Tag: storytelling
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Storyteller Spotlight: Len Kruger
Len Kruger has performed stories on stage with local storytelling groups such as Better Said Than Done, Story District, and the Storyfest Short Slam, where he is a two-time first prize winner. Len is also a fiction writer. His short fiction has appeared in Zoetrope: All-Story, The Barcelona Review, Boundoff, Gargoyle, and many other publications.… 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: Nick Baskerville
Nick Baskerville has had the honor of serving in the United States Air Force for 10 years, followed by 4 years in the United States Air Force Reserves. Nick has 19 years of fire service time, with 16 years of that being in a career department in Northern Virginia. Nick is a member of the… Read more
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A Climate Change in Storytelling
Better Said Than Done’s April storytelling show at The Auld Shebeen in the City of Fairfax, VA was called “Climate Change.” Storytellers Bill Burton, Barbara Fornoff, Robert Lovejoy, Jack Pelar, Jessica Robinson, Margarita Rozenfeld, Sarah Snyder and Sufian Zhemukhov shared true, personal stories about nature, science, and big changes. Sufian Z (as we like to… Read more
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Climate Change is Real
Climate Change is not just the name of our most recent storytelling show. It’s also a big, scary thing happening to our planet that is already effecting all of us. One of the storytellers from our “Climate Change” show, Sarah Snyder, has a few tips for us below. Five Things You Can Do to Save… Read more
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Found: Storytellers’ Photos and Videos
Better Said Than Done’s last Saturday of the month March storytelling show at The Auld Shebeen was called “Lost and Found.” Hosted by Jessica Robinson, storytellers Erin Benbennick, Denise Bennett, David Foxworth, Sandra Hull, Joff Infante, Robert Lovejoy, Miriam Nadel, and Sarah Snyder shared true, personal stories of getting lost, and being found. There are… Read more
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Storytellers Heed the Call
On March 9, 2019, our Northern Virginia audience got a real treat – they got to see me perform! Oh, yeah, and also, they got to see Anne Rutherford and Norm Brecke perform. I guess, technically, that’s a little bit more of a treat than seeing me – seeing as how I perform in this… 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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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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Storyteller Spotlight: Jessica Robinson
Jessica Robinson is the founder of Better Said Than Done, Northern Virginia’s premiere storytelling troupe. In addition to performing at Exchange Place at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN in 2018, Jessica has performed stories for Story District, Tales in the Village, The Grapevine, Stories in the Round, Perfect Liars Club and GMU’s Fall for the… Read more