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SUMMARY:Introduction to Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:The fundamentals of storytelling: what is a story\, how to craft it\, and how to tell it. We begin by looking at both personal and traditional stories to learn genres and the narrative forms\, then begin making decisions about the particular narrative form you want to use\, beginnings/ endings\, point of view\, the emotional arc of a story\, and then practice telling it. \nWednesdays\, September 9-30 at 7:00-9:00pm\nIn person\, 4-sessions\, taught by Loren Niemi\nClass fee $80 \nLoren Niemi is an innovative storyteller creating\, coaching/directing\, performing\, producing\, teaching and writing about stories that matter for audiences of all ages in urban and rural settings for over 45 years. \n  \n\n\n\nTo register: \n\nAdd the number of tickets you want by clicking the ‘+’ button\nClick the ‘Get Tickets’ button\nNote- After purchase\, tickets & receipt may arrive in your ‘Junk Mail’ folder 
URL:https://amsstory.com/event/intro-to-storytelling-9-2026/
LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-person
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ORGANIZER;CN="American School of Storytelling":MAILTO:americanschoolofstorytelling@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Ghost Story Workshop- Online
DESCRIPTION:Who doesn’t like telling ghost stories? In the first session\, the American School of Storytelling’s Founder\, Loren Niemi will tell three types of ghost stories and examine what makes them work. In the second session you should bring your favorite tale to share and learn how to tailor it to augment its “things that go bump in the night’ quality for any audience. \nOnline\, two sessions 7:00-9:00 PM\nThursdays\, September 10 & 17\nTaught by Loren Niemi\nClass Fee $40 \nLoren Niemi is an innovative storyteller creating\, coaching/directing\, performing\, producing\, teaching and writing about stories that matter for audiences of all ages in urban and rural settings for over 45 years. \n  \n\n\nTo register: \n\nAdd the number of tickets you want by clicking the ‘+’ button\nClick the ‘Get Tickets’ button\nNote- After purchase\, tickets & receipt may arrive in your ‘Junk Mail’ folder \n\n\n 
URL:https://amsstory.com/event/ghost-stories-09-2026/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="American School of Storytelling":MAILTO:americanschoolofstorytelling@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260919T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260919T120000
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SUMMARY:Ole & Lina Will Never Die
DESCRIPTION:Join Loren Niemi at FinnFest USA 2026 for “Olie & Lena Will Never Die”\, a mix of O & L stories told and commented on\, with the audience invited to add their favorites into the mix. \nLoren Niemi is an innovative storyteller creating\, coaching/directing\, performing\, producing\, teaching and writing about stories that matter for audiences of all ages in urban and rural settings for over 45 years.
URL:https://amsstory.com/event/finnfest-workshop-2026/
LOCATION:Hilton Minneapolis Downtown\, 1001 S Marquette Ave\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260920T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260920T150000
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SUMMARY:Story Arts of Minnesota 2026 Annual Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:SAM’s annual membership meeting is open to all current\, past\, and prospective members. Come to learn what programs and events SAM is engaged in now\, and what dreams and ideas are germinating but need more volunteer energy to sprout and flourish. Bring your own ideas for fruitful action to advance SAM’s dual mission of promoting the art of storytelling and developing and supporting storytellers. \nOne important agenda item at every annual meeting is the election of new Board members. We encourage anyone interested in promoting storytelling to apply to join the Board.  We especially need people with website and social media skills.
URL:https://amsstory.com/event/sam-2026-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States
CATEGORIES:External Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260921T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260921T210000
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SUMMARY:Storytelling- Open Mic Mondays September 2026
DESCRIPTION:This is an ongoing monthly series of storytelling open mics that will take place on the 3rd Monday of the month. \nHere’s how it works:\nUp to 10 Tellers. 10 minutes each. Any style- traditional\, personal\, braided. etc. Sign-up will be first come\, first serve. \nDoors at 6:30\, show at 7pm. \nThis event presented in partnership of Story Arts of Minnesota and the American School of Storytelling.
URL:https://amsstory.com/event/storytelling-september-2026/
LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic
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ORGANIZER;CN="American School of Storytelling":MAILTO:americanschoolofstorytelling@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261007T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261007T203000
DTSTAMP:20260904T013016Z
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SUMMARY:An American and a Russian: Exploring the Other
DESCRIPTION:For decades\, Americans and Russians have encountered each other through politics\, propaganda\, and fear. But what happens when they encounter each other IRL? \n“An American and a Russian: Exploring the Other” brings together two storytellers—Bernadine\, an American\, and Sufian\, a Russian immigrant—to explore how they have imagined\, misunderstood\, and sometimes unexpectedly embraced the other. Join us for an evening of public history\, intimate remembrance\, and music. \nTeller Bios: \n \nAn academic by day\, Sufian Zhemukhov is an award-winning author and performer. His stories draw on his experience as a first-generation immigrant and college professor\, which might be funnier than you’d expect. \n \nBernadine Joselyn is the Minnesota-born descendant of white Protestant farmers and their settler forbearers. Imagination and longing led her from her childhood home in a first-ring Minneapolis suburb to New York City\, India\, the Soviet Union-later Russia\, and now\, rural Itasca County\, giving up civil society building for tree tending along the way. \n  \n\nTo register: \n\n\nAdd the number of tickets you want by clicking the ‘+’ button\nClick the ‘Get Tickets’ button\nNote- After purchase\, tickets & receipt may arrive in your ‘Junk Mail’ folder \n\n\n 
URL:https://amsstory.com/event/american-and-russian/
LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance
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ORGANIZER;CN="American School of Storytelling":MAILTO:americanschoolofstorytelling@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T203000
DTSTAMP:20260906T013722Z
CREATED:20260906T013722Z
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SUMMARY:Beginnings & Endings- Online
DESCRIPTION:A story begins where the teller chooses to start but where is that? And how does that starting moment draw an audience into the world that is the story? While some believe any place we want to start will do\, the where it ends cannot be left up to happenstance\, failure of imagination or bad timing. \nThis is a Four-session hands-on workshop on arriving at satisfying openings and conclusions from the use of poetic imagery\, emotional\, philosophical elements to punch lines and morals — to service\, to the why behind the where and how of starting and ending our stories. \nOnline\, 4 sessions\, 7:00-8:30 pm\nThursdays\, October 8-29\nTaught by Loren Niemi \n\n\n\n\n\nTo register: \n\nAdd the number of tickets you want by clicking the ‘+’ button\nClick the ‘Get Tickets’ button\nNote- After purchase\, tickets & receipt may arrive in your ‘Junk Mail’ folder 
URL:https://amsstory.com/event/beginnings-endings-fa26/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="American School of Storytelling":MAILTO:americanschoolofstorytelling@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261014T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261014T210000
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SUMMARY:Intermediate Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:Do you have a sense of the basics but want to refine your ability too craft and tell stories? Have you been on the Moth stage and want to expand the stories you tell from 5 to 10 or 15 minutes? Do you have a particular difficult story you have been wrestling with that would benefit from structured coaching? If so\, this Intermediate Storytelling workshop is just what you’re looking for. \nIn-person\, 4 sessions\, 7:00-9:00 pm\nWednesdays\, October 14 to November 4\nTaught by Loren Niemi \n  \n\nTo register: \n\nAdd the number of tickets you want by clicking the ‘+’ button\nClick the ‘Get Tickets’ button\nNote- After purchase\, tickets & receipt may arrive in your ‘Junk Mail’ folder 
URL:https://amsstory.com/event/intermediate-oct-26/
LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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ORGANIZER;CN="American School of Storytelling":MAILTO:americanschoolofstorytelling@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261017T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261017T203000
DTSTAMP:20260907T004920Z
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SUMMARY:James Lenfestey: Coyote and the Thunderbird
DESCRIPTION:FREE EVENT! ‘Coyote and the Thunderbird: New Tales for the Book of Coyote’\, wild and wily ”contemporary mythology at its best\,” inspired especially by the long tradition of Native trickster storytelling plus the lively Coyote images of the contemporary California Maidu artist Harry Fonseca. Preface by Lewis Hyde\, author of ‘Trickster makes this world’. \nBooks available for sale!
URL:https://amsstory.com/event/james-lenfestey-2026/
LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books
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ORGANIZER;CN="American School of Storytelling":MAILTO:americanschoolofstorytelling@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261019T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261019T210000
DTSTAMP:20260904T001412Z
CREATED:20260904T001412Z
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SUMMARY:Storytelling- Open Mic Mondays October 2026
DESCRIPTION:This is an ongoing monthly series of storytelling open mics that will take place on the 3rd Monday of the month. \nHere’s how it works:\nUp to 10 Tellers. 10 minutes each. Any style- traditional\, personal\, braided. etc. Sign-up will be first come\, first serve. \nDoors at 6:30\, show at 7pm. \nThis event presented in partnership of Story Arts of Minnesota and the American School of Storytelling.
URL:https://amsstory.com/event/storytelling-october-2026/
LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic
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ORGANIZER;CN="American School of Storytelling":MAILTO:americanschoolofstorytelling@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261116T210000
DTSTAMP:20260904T001552Z
CREATED:20260904T001552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T001552Z
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SUMMARY:Storytelling- Open Mic Mondays November 2026
DESCRIPTION:This is an ongoing monthly series of storytelling open mics that will take place on the 3rd Monday of the month. \nHere’s how it works:\nUp to 10 Tellers. 10 minutes each. Any style- traditional\, personal\, braided. etc. Sign-up will be first come\, first serve. \nDoors at 6:30\, show at 7pm. \nThis event presented in partnership of Story Arts of Minnesota and the American School of Storytelling.
URL:https://amsstory.com/event/storytelling-november-2026/
LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic
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ORGANIZER;CN="American School of Storytelling":MAILTO:americanschoolofstorytelling@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261221T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261221T210000
DTSTAMP:20260904T001739Z
CREATED:20260904T001739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T001739Z
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SUMMARY:Storytelling- Open Mic Mondays December 2026
DESCRIPTION:This is an ongoing monthly series of storytelling open mics that will take place on the 3rd Monday of the month. \nHere’s how it works:\nUp to 10 Tellers. 10 minutes each. Any style- traditional\, personal\, braided. etc. Sign-up will be first come\, first serve. \nDoors at 6:30\, show at 7pm. \nThis event presented in partnership of Story Arts of Minnesota and the American School of Storytelling.
URL:https://amsstory.com/event/storytelling-december-2026/
LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic
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ORGANIZER;CN="American School of Storytelling":MAILTO:americanschoolofstorytelling@gmail.com
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