisters are all equally enigmatic beauties. The mystery that surrounds them confuses yet entices teenage boys living near them from left to right, who all spend their time trying to analyze and figure out the Lisbon sisters.
The film opens with the perplexing and tragic suicide attempt of youngest sister, Cecilia (Hanna R. Hall), which shakes up the family. The usually totalitarian Lisbon parents, awkward math teacher Ronald (James Wood) and his strict wife (Kathleen Turner) make a startling decision: they decide to throw the girls a party to lighten Cecilia's spirits. This plan tragically backfires, as Cecilia commits suicide during the middle of the party. To remove the family from public eye, the Lisbon parents put their daughters on stricter rule.
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But hey, what's a good coming-of-age movie without a few wrong mistakes here and there? After getting crowned homecoming queen and king, and downing peach schnapps, Lux and Trip sneak off to have sex on the football field. In a cruel turn of events, Trip abandons Lux on the field while she's asleep, resulting in her breaking curfew and the near insufferable consequences of Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon.
Lux chooses this time to vent her frustration through having anonymous sexual encounters and smoking cigarettes on her roof. It's during this time the sisters take advantage of using the boys who worship them for help on how to escape.
Anonymous postcards start showing up in the boys' mailboxes with messages on desires to travel and to escape—it's not as much of a mystery, like the Lisbon sisters, about from whom the postcards can be. On the night the boys appear to rescue the Lisbon sisters from their misery, they make a calamitous discovery: the tragic and unexplained suicide pact of the four sisters.
In the end, the boys realize that the mystery of the Lisbon sisters is something that no one can possibly explain, and was taken to the grave with their suicides.
If anyone is up to watch a movie that will trigger memories of wanting to rebel against parental units but also not wanting to get grounded, and simultaneously feeling the pain and love of being a teenager, The Virgin Suicides should definitely be loaded on your Netflix queue and ready to watch.


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Like I said, we have a slight horsey obsession these days. So I was super excited to go with our playgroup to visit the Houston Police Department's Stables. I knew Marion would have a wonderful time and I'd be one step closer to my master plan of getting a pony all my own!
Until we got there and realized that from her viewpoint, horses are pretty scary looking!
She much preferred the barn goat!
HPD has a gorgeous barn and lots of friendly horses
Yes, that would be my child eating the apples meant for the horses.
That's about as close as she wanted to get to them.
On the other hand, she couldn't get as close as she wanted to the goat!
Thanks to my friend Kelly for getting pictures of Mar & me! That's the problem with being mamarazzi, there are never any pictures of you! (And oh yes, I'm rocking my boots. It's not my first time at a stable!)
We're going to work on the whole horsey thing. After all, I don't think Josh can resist THREE girls asking for a pony!
And for any Houston moms looking for a fun activity with toddlers, go visit the barns! It's a great experience!


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Directed by Siddique and produced by B Srinivasa Raju on the banner of Sri Sri Chitra Creations with Nithin and Meera Chopra in the lead is all set to hit the screen on December 8. Producer Srinivasa Raju says, 'I have a special affection towards Siddique, who earned a special place in Malayalam film industry. Several of his films in Malayalam were either dubbed or remade. Though several producers tried to convince him to work in Telugu, we were able to rope him in to make his debut. In this film, our hero attacks his enemies with his will and mental power. It is altogether a mind game. This two and a half hour film has both entertainment and a little suspense. Post-production are in progress.' Nithin says, 'I am sure that this film would earn me good name as hero.' Debutant heroine Meera Chopra says, 'My character has good scope for both glamour and performance. I wish this would be a good beginning for me.' Manisharma gave melodious tunes to five songs and the audio is getting a very good response. Camera is by Jayaram, while story, screenplay and direction are by Siddique.


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Wednesday, 11th October, 2017
Mrs Rooney led Wednesday Reflection today and it was brilliant as she weaved her way through her thoughts about World Mental Health Day yesterday, Instagram, blessing yourself and a worry plaque. Mrs Rooney has her own inimitable style which makes listening to her fantastic. She prompts the listeners to reflect and respond and it's a joy and a challenge listening to her!
Today is International Day of the Girl Child - and it's good to reflect on this day about how so many girls around the world do not get the chances provided here at St. Julie's and in the UK in general.
Did you know.....?
• Over 60 million girls worldwide are forced into marriage before the age of 18
• 125 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C)
• 1.2 million children are being trafficked each year – many of these children are girls forced into sex trafficking
• Pregnancy is the leading cause of death worldwide for women aged 15 to 19
• Literacy rates for girls in many countries remain low – just 12% of Afghan women aged 15 and over are literate
It reminds us of our responsibility to make the most of the opportunities we receive and we can give thanks for St. Julie who realised all those years ago that the best way to set girls free was to educate them and give them the confidence and skills to make a difference in the world.
I finished my little video project today with a lovely Y7 RE class and with our Head Girl, too! In due course, you might get the chance to see the finished edit. Video is brilliant, isn't it? I can hardly believe that anyone can make videos now. It just wasn't really feasible when I was growing up.


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Super Mario 3 Mario Forever Game Review:
You will be reminded of the past sweet times by seeing the name of this game for the first time. Now, the latest PC version of this game is already been published. Besides, this is a full version named as Mario Forever. The levels of this game are developed based on the original versions. But this game will be interesting to play.
Super Mario 3: Mario Forever remains faithful to the original Mario format and retains much of the game play although the controls aren't quite as fluid as the original which may take some getting used to. As you'd expect, there are lots of secret worlds to explore and the game difficulty increases significantly as you progress through the levels.
Now I will introduce to you the best method to break through each level.
The first level: It is very simple to break through the first level. You need to push altogether three crates into the sea. First push those two crates on the left side into the sea. Next return to the right side and push the box on the right side into the seawater to end this level.
The second level: First walk to the left and push the crate into the sea. And then jump down to push the other crate into the sea. Do not walk too fast, or you will fall into the sea water. In this case, you need to retry this level.
The third level: First you need to go left and then climb up the ladder. Next walk to the left and push the crate into the sea. And then walk to the right and climb down the ladder. Here, you can push two crates to the left and to the right respectively until they leave the edge of the cliff. But note there is a platform that nothing is on it. But you need to climb the ladder and get there too. Or you cannot break through this level either even if you push all of the crates into the sea. The purpose of which is to help you learn how to climb ladder.
The fourth level: First walk to the left and then climb up the ladder. Next you can walk to the right and jump down. Keep walking to the left and push a crate into the sea. At last, walk to the left and climb up to the ladder to push two crates in front of you into the sea water.
The fifth level: First push two crates to the left and to the right respectively. Next you can push another crate to the left until it drops into the sea. And then jump down and push another crate to the left and the last one to the right until they drop down.
I will skip sixth and seventh levels because they are very simple to break through. Here is the way to break through the eighth level:
The eighth level:
First you need to climb up the ladder and then push the crate into the see. Next climb down the ladder and push another crate into the sea. Again climb up the ladder, turn right, climb down, and push the crate here into the sea. At last, you can turn right, jump down and push those two crates into the sea water from different directions.
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June 17 at the Event Center at Saint Mary's Cathedral
Saturday, June 17, 2017, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Event Center at Saint Mary's Cathedral
1111 Gough St. (at Geary Boulevard)
San Francisco's Japantown
Check out our trailer for the 2017 festival here!
Entertainment Schedule
The Event Center Stage
Patron's Hall, The Event Center at Saint Mary's Cathedral,
1111 Gough St. at Geary Blvd., San Francisco
11:15 a.m. Chung Ngai Dance Troupe
12 p.m. Parangal Dance Company
12:30 p.m. MJ Lee.
1 p.m. Trace Repeat
1:45 p.m. Soy & Tofu Dessert Competition
2:30 p.m. San Jose Taiko
3:15 p.m. Aidan James
4 p.m. G Yamazawa
Tiny Tofu Town: Halls A & B
Children's and Adult Activities, Face Painting, Balloon Twisting
Education / Health & Wellness Hall
Soy Education, Massage Therapy, Asian American Donor Program Marrow Drive
Cooking Demonstrations in Hall C
11:30 a.m. Megumi Natto
4:30 p.m. TBD
*Schedule as of June 13, subject to change.
The mission of the Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival is to educate the public about the health benefits and various uses of soy and tofu. In adhering to these goals, the Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival — an annual fundraiser for the Nichi Bei Foundation — strives to be a vehicle for community-building and leadership development while adhering to the Foundation's mission of keeping the community connected, informed and empowered.
This exciting culinary and cultural event showcases soy and tofu vendors, provides an educational forum on the various uses and benefits of soy and tofu, offers live music and cultural entertainment, interactive games and tofu eating contests, and culminates with the Soy and Tofu Dessert Competition.
Proceeds from the Festival help to publish the first nonprofit ethnic community newspaper of its kind in the country, the Nichi Bei Weekly.


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Voting takes place at Three Rivers School in Pembroke on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Polls opened at 11 a.m. and many residents came during that first hour to beat the worst of the snowstorm. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff) Elizabeth Frantz / Monitor file
As lawmakers in the State House hash out the legality of snowstorm-postponed town elections, one of the most intriguing points of debate has been how rescheduling affected voter turnout.
The question has been whether more people were kept away from the polls ("disenfranchised" is the term that gets tossed around) in towns that held elections during a blinding blizzard on March 14, or in towns that made the unprecedented decision to move voting day from its originally schedule date.
The question may not affect the legal debate, but it is interesting enough that Secretary of State Bill Gardner had his office crunch 10 years' worth of town meeting election turnout numbers to find an answer.
He argued before a House committee meeting this month that the numbers show communities did better if they didn't postpone voting. More communities that voted on March 14 had their highest turnout of the decade than those that moved voting did, Gardner argued.
Further, he said, more communities that moved voting day had their lowest turnout of the decade.
Fair enough, but the Monitor decided to parse the department's data a different way: We looked at decade-long averages.
The Secretary of State's office compiled 10 years' worth of voting turnout data for 98 towns – 59 of which voted on March 14, and 39 of which moved to a later day. (Many other towns provided voting totals that covered only some of the years, which we did not include.)
The 59 communities that voted as scheduled on March 14 had an average turnout of 480, which was 146 fewer than their average over the previous 10 years. That's a loss of 30 percent.
The 39 communities that moved the election had an average turnout of 987, which was 178 fewer than the 10-year average. That's a loss of 18 percent.
On an absolute basis, towns that moved the election did worse – losing 178 voters compared to their decade average compared to towns that kept the election March 14, which lost just 146 voters.
Hooray for not moving the election!
But the towns that moved the election in this data set have more voters on average than the nonmoving towns, which means the story is flipped if you look at percentage. There, the towns that moved the election did better (losing 18 percent) than those that kept it on March 14 (losing 30 percent).
Hooray for moving the election!
Which method is more accurate, comparing absolute voter turnout or percentage voter turnout?
Sorry, it's a judgment call. There's no hard-and-fast answer to know who was right.
But at least it's an opportunity to use that math you learned in grade school.
(David Brooks can be reached at 369-3313 or email@example.com or on Twitter @GraniteGeek.)
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Taman Negara, Malaysia - The world's oldest rainforest.
The Taman Negara Forest is probably one of the world's oldest troical rainforests, estimated to be about 130 million years old. Located in Peninsula Malaysia, it straddles the borders of the states of Kelantan, Pahang and Trengganu, covering a total area of 4,343 square kilometres.
Dating back to 1925, the tropical jungle was designated by legislation as the Gunung Tahan Game Reserve. In 1939, the three sultans of the above-mentioned states jointly declared the Game Reserve a national park and renamed it the King George V National Park. Following Malaysia's independence from the British in 1957, the park was officially named Taman Negara.
Imagine a pair of Pied Hornbills flying pass in front of you during your breakfast! No kidding, that was what I had experienced during one of my stays there.
Over 350 bird species are found in Taman Negara - Crested Fireback Pheasant, Black-caped Kingfisher, and Bronzed Drongo, just to name a few.
Mammals like Barking Deer, Wild Boar, Long-tailed Macaques, Sambar Deer, and also reptile like the over one metre long Water Monitor, are what I had witnessed.
For beginners for bird watching, this handy bird guide is worth considered: "A Photographic Guide to Birds of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore", written by G.W.H. Davison and Chew Yen Fook and published by New Holland (Publishers) Ltd. (ISBN 1 85368 513 5). I am lucky to receive my copy as a gift from Dr. Davison, one of the authors!
The Park Management and the Official Resort together provide comprehensive facilities for different kinds of visitors - from young school kids to serious hikers and birdwatchers.
You will walk most of the time. But to save your time between sites, "long-boats" will be your main and only transport. For traveling on the main Tembling River, you will take a 14-seater long-boat. For surfing along the narrower and shallower branch rivers, a 4-seater long-boat will be most suitable. Both types are equipped with engines. Larger boats have a built-in sun-proof shelter.
The Taman Negara Resort (often called the Headquarters) is the main official resort of the National Park. It provides over 100 rooms in three categories (hostel, guesthouse, and chalets), many campsites, a cafeteria, a restaurant-and-bar, a mini-store, an information center, a library, conference rooms, and a stage for special performance! It is also where you can find licensed tour guides to lead your adventures. Most activities start off from the Headquarters.
Nusa Camp is another facility, which contains 16 rooms and 10 hostels.
Along the main Tembling River, you may also find locals offering accommodations. The major pro is the lower cost, but the con is the distance to the Headquarters.
Eating is cheap and convenient. A buffet dinner at the Resort restaurant costs about RM50. A plate of fired noodle at the cafeteria costs less than RM10. There are floating-restaurants run by the local people and offering typical simple Malaysian dishes, which are definitely worth a try. The last resort is to get your snacks, instance noodles, drinks and ice-bars from the mini-store.
For general visitors, a two-night trip will allow a fair view to the National Park. Some 'must-go' sites include:
The longest canopy walkway in Asia. With twenty-five meters above the ground, you will be almost riding on top of the forest.
Among the many hiking trails going up the slopes, Bukit Terasek is one of the excellent stopping points to view the spectacle of the Tahan River.
Gua Telinga, also called the Ear Cave, is one of the many caves in Taman Negara, which is only 20 minutes boat ride, plus 20 minutes walk from the Headquarters. Inside the cave it is dark and slippy, and live with hundreds of Large-nosed Fruit Bats.. Not necessary a nimble climber, but you will need a torch and your gut! With luck, you may see cave racers and some huge frog. Surely you will regret if this site is missed.
Suggest to leave it as the last spot where you can enjoy a relax swim on the natural swimming pools and let the water falls to do you a massage. A place to wash your sweat and mud, and emboss the final memorials onto your travel album.
Stay quietly at one of the observation hides during the dawn and the dusk, you may see batches of animals coming for fresh water on the plain.
An experienced and licensed guide will take you to the jungle in the late evening. With patient, you may find grow-warms, grow-plants, spiders, scorpions and others.
Until year 2000, the only route for general visitors to reach Taman Negara Resort is to take a 3-hour long-boat ride from the Jerantut jetty. There are long-boats departing both sides at 9:00am and 2:00pm daily. DON'T FORGET to book your return transportant in advance.
It is not difficult to find local travel agencies or arrangements from the hotels to take you from Kuala Lumpur to the Jerantut jetty by road. The journey takes 3 to 4 hours. So, either depart KL in the morning to catch the afternoon long-boat, or stay overnight at Jerantut and catch the morning long-boat. Jerantut is a nice small town and the major stopover for Taman Negara travellers.
Strongly recommend to book your accommodations in advance. A group of school kids may occupy half of the rooms at the Headquarters.
Visit the official website of Taman Negara Resort or contact Nusa Camp (Tel: (09) 266 2369 Fax: (09) 266 4369) for further information.
I have been several times to Taman Negara. For every time the place was the same, fortunately, but the feeling was different - more grasps to everything. I can never forget the moment during one of the trips when we were going downstream along the Tahan River:
It was the end of the day. The boatman switched off the engine, allowed the long-boat to float freely down the stream. We laid down on the boat, watching the backward moving trees, and listing to the bird calls. Occasionally, there were kingfishers dripped into the water for their fishes, and Water Monitors raised their head for curiosity. What a harmony!
Back to the place we live, I wonder how rude human has been to our counterparts in the nature!
Winter 1999
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During the summer of 2010, the promotion for the fall television season was constantly playing promotional spots on TV and this show, popped up in a lot of articles. It interested me for more than one reason, none of which had anything to do with the original series.
All young Steve wanted was to grow up to be just like his policeman hero of a father. To him, no man stood taller, and someday, Steve was going to be just like him. Since those long-gone childhood days he has since been estranged from his father and Steven McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) is now a distinguished Navel Commander. During his pursuit to rid the world of vicious criminals like the Hesse brothers, Steve's father is used as leverage for the younger brother's release and murdered when the prisoner is killed. Angry without another thought save for revenge, Steve returns home to Hawaii to bury his father, and is offered lead on an undercover task force with direct authorization from the governor. Although the Governor (Jean Smart) is determined to win Steve over, he refuses her cryptic offer, and promise of unlimited support and immunity because he knows the man who brutally murdered his father – he knows how this man operates which suggests that Hesse is already long underground – and cannot be touched… But that was before Steve met the equally dedicated Detective Williams.
Filming actually did take place in Hawaii and as a result, crews do a splendid job of featuring the natural beauty of the Hawaiian Islands and their culture. It isn't hard to recognize why this show made such an impression on the viewing audience last season – it can compete with the best of the long-running shows that have been given multiple seasonal renews. I only hope this one is given the same opportunities.


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Dr. Susanne Koch is researcher and lecturer at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany, and research associate of the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST), Stellenbosch University, South Africa. After studying journalism and social sciences, she joined the project "(Scientific) Experts in Developing Democracies" at Bielefeld University and, in that context, carried out research in Tanzania and South Africa. In 2015, she completed her PhD in sociology with distinction and won the university's dissertation award for excellent theses. Since 2016, she is member of the working group 'Environmental Governance' at the TUM Chair of Forest and Environmental Policy. Her research focus is on science policy interaction and the uptake of knowledge(s) in developing countries, particularly on the African continent.
Comments for discussion: Professor Stig Jensen, Centre of African Studies, University of Copenhagen. Stig Jensen is professor and former director of the Center of African Studies, University of Copenhagen with a PhD in Geography. He has through a number of research networks been active in a number of programs relevant for African studies, and also contributed to and been on the governing boards of several centers for African Studies, including Nordic Africa Institute.
1115 – 1200 What do we actually do when we undertake capacity development? Power of knowledge in collaborative projects. Professor Lene Møller Madsen, Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen and Professor Hanne Kirstine Adriansen, Department of Education, Aarhus University.
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Lene Møller Madsen, graduated as a geographer, but has worked with education the last decade or so. She is professor at the Department of Science Education of Copenhagen University, where she has worked with a number of the Danish projects on capacity building in both West and East Africa. She is also engaged in the discourse on "geoscience", and issues like student integration in higher education.
Hanne Kirstine Adriansen is professor at Department of Education, Aarhus University. Trained as a Human Geographer, she has now specialist on spatial aspects of education and knowledge production as well as internationalization. She has worked in both West and North Africa over a number of years.


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I read a great piece this morning in the latest edition of Canadian Fundraising & Philanthropy's e-newsletter about Canadian fundraising stars missing from conference stage.
Hot on the heels of my post about endeavoring to make conferences really useful, this caught my eye.
The author, John Webster Hochstadt goes into some detail about some of the inherent problems of fundraising conferences, like the domination of consultants speaking and lack of senior staff attending. Both true.
I talked about something similar last year when I called for sole fundraisers to start flying the flag, to come out from under their desks, beat their chest a little and start sharing.
As someone who does the conference rounds a lot, I too am constantly frustrated and let down at the lack of charity representation, particularly from 'small shops' (I love that term and my Aussie colleagues think it's hilarious).
I can sort of understand their absence. I'd ask myself if I was a fundraiser, from a small or big shop, why should I present, how can I possibly do it and when will I find the time?
Now each of these has a quick rebuttal, but the purpose of this blog is simply to put this back on the agenda and challenge fundraisers to knock us agency folks off our perch.
Frankly, I get sick of people whingeing to me about lack of charity speakers. My answer to anything like this is if you want to make change, create your own destiny and don't sit on your hands waiting for someone else to do it.
Thanks for brining this up John, I hear you wholeheartedly.
Let's share your story fundraising folks - you have something to tell, and we're waiting to hear it.