SAM is taking part in the third annual Story Blowout! Minnesota tellers will step onto the virtual stage at 2pm Central Time (1pm Eastern). Read on for the full day’s schedule:
Story Blowout III hosted by Artists Standing Strong Together & Partners – Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022
STORY BLOWOUT III!
Story Blowout 2021-22 was extraordinary as ASST hosted it from the library of MacDowell in Peterborough, New Hampshire, and 2 partnering organizations assisted – Virginia Storytelling Alliance and Voices in the Glen. People came and listened for a while, got up and did whatever was on their schedule, came back, brought friends and just enjoyed a day of story and community. We had one British fellow who left to go celebrate the coming of the New Year with his family in UK, and then came back on before the USA New Year ended and shared a story! It was a delightful success with people giving away prizes and also giving to ASST for further programming. We featured many youth, shared some interesting videos and recognized those who died during the year.
But in stories – “Three” is the magic number so….WE ARE BACK AGAIN!
STORY BLOWOUT III will begin on Saturday, Dec. 31 at 11 am ET and end at 1 am ET on January 1, 2023. The program is FREE, however registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/StoryBlowoutIII2022
This year Artists Standing Strong Together (ASST) is hosting this day of story and community along with ELEVEN storyteller/artist organization partners who will feature their community of storytellers for 55 minutes and share about their organization. ASST will feature USA storytellers from 11 am – 12 noon & from 11 – 11:45 pm. These storytellers will be Charlotte Blake Alston (Pennsylvania), Darci Tucker (Virginia) and Regina Stoops and Claire Hennessey from Six Feet Apart Productions (California).
The storyteller/artist organizations are (all times are ET):
Asian American Storytellers in Action (AASIA) at 12 noon
Love of Dunbar (LOD) at 1 pm
Voices in the Glen at 2 pm
Story Arts of Minnesota (SAM) at 3 pm
Illinois Storytelling at 4 pm
Storytellers Association of California at 5 pm
Storytellers of San Diego at 6 pm
Southern Order of Storytellers at 7 pm
West Virginia Storytelling Guild (WVSG) at 8 pm
Patchwork Storytelling Guild at 9 pm
Rocky Mountain Storytellers (RMS) at 10 pm
Feel free to come and go from the program as you’d like; consider this event like an audio/video podcast to accompany you all day. Throughout the day there will be ASST and partner highlights of 2022, along with a honoring of those who left us in body this past year, but remain in our hearts and ears. Starting at 9 pm more adult-themed stories might be shared. Our night ends with dancing and celebration from 11:55 pm to 1 am EST. Bring your champagne and pop into the new year with us.