Posts Tagged ‘storytelling’

Salon! You’re On! Jan 23, 2010

Salon Jan 23, 2010

Eth-Noh-Tec presents
Salon! You’re On!
Saturday, January 23 at 7:00pm

Jerry Falek, Storyteller/Conflict Resolution Activist
Irina Rivkin, Vocal Live Looper
Gary Lapow, Songwriter/Photo Projections
Mimi’s Makeshift Players, Theater Troupe

977 South Van Ness Ave
between 20th and 21st Streets
near 24th Street Bart & Muni
San Francisco, 94110
Map of Our Location

Donation: $5-$15
New: all Alumni Salon Artists are free.

We invite you to bring a dish to share with the new artists and community.

 

Philippines / Singapore Tour

Eth-Noh-Tec Tours Philippines and Singapore This August & September

Manila International Story Telling Festival

Manila Storytellers Showcase

Friday, August 28, 4:30pm & 7:00pm
AIM-Acceed SGV Hall, Makati

Saturday, August 29, 4:30pm & 7:00pm
De La Salle Zobel – Debbie Decena Auditorium, Alabang

250 Pesos adults / 150 Pesos children (5-12 years)

“Cherished fables and legendary tales come alive at the Showcase! Renowned international storytellers such as Randel McGee(US), Bobby Norfolk (US), Sherry Norfolk (US), and Eth-Noh-Tec (US) together with their Filipino counterparts, Melody Remorca and JK Anicoche, will present a variety of intriguing and delightful stories.”

Eth-Noh-Tec is also proud to present the workshops “Using Asian Music, Mask, and Myth in the Classroom” and “Tell it! Move it!: Adding Fun and Movements to Your Storytelling.” View the MISF website for more details.

Singapore International Story Telling Festival

Eth-Noh-Tec will be featured as Storyteller-in-Residence at SISF from 8/31 to 9/12 with performances and workshops including:

SAFRA International Storytelling Conference

Saturday, September 5, 2:30pm – 4:00pm
SAFRA Toa Payoh, Multi-Purpose Hall

$12.80 Member / $19.25 Guest (adults / children 6-12 years)

Ticketing with the SAFRA

“Experience the fascinating art of telling stories with six of the best storytellers of the world, from four different countries, surrounded by fabulous music, song and rhythmic movements. Witness the ancient art of oral storytelling being brought to life through different narratives. Come hear storytelling at its most magical.”

Starring: Eth-Noh-Tec, Roger Jenkins, Randel McGee, Bobby Norfolk, Valentina Ortiz & Marien Tillet

Asian Congress of Storytellers

Friday, September 11, 8:45am – 5:00pm
Saturday, September 12, 8:45am – 5:00pm
The Salon, Level 1, National Museum

“A meeting of professional storytellers that nurtures and empowers through keynote addresses, workshops and performances that offer in-depth involvement in diverse areas of storytelling. Teachers, librarians, professionals, parents and aspiring storytellers will have the opportunity to share the insights of the storytelling experts coming to our shores.”

Eth-Noh-Tec is proud to present the workshops “Green Grows the Story” and ”Moving Communities through Storytelling.” View details and fees at the Asian Congress of Storytellers web page.

International Storytellers Showcase, Singapore

Friday, September 11, 7:30pm – 9:30pm SOLD OUT!
Saturday, September 12, 7:30pm – 9:30pm Limited seats left!
Gallery Theatre, National Museum

$25 adults / $18 children (6-12 years)

Ticketing with the Arts House.

View the SISF website for more details.

“The International Storytellers Showcase returns for yet another highly-anticipated season. You can look forward to a delightful 2-hour performance where renowned international storytellers bring to you a rich repertoire of folktales, myths and legends in intriguing styles that are representative of their home countries. In intimate settings of the Gallery Theatre you will feel the sense of every nuance; and hear every inflection of the storytellers as they cast their spells on you.

Starring: Eth-Noh-Tec, Anna Jarrett, Ruth Kirkpatrick, Randel McGee, Bobby Norfolk, Sherry Norfolk, Valentina Ortiz & Marien Tillet”

 

Talk Story Conference in Hawai’i

Join Us in Paradise
for Five Days of Storytelling Bliss

July 16-20, 2009

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Eth-Noh-Tec joins the likes of Bobby Norfolk, Margaret Read MacDonald, Jim May, and Diane Ferlatte in celebration of story. Take part in workshops, concerts, and story swaps with tellers from Hawai’i, the Pacific Rim, and ‘Mainland’ America. Enjoy the gorgeous setting of the Queen Kapi’olani Hotel, just steps away from Waikiki Beach, and immerse yourself in story!

Eth-Noh-Tec Highlights:

  • 7/17, 8:30pm – ‘Show & Tell’ of Nu Wa story tours to China, Singapore, and India.
  • 7/18, 2:00pm – Storytelling: Transformational Tool – Nancy Wang (Eth-Noh-Tec)
  • 7/19, 2:00pm – In Your Face – Facials with Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo (Eth-Noh-Tec), Bobby Norfolk, Jeff Gere
  • 7/19, 4:30pm – Public Concert: ($12 Adults, $5 children) Diane Ferlatte, Jim May, Bobby Norfolk, Anne Glover, Margaret Read MacDonald, and Eth-Noh-Tec
  • 7/20, 4:30pm – Public Concert: ($12 Adults, $5 children) Diane Ferlatte, Jim May, Bobby Norfolk, Anne Glover, Margaret Read MacDonald, and Eth-Noh-Tec

More details at http://www.nsntalkstoryconference.com/.

 

June 13: Salon! You’re On!

Last Salon Until Fall

Attention: If you’ve been wishing, intending, hoping to come to one of the Salons someday…better come to this one June 13. It’s our last of the Winter-Spring season as we take a break for the summer and present again in the fall.  This line up is a fine array of literary, storytelling, singing and physical theater performers.

Featured Performers:

Al Manalo, Fil-Am Stand up Comedian:
Back from Metro Manila malls, killer punch lines in the form of Mongolian throat singing, he’ll perform feats that have never been attempted…until now!

Elaine Muray, Storyteller:
Beneath the cloth, behind the mask: one body, one thousand characters.

Nanci Gaglio, Screenwriter/Playwright:
“Jose Comin’ This Way”.  It’s about a hurricane, Jesus and who saves who?

Gary Lapow, Singer/Songwriter:
From the deeply moving to the hilarious, from the New York folk music scene, to SNCC Freedom Singers (Civil Rights Era), to Malvina Reynolds, Gary offers a musical perspective of an older, seasoned lover of life.

Eth-Noh-Tec, Kinetic Story Theater
Ancient metaphor, modern messages.

WHERE?
Eth-Noh-Tec Studio
977 South Van Ness
San Francisco, CA 94110
between 21st & 20th Streets
close to 24th Street BART
view map »

WHEN?
Saturday, June 13
7pm Show

Admission
$5-$15 sliding scale

Reserve Now!
contact@ethnohtec.org
(415) 282-8705

Eth-Noh-Tec is funded in part by San Francisco Grants for the Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission, National Storytelling Network, Target Stores, Asian Arts Foundation, and private donors. Eth-Noh-Tec is an official San Francisco Green Business.

 

Eth-Noh-News – Spring 2009

Hello Friends! Here’s what’s on our newsletter for your perusal:

Get Your Eth-Noh-News Here!

  • India. Had many amazing experiences! Hear about the one sitting beneath Banyan trees listening to tribal women storytellers!?
  • Shared curry, lassis and stories of India here at ENT.
  • Performed in celebration events for Obama’s Inaguration. Hear all about it!
  • Premiered our family immigration stories in Portland – They wanted more!
  • ‘Salon! You’re On!’ continues its 4th season! Who’s on?
  • Hear about our ‘Slam Bam Story Jam’ May 29-31! Remember the Noh Buddies?
  • Summer Story Institute June 12-14. Join us!
  • Presenting at the Talk Story Conference in Hawaii mid-July. Two new workshops!
  • Our 3rd Orcas Island Storyfest 8/2-8/09. Come enjoy the island and the festival!
  • The entire project of ‘Green Grows the Story’ at Buena Vista Elementary School starts in the Fall!
  • We’ll be presenting in Singapore and the Philippines! Oh yes! How did that happen?
  • Come to China with us Sept. 10-26! Don’t miss this chance!
  • Community! What some of them are doing to thrive.

Read the whole story!

Eth-Noh-News – Spring 2009

 

May 23, 7pm: Salon! You’re On!

Monthly Live Arts and Community Dialogue

It’s All Happening at the Eth-Noh-Tec Studio

Featured Performers:

Eth-Noh-Tec

Asian American Kinetic Story Theater – Ancient Metaphor / Modern Messages

Iyabo Kwayana

African American Vocalist- eclectic, moving and emotionally inspired music

Janet Koike and Bean of Maze Daiko

Mixing rhythms, voice and instruments to create cross-cultural stories

Coke Tani Nakamoto

Narrative dance – personal, comical, mystical, words move and body speaks.

Karina Howell

Writer and storyteller Karina Howell shares humorous tales of her adventures and misadventures as a spiritual seeker and world traveler.

WHERE?

Eth-Noh-Tec Studio
977 South Van Ness
San Francisco, CA 94110
between 21st & 20th Streets
close to 24th Street BART
view map »

WHEN?
Saturday, May 23
7pm Show

Admission
$5-$15 sliding scale

Reserve Now!
contact@ethnohtec.org

(415) 282-8705

 

This Sunday! May 10: Judith Black Salon! You're On!

May 10, 2009 – 5pm

“Tales Of An Unrepentant Hippy”

- Sexy, Silly and Serious -

Black is back! … with more Jewish wit and wisdom. Come to her one-woman storytelling show.

Join Judith Black for an evening of stories about adolescent rebellion, life in the Pittsburgh Anarchist, Lesbian Commune, and parenting where imprinting your ideas in your child’s life is a little like surfing with an elephant.

“Black is a warm and dynamic storyteller, a wry sense of humor… Smart and undeniably funny… a great example of the power of storytelling.”

- Orlando Sentinel

Where
Eth-Noh-Tec Studio
977 South Van Ness
San Francisco, CA 94110
between 21st & 20th Streets
close to 24th Street BART
view map »

When
Sunday, May 10
5pm Show

Admission
$10-$20 sliding scale

Reserve Now!
contact@ethnohtec.org

(415) 282-8705

 

5/29-5/31 Slam Bam Story Jam Update

Get Your Slam Bam Story Jam Tickets

Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center presents, Eth-Noh-Tec in Slam Bam! Story Jam!
Date: Friday, May 29th, Saturday, May 30th and Sunday, May 31st
Time: 8:00pm, Sunday matinee performance, 2:00pm
Venue: SOMArts Theater
Admission: $10.00 advance, $14.00 door
To purchase advance tickets, please visit Brown Paper Tickets

Join us for a fantastic array of performances including kinetic story theater, poetry, performance art, music, and stand-up comedy.

Friday and Saturday evenings:

Nancy Wang and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo of Eth-Noh-Tec, Brenda Wong Aoki and Mark Izu of First Voice, Coke Nakamoto, Noemi Sohn, and Samantha Chanse.

Sunday matinee:
Eth-Noh-Tec
and the Noh Buddies Asian Funk Fusion.

 

Salon! You’re On! April 25, 2009 – 7pm

WHERE?:
Eth-Noh-Tec Studio
977 South Van Ness
San Francisco, CA 94110
between 2st & 20th Streets
close to 24th Street BART
map »

WHEN?:
Saturday, Apr. 25 – 7pm Show

Admission:
$5-$15 (sliding scale)

Reserve Now! 415-282-8705

WHO? WOW!

Eth-Noh-Tec: Kinetic Story Theater: Asian American Storytelling – moving myths with modern messages.

Na Leo Nahenahe: Hawaiian Acapella Choir, with sweet island sounds to soothe the soul and remember the Aina, spirit of the Land.  A joyful noise for week of Earth Day!

Barbara Jane Reyes & Oscar Bermeo- Poetic Pair: The City Is More Than Text- exploring San Francisco and New York City through inter-poetic dialogue.

Pearl Ubungen: Urban Dancer: Filipina American Contemporary dance performance

Leon Sun: Author/painter/ poet offers little snippets of insight and wisdom that grow out of day-to-day life with “Nikki” his Siberian husky.

David Yun: Filmmaker has shown his works internationally in festivals from New York to Madrid, Sydney top Seoul.

COME TO THE SALON! SONGWRITING – POETRY – STORYTELLERS – FILM & PHOTOGRAPHY – MUSIC – DANCE – AND MORE! There’s no other Arts event like this in town: performances,  discussions afterward, communities of creativity in conversation… this is cultural activism.


 

Salon! You're ON! – March 28 2009


WHERE?:
Eth-Noh-Tec Studio
977 South Van Ness
San Francisco, CA 94110
between 2st & 20th Streets
close to 24th Street BART
map »

WHEN?:
Saturday, March 28 – 7pm Show

Admission:
$5-$15 (sliding scale)

Reserve Now! 415-282-8705

Cello Joe & The Midnight Ramblers: Funky, folk, hippy hop earth conscious music…. and a cello, too!

Jane DeCuir: First Nations Singer/ songwriter: “I sing to bring down Heaven, making prayers, the magic of the music”

Eth-Noh-Tec: Kinetic Story Theater: Asian American Storytelling – moving myths with modern messages.

Matthew Abaya: Film Maker: Filipino American filmmaker- personal narratives with Horror and Sci-Fi twists often borrowing motifs from Asian folk lore.

Jim Murdoch: Acoustic, Vocals, FUN! Singer/ Songwriter: from juggling to Jazz, from Flamenco to Appalachian styles.. the Muse Pursues.

SONGWRITING – POETRY – STORYTELLERS – FILM & PHOTOGRAPHY – MUSIC – DANCE – AND MORE!

There’s no other Arts event like this in town: performances,  discussions afterward, communities of creativity in conversation… this is cultural activism.