Tag: storytelling

  • Women’s Storytelling Festival: Virtual Showcase

    Women’s Storytelling Festival: Virtual Showcase

    It’s March, and that means it’s almost time for the Women’s Storytelling Festival! All tickets are on sale now! This four day celebration of the power, creativity, and zest of female storytellers kicks off Thursday night, March 20th, with our Virtual Showcase. We’ve lined up a slate of five fantastic tellers from all around the… Read more

  • 2025 Women’s Storytelling Festival

    2025 Women’s Storytelling Festival

    The live performances have ended, but you can watch all 15 plus hours of recordings, on Youtube, through April 28th. Tickets are on sale through April 8th. Get your tickets to watch the 2025 Women’s Storytelling Festival here! Join Better Said Than Done in March, in Fairfax, VA, or online, for the 6th Annual Women’s… Read more

  • Hello and Goodbye

    Hello and Goodbye

    Out with 2024 and in with 2025. It’s such a strange thing, the turning of the year. A few days ago, it was 2024. Now, a few days later, it’s 2025. Yet, each year we treat it as a new beginning, as a new chance to reset. Here’s hoping that 2025 is better than our… Read more

  • WTF Storytelling at Epicure

    WTF Storytelling at Epicure

    Better Said Than Done storytelling returns to Epicure Cafe – our home of old. We’ve changed since our last show at Epicure – and so have they. New location and a new name to go with it. Epicure Cafe is now Epicure on King and it’s located – you guessed it – on King St.… Read more

  • Stories of Comfort and Joy

    Stories of Comfort and Joy

    Well, we’re nearing the end of another year. Around this festive time, we, at Better Said Than Done, like to have a storytelling party, sharing tales and warmth and love and light. And that’s just what we’ll be bringing you on Thursday, December 12th as we present Comfort and Joy: Year-End Celebration and Storytelling Show.… Read more

  • Mini Class on Personal Storytelling

    Mini Class on Personal Storytelling

    This 90 minute workshop will give some insights into what makes a great personal story, how to choose character traits and structures that support a short, personal story, and what to think about in the process of developing a new personal story. During the 90 minutes, participants will be given a writing prompt. A few… Read more

  • Comfort and Joy

    Comfort and Joy

    The recording of Better Said Than Done’s End of Year Celebration and Storytelling Show is now available. Grab your snuggie, a warm cuppa, and enjoy cozy stories from storytellers Willy Claflin, Tobey Ishii Anderson, Jim Kissane, Joan Leotta, Roopa Mohan, Andy Russell, Anne Shimojima, and Liz Weir. With our Year-in-Review Video, and a toast from… Read more

  • Stories Matter

    Stories Matter

    I struggle with what to say. As the Executive Director of a nonprofit, I am not supposed to play politics, to take sides. But as a person who runs a storytelling organization, as a person who has built a community in Northern Virginia based on sharing stories and shared experiences, I care about a lot… Read more

  • Jessica Robinson Book Signing

    Jessica Robinson Book Signing

    Jessica Robinson will be telling stories, taking questions and signing copies of her new memoir, Stages: My Life in Stories, on November 16th, starting at 11:00am, at the Winchester Book Gallery in beautiful Winchester, VA. Come for the books, stay for the stories. About the Stages: My Life in Stories: In Stages: My Life in… Read more

  • Stories About Family

    Stories About Family

    Storytelling show at Clare and Don’s Beach Shack in Falls Church, VA the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Read more