Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 LOVE STORIES at THE CORNELIA STREET CAFE Regina will be the Featured Teller in this long-running series hosted by Barbara Aliprantis at this cosy cafe in Greenwich Village, NYC. 29 Cornelia Street (between Bleecker and W. 4th Streets) 6:00-8:00  PM
 
 
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January 2008 at the New York Public Libraries Tales From the Northlands 1/7 - 4pm at the Bronx Library Center 1/10 - 3:30pm at the Clason’s Point Branch 1/23 - 4pm at the Todt Hill Branch 1/24 - 4pm at the West Farms Branch February 2008 at the New York Public Libraries Tales From the Northlands 2/13 - 4pm at the Bloomingdale Branch 2/20 - 4pm at the St. George Branch 2/25 - 4pm at the Port Richmond Branch
April 5 & 6, 2008 STORYTELLING INTENSIVE at NEW YORK UNIVERSITY NYU-Steinhardt, Program in Educational Theatre Ed.Theatre@nyu.edu         212-998-5867 In this highly participatory and fun class, we work with personal and traditional stories, discover methods to quickly learn and tell stories, practice a variety of activities to use with students in the classroom or in other settings, and learn some history and theory.mailto:Ed.Theatre@nyu.edushapeimage_5_link_0
March 2008 at the New York Public Libraries Girls are Heroes Too 3/11 - 4pm at the Wakefield Branch 3/13 - 4pm at the Parkchester Branch 3/19 - 4pm at the Grand Concourse Branch February 1st, 2008 Love Stories at the Provincetown Playhouse, NYC Heaven! Hell! Longing! Completion! Inconsolable Grief! Voluptuous Joy! It's February and time for Regina Ress's fifth annual evening of Love Stories celebrating  the complexity  of human love and the  fires of human passion. Remember: If you are falling, dive! 8 pm The Provincetown Playhouse,  133 MacDougal Street, NYC (212) 998-5867
Friday, January 18, 2008      Drama and Storytelling in the ESL classroom 1:00 PM-4:30 PM Drama and  Storytelling are enjoyable and educationally sound teaching tools. This highly participatory workshop includes a variety of activities which support a creative, communicative ESL classroom. The arts can enhance the practice of the “four skills”  (listening, speaking, reading and writing), teach  vocabulary, functions and grammar while encouraging cross cultural awareness and personal expression. They engage the "whole learner" and the "multiple intelligences."  And they make teaching and learning fun!           The Literacy Assistance Center 32 Broadway, 10th floor New York, NY 10004 www.lacnyc.org  http://www.lacnyc.org/shapeimage_8_link_0
April, 2008 at The New York Public Libraries The Magic Wings and Other Tales for Spring   4/12- 2pm at Soundview Branch 4/30- 4pm at Ottendorfer Branch May, 2008 at The New York Public Libraries Trickster Tales 5/7-4pm at South Beach Branch 5/12- 3:30pm at Morrisania Branch 5/13- 4pm at 96th St. Branch 5/14- 4pm at Kingsbridge Branch  June, 2008 at The New York Public Libraries Trickster Tales   6/5- 4pm at Belmont Branch 6/9- 4pm at The Bronx Library Center 6/12-4pm at Countee Cullen Branch 6/16-4pm  Edenwald Branch 6/18- 4pm Mulhenberg Branch 6/19- 4pm at New Dorp Branch 6/23- 4pm at Epiphany Branch 6/24- 4pm at Richmondtown Branch April 20, 2008       Central Park, NYC      1:00 PM SUN MOTHER WAKES THE WORLD AND OTHER EARTH DAY TALES The Swimmers, The Creeper-Crawlers, The Winged-Ones The Four Leggeds, Two Leggeds, and One Leggeds... come celebrate these and all our relations through stories and songs from around the world that express the joy and profound mystery of living on Planet Earth. FREE. ALL AGES. The Dana Center, inside Central Park  110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues, 1:00 PM Home July 5, 2008         HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN STORYTELLING SERIES, CENTRAL PARK, NYC        "The Emperor's New Clothes And Other Tales'" Andersen Statue, 72nd. St. and Fifth Avenue   11 AM April 1st, 2008 ANANDA UNIVERSITY  Nevada City, California Of the Earth and the Spirit   Stories of Connection June 21, 2008 HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN STORYTELLING SERIES  CENTRAL PARK, NYC “Sun Mother Wakes the World” and other tales Andersen statue, 72nd St. & Fifth Ave.   11 AM
Sept. 12 - 15, 2008 THE POWER OF WORDS CONFERENCE       Goddard College, Vermont ADI, SONG OF AGAN: Working With the Long, Poetic 'Other' “Agan” is a magnificent example of oral literature from the indigenous peoples of  Borneo. Regina will tell portions and discuss working with long poetic material and the challenges of editing and performing it for American audiences while maintaining the intentions of the original culture. http://www.goddard.edu/powerofwordshttp://www.goddard.edu/powerofwordsshapeimage_17_link_0
September 26 & 27, 2008 STORYTELLING IN THE CLASSROOM and BEYOND     (1 credit graduate course) NYU Steinhardt, Program in Educational Theatre        Ed.theatre@nyu.edu In this highly participatory and fun workshop, we work with personal and traditional stories, discover methods to quickly learn and tell stories, practice a variety of activities to use with students in the classroom or other settings, and learn some history and theory of this ancient art. mailto:Ed.theatre@nyu.edushapeimage_18_link_0
May 29, 2008 Passages Academy at Bridges Juvenile Detention Center The Bronx, New York City Wednesday night, June 25th, 6:30 PM Lower East Side Stories presents "Subway Stories” featuring Matt Bresler, Michele Carlo, Brad Lawrence, & Regina Ress and hosted by H.R. Britton Four seasoned storytellers spin yarns of the New York City subway. Afterwards, audience members have the chance to share their tales too. Lower East Side Tenement Museum: 108 Orchard Street, just south of Delancey Friday, August 15, 2008 Hudson Library, Highlands, North Carolina The Emperor’s New Clothes and Other Tales New York Public Library,  October 2008   "Tricksters, Monsters and Heroes: Tales from Mexico" 10/21-4pm at City Island Branch 10/23-4pm at Countee Cullen Branch 10/25-2pm at Washington Heights Branch 10/28-3:30pm at Van Cortland Branch 10/29-4pm at Columbus Branch
Friday, October 24th, 2008      Drama and Storytelling in the ESL classroom 1:30 PM-4:30 PM Drama and  Storytelling are enjoyable and educationally sound teaching tools. This highly participatory workshop includes a variety of activities which support a creative, communicative ESL classroom. The arts can enhance the practice of the “four skills”  (listening, speaking, reading and writing), teach  vocabulary, functions and grammar while encouraging cross cultural awareness and personal expression. They engage the "whole learner" and the "multiple intelligences."  And they make teaching and learning fun!           The Literacy Assistance Center 32 Broadway, 10th floor New York, NY 10004 www.lacnyc.org  http://www.lacnyc.org/shapeimage_23_link_0
New York Public Library,  November 2008   "Native American Stories" 11/4-4pm at Allerton Branch 11/10-3:30pm at Baychester Branch 11/12-3:30pm at Kips Bay Branch 11/13-3:45pm at Parkchester Branch 11/17-4pm at West Farms Branch 11/18-4pm at Todt Hill Branch 11/22-2pm at Bronx Library Center November 3rd, 2008  Cuentos Buenos: Stories from Mexico  Assemblies Baltz Elementary School, Wilmington, Delaware October 31, 2008 Halloween Assemblies Woodfern Elementary School   Hillsborough, New Jersey Saturday, December 6th TellabrAsian: Tellabration! 2008-Tales from Asia 3:00 PM The Charles B. Wang center puts its own unique flair on Tellabration! 2008, the annual celebration of storytelling held across the U.S. and around the world. Regina Ress, the featured teller, will tell a portion of  the ancient epic Adi, Song of Agan from the Kelabit people of  Sarawak, Malaysia, Island of Borneo. Interdenominational Chapel, Charles B. Wang Center SUNY Stony Brook Long Island December 20, 2008    Central Park, NYC  Winter Solstice: Stories for the Festivals of Light 4:00-5:00 PM Stories, Songs and Sweets with Regina Ress For this darkest moment in the cycle of the year, the Winter Solstice, Regina Ress will bring tales [from the many beautiful mid-winter holidays that celebrate the light in the darkness with stories, sweets and light. Come to the Dana Center for this multi-cultural hour ending with a candle light procession inviting the light to return and with it, a sweet new year. The Dana Center 110 Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues Inside Central Park Free to All November 7th, 2008 The Dean’s Service Honor Corps New York University, College of Arts and Sciences Storytelling and Community Involvement November 20th, 2008 Storytelling assemblies, CAYR Program Cleveland St. School Orange, NJ
Friday December 19th, 2008 Annual Winter Solstice Fire Ceremony of Transformation 7:00-10:00pm with Joe Monkman and Earth Spirit Works Humbly and gratefully release 2008 and welcome the exciting, harmonious energies of 2009. Sing from your heart and soul, dance, and celebrate your sensational self in a sacred and supportive environment! Featuring acclaimed storyteller Regina Ress. www.earthspiritworks.com//events Registration and Preparation required. Broadway at 26th St., 2nd Floor, Room 245http://www.earthspiritworks.com//eventsshapeimage_31_link_0