Tag: Miriam Nadel
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9 Ladies to Lead You
“It’s usually a jolly good trick to pick up a local tour guide,” is sound advice British actress Jane Birkin once said. Throughout the 24 hours of stories at the 2021 Women’s Storytelling Festival, these nine excellent emcees will be the local tour guides for the audience (which is you of course! You have your… Read more
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Get Stuffed 2020 Super Show!
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but 2020 has been A LOT. Hours have felt like days, weeks have seemed like months. And yet somehow, here we are, solidly in December, nearing the end of the year. We at Better Said Than Done have decided to embrace the spirit of the times and end… Read more
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Come As You Are: The Zoom Where It Happens
The smash hit musical Hamilton poses a singular and poignant question: who lives, who dies, who tells your story? In other words, how will history see you? At Better Said Than Done, we take the initiative and tell our own stories, today. And that’s just what we’ll be doing this coming Saturday, June 27th. Get… Read more
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Women’s Festival Spotlight – Our Emcees!
An integral part of the Women’s Storytelling Festival will be the emcees for each event. Six storytellers from our Better Said Than Done community have stepped up to take on those duties. Each one a gifted and engaging teller in her own right, I asked what drew them to storytelling in the first place. For… Read more
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Storyteller Spotlight: Miriam Nadel
Miriam Nadel is an aerospace engineer, craftswoman, blogger, and traveler. She is also the Virginia State Liaison for the National Storytelling Network and on the board of Voices in the Glen. For nearly 30 years, she has told personal stories, folk tales, and original fairy tales at venues ranging from a children’s art gallery to… Read more
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Storyteller Spotlight: Miriam Nadel
Miriam Nadel is an aerospace engineer, craftswoman, blogger, and traveler. She is also the Virginia State Liaison for the National Storytelling Network and on the board of Voices in the Glen. For nearly 30 years, she has told personal stories, folk tales, and original fairy tales at venues ranging from a children’s art gallery to a Las… 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
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Campy Storytelling Videos
In Better Said Than ‘s July storytelling show “Camp: stories of camping, tents, and summer,” storytellers shared true, personal stories about all things campy. If you missed a great night out at The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA, then there are two things you need to do: 1. Come to our next show on August… Read more
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Find out on May 28th who will win Best in Show!
The wait is almost over. Better Said Than Done is marking 5 years of true, personal storytelling performances — ranging from unbelievable to poignant, and often laugh-out-loud — in Northern Virginia, and you don’t want to miss the celebration! Best in Show: 5 Year Anniversary Show & Storytelling Contest Saturday, May 28, 2016 6:30 PM (Doors open… Read more
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Meet the Storytellers: Miriam Nadel
On this Friday, we’re offering a Q&A with Miriam Nadel. Miriam is one of the 10 talented storytellers in the line-up – selected through an online competition (here’s the story Miriam submitted) – who will be performing in Better Said Than Done’s 5 Year Anniversary Show and Story Contest. Name: Miriam Nadel Age: 57 Profession: aerospace engineer Town where you live:… Read more