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January 23, 2009 ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE ESOL CLASSROOM 1:30 PM Many funding streams mandate fusing ESL/literacy instruction with broader content, including technology. This workshop focuses on teaching language  and computer skills through an exploration of the arts. The Literacy Assistance Center  (LAC) 32 Broadway 10th Floor NY NY 10004 www.lacnyc.orghttp://www.lacnyc.org/shapeimage_2_link_0
February 14th, 2009            VALENTINES CONCERT FOR KIDS The Central Children’s Room Humanities and Social Sciences Library New York Public Library Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
Friday, April 17th, 2009 12 Noon       It’s just so Scary... Sometimes In collaboration with dancer/choreographer Daniela Hoff and musician Gordon Nicol at the 92nd Street Y. 1395 Lexington Ave New York, NY 10128 (212) 415-5650 www.92Y.org www.DanielaHoff.comhttp://maps.google.com/maps?ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&cid=0,0,272050515957980168&fb=1&dq=92+Street+Y+NYC&daddr=1395+Lexington+Ave,+New+York,+NY+10128&geocode=13733872342146763120,40.783124,-73.952885&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=directions-tohttp://www.DanielaHoff.comshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1
July  9-19th, 2009 Arsenic and Old Lace Regina returns to the Highlands Playhouse to perform this classic comedy with long-time friend and theatre colleague Cheryl Chalmers. Highlands, North Carolina www.highlandsplayhouse.org/http://www.highlandsplayhouse.org/shapeimage_5_link_0
  June 12-13, 2009 STORYTELLING INTENSIVE at NEW YORK UNIVERSITY     In this highly participatory and enjoyable class, we work with personal and traditionalstories, discover methods to quickly learn and tell stories, practice a variety of activities to use in the classroom or in other settings, and learn some history and theory. NYU-Steinhardt, Program in Educational Theatre     Ed.Theatre@nyu.edu     212-998-5867mailto:Ed.Theatre@nyu.edushapeimage_6_link_0
Saturday, April 18th, 2009 11am        Trolls! & other Scandinavian Stories Scandinavia House Heimbold Family Children's Learning Center 58 Park Avenue  (at 37th Street) New York City www.scandinaviahouse.org http://www.scandinaviahouse.orgshapeimage_7_link_0
May  22-23rd, 2009 Mount Kisko Storytelling Festival Mt. Kisko, New York Friday Night:  ¡Cuentos/Stories!   For this Family Concert, Regina will tell stories   in Spanish… with some English and English with some  Spanish!  (There might even be a story from Brasil in  which we learn some Portuguese!)  This  enjoyable participatory concert of  world folk tales will be understood by all.   Ven, y ¡disfrutalo!   Come and Enjoy the show! Saturday Morning:   Workshop: Storytelling With Kids Whether you are a parent, a teacher, a librarian, or someone who simply enjoys spending time with children, storytelling can be a way to engage and educate 
while having a delightful time. In this highly interactive workshop, Regina leads us through a wide variety of activities that involve both the teller and listeners, creating a shared experience for all. Saturday Afternoon:  Adi, Song of Agan: Epic from the Borneo Rainforest Adi, Song of Agan,  a magnificent example of oral literature from the indigenous peoples of  Borneo. Regina will tell the first section ot this ancient  epic, “Love and Marriage.” In it, we meet the larger than life hero, Agan, his proud mother, and various young women who want to marry him… including the scheming comic witch Lebao, who determines to have him for herself. www.sunflowerstoryarts.com Mt Kisco, New Yorkhttp://www.sunflowerstoryarts.com/shapeimage_8_link_0
April 3-4th, 2009        STORYTELLING INTENSIVE at NEW YORK UNIVERSITY In this highly participatory and enjoyable class, we work with personal   and traditional stories, discover methods to quickly learn and tell stories, practice a variety of activities to use in the classroom or in other settings      and learn some history and theory. NYUSteinhardt, Program in Educational Theatre     Ed.Theatre@nyu.edu     212-998-5867mailto:Ed.Theatre@nyu.edushapeimage_9_link_0
February 3rd, 2009            LOVE STORIES CLASSIC AND MODERN College Club of Ridgewood, NJ
February 10th, 2009         6:00 pm The Cornelia Street Cafe PURE HEART LOVE: THE JOURNEY OF THE HEALING STICKS Love takes many forms and often comes from unexpected places. It reaches across time and space, its power undiminished. It is stronger than fear, more enduring than anger, a healing force for the heart and soul. Regina tells a true story of Pure Heart Love. The Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street (between Bleecker and W. 4th) closest subway: W. 4th Street (A,B,C,D,E,F,V) or Sheridan Square (#1) www.corneliastreetcafe.comhttp://www.corneliastreetcafe.com/shapeimage_11_link_0
Thursday, February 26, 2009 Love in New York 6:30 PM Regina will be a featured teller, along with Adam Wade and Ophira Eisenberg in H.R. Britton's series at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.  Lower East Side Tenement Museum 108 Orchard Street, just south of Delancey phone: 212-982-8420 http://www.tenement.org/vizcenter_events.htmlhttp://www.tenement.org/vizcenter_events.htmlshapeimage_12_link_0
New York Public Library, January 2009 TALES FROM THE NORTHLANDS 1/13- 4pm at Port Richmond 1/14- 4pm at Grand Concourse 1/22-4pm at New Dorp Friday night, February 13, 2009     LOVE STORIES FOR VALENTINE’S EVE For her sixth annual Love Stories program at NYU, Regina brings tales of desire and delight, the roses as well as the thorns of love.  She will tell traditional and original stories of attraction, rejection, fun and games, and the laughter and lessons of human passion. Bring your Valentine or just your heart. 8:00 PM NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South Greenwich Village, NYC closest=2 0subway: W. 4th Street (A,B,C,D,E,F,V) (212) 998-5867  information line New York Public Library, February 2009 TALES FROM AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA 2/5- 4:00  at Hunts Point 2/7- 2pm at Countee Cullen 2/12-3:30pm at Throg's Neck 2/14 3:00   Central Children’s Room, Library of Humanities 2/15-2pm at The Bronx Library Center Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009    7:00 PM   "It's Just So Scary....Sometimes" In collaboration with dancer Daniela Hoff,                 Dance Conversations at the Flea Tuesday, March 3rd at 7pm       at Dance New Amsterdam 280 Broadway, 2nd floor (entrance on Chambers Street) Phone: 212.625.8369               Admission is free
Friday, Saturday, Sunday  March 20-22, 2009 Monkey King: Journey to the West Regina is one of 22 storytellers who will gather in NYC to tell this great Chinese mythic novel over the course of 3 days. The 2000 page epic adventure, tells of the Tang Priest Sanzang who, accompanied by Monkey King and two other deciples, journeyed  to India to bring the Buddhist sutra to China. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For details on this unique weekend event, go to www.monkeykingepic.comhttp://www.monkeykingepic.com/shapeimage_17_link_0
Thursday, March 19, 2009 Assemblies: Young World Day School Mahwah, New Jersey
   Friday, May 1, 2009  “It`s Just So Scary...Sometimes”         8pm In collaboration with dancer/choreographer         Daniela Hoff     Green Space Blooms Green Space Studio 37-24 24th St. #301 Long Island City, Queens NY 10011 for more information: www.danielahoff.comhttp://www.danielahoff.com/shapeimage_19_link_0
 Saturday September 5th, 2009 Hans Christian Anderson Storytelling Series, Central Park NYC     At the Andersen statue, west side of the Conservatory Pond, 72nd. and Fifth Avenue “Your Monkey King story was so well crafted, clear and fun.  Brilliant, I’d say!”              -Diane Wolkstein; Master Storyteller, Producer Celebrate Story Festival April 16th, 2009        STORYTELLING IN THE ESL/EFL CLASSROOM Workshop for visiting English teachers from Soviet Georgia for the International Visitors Program, US Department of State. Participatory workshop demonstrating methods which create a highly communicative language classroom.
September 25th-26th, 2009 Storytelling Intensive at New York University     This highly participatory and enjoyable class we work with traditional and personal s In tories, discover methods to quickly learn and tell stories, practice a variety of activities to use in the classroom or in other settings, and learn some history and theory. NYUSteinhardt, Program in Educational Theatre Ed.Theatre@NYU.edu     212-998-5867mailto:Ed.Theatre@NYU.edushapeimage_23_link_0
November 7th & 8th, 2009 Storytelling in the Language Classroom Storytelling is an enjoyable and educationally sound teaching tool for the language classroom. This highly participatory workshop includes a variety of activities which support a creative, communicative classroom. Storytelling 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. It engages the "whole learner"and the "multiple intelligences."  And it make teaching and learning fun! NYUSteinhardt,  Department of Teaching and Learning http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/teachlearn/ma http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/teachlearn/mashapeimage_24_link_0
  June 4th, 2009 LITERACY THROUGH STORYTELLING     Workshop for teachers Queens, NY Through YAFFA Cultural Arts Org. www.yaffaarts.orghttp://www.yaffaarts.org/shapeimage_25_link_0
  May 31st, 2009 STORIES OF COMMUNITY AND SPIRIT     All Souls Church Manhattan, NY   May 1st, 2009 ASSEMBLY     At P.S.129 in Manhattan  Thursday April 23rd, 2009 ASSEMBLIES: Manor Oaks School New Hyde Park, NY    May 6th, 2009 P.S. 89 - Assemblies Multi-Cultural Tales    May 9th, 2009 Glenwood Arts 7 pm Regina performs “Village Vignettes” for the gala opening of this new Arts Center on the North Shore of Long Island. 71 Grove St., Glenwood Landing, Long Island at the historic Glenwood Community Church. glenwood-arts.org Saturday, November 14th New York Stories Years of being a passionate resident of Greenwich Village have given Regina an eye for character, place and history. You want New York Stories?  I got New York stories!  A Cultural Feast, Storytelling Series sponsored by Florida Atlantic University, South Florida Storytelling Project Boca Raton, Florida    May 24th, 2009 Mosaic Festival 3 pm Stories! ¡Cuentos! Tales from Latin America in English and Spanish. Main Street Riverhead, Long Island
   May 27th, 2009 L.E.S. STORIES: Disappearing Downtown Hosted by H.R. Britton Regina and three other storytellers spin yarns of old downtown at this popular storytelling series hosted by H.R. Britton at the Tenement Museum on Orchard Street.After the featured tellers, guests are invited to share their own three-minute tales. The Lower East Side Tenement Museum 108 Orchard Street, just south of Delancy www.tenement.orghttp://www.tenement.orgshapeimage_33_link_0
  June 6th, 2009 7pm GLENWOOD ARTS Regina performs “It’s Just So Scary…Sometimes,” in collaboration with dancer/choreographer Daniela Hoff Dance 71 Grove St., Glenwood Landing, Long Island at the historic Glenwood Community Church. glenwood-arts.org   June 8th, 2009 8pm TAMMANY MONDAYS Regina will tell stories from her “Loose Joints” series. Edna rides again! The Huron Club at the SoHo Playhouse 15 Vandam St., btw. 6th Ave and Varick Admission Free sohoplayhouse.com
  June 14, 2009 2:00 pm The Old Morton Street Pier On the waterfront storytelling The Figment Festival Governor’s Island, NYC http://figmentnyc.org/2009http://figmentnyc.org/2009shapeimage_36_link_0
Friday, October 2nd, 2009 1:30 pm Storytelling in the ESOL Classroom     Storytelling is an enjoyable and educationally sound teaching too for the language classroom. This highly participatory workshop includes a variety of activities which support a communicative classroom. Storytelling enhances the practice of the "four skills" (listening, speaking, reading, writing), teach  vocabulary, functions and grammar while encouraging cross cultural awareness and personal expression. It engages the "whole learner" and the "multiple intelligences. And it makes teaching and learning fun! The Literacy Assistance Center (LAC) 32 Broadway, 10th Floor NY, NY 10004 www.lacnyc.orghttp://www.lacnyc.org/shapeimage_37_link_0
New York Public Library, November, 2009 NATIVE AMERICAN STORIES 11/9 --  4:00 PM   at George Bruce Branch 11/17-- 3:30 PM   at Van Courtland Branch 11/18 -- 4:00 PM  at Morris Park Branch 11/25 -- 3:30 PM  at Baychester Branch 11/28 --  2:00 PM at Countee Cullen Branch The New York Public Library, October, 2009 TRICKSTER TALES 10/4 -- 2:00 PM   Bronx Library Center 10/5 -- 4:00 PM  Epiphany Branch 10/10 – 2:00 PM Countee Cullen Branch 10/14 – 4:00 PM   67th. Street Branch 10/15 – 4:00 PM  Soundview Branch 10/24 – 3:00 PM  Children’s Center @ 42nd St. 10/26 – 4:00 PM  Jerome Park Branch 10/27 – 4:00 PM  Eastchester Branch
Saturday, September 26, 2009 "It`s Just So Scary...Sometimes" In collaboration with dancer Daniela Hoff DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL Saturday, September 26 at 9pm   Performances are held at WHITE WAVE’s John Ryan Theater located at 25 Jay Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn Take the F train to York Street Station Admission is free www.whitewavedance.comhttp://www.whitewavedance.com/shapeimage_40_link_0
Friday, October 30, 2009 Halloween Assemblies Franklin Park School Franklin Park, New Jersey
Friday, December 18th 3:00-4:00pm Stories for the Winter Solstice For this darkest moment in the cycle of the year, master storyteller Regina Ress brings tales from the many beautiful winter holidays that celebrate light in the darkness.  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 110th Street between fifth and Lenox Avenues Inside Central Park Free to all! Central Park Conservancy Web Site. http://www.centralparknyc.org/site/Calendar/1478053622?view=Detail&id=109621shapeimage_42_link_0
Thursday, December 3rd Workshop at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in conjunction with the Avodah Dance Ensemble