1/6/2026
 Barbara Aliprantis presents "A Greek Grows In Brooklyn". She was born in Greece, raised in Brooklyn, and now resides in Natick, MA. Her recognition includes the 2018 NEST Brother Blue and Ruth Hill Award, the NSN Oracle Award, and a New York City Hall Award for her support of Multi-Cultural and Immigrant folklore.
Hosted By: Bruce Marcus | 1/13/2026
 Sara deBeer will share folktales on the theme “Searching for Safety”. The program will include an Eastern European Jewish tale and one from the Xhosa people of South Africa. A teller since 1978, Sara enjoys exposing adults to the complexity of traditional folktales collected from world cultures.
Hosted By: Ralph Chadis | 1/20/2026
 OPEN TELLING :
Unfortunately, our wonderful feature Katie Green is unable to be with us tonight. But we look forward to her telling on March 10, 2026.
So, we will have the opportunity of calling on our terrific collection of wonderful tellers to tell tales of our own. See you there.
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1/27/2026
 Jim Hawkins tells stories from his Irish heritage, his years growing up on the streets of NYC, his 39 years in the classroom and his performances with The Ryan Trio. Tonight, in celebration of his 80th birthday, Jim will share a series of stories from different parts of his life.
Hosted By: Mike Cohen | 2/3/2026
 34TH ANNIVERSARY GANG OF SIX SHOWCASE It has been 34 whole years since Brother Blue & Ruth started this place where storytellers could jam - like the jazz houses that they went to in New York. So we, "The Gang of Six", will be the Feature and share some favorite stories. Come with your tales, and then, fasten your seatbelts!
Hosted By: Bruce Marcus | 2/10/2026
 Elizabeth Rowe shares Love stories that explore the many facets of this universal emotion: romance, jealousy, ideal love, first love, unrequited love, magical, platonic, and impossible love, as portrayed in folk tales, literature, myth, poetry and song.
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2/17/2026
 Anabelle Castaño Anabelle will be sharing a selection of folktales and a personal story on the theme "Uprising": from an archaeological story of a very strange rebellion, to a very different and surprising version of a Spanish fairytale.
Hosted By: Andrea Kamens | 2/24/2026
 Gwendolyn Napier Focuses on challenging opportunities through Folks Tales, African Tales, Fables, Personal Tales and Narratives. Story connection inspired by mother's Stories of love, people, childhood, family and community.
"Life is a Journey and Stories travel with me through life experiences each day."
Hosted By: Andrea Kamens | 3/3/2026
 Doria Hughes How can you be your own aunt? You can, if your name is Antigone. Join Doria Hughes for an artful and art-filled telling of the ancient highly relevant story of Antigone, sister-daughter of Oedipus. It's inspired by her grandmother Rosemarie Beck’s painterly interpretation of this Greek tragedy.
Hosted By: Ralph Chadis |
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3/10/2026
 Katie Green believes that storytelling can, and does, change the world. She has been telling stories and leading workshops for over 35 years.
Hosted By: Mike Cohen | 3/17/2026
 Maria Gillen is a fourth-generation traditional Irish storyteller from Cork City in the south of Ireland. She was brought up where the wisdom lives in the stones, and is the current Storyteller in Residence for Sheehan's Storytelling 300-year-old Cottage in Finugue, Co. Kerry.
Hosted By: Bruce Marcus | 3/24/2026
 Merrill Kohlhofer is a minister’s son, originally trained as a preacher but turned professional freelance storyteller and educator, history museum guide and trainer, and now a retired National Park Service historic interpreter. He has been sharing his love
forgotten US-shaping history stories for over 30 years.
Hosted By: Bruce Marcus |
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3/31/2026
 OPEN TELLING This evening will be all open telling, with a relaxed time limit. There are sooooo many things going on: we could tell about it. We could share the friends, the ceremonies, the rituals, what we like, what we don't like. All that stuff. So come relax etc.
Hosted By: Ralph Chadis | | |
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