September 13  at 7:30 pm - Workshop - - SUSPENSE.....wait.......wait.......wait......Ahhhh. 

Presented by Rivka Willick  Using examples in music, movies and literature we would explore how suspense works in different art forms and then look at suspense in storytelling and the spoken word.  Group exercises and individual work would be a major component of the workshop.

Oct 4 at 7:30 pm – Story Swap
Come to tell a story you are working on or come to listen.

Nov 1 at 3 pm  Workshop – Telling Stories to Teach Children with Special Needs

Presented by Jean Alter, LCSW, school social worker at the Windsor Learning Center in Pompton Lakes, NJ, a K-7 academic school for children with special needs. 

Exciting new approaches to learning through storytelling and story listening for students with emotional/behavioral disabilities will be presented in this workshop. Through her work as a school social worker, the presenter has found that despite their disabilities, these students have the ability to access complicated ideas through stories. Stories can be a road of access when more traditional tools have failed. Participants will gain skills in choosing appropriate stories; hear stories modeled by the facilitator and work in small groups to develop a story for their own use. Note: This workshop provides 2 Professional Development Credits for educators with pre-registration. Fee $25 for non-members. Email Carol Titus carol.titus@yahoo.com.

Dec 6 at 3 pm – Story Swap , Holiday Party & Annual Storytelling Gently Used Book  Sale

Come to tell a story you are working on or come to listen. Bring sweets, salties and/or beverage and books and paraphernalia to sell for the benefit of the Guild.

 Jan 3 at 3:00 pm Workship: Creative Visualization

Presented by Esther Bell

Good storytellers use visualization in preparing, remembering and telling stories. This workshop will teach the techniques for using Creative Imagination to realize what you want in your life, as a storyteller or any other life goal. Materials provided but you may bring photos, pictures etc. We will become better at retrieving memories, capturing & remembering images, and describing them to our listeners. We will try making movies in our minds & sharing them with partners.  We will also draw story maps to develop visual intelligence.

Feb 14  at 3:00 pm – Story Swap

Come to tell a story you are working on or come to listen.

March 7  at 3:00  pm Workshop - "A Forest of Many Different and Varied Trees" - a way of approaching the vast range of storytelling traditions in the Native American heritage . Presented by Judith Hinds.

April 11 at 7:30 pm – Story Swap

Come to tell a story you are working on or come to listen.

May 2 at 7:30 pm What's the Story? Explore the differences between myth, folk and fairy tale.

Presented by  Julie DellaTorre and Jack McKeon.

Jack and Julie have probed into what the scholars have to say on this issue. The two will present what they have learned, give examples from their repertoire and lead us in discussion as we delve into the connections between myth and folktale and the differences between these and the classic fairy tale. How do these differences affect the way we approach a story? Do these differences affect the way we tell a particular story?

June 6 at 7:30 pm – Story Swap and Indoor Picnic.

Come to tell a story you are working on or come to listen.