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The Gift of Gab
An Afternoon of Holiday Stories
Sunday, December 15th, at 2:00 p.m.
Thames Club - 290 State Street, New London
Join us on for a lively afternoon filled with holiday tales! Whether you prefer your stories with a
dash of naughtiness or a sprinkle of niceness, the Connecticut Storytelling Center's holiday event
promises a festive mix of both. Come and listen to storytellers unwrap surprising narratives, igniting the
magic of the season. Bring your favorite holiday story to share - any holiday qualifies to be celebrated!
Refreshments will be served.
The suggested donation is $10. Follow this link to secure your spot!
The Gift of Gab Tickets
You can also donate at the door.
Proceeds will support the Center’s work in promoting the art of storytelling, including our
literacy work with students across the state. Can’t come? You can still support this important work!
We look forward to seeing you there!
CT Storytelling Festival on Youtube
Missed the festival? Watch on Youtube
Dear Story Lovers: The 43rd Annual Connecticut Storytelling Festival & Conference has come and gone, but we captured some of it on video.
Tickets to watch are $10 for each show. Once you purchase a ticket, the link(s) will be sent to you.Videos are available from June 1 – 14 only. Headliners Peter Chand and Vijai Nathan are both of Indian (from India) descent. Peter tells traditional folk tales from India. Vijai is hilarious and tells stories of growing up in America with traditional Indian parents.
Program #1:
The Gathering of Tellers
Leeny Del Seamonds – “A Gift for the King” – A Persian tale
Bonnie Gardner – “The Red Thread” – The journey to parenthood
Vijai Nathan – “McGoddess” – A journey about faith and why we believe what we believe.
Jaxson Bones, student teller - “The Ghost With The One Black Eye”
Henry Brown, student teller - “The Sea Hare” – A Grimm Fairytale
Rona Leventhal – Ukrainian Folk Tale
Peter Chand – Indian Folk Tale
Program #2:
Bonnie Gardner, Leeny Del Seamonds, Oz Morse (keyboard)
Bonnie tells three personal tales of transition, change, understanding and hope.
Leeny tells "Suki" – A Japanese crane returns a kindness, and an urban legend.
Program #3:
Peter Chand – "Grimm Sheesha"
Program #4:
The Scattering: Peter Chand and Vijai Nathan
Peter tells "The Clever Daughter In Law"
Vijai tells "Good Girls Don’t But Indian Girls Do"
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Holiday Story Event!
Please join the Connecticut Storytelling Centers
for their holiday story telling event.
$10 per ticket
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 The mission of the
Connecticut Storytelling Center is to promote the living art and
use of storytelling in the many environments of our diverse
society.
The Connecticut Storytelling Center sponsors:
- The Annual
Connecticut Storytelling Festival in downtown New
London in April.
- An active Schools Program closely
related to curriculum needs, in several Connecticut school
districts.
- Workshops for
storytellers and teachers during the academic year.
- Tellabration!™
– A series of storytelling concerts for all ages, every November.
Tellabration!™ Is part of an international
celebration of stories.
- ConnTELL – A directory of
storytellers with descriptions and contact information.
- A network of Story Sharing Groups that
generally meet monthly.
- Occasional special concerts and
workshops.
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We are so grateful for the foundations that are supporting the important work we do at the Connecticut Storytelling Center! The following foundations have provided funding in 2023-2024:
The Stocker Foundation and the Ion Bank Foundation for our Start With Stories program at Bristol Elementary Schools,
The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts for our Start With Stories and Littlest Listeners programs at programs in Bristol, Wolcott and Waterford,
The Robert Schumann Foundation for our Environmental Literacy program in Bristol, Wolcott and Waterford,
The SBM Charitable Foundation, the New Alliance Foundation, the Ensworth Charitable Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee for our Start With Stories program at the O’Connell School in East Hartford and the Hockanum Early Childhood Center,
The Bodenwein Public Benevolent Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee for our Littlest Listeners program in Groton,
The Community Foundation of Middlesex County and the Middletown Commission on the Arts for our Littlest Listeners program in Middletown Preschools,
The Barnes Foundation, American Savings Foundation, and Community Chest of New Britain and Berlin for our Start With Stories program in New Britain Elementary schools,
The Richard Davoud Donchian Foundation and the Woodward Fund, and the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut for our Littlest Listeners program in New London preschools,
The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, the Charter Oak Credit Union Community Giving Fund, the Dime Bank Foundation, and the Gernon Trust for our Littlest Listeners program in Norwich preschools,
The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Foundation, Eastern CT Regional Tourism and CT Humanities, the Chelsea Groton Bank and the New London Kiwanis Club for our annual festival.
Sustaining support has also been provided to the CSC from the Department of Economic and Community Development/Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. |
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