Category: Storytellers
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Women’s Storytelling Festival – Teller Spotlight 3
The Women’s Storytelling Festival is getting closer! Preparations behind the scenes are at a fever pitch as the festival committee works diligently on all the last-minute details. We’ll be welcoming, both in person and virtually, twenty-one amazing female storytellers. We’ve collected all of their bios here for you to peruse. Details and tickets here! This… Read more
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Women’s Storytelling Festival – Teller Spotlight 2
The Women’s Storytelling Festival is getting closer by the day! Our fifth annual gathering starts Thursday, March 14th with our online kickoff show and runs through Sunday, March 17th in Fairfax, VA. Festival details and tickets are right here! Today we’re bringing you the second installment of our “get to know the tellers” posts. I… Read more
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Women’s Storytelling Festival – Teller Spotlight 1
March is here and with it the beginning of Women’s History Month. And here in our sphere the start of the month means we’re just a couple weeks away from the fifth annual Women’s Storytelling Festival! The Festival will bring together twenty-one of the country’s most outstanding female storytellers. You can read all of their… Read more
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Guide to the 2024 Women’s Storytelling Festival
The Women’s Storytelling Festival, produced annually in March by Better Said Than Done, is a festival celebrating Women (including TGNC individuals) Spoken Word Performing Artists. The festival debuted in March 2020 in Fairfax City, VA, and, thanks to the pandemic, set a precedent for our Festivals to be available for audiences both in-person and online.… Read more
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The Women’s Storytelling Festival Approaches
The 2024 Women’s Storytelling Festival is just over two weeks away! In-person tickets and virtual passes are on sale here! The WSF (as we call it) has been called “the best festival I’ve ever attended,” “a unique festival experience,” and “something special” by past attendees. I agree. And so do the storytellers of the 2024… Read more
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The Women’s Storytelling Festival Returns!
As we move into February, anticipation is building as the Women’s Storytelling Festival gets set to return for its big fifth year! In-person tickets and virtual passes are on sale now! Conceiving of, coordinating, and launching a show on the scale of the Women’s Storytelling Festival is a big deal. A thousand things can go… Read more
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Just Kidding!
The start of a new year is a wonderful time to aim for lofty goals and set our sights on new horizons. But let’s be honest… all that grandiosity can get a bit much, you know what I mean? Maybe this year, we do it a little different. Maybe this year, we start things off… Read more
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A Review of 2023 and a Look Ahead
This is a reprint of our December 22, 2023 newsletter. Click Here to subscribe to our newsletter. 2023 is coming to an end. As per custom, I looked back at all our shows of the past year while compiling our Year-in-Review video. As is custom, I cried many times while editing the footage together. In… Read more
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Whoops Stories
On February 3, 2024, join emcee Carol Moore and storytellers J.R. Denson, Hettie Farley, Joe Morice, Miriam Nadel, Vijai Nathan, Liza Newell, and Jessica Robinson for Whoops: Stories About Mistakes, Accidents, and Embarrassing Moments. In-Person at Clare and Don’s Beach Shack, 130 N. Washington St, Falls Church, VA, at 6:00pm. Doors open at 5:30pm. A… Read more
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Funny Stories
You can purchase the recording of “Just Kidding: Storytelling for Laughs,” with emcee Calvin S. Cato and storytellers Jeff Doyle, Lyn Ford, Bil Lepp, Jessica Robinson, and Regina Stoops! Ticket sales close on Sunday, January 14, and you can watch the recording through January 31st. And that’s no joke. Read more