The 2009-2010 Concert Series presents...
Laura Simms
with Julia Haines (harp)
and John DeKaad (percussion)
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Storytelling Workshop 3:30 pm
Potluck supper 5:30 pm
Performance 7:30 pm
at Market Square Presbyterian Church
Photographer: Kent Miles
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Presented in partnership with Market Square Presbyterian Church.
Made possible in part by a grant from the Puffin Foundation.
American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius is a major initiative to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy. It is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
Laura Simms is an award-winning storyteller who performs international stories of timeless wisdom accompanied by world music.
"Laura Simms has a spellbinding way of leading listeners into the heart of a story that makes it impossible not to follow." --Nancy Maes (Chicago Tribune)
Details below:
Workshop: Telling Your Own Stories
Storytelling Performance
Laura performs stories for adults and family audiences. She brings her expertise to collaborative projects worldwide, exploring social issues, peacemaking, creativity and community dialogue. Her work has varied from serving as artist-in-residence at universities to creating original theater-dance works; co-designing a playground based on a fairytale to working in conflict resolution and peace making with refugees. She is presently working on a new training process and workbook of stories for those displaced by natural disaster.
Market Square Presbyterian Church
20 South Second St
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Directions on the church's website »
Workshop: "Telling Your Own Stories" 3:30-5:30pm
Some years ago, an African Griot from Gambia answered a question Laura Simms posed to him; "Is it important to know one's own story?" He said, "If you know your story, then you know yourself." During this workshop Laura will encourage participants to look into their lives to discover things about themselves, their pasts and the forces that made them who they are. Laura tells workshop participants: "Even if you don't think that they have a story to tell; a single detail or a single chance memory can be is a revelation." Participants will find this workshop exciting, inspirational and transforming. The group will learn about the power of storytelling -- the importance of speaking one's truth.
Potluck follows workshop, at 5:30pm.
A FREE EVENT!
Storytelling Performance 7:30pm
Laura Simms will be joined by Julia Haines (harp) and John DeKaad (percussion).
Ticket Info:
$18 General Admission
$14 SFMS Members
SFMS Members Save!$10 Students
— ages 3 to 22$14 members of Market Square Church
Advance Tickets
@ BrownPaperTickets.com
To Learn More...
- Visit Laura Simms’s website
- Listen to stories from Laura's CD "Making Peace - Heart Uprising" at CDBaby.com
- Read an inspiring article about The Lion's Roar, a project of Laura's to save a Romanian zoo and renew the devastated community around it
