"Storytelling to Light Up Hearts & Minds"
Inspired by The Moth Radio Hour, Elizabeth Alexander has been crafting live story telling events, creating opportunities for the community to connect and to be inspired. There’s a beautiful story about it in the Northport Journal.
Moth-style storytelling is a genre of personal narrative stories about an experience that took place in the storyteller’s life. The stories are crafted, planned, and told (not read) before a live audience. It’s a wonderful art form that allows folks to connect at a very human level.
These Northport Village Storytelling events are super fun and a wonderful way to get to know our neighbors and build community. We were thrilled to get to host one at The Firefly last year and are excited for this next one!
You can follow them on Facebook, and check out their website: www.northportvillagestorytelling.com.
Details on the Next Event
This next event will feature both beginning storytellers folks with a bit more practice, including Michael Ien Cohen- filmmaker of the documentary Humanity Stoked. – Here’s the trailer.
Does the theme inspire a tale, but you also fear you won’t be up to it when the time comes? Last minutes bids are invited, so come on down and see how you feel! If you put your name in the hat, you may be picked to share a 5-minute tale that reflects the theme.
Theme: Fear – True Stories of an Emotion with the Power to Motivate or Freeze
When: Friday, October 10th. Doors open at 7pm. Event begins at 7:30
Where: St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 270 Main St, Northport
Tickets: Tickets cost $20. To purchase, please venmo @nptstorytelling
For More Info: Email Northportvillagestorytelling@gmail.com.
Basic Guidelines for Storytelling
We are sure they are already dreaming of the next event, and always looking for story tellers. They might even offer another class to help folks learn this fine art. Here are their basic guidelines, so you can start thinking about that!
1. Tell story in 5-12 minutes
2. Your story is to be told, not read
3. Base your story on the theme: Hope
4. Craft your story
5. Story must be about a personal experience.
6. No stand-up comedy acts or rants
To sign-up, and become a Storyteller: Call or Text Liz at (631) 375-4144 or email at Northportvillagestorytelling@gmail.com.
