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massmouth story slam

NOV 23 - Monday 7PM
DEC 14 is next!
a series of story slams at Kennedy's Midtown in Boston. See Events for details + Forum [below] for rules and NEW! Prizes for the Big MassMouthoff!

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Norah Dooley

More on Cooking up a Story...

More on Cooking up a Story...
JOURNALING: SHOPPING as
COOKING: WRITING

Andrea and I spend a lot of time helping students find rich details to add to their writing. Over and over we emphasize how the five sense can be used to draw the reader or listener into the world and experience of the writer or storyteller. Rarely does it happen that a young elementary student has too much detail. But it does occur in upper grades and in the story world too. In these cases an exercise that sought to encoura… Continue

Posted by Norah Dooley on November 5, 2009 at 3:30am

andrea lovett

Article of How to Not Judge

The Moth’s Story Slam or: How Not to Judge
By Queequeg
June 2nd, 2009 @ 9:35 AM Commentary, East Side, Events, West Side

800px-tragic_life_storiesOne of the worst things I did in college and post-college was go to poetry slams. They sound so great in theory, but the reality is, the ones I went to completely failed to build and strengthen community (which I thought they were supposed to actually do). Instead, these slams were self-affirming forums to bolster rather privileged slammers and their… Continue

Posted by andrea lovett on October 28, 2009 at 3:22pm

David R. Hornfischer

Amazing Open Comedy Mique - Framingham

Our monthly PG13 Comedy show on the first Wednesday of each month features and supports the full range of Open Comedy that includes storytellers, eccentrics, magicians, folk singers and of course stand-up comedy. Check us out next on November 4 when Judith Black is our feature.

Contact office@amazingthings.org or call 508 405 2787 for a information on how to advance register for a mique slot. We are located at 160 Hollis Street in downtown Framingham ( Rte 126) Free parking. Tix at door $6 ( $5… Continue

Posted by David R. Hornfischer on October 24, 2009 at 2:06pm

Norah Dooley

“storyteller who writes,” at RIC Diversity Week


Author Norah Dooley listens as ESL Teacher Jackie Sisun discusses how she uses 'Everybody Bakes Bread' in the classroom.

On Oct. 9, four MEd in TESL (teaching English as a second language) cooperating teachers attended a private book signing and discussion with Norah Dooley, famed New England author of “Ev… Continue

Posted by Norah Dooley on October 21, 2009 at 3:00pm

Norah Dooley

Design, Disruptive innovation, Entrepreneurship

Great post - found on twitter
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/5087

Getting Started with Disruptive Business Design

10:20 AM Monday October 19, 2009

Tags:Design, Disruptive innovation, Entrepreneurship

Oliver Yeh, a first-year Mechanical Engineering student at MIT, just successfully designed, launched and retrieved a camera 17.5 miles into the atmosphere and took 4,000 photos — at a cost of just $15… Continue

Posted by Norah Dooley on October 21, 2009 at 7:00am

 
massmouth - story is everywhere.

This is a site for storytellers and performers and anyone who would like to see Massachusetts connected by story. Taking our words to the people!

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Visiting hours are on Sunday, November 8, 2009 from 2-4pm and 6-8pm only Keefe Funeral Home 2175 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA. The internment will be on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 1pm at the Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield MA. In lieu of fl...
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Story Slam! dinner disasters at Boston 5 minutes from Park Street T
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next in a series of 6 slams in 2009-2010 This month's theme is dinner disasters. Could be meals gone awry, cooking disasters, blind dates and food, break ups over dinner, family feuds at meal times,an eating out adventure? a restaurant story, wai...
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Listen Live to Spoken Voices watd.com Jay O'Callahan's writer's group reading their work live on the radio at 6:15pm 11/10 . Stories of all different genre,something for anyone.
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massmouth story slam NOV 23rd

You are all invited to massmouth's second story slam. November 23rd Kennedy's Midtown 42 Province St. Boston, MA. Doors open at 6:30 pm Take the challenge and bring your best 5 min story on theme TBA. Strut your stuff support your organization of storytellers.


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