Tag: community
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State of the State
The following was shared in our October 25th newsletter. We have a local, DMV-based, audience, as well as people who attend our online storytelling shows, workshops, and the Women’s Storytelling Festival from all over the country and around the world. If you’d like to receive our newsletter, you can subscribe for free here. Notes from… Read more
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Tip the Party of Five Storytellers
The below is for tipping the storytellers in our October 8, 2020 storytelling show “Party of Five.” This is NOT for registering. If you’d like to attend the show, you must register here. If you’d like to contribute a little extra to supporting our storytellers, you may tip a particular storyteller or add a tip… Read more
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Our American Tales
For our first storytelling show of the year, Better Said Than Done storytellers Sheila Arnold, Erin Benbennick, Alex Dixon, Bonnie Gardner, Bill Grella, Jessica Piscitelli Robinson, and Andrea Young shared true, personal stories of living in America. Hosted by Giselle Ruzany, the sold out show was a perfect way to gather our storytelling community together… Read more
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Family Stories
The last storytelling show Better Said Than Done hosted in 2019 was called “Family Ties.” Storytellers Catherine Calvin, Miriam Nadel, Jessica Robinson, Giselle Ruzany, Ellouise Schoettler, Sarah Snyder, Gayle Turner and Sufian Zhemukhov shared true, personal storytelling show about family, at The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA. Gayle Turner started the show off with a… Read more
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Gun Violence and Community
Today we are grieving and our hearts go out to the community of… I’ll leave that blank. When you read this, who knows what community will have just been devastated by gun violence. Saturday night, I got the news about El Paso, TX. Sunday morning, I woke to the news about Dayton, OH. In between… Read more
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Smoking Gun Storytelling Show
At the end of our latest storytelling night, I had multiple audience members approach me and say, “‘Smoking Gun: stories of crime, mystery and obvious answers,’ was the best storytelling show yet.” Okay, in truth, none of them quoted the title when giving praise, but I had to slip it in somewhere. As Founder of… Read more
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8 Year Anniversary Storytelling Show Success
Over the last 8 years, you’ve heard me say (or read me write/right) that “this last storytelling show was great.” I say it a lot because, luckily for me and Better Said Than Done’s audiences, it is usually true. For our 8 year anniversary storytelling show, I’m afraid I’m going to have to say it… Read more
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Storyteller Spotlight: Bill Weech
For our 8 year anniversary show, we wanted to continue the tradition of bringing new storytellers to the stage – first time storytellers. Bill Weech will be joining the Better Said Than Done stage for the first time for our 8 Year Anniversary storytelling show on May 25th. Welcome to our community, Bill! Bill Weech… Read more
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Storytelling On A Winter’s Night
When our storytelling show, “On a Winter’s Night,” ended, I walked around The Auld Shebeen talking to people. I heard over and over again, “This was your best show yet.” After about the 5th time, I said to a group, “I’m a little offended since I didn’t host or tell a story tonight.” When no… Read more
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God, the Universe, and Storytelling
Our final storytelling show of 2018 was titled “God, the Universe, and Everything.” We decided to go out with a big bang and boy did the storytellers end the year on an awesome note. Our final show, hosted by Nick Baskerville, was at The Auld Shebeen in the City of Fairfax, VA, and included storytellers… Read more