Crafting the authentic voice to artfully and truthfully tell our stories.

Tag: Workshop

  • 3rd Annual Spring Grove Storytelling Festival

    3rd Annual Spring Grove Storytelling Festival

    Welcome to the Spring Grove Storytelling Festival! Get ready for a day filled with captivating tales and unforgettable memories. Join us on Sat Sep 21 2024 at Noon at Spring Grove Park for an afternoon of storytelling magic. Parking available at Horse Fair Park. Bring your friends and family! See you there! Event: Spring Grove Park – Loren Niemi teaches a Master Class. Essential storytelling…

  • Ghost Story Workshop- Online

    Ghost Story Workshop- Online

    Ghost story season is upon us and this online workshop will help you crank up your “spooky”. Whether a humorous or actually unnerving tale of the dead or should be dead, this workshop covers the essential elements of a “good” ghost story. To register: Add the number of tickets you want by clicking the ‘+’…

  • Intermediate Storytelling- In person

    Intermediate Storytelling- In person

    In person (3 sessions), Tuesdays, September 24, October 1 and 8 at 7:00-8:30 PM in the 1762 Hennepin Ave space. Loren Niemi teaches Intermediate Storytelling.  Focusing on the development of your story beyond the bare bones. Whether it is adjusting the narrative details or crafting the performance, this is a hands-on class to help you…

  • Intermediate Storytelling- Online

    Intermediate Storytelling- Online

    Online (3 sessions), Wednesdays, September 4, 11, and 18 at 7:00-8:30 PM Central on Zoom. Loren Niemi “Intermediate Storytelling”.  Focusing on the development of your story beyond the bare bones. Whether it is adjusting the narrative details or crafting the performance, this is a hands-on class to help you tell a better story. To register:…

  • Intergenerational Introduction to Storytelling

    Intergenerational Introduction to Storytelling

    From the basics of “what is a story?” to the types of story you want to tell, this course provides the tools for finding, crafting and telling personal and traditional stories. It includes exercises for developing narrative plot forms, point of view, metaphors, pauses and vocal dynamics in the shaping of your chosen story. Tickets:…

  • Myth and Meaning

    Myth and Meaning

    Bryan Thao Worra  teaches an in-person two hour hands-on workshop on Myth and Meaning guiding participants through the tangle of self and myth: looking anew at classics like the Inferno, the Odyssey, or even modern works such as Godzilla or Spiderman and how our own lives and stories can find interesting metaphors and material within…

  • StoryFest 2024

    StoryFest 2024

    There are over 40 storytellers lined up to engage and entertain you at StoryFest, at the Bloomington Center for the Arts, 1800 W. Old Shakopee Rd. Bloomington, MN on Saturday, May 4th – all day and free for everything after 11 AM

  • Beginnings and Endings

    Beginnings and Endings

    The Founder, Loren Niemi is offering a Beginnings and Endings Workshop for writers on Saturday, May 11, 2024 from 1:00 PM-2:30 PM at the Rum River Library 4201 6th Ave, Anoka, MN 55303. This workshop is free and open to the public.

  • Lake Superior Writers Workshop

    Lake Superior Writers Workshop

    Master storyteller Loren Niemi has literally written the book on how to master plots and a story’s point of view – and we’re bringing him to Duluth on March 23 so he can share his insights with you! He’ll be teaching two separate sessions, but if you take both, you’ll receive a discounted price. We…

  • Capturing the Past: Oral History

    Capturing the Past: Oral History

    The grandparents, aunts, uncles, our own parents told us about “the way it was” and when they passed and we thought, “why didn’t we collect those stories?” The same principles also apply to the collection and archiving of organizational history. This three-session ZOOM workshop will cover easy to use recording equipment, how to collect material,…