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Our Traditional Parts of the Newsletter
* Upcoming Events & News
* Celebrating the Past
* Cap's Off to You! (people or organization profiles who use story)
* Story Video (created or loved by us)
* Story
* Story Game
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House Concert for April 26th - Wenlock Duane Free
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Join Us...
Every month we enjoy another house concert geared for teens and adults. We are scheduled to as far as September though finalizing on our June and July ones. Here is a listing yet with more details of April 26th below. You can host or share ideas with us at storycrossroads@gmail.com.
Fri., April 26, 2019, 7:00pm-8:30pm featuring Wenlock Duane Free
– Woodland Hills, UT, Skousen Home
None in May 2019 due to Story Crossroads Festival
Sat., June 1, 2019, 7:00pm-8:30pm featuring TBA
– Taylorsville, UT, Duke Home
July 2019 to be Announced Soon!
– Most lieklyTaylorsville, UT, Duke Home
Fri., August 16, 2019, 7:00pm-8:30pm featuring Thom Manning
– West Jordan, UT, Hedman Home
Fri., September 27, 2019, 7:00pm-8:30pm featuring Mary Louise Hughes
– Salt Lake City, UT (Cottonwood Heights), Hughes Home
------------------------------------More Details for April 26th
Fri., April 26, 2019, 7:00pm-8:30pm featuring Wenlock Duane Free, hosted by Skousen Home at 70 E. Broad Hollow Dr., Woodland Hills, UT 84653
Theme: All of us have relatives who do strange things. Some of the stories may change your mind about how weird your relatives are. Wenlock Duane Free is the first generation of his family not to work in the gold mines. His father, uncles, grandfather, etc. all worked in the mining business. This was the old fashioned hard-rock mining days. His father and brothers owned the mines. They lived in a small town in
Nevada and spent time out in the mountains. Duane heard many stories around the campfire and at family gatherings. The stories Duane share are real and may even be true. Duane told on behalf of the Western Region at the National Storytelling Network Conference and continues to share his family’s tales.
RSVP: Call/text Keri Skousen at (801) 836-5418 or email storycrossroads@gmail.com
Suggested Price: $15.00+/person, $25.00+/couple or family, though any amount welcomed, best for ages 10+ and adults
Details: Refreshments served, Books and CDs available for purchase
Go directly to the House Concert page on the Story Crossroads website
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If you are aged 18-201, then you could be part of these free 8-hour workshops. Email storycrossroads@gmail.com with questions and interest or call/text (801) 870-5799. You can also find and share this information from here: https://storycrossroads.com/calendar/freeresidencies/
Taylorsville Senior Center, best for adults/seniors
Mondays, April 15, 22, 29 and May 6, 2019
5:30pm-7:30pm
Story Facilitators: James Wind and Judy Stanger
Address: 4743 Plymouth View Dr., Taylorsville, UT
Email storycrossroads@gmail.com or call/text (801) 870-5799 stating your interest or any questions
Go directly to Online Application on the Story Crossroads website
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5-hour Workshop
with Noa Baum
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Sign up for "RISKING PEACE: STORYTELLING TO OPEN DIALOGUE."
Peace can be a risk. It asks us to make compromises, to go beyond our comfort zone and venture into the unknown. Storytelling can break through assumptions and stereotypes and allows us to see the humanity of “the other.” Listening to someone’s story is in itself an acknowledgment of his or her humanity. Discover how to do these and more with Noa Baum,
award-winning international story artist.
DESIGNED FOR EDUCATORS, STORYTELLERS, CLERGY, HEALING PROFESSIONS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, INTERFAITH ACTIVISTS
Date/Time: Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 9:30am-2:30pm, Doors open at 9:00am for same-day payment and/or mingling
Cost: $100/person, registration includes lunch
Featured Presenter: Noa Baum
Location: Ashton Home, 12471 White Rose Cr., Draper UT 84020 – about 1-2 minutes after 123000 S. I-15 Exit
Details: Email storycrossroads@gmail.com or call/text Rachel Hedman at (801) 870-5799
Steps to Reserve Space:
- Online Registration Form, go here: https://tinyurl.com/Noaworkshop
- Pre-Pay or Pay the Day of Course, payment options, go here: https://tinyurl.com/Noaworkshoppayment
Go directly to Online Application on the Story Crossroads website
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Field Trip Requests Open for May 15, 2019
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Groups of 10 or more people as well as Homeschooling groups can take advantage of the $1.00/person rate.
The 4th Annual Story Crossroads Festival is on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. For the morning, we are at the Murray City Park (495 East 5300 South, Murray, UT). For the late afternoon/evening, we are at the South Jordan Community Center/Heritage Park. The parking is between the Center and Park (10778 S. Redwood Rd., South Jordan, UT).
Due to demand, we are limiting reservations to one or two sessions of the 9:30am, 10:30am, and 11:30am morning sessions with an optional interactive/hands-on session with the art at 10:30am, 11:30am, or Noon. At least one sit-down story session is needed before doing an interactive/hands-on session, if desired. You can submit your request through clicking here to our online form.
Go directly to the Tickets & Group Reservations page on the Story Crossroads website
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House Concerts from January and February 2019
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On February 1, Dave and Carol Sharp premiered "Tales of Haunted Japan" and also shared some history of different Japanese instruments. We learned of a place that people tend to end their lives and the many spirits that roam there as a result. Then, on March 15, Annie and Dan Eastmond told of their travels around Ireland, regaled us with music,
and told some stories of fairies giving a wonderful harp to Pat as well as a real-life matchmaker who learned the trade from his father.
We thank the Tobins and the Luters/Adams for hosting these two concerts that were the 34th and 35th ones of this series.
Go to the House Concert webpage on the Story Crossroads website
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Taylorsville Art Show...and featuring Story Crossroads
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We had three youth tellers and two professional story artists on stage as part of the Taylorsville Art Show on March 29-30, 2019...and it will not be the last. Howard Wilson, who heads the Taylorsville Arts Council, was well pleased with the performances and captures more of the vision and
possibilities with storytelling as a result. So thank you to those tellers: Katherine Hurley, Geneieve Myers, Elizabeth Myers, Karl Behling, and Suzanne Hudson. We also appreciate Jim Luter with the Story Crossroads Board who made the connections with the Taylorsville Arts Council possible and served as a splendid emcee.
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Celebrating your way of using story
Featuring: Clever Octopus
Provider of Mini Grant for Story-Related Crafts
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As soon as I heard the name "Clever Octopus," I knew it was an organization that Story Crossroads needed to partner with in some way. So far, Clever Octopus is the one and only creative reuse center in Utah. Do you have anything that could be turned into art? Donate there. Want
anything art materials? Paints, wood, canvas, scrapbook materials, and the unique items that you didn't even know you needed...you will find it there. You also find the most glorious prices with items being many times 70% or more off than found in retail stores. Mainly teachers, who often pay out-of-pocket to make learning even more fun and art-centered, know of Clever Octopus and word is spreading fast. Many of the Clever Octopus staff are Change Leaders, a special
program taught through the Utah Division of Arts and Museums. I reached out to the people of Clever Octopus and said, "Can we meet? Can I get a tour?" I met with Jen Lopez, the Founder and pictured in the Clever Octopus collage picture above holding up the yarn (and sells out fast). She also met my 4 1/2-year-old daughter. That's a story....
Find out more the impact that Clever Octopus have had and will have for Story Crossroads (click below or on picture).
Read the Complete Blog Post on Clever Octopus
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With the Story Crossroads Festival coming up, we wanted to feature our little-over-a-minute promo. Please share...and we'll see you there on May 15, 2019.
If you or someone you know has a story video that you want us to see, then let us know about it and email us a link to it. Who knows? Perhaps we will be inspired to invite you to one of our Story Crossroads event? Remember that the 4th Annual Story Crossroads
Festival is on May 15, 2019.
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Artwork by Rowan North, captofthebast@gmail.com,
The Golden Cucumber, Indonesian tale
There once was a farmer and his wife who wished for children. They prayed aloud this wish. A giant heard them and offered a deal, "I will help you as long as the child is mine upon turning 17 years of age." The couple agreed for they only thought about the child that would soon be theirs. The giant handed them cucumber seeds to plant. These plants grew and one cucumber was made out of gold. The farmer cut it open and out came
a little girl. They named her Timun Mas (Golden Cucumber). They laughed and danced and loved each other.
Time passed and Timun Mas became 17 years of age. The farmer gave his daugther a bag and promised that tossing what was inside could save her after the giant came for Timun Mas.
The giant arrived. The farmer and his wife urged Timun Mas to run away. The giant pursued. Timun Mas reached inside the bag and threw out a handful of salt. When the salt fell upon the ground, the salt transformed into an enormous sea between her and the giant. The giant swam across. Then Timun Mas reached inside the bag and tossed out a bunch of chilies. When the chilies fell upon the ground, the chilies
transformed into a jungle with sharp thorns between her and the giant. The giant was tangled about yet still crept through. Timun Mas reached inside the bag and tossed out some cucumber seeds. When the seeds fell upon the ground, the seeds transformed into a cucumber field. The vines wrapped tight around the giant though he did not give up. Finally, Timun Mas grabbed the last item in the bag. It was shrimp paste, terasi. When the terasi fell upon the ground, the terasi
transformed into a swamp. By now, the giant was exhausted and did not have enough energy to stay afloat. The giant drowned.
Timun Mas was now safe. She returned to her parents. Oh, what a reunion it was that day.
Artwork by Rowan North, captofthebast@gmail.com,
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Out of the Bag
Inspired by story "The Golden Cucumber"
Geared for Ages 6+
Everyone sits in a circle. One person then stands up and becomes the giant. Much like the game "Duck, Duck, Goose," the giant taps upon each head in the circle until the giant decides which one will be his. He then yells out, "Mine!" That person jumps up and runs around the circle four times. The person must say what is pulled out of the imaginary bag and what it transforms into to stall the giant. When the giant hears
the obstacle, the giant acts out what it would be like to face it. If the person being chased has a hard time coming up with ideas, then the giant has an easier time to catch them. If caught/tagged, then that person becomes the new giant. Though, if that person being chased can think of four items that transform into things (such as a comb into a forest or a jelly bean into a pile of goo as large as a house) and make it back to their spot. Then they can choose someone else to be the
giant for the next round. After all, the giant has to work hard and could use a little breather.
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Funders of Story Crossroads |
We appreciate funding from National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Utah Division of Arts and Museums (UDAM), the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), the Nubian Storytellers of Utah Leadership (NSOUL), the Utah Humanities, the Utah Valley University, the
South Jordan Arts Council, the City of Murray-Cultural Arts, the Utah Department of Heritage and Arts (Spike 150), Casey and Rachel Hedman and many generous businesses and individuals who have made things possible.
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