Tag: stories
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Podcasts for Shut-Ins:
Tune In, Hunker DownI’ve been trying to track down a piece that I heard on NPR following the 9-11 attacks. I can’t remember who delivered it, but the voice in my memory sounds like Scott Simon. It was a reflective piece about the uncertainty felt in the aftermath of the attacks, a time when the country was bracing…
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From “Starry Nights” to “Life’s Adventures”
Story Night Rocks!In the recent posts “Storytelling Night” and “The Stars Came Out,” I endeavored to cover last week’s “Starry Nights and Celestial Conversations,” which had far more highlights than can be covered in three blog posts. In other words, if you want to get all that Story Night has to offer, you just have to be there. In addition to…
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The Stars Came Out @ Riley’s:
Starry Nights, Cosmic ConversationsWelcome back! This is the second in a series of blogs and podcasts centering on June’s Storytelling Night at Riley’s. If you missed the first round, you can check it out here. Our theme for the event was “Starry Nights, Cosmic Conversations,” and as our story events often do, this one started off with music by Reni…
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Storytelling Night at Riley’s:
Starry Nights, Cosmic ConversationsIt was SRO when co-host Diane Turnshek and I presented “Starry Nights and Cosmic Conversations” at Riley’s Pour House last Tuesday. The event featured an impressive roster of storytellers performing a stellar mix of astronomy-related stories. Starting today, I’d like to share some audio highlights from that evening, starting with two exciting spoken-word performers who made their Riley’s debut…
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Professor Challenger:
New Worlds, Lost Places“The whole matter is very fully and lucidly discussed in my forthcoming volume upon the earth, which I may describe with all due modesty as one of the epoch-making books of the world’s history.” – Professor G. E. Challenger When the World Screamed Featuring cover art by Academy-Award winning artist Dave Kelsey and new fiction from…
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Springtime Stories @ Riley’s
The Anglo-Saxon storytellers marked the ages of their characters in winters. Consider, in Beowulf the hero is said to have lived fifty winters, not fifty years. Why? Because anyone can survive a summer, but if you live through a winter, it’s time to celebrate. And that’s exactly what our band of 21st-century scops did Tuesday, April 28, when Story…