tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56307719044079873092024-03-21T19:53:08.137-07:00We Tell StoriesWe Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630771904407987309.post-75100129788726131552010-04-14T11:51:00.000-07:002010-04-14T12:45:04.341-07:00April Update<div><div></div><div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#ff3300;"><strong><a name="RacingtotheFinishLine"></a><span style="font-size:7;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Racing to the Finish Line!</span></em></span></strong></span></div></div><div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#ff3300;"><strong><span style="font-size:7;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></em></span></strong></span></div><strong><em></em></strong><div></div></div><div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff3300;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong><img style="margin: 0px;" width="150" height="146" border="2" title="" alt="" src="https://app.icontact.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/202716/d34aaf7530f8a44502bb126bd2c44df0/image/jpeg" /> </strong></span></span></span></div><span style="color:#ff3300;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></span></div><strong></strong><div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ff3300;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">We Tell Stories</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> only needs to raise </span><span style="color:#00ccff;"><em><span style="color:#660066;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">$2,500</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">to fully fund our theatre/</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">literacy residency program, </span><span style="color:#ff0000;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Open Court Intensive</span></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, for this school year.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#ff3300;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span></div></div><div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ff3300;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;"><span><span><em><a title="To Donate, Please Click Here" 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</span></span></span></div></div><div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ff3300;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;"><span><span style="color:#ff0000;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Open Court Intensive</span></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> provides 4 low-income elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District with </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">professional storytelling performances and 80 student workshops per school.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#ff3300;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><em> </em></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ff3300;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Students gain self-confidence, learn to focus, deepen their understanding of stories they are studying, and have fun.</span></em></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div></div><div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#ff3300;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><em> </em></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#ff3300;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><em><img style="margin: 0px;" width="325" height="379" border="2" title="" alt="" src="https://app.icontact.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/202716/196f558f6f54013563a469626855b0df/image/jpeg" /> </em></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ff3300;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">San Fernando Elementary School 3rd graders perform, "A Story, A Story" for their peers.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><strong><em></em></strong><div></div></div><div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#ff3300;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><em> </em></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#ff3300;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ff3300;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> With funding from the </span><a title="NEA" href="http://www.nea.gov/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">National Endowment for the Arts</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span><a 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<br /></div></span></div></div><span style="font-size:100%;"> <div> </div></span> <div align="left"> <div align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <div> <link href="file://localhost/Users/diana/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"> <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-parent:""; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --></style> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left;"><b> <span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 3:00 pm</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Welcome, Music, Food </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 3:30 pm</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Opening remarks </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 3:45 pm</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Performance by</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></b><b><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">B</span></span></b><b><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">allet Folklorico Maria Felix ~</span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ramona Hall</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div> <p style="text-align: left;margin-right: -13.5pt; " class="MsoNormal"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 4:20 pm</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Performance by</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://musiccenter.org/education/artistdirectory_41.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Japanese Festival Sounds</span></a></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right: -13.5pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p><p style="margin-right: -13.5pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></p> <p style="margin-right: -13.5pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 4:50 pm</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">First Raffle Giveaway </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right: -13.5pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span><i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
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<br /></span></i></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;margin-right: -13.5pt; " class="MsoNormal"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 4:55 pm</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><b><a href="http://www.wetellstories.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We Tell Stories</span></a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Performance </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right: -13.5pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Oniroku” ~ Japanese folktale </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right: -13.5pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Bridge to Similaqsa” ~ Chumash folktale </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right: -13.5pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span><i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
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<br /></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 5:25 pm</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Second Raffle Giveaway </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 5:30 pm</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Pumpkin Carving Contest Winner Announcements</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 5:40 pm</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Performance by</span><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><b><a href="http://www.mariachidivas.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mariachi Divas</span></a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 6:10 pm</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Third Raffle Giveaway </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 6:15 pm</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><b><a href="http://www.wetellstories.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We Tell Stories </span></a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Performance </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Macario” by B. Traven </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“The Lion and the Gnat” by Aesop </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 6:45 pm</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Costume Parade and Winners Announced! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 7:15 pm</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Performance by </span><b><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chikara Daiko</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 7:45 pm</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Final Raffle Giveaway </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Closing remarks</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">
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<br /></span></i></span></div> <div><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div>We Tell Stories is a 501 (c) (3) Nonprofit Organization (Tax ID# 95-3803911). </div> <div>All contributions are 100% tax deductible.</div> <div> </div> <div><b>Educating and Entertaining Children Since 1981
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Stories include a Mexican tale about appreciating what you have, a Puerto Rican folktale about the simple, but kind-hearted Juan Bobo, and Columbian story about tenacity and honesty.<div><br /></div><div>Plaza de la Raza is located at 3540 North Mission Road, Los Angeles, 90031. For more information about the Target Fiera de la Familia, phone 323-223-2457 or email: information@plazadelaraza.org.</div>We Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630771904407987309.post-34911814513018896872009-07-06T15:38:00.001-07:002009-07-06T15:48:10.039-07:00We Tell Stories Performs Free Shows in Culver City This Summer<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We Tell Stories</span></span></b>, LA’s acclaimed children’s storytelling theatre company, celebrates the County of Los Angeles Library's Summer Reading Program, <i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">“Be Creative @ Your Library,”</span></b></i> with 8 different performances about creativity and imagination at the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b>Culver City Julian Dixon Library.</b></span> Shows are interactive, multi-cultural, and educational blending laughter and literacy together for fun-filled afternoons for parents and children alike. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The Culver City Julian Dixon Library is located at 4975 Overland Avenue, Culver City 90230.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Performances are every Wednesday at 2 pm from July 1<sup>st</sup> through August 19<sup>th</sup> and are 45-minutes long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Admission is free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“Be Creative @ Your Library” Performance Schedule</span></span></b><o:p></o:p></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in left 99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Comic Sans MS""><b>Wednesday, July 1 at 2 pm</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></li> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-27.0pt;text-align:justify; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in left 99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">“Flying”</span></i> - Stories about flight including the famous Greek myth “Daedalus and Icarus.”</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-27.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in left 99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Comic Sans MS""><b>Wednesday, July 8 at 2 pm</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></li> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-27.0pt;text-align:justify; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in left 99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><i>“Music”</i></span>– A French fable, an African American rap poem, and an African folktale entertain with musical elements.</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-27.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in left 99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Comic Sans MS""><b>Wednesday, July 15 at 2 pm</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></li> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-27.0pt;text-align:justify; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in left 99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">“Riddles”</span></i> – British, Nordic, and Chinese stories that tickle the mind.</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-27.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-27.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in left 99.0pt"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><b>Wednesday, July 22 at 2 pm</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></li> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-27.0pt;text-align:justify; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in left 99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><i>“Creation Myths”</i></span> – Multi-cultural myths that ancients told about the beginning of the world.</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-27.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in left 99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Comic Sans MS""><b>Wednesday, July 29 at 2 pm</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></li> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in left 99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">“How & Why?”</span></i>–<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Charming ‘Pourquoi’ folktales from Greece, Africa, and Vietnam that explain natural phenomena.</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify;tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in left 99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Comic Sans MS""><b>Wednesday, August 5 at 2 pm</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></li> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-27.0pt;text-align:justify; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in left 99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">“Tricksters”</span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>- Chronicles of fun-loving tricksters from around the world</b></span></li></ul></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-22.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-22.5pt;text-align:justify;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in left 99.0pt"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><b>Wednesday, August 12 at 2 pm</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-22.5pt;text-align:justify; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in left 99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">“Magic”</span></i> – Tales from Japan, Nicaragua, and Columbia with magical creatures.</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-22.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-27.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in left 99.0pt"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><b>Wednesday, August 19 at 2 pm</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></li> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-27.0pt;text-align:justify; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in left 99.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">“Fiesta La Ballona”</span></i> – Stories that celebrate Culver City’s heritage.</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">In unique <i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">We Tell Stories</span></b></i></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> fashion, actors unfurl imaginative costumes and props from an old steamer trunk and the fun begins. Audience members participate from their seats, then join actors on stage to play an integral part in the performance. Parents and kids delight in this family activity that is both entertaining, as well as culturally enriching.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">With a repertoire of twelve "trunk shows," <i>WTS</i></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> brings classic literature and folk tales to life in classrooms, theatres, schools, museums, festivals, special events, and libraries. <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">We Tell Stories’</span></i></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"> goals are to inspire creativity, enhance literacy, cultivate intercultural awareness and harmony, and spark a love of the theatre and spoken word</span>. Since 1981, <i>WTS</i></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> has been promoting arts education in schools throughout the Southland with assembly programs, and student & professional development workshops. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">For a complete schedule of events, visit “The <span style="color:black">Arts Are Alive in Culver City”</span> at <a href="http://www.culvercity.org/culture.asp">http://www.culvercity.org/culture.asp</a>. Performances are made possible in part by a grant from the City of Culver City Performing Arts Grant Program Fund with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment. The Culver City Julian Dixon Library is part of the County of Los Angeles Public Library: <a href="http://www.colapublib.org/libs/culvercity/">http://www.colapublib.org/libs/culvercity/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->We Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630771904407987309.post-52908556650093133862009-06-03T11:55:00.000-07:002009-06-03T12:22:56.543-07:00Free Performances on Sunday, June 7th!<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">We Tell Stories is taking part in 2 amazing festivals this Sunday, June 7th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lummisday.org/2009/2009-LummisDay-060709.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lummis Day Festival</span></span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2:05 pm</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Cuentos de la Familia/Stories of the Family”</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~Latino folk tales that celebrate kindness, truth, appreciation, and fun!~</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sycamore Grove Park</span><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">4702 N. Figueroa Ave</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Los Angeles, CA</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">90065</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Fourth Annual Festival of Northeast Los Angeles </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">10:30am - 7pm </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Come Celebrate the Spirit and Diverse Culture of L.A.'s Northeast Neighborhoods with Food, Music, Art, Poetry and Dance !</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Admission is</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">free</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">also ...</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.friendsofaecc.com/faf-eventdetails.jsp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Family Arts Festival</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> at 2:25 pm</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Proud to be Me”</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~Multi-cultural journeys of self-acceptance and empowerment~</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">12700 Center Court Drive</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cerritos, CA</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">90703</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">562-916-1300 or 562-467-8844</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">12 pm - 4 pm </span></span></span></span><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Over 20 performances on 4 stages. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Music and Dance from around the world, art exhibit, musical zoo, arts & crafts, theatre exploration.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Free for the whole family!</span></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->We Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630771904407987309.post-27446017376958967002009-05-07T10:34:00.000-07:002009-05-07T10:45:57.867-07:00Free Performances in May 2009!The weather is warm and beautiful so come on out to see a free performance of We Tell Stories.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday, May 13 at 4 pm </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); font-weight: bold;"> “Earth Tales”</span><br /><a href="http://www.colapublib.org/libs/malibu/">Malibu Public Library</a><br />23519 W. Civic Center Way<br />Malibu, CA 90265<br />http://www.colapublib.org/libs/malibu/<br />310-456-6430<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday, May 20 at 4 pm </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); font-weight: bold;">“Cuentos de la Familia/Stories of the Family”</span><br /><a href="http://www.colapublib.org/libs/lennox/">Lennox Library</a><br />4359 Lennox Blvd<br />Lenox, CA 90304<br />http://www.colapublib.org/libs/lennox/<br />310–674-0385<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday, May 30 at 2 pm</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">“Feast from the East: A Celebration of Asian Folktales”</span><br /><a href="http://www.colapublib.org/libs/culvercity/">Culver City Julian Dixon Library</a><br />4975 Overland Blvd<br />Culver City, CA 90230<br />http://www.colapublib.org/libs/culvercity/<br />310-559-1676<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday, May 31</span><br />Family Festival at the Getty Villa<br />11 am & 2:15 pm ~ <span style="font-style: italic;">Free, advanced reservation required</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);"> “The Whole Life of Hercules”</span><br /><a href="http://www.getty.edu/visit/events/family_festival_053109.html">Getty Villa</a><br />17985 Pacific Coast Hwy<br />Malibu, CA 90265<br />(310) 440-7300<br />http://www.getty.edu/visit/events/family_festival_053109.htmlWe Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630771904407987309.post-68811167586222200982009-04-30T15:57:00.000-07:002009-04-30T16:27:18.527-07:00Big Sunday Flea Market on May 3rd!<div><br /></div><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="Comic Sans MS";font-family:";font-size:28.0pt;color:red;"><b>BIG SUNDAY FLEA MARKET<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";font-size:16.0pt;"><b><i>benefiting</i></b></span></p></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ80kbM9LXIPqyIWwEdCZwO0kS8pEdCYr4iyyei4Q400G6gfHHxJ3f2JPCmjK1vKbCNXsZerMZVxvtjDlQKUcEEjJhGbqT0N79IQgVoScBM7amD94lJp7PSTY8M5yijOUILeImuokGx3wP/s1600-h/WTSLogoFinal4C.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ80kbM9LXIPqyIWwEdCZwO0kS8pEdCYr4iyyei4Q400G6gfHHxJ3f2JPCmjK1vKbCNXsZerMZVxvtjDlQKUcEEjJhGbqT0N79IQgVoScBM7amD94lJp7PSTY8M5yijOUILeImuokGx3wP/s320/WTSLogoFinal4C.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330624224490235554" /><br /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sunday, May 3rd from 10 am - 4 pm</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;">the corner of 3rd and Fairfax</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;">next to the Farmer's Market</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;">Los Angeles 90048</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;">We'll be selling everything and anything folks donate to us</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;">So come out and get a great bargain!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">To volunteer</span>, please sign-up:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;"><a href="http://bigsunday.org/project/487">http://bigsunday.org/project/487</a> for the morning</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;"><a href="http://bigsunday.org/project/488">http://bigsunday.org/project/488</a> for the afternoon</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">To donate items:</span> Please drop off at the We Tell Stories office</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;">5740 York Blvd (entrance on Milwaukee)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;">Mon - Fri, 9 am - 5pm</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;">OR bring items to the Flea Market on Sunday before noon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;">Questions? <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> please call 323-256-2336</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><!--StartFragment--><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">We Tell Stories </span></span></span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">is a Not-for-Profit 501[c]3 organization performing in schools, libraries, museums, theatres, festivals, parks and community centers throughout America. Since inception nearly 5,000,000 children and adults have been served. </span></span></span><span style="color:#0000FE;"><u><a href="http://www.wetellstories.org/"><span style=""><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">http://www.wetellstories.org</span></span></i></span></a></u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div></span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Big Sunday</span></span></span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> is the largest regional community service event in America. It’s a time for community building — when volunteers of every age and from every walk of life — work together to help others</span></span><span style="color:white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">.</span></span></span><span style="color:blue;"><i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.bigsunday.org">http://www.bigsunday.org</a></span></span></u></i></span></span><br /></div></span><p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:24px;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:19px;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><br /></p></span></div></div></div></div>We Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630771904407987309.post-31251566985811014192009-03-31T15:24:00.000-07:002009-03-31T16:47:11.470-07:00Well Tell Stories Celebrates National Library Week!What could be a better combination than We Tell Stories and libraries? Since 1985, We Tell Stories has presented 700 shows at public libraries throughout the Southland. We present original adaptations of classic myths, legends, fairy tales, and literature from around the world that teach values such as compassion, humor, valor, and responsibility in a fun, interactive style that appeals to kids and grown-ups alike.<br /><br />National Library Week is April 12th – April 18th. We Tell Stories is proud to be performing at 8 different libraries in Southern California. Please come and see us. All performances are free!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Monday, April 13, 2009</span><br />4:00 pm – 4:45 pm ~ <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">“Let Them Eat Books”</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Stories & poems by well-known authors like Sandburg, Carroll and Twain. </span><br /><a href="http://www.coronapubliclibrary.org/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Corona Public Library</span></a><br />650 S. Main Street<br />Corona, CA 92882<br />951-736-2388<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tuesday, April 14, 2009</span><br />7:15 pm – 8:00 pm ~ <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">“Let Them Eat Books”</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Stories & poems by well-known authors like Sandburg, Carroll and Twain.</span><br /><a href="http://www.ci.south-pasadena.ca.us/library/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">South Pasadena Public Library</span></a><br />1100 Oxley Street<br />South Pasadena, CA 91030<br />626–403-7358<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday, April 15, 2009</span><br />11am – 11:30am ~ <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">“Pint-Sized Plays” </span>**<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Two delightful stories, designed for 3-5 year-olds, with plenty of audience participation. Same stories as “Toddler Tales.”</span><br /><a href="http://www.colapublib.org/libs/culvercity/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Culver City Julian Dixon Library</span></a><br />4975 Overland Avenue<br />Culver City, CA 90230<br />310-559-1676<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday, April 18, 2009</span><br />2:45 pm – 3:30 pm ~ <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">“Cuentos de la Familia/Stories of the Family”</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Celebrating family values through Latino folktales.</span><br /><a href="http://www.colapublib.org/libs/huntingtonpark/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Huntington Park Library</span></a><br />518 Miles Avenue<br />Huntington Park, CA 90255<br />323-583-1463<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday, April 25, 2009</span><br />11:00 am – 11:45 am ~ <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">“Earth Tales”</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Ancient multi-cultural tales emphasizing our relationship with the Earth.</span><br /><a href="http://www.lapl.org/branches/Branch.php?bID=20">Cahuenga Branch Library</a><br />4591 Santa Monica Blvd.<br />Los Angeles, CA 90029<br />323-664-8413<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday, April 25, 2009</span><br />1:00 pm – 1:30 pm ~ <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">“Toddler Tales”</span> *<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Two delightful stories designed for 3-5 year-old with plenty of audience participation. Same stories as “Pint-Sized Plays.”</span><br /><a href="http://www.lapl.org/branches/Branch.php?bID=61"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fairfax Library</span></a><br />161 S. Gardner Street<br />Los Angeles, CA 90036<br />323-933-8146<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday, April 30, 2009</span><br />2:00 pm – 2:30 pm ~ <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">“Toddler Tales”</span> *<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Two delightful stories designed for 3-5 year-old with plenty of audience participation. Same stories as “Pint-Sized Plays.”</span><br /><a href="http://www.lapl.org/branches/Branch.php?bID=14"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vermont Square Library</span></a><br />1201 W. 48th Street<br />Los Angeles, CA 90037<br />http://www.lapl.org/branches/Branch.php?bID=14<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday, April 30, 2009</span><br />3:30 pm – 4:15 pm ~ <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">“Cuentos de la Familia/Stories of the Family”</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Celebrating family values through Latino folktales.</span><br /><a href="http://library.altadena.ca.us/info"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Altadena Library</span></a><br />600 E. Mariposa Street<br />Altadena, CA 91001<br />http://library.altadena.ca.us/info<br /><br /><br />*Performance is made possible in part by a grant from the<a href="http://www.culturela.org/"> City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. </a><br /><br />** Performance is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Culver City Performing Arts Grant Program Fund with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment. The Culver City Julian Dixon Library is part of the <a href="http://www.colapublib.org/">County of Los Angeles Public Library.</a>We Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630771904407987309.post-86612138269190574172009-03-24T11:31:00.000-07:002009-03-24T11:45:28.677-07:00A recent experience from WTS Company Member, Linda MillerThis experience comes from a recent performance of a story called <span style="font-style: italic;">John Henry</span> from one of our shows <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Spirit of Black Folklore</span>. WTS Company Member Armando Ortega picked a kid to play the “steam iron drill.”<span style="font-style: italic;"></span> Armando helps him put on his costume and instructs him on what to do. This little guy gives 110%. He’s gyrating and wiggling, pumping away, using his body to become the steam iron drill. In my 23 years with WTS, I have never seen such commitment. The audience loves it! When the young boy's performance is over, he gets a standing ovation. The kid is beaming. After the show, the principal comes backstage to compliment us. The principal also tells us that this little guy has not said a word all year. He blew everybody away.<br /><br />Tell me this small theatrical experience hasn't helped with this kids self-esteem. A self-esteem that can translate into the classroom. His classmates and teachers will now look at him with new eyes, seeing what was his previously hidden potential and spirit.<br /><br />These small, seemingly insignificant experiences happen all the time. This is why I believe in this work. <br /><br />~Linda MillerWe Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630771904407987309.post-65975673551965870202009-03-16T18:29:00.000-07:002009-03-16T18:38:15.627-07:00Thoughts from a member of our Highland Park community, Chris NyergesAs various thoughtful individuals have bemoaned the ever-decreasing level of "community" in this country, I have observed that we do ourselves a disservice when we ignore "the arts" in our efforts to revitalize local community, and our country in general. <br /> <br />Though there is always healthy debate about what constitutes "good art,"<br />it is at least observable and tangible that the art of We Tell Stories brings the people of the community together and is thus part of the glue that binds us. <br /> <br />It would be instructive to study the differences between Athens and Sparta. When times are tough, should we be compelled to move and think in stark militaristic fashion? Is that our real salvation? Or should we instead think in expansive, inclusive, and uplifting ways? Shouldn't we embrace the arts -- after all, "the arts" represent our human expression. In some respects, the arts and where they lead our thinking and where they lead us culturally, are our raison d'etre. <br /><br />In this modern age when so many communities have lost their way, We Tell Stories has been a vital link in finding our way home. <br /> <br />We Tell Stories deserves not only our admiration but our support.<br /> <br />Christopher Nyerges <br />~Teacher<br />~Author, "How To Survive Anywhere"<br />~Manager, Highland Park Farmers Market<br /><br />www.ChristopherNyerges.comWe Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630771904407987309.post-10769425573487966732009-03-10T13:21:00.001-07:002009-03-10T15:48:02.403-07:00WTS' Jamie Hebert Interviews 8-year-old Penelope Hill about the arts in schools“They don’t have this in schools anymore”, my mother sighed. She was referring to the toy kitchen in which my 2-year old niece was engrossed at the Chino Youth Museum. <br /><br />My mother, a resource aid at an elementary school in Tulare, CA wasn’t referring specifically to the tiny, wooden refrigerator stuffed with plastic fruits and vegetables, but more the idea of “play” in schools. I asked her what kids do in kindergarten and she said reading, math--basically a lot of work. <span style="font-weight:bold;">All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Or Cassandra a dull girl. Or Jose or Myra or Lucy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">How do the arts present themselves in the elementary schools of today? What would school be like without play? I went directly to the source. I visited a very special 8-year old friend to get the lowdown.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Jamie:</span> I know the answer, but what is your name?<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Penelope:</span> Penelope Hill.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Jamie:</span> What school do you attend, and what grade?<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Penelope:</span> Ivanhoe Elementary and I’m in 3rd Grade.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Jamie:</span> What is your favorite subject in school?<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Penelope:</span> Dance. <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Jamie:</span> Lovely. What do you want to be when you grow up?<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Penelope:</span> An actor.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Jamie: </span>What made you want to be an actor? <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Penelope:</span> My mom is an actor. I was in a movie with her…ten years ago I think.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Jamie:</span> You were in a movie ten years ago?! I find that funny.<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Penelope:</span> No. (Laughs). It was called “Ten Years Ago” maybe.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Jamie:</span> Oh, the play, “The Last Ten Years” you were in with your mother. I saw that. You did a lot of cartwheels Penelope.<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Penelope:</span> And bingo.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Jamie:</span> Back to your school. What arts do you have at your school? Like, painting, music, etc.<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Penelope:</span> We have dance. Every Wednesday in the auditorium.<br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />Jamie:</span> Dance. That must be fun. <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Penelope:</span> Yeah. My teacher is really nice. We are learning Chinese Ribbon dance soon.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Jamie:</span> Fun. How about music? Do you learn music?<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Penelope:</span> Yep. During dance we play [music].<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Jamie:</span> You play live for the dancing?<br />Penelope: Uh-huh. <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Jamie:</span> Cool. What instruments do you play?<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Penelope:</span> Taiko sticks and other plain drum sticks.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Jamie:</span> Do you have any other arts classes in school? <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Penelope:</span> We do 3-D. We draw lines in 3-D then we paint it.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Jamie:</span> Have you ever had performers from outside your school come to do an assembly in your cafeteria?<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Penelope:</span> Auditorium. We had magic. And there were live animals. Goats and snakes…<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Jamie:</span> Oh my goodness. Did you go onstage and hold a snake?<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Penelope:</span> A corn snake. It was big, a couple of us had to hold it.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Jamie:</span> I’m going to ask you a fun question. If you could have a dream day at school where you can do anything you want, what would it be like?<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Penelope:</span> DVD’s in school. We would watch the last Beethoven movie, or DVD’s about animals. House animals like dogs and cats, oooh, and parrots! And, a Rock-n-Roll band would come to play at school!<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Jamie:</span> Penelope, if there were no arts in school, no dance, no sketching, no performers in the auditorium, what would school be like?<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Penelope:</span> Boring. (Laughs) Only...science is fun. That would just be a plain school if you don’t have anything awesome like dance.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Jamie:</span> What do you think is missing from your school?<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Penelope:</span> We should play Twister everyday. <br /><br />Although arts are currently part of the curriculum at Ivanhoe Elementary, they could certainly be less so in the near future. In our current economic climate, arts organizations are loosing funding. Teaching artists and visiting performers may be swept out of schools’ budgets in the near future. <span style="font-weight:bold;">And, without these necessary, mind opening and expressive “play” times, my niece and Penelope may well have to settle for all work and no play. And we all know what that makes</span>.We Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630771904407987309.post-3448921680592716572009-03-03T15:14:00.000-08:002009-03-03T16:22:46.832-08:00HOW CAN EDUCATORS APPLY THEATRE STANDARDS?<span style="font-weight:bold;">HOW CAN EDUCATORS APPLY THE CALIFORNIA THEATRE ARTS STANDARDS</span> to student learning? When children experience We Tell Stories shows they are seeing, listening, and processing theatre concepts, creating characters from their seats, using their voices and gestures, experiencing stories from different cultures and times, applauding, participating, comparing, reviewing, analyzing and making connections to other art forms. After they have seen a show they’ve made a connection to all five strands of the California Content Standards in Theater. Educators can apply the standards in the classroom by having students act out scenes from stories. When students act out stories, they are connecting language arts and theatre arts. Through their execution they are learning the language of the theatre. <br /><br />The following definitions of the strands are listed below along with examples of how the standards apply to student learning.<br /><br />1. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Artistic Perception</span>: Processing, analyzing, and responding to sensory information through the language and skills unique to theatre. <br />Children see others perform. They form ideas, internalize stories and identify the character's needs.<br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Creative Expression</span>: Creating, performing and participating in theatre. <br />When children are given the opportunity to retell stories or act out scenes they are speaking, gesturing, playing a character, working together as an ensemble, wearing costumes, being creative!<br /><br />3. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Aesthetic Valuing</span>: Responding to, analyzing and critiquing theatrical experiences. <br />Children respond by analyzing, applauding, clapping, and laughing. Students can write reviews.<br /><br />4. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Historical and Cultural Context</span>: Understanding the historical contributions and cultural dimensions of theatre.<br /> Children hear stories from different cultures and times, (myths, folklores and fables) when they see We Tell Stories shows. Teachers can use stories from different cultures in the classroom and have students research the period in which the stories takes place.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /><br />5. Connections, Relationships, Applications</span>: Connecting and applying what is learned in theatre to other art forms, academic subject areas and careers in theatre.<br /> Children are increasing their language arts skills when they are speaking in front of an audience. They learn about staging when they act out scenes and they learn to work cooperatively together as a group whenever they do theatre exercises. <br /><br />Joyce Lee<br />Director of Education Programs @ We Tell StoriesWe Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630771904407987309.post-66997121719878659082009-02-26T16:11:00.000-08:002009-02-26T16:40:36.297-08:00Susan Devlin, Programs Director, Tells her Story...I began my journey with We Tell Stories in 1986 as a performing artist touring the schools all over the Southland. You've never lived until you have the experience of waking up before dawn, dress in bright colors which startle the senses, drive to the ends of the earth, unload a heavy steamer trunk filled with costumes and props, and perform on a school stage (some are extremely modern and professional, while others were seemingly built while dinosaurs ruled the earth). Despite all that, the experience of interacting with the students and introducing them to storytelling and theatre is nothing short of magical. The twinkle in their eyes, the creative expression bursting from their imaginations, the joy of discovering characters from within yourself unfolds on that stage. You can't help but feel how important and life changing this work can be. I've heard countless stories about the shy student who came out of their shell, the misfit who suddenly becomes more outgoing and popular after being on stage with us, and the student who discovers a love of theatre and goes on to pursue a career in the arts. Now I watch from a different perspective, that of the Programs Director (which I've been since 1993) and although I'm not out there in the trenches anymore, I plan and coordinate our programs with the schools and venues where we perform. It's a labor of love. One of my favorite stories comes from parents who tell me they attended our shows when they were young and now they're bringing their children to see our shows. Keep those stories coming!!!We Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630771904407987309.post-37387196876206377872009-02-17T14:25:00.000-08:002009-02-17T14:31:46.069-08:00WTS company member Cadry Nelson shares her experiences:<div style="text-align: justify;">I’ve been a touring children’s theatre artist with We Tell Stories for a decade. I’ve had an opportunity to go into so many schools, big ones and small ones. I’ve been into schools with airport style metal detectors, and I’ve been into schools with attached theatres that were grander than any of the theatres at the university I attended. I’ve been into schools whose students had never before seen a play. I’ve had principals tell me that their students hadn’t even been to the ocean, because the parents in the area were just too poor for outings. I’ve been amazed by the creativity and willingness of children to reach the bar set for them. <br /><br />Last fall I was performing one early morning at a small school in East Los Angeles. The school was up a winding hill and stuck in the middle of a poor surrounding neighborhood. I checked in at the office and then found my way to the auditorium, which was also a classroom for a teacher. The auditorium consisted of a tiny stage, some folding chairs, and a couple of mats near the stage. Their space was so limited, all space had to be utilized. The off-stage space was being used as an office on one side and a storage room on the other. The teacher who taught in the space greeted us. One of my fellow actors asked where she could buy a soft drink, perhaps in the teacher’s lounge. The teacher told her, “We’re a poor school. We don’t have a soda machine. We don’t even have a true cafeteria. The meals for our students are brought into us everyday.” <br /><br />The students started filing into the auditorium, and a group of rambunctious boys sat on the mats at the front of the stage. The boys were in third grade, but were trying to appear older, more mature. One boy had a mohawk, which was falling to the side of his face. <br /><br />“Hey,” the boys asked me, “what are you doing here today?” <br /><br />“We’re going to be telling three stories,” I said.<br /><br />They noticed the props and costumes surrounding our trunk in the center of the stage.<br /><br />“Do you have any guns in the show?” they chimed in. “We like guns.”<br /><br />“Do you have any fights in these stories?” one of the boys piped in.<br /><br />“No, we don’t have any guns in the show or violence.”<br /><br />I felt uncomfortable with their questioning. I knew the boys were only being eager and curious, but it felt strange and inappropriate to have third graders asking me about guns. I moved away from them and started the show. <br /><br />We have volunteers come up onstage during the show. Instead of raising a hand to volunteer, the kids have to do a task to come onstage. They need to show that they’re really listening, and then when a child looks me right in the eye, unabashed and unafraid, I know that he or she really wants to come onstage and is committed to performing. <br /><br />For this particular story that day I needed a town crier. I told the audience to sit up straight in their chairs, tall and proud. The boy with the mohawk sat up straight and tall on the mat. He clasped his hands, one into another, and looked me straight in the eye. I thought about him asking about guns, and I thought he might be a live wire on stage. I thought it might be a bad idea to bring him up for fear he’d do or say something inappropriate. I walked on looking at other kids to pick. Then he caught my eye again. He was looking at me so intently. He needed to come up. I turned to him and asked if he’d like to come up onstage and help me tell the story.<br /><br />“Yes!” he said in a big voice. <br /><br />I took him offstage to teach him his part. First, he played the part of a scholar. He seemed nervous at first, but also like he was gaining momentum. Then he played the part of a metal smith. He was supposed to make himself look big and strong. He had to bend a metal bar. I handed the bar to him offstage, and he pretended it was a gun.<br /><br />“Hold it like this,” I showed him, grasping the bar in two hands. <br /><br />In front of his classmates and the rest of the school, he bent the bar, made out of cloth and wire, with his hands, and they laughed and cheered. He said his lines with his enthusiasm, and when he played the town crier at the end of the story, he was improvising and having a wonderful time. He took a bow, and everyone applauded. After the show was done and the curtains were closed, he lifted the curtains up from underneath and asked, “Hey, when are you coming back? That was so much fun!”<br /><br />It is for students like these that especially need We Tell Stories, and it is students like these who won’t have access to the arts if the funding disappears. Kids now more than ever need validation, encouragement, and inspiration. They need to be shown there are peaceful and creative ways they can express their feelings, emotions, and concerns. They need to know there are ways to have fun and play that don’t involve violence. If we don’t show them alternatives, who will? If we don’t reach them now, then when will we?</div>We Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630771904407987309.post-27183176520177753402009-02-10T16:54:00.000-08:002009-02-10T16:57:56.209-08:00Praise for WTS in the LA Times, 2004We Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630771904407987309.post-11156565572535155212009-02-10T15:44:00.001-08:002009-02-10T15:44:54.651-08:00We Tell Stories Performs "Toddler Tales" at Mark Twain Library<div style='width: 300px; max-height: 234px; padding: 8px; margin: 0 auto auto 2px; overflow-y: auto;'><div style='float: right; width: 113px; height: 100px; padding: 0; margin: 0;'><a href='http://www.share-server.com/view/content/d10d803e-f7cc-11dd-409a-5fd660221f6c'><img src='http://share-server.com/view/post/d10d803e-f7cc-11dd-409a-5fd660221f6c'/></a></div><div style='font: 12px Tahoma; color: #2f2f2f; padding: 0; margin: 0 123px 0 0;'>On Tuesday, February 17th at 3:30 pm, We Tell Stories will perform “Toddler Tales” at the Mark Tw</div><div style='font: 11px Tahoma;padding: 0; margin: 8px 0;'><a style='color: #005cff;' href='http://www.share-server.com/view/content/d10d803e-f7cc-11dd-409a-5fd660221f6c'>View >></a></div></div>We Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630771904407987309.post-32523002435399145722009-02-09T13:40:00.000-08:002009-02-09T14:35:19.329-08:00Keep Arts in the Stimulus PackageOn Friday afternoon (2/6/09), the Senate approved language that will prevent many arts organizations from receiving any portion of the economic stimulus package. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) stated, "None of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for any casino or other gambling establishment, aquarium, zoo, golf course, swimming pool, stadium, community park, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">museum, theater, art center</span>, and highway beautification project."<div><br /></div><div>California senator, Dianne Feinstein voted to approve this amendment language!</div><div><br /></div><div>Please write your senators and let them know this new amendment is not acceptable. This link will connect you to the Americans for the Arts website. </div><div><br /></div><div>http://capwiz.com/artsusa/issues/alert?alertid=12612041</div><div><br /></div><div>Enter your zip code, and you will be provided with an email template that will be sent directly to your senators. Add your own verbiage or use the provided language. Please send your email asap. It's fast, easy, and important! </div><div><br /></div><div>Make your voice heard!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Diana Tanaka</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Artistic Director</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">We Tell Stories</span></div>We Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630771904407987309.post-69309358042122462042009-02-03T16:54:00.000-08:002009-02-03T17:03:35.031-08:00Let Our Kids Learn In Color<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">An arts experience effects a young person like no other time in their life. It shapes a student and becomes a part of who they are. It is art, not technology, that is the highest form of communication. When art is an integral part of a child's studies, they can understand and experience concepts in a complete and personal way. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">To me, it is ludicrous to suppose there is any other approach to education. Art is one of the greatest joys in life, and is, in my opinion, the most beautiful way human beings express themselves. Provide a well-rounded education for our students by funding arts education. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Let our kids learn in color rather than in shades of grey.<br /><br />PLEASE Support Arts Education in LAUSD. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Candy Danzig, </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We Tell Stories</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Director of Staff Development & Master Teacher</span>We Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630771904407987309.post-42727906428283617702009-01-29T16:23:00.000-08:002009-01-29T16:33:26.400-08:00Important Arts Advocacy Made Easy<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Re: Economic Recovery Package in Congress </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">House</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Last week the House Appropriations Committee approved a plan that included $50 million in supplemental grants funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, and a number of other provisions that can benefit the arts. Starting tonight, and continuing tomorrow, the House will be considering the recovery legislation on the floor, and a number of votes are expected.<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Senate</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Senate will be starting their debate on the bill on Friday and continuing through next week. While the Senate Appropriations Committee did not include an arts jobs funding provision in their version of the bill, advocates still have several opportunities over the next few days to change the final outcome. Amendments could be made to the Senate bill or the House arts funding provision itself could prevail in the final House/Senate conference bill.<br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br />Please take two minutes to take action and ask your Member of Congress and Senators to support the arts in this legislation. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">This link will take you to a website that will help you compose a letter and send it to your senators and representatives. It’s easy. It will only take a few minutes. You can add your own words or just plop in the pre-written text.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">http://capwiz.com/artsusa/issues/alert/?alertid=12426636&type=CO</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The arts need to be included in the recovery package.</span><br /><br />Thanks!<br />WTS Staff and CompanyWe Tell Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949471194806571055noreply@blogger.com5