FGCU Storytelling

“Spoken Stories, Creating Community”

Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU)
10501 FGCU Blvd S, Fort Myers, FL 33965

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FREE and Open to the Public. FGCU Storytelling Series presents oral storytelling as a performance art, community art, healing art. Produced by Dr. Joel Ying and Prof. Lori Cornelius for the Dept of Language and Literature and the Dept of Integrated Studies, College of Arts and Sciences. Sponsored by Seidler Foundation, Wasmer Art Gallery, and Florida Storytelling Association.

Fall 2022 Schedule

  • Tue Sep 13 @6pm          Open Mic Storytelling – “Mountains”
  • Wed Sep 14 @6pm        Kuniko Yamamoto performs Origami Stories: Samurai Spirit

Mini-Conference Week: Voices of Appalachia – POSTPONED due to weather 

  • Mon Sep 26 @4pm        FGCU Faculty Reading: Out of the Mountains with Stephen Cavitt, Lori Cornelius
  • Tue Sep 27 @6pm          Josh Goforth performs Folk Music and Stories of Appalachia
  • Wed Sep 28 @6pm        Josh Goforth performs Stories and Songs of Appalachia
  • Thu Sep 29 @6pm         Book Reading, Discussion, Reception: Karen Salyer McElmurray
  • Fri Sep 30 @11am            Panel Discussion: Appalachia to Academia; Karen Salyer McElmurray, Stephen Cavitt, Lori Cornelius
  • Tue Oct 18 @4:30pm           Open Mic Storytelling – Medicine and Healing, guest emcee Regi Carpenter
  • Tue Oct 18 @6pm          Regi Carpenter  performs Traditional Stories & Healing
  • Wed Oct 19 @1:30pm        Storytelling Salon – Medicine and Healing; Regi Carpenter, Joel Ying, Lori Cornelius
  • Wed Oct 19 @6pm        Regi Carpenter performs “Snap!” Teenage struggle with mental illness.
  • Tue Oct  25 @6pm        Open Mic Storytelling – Spooked!
  • Tue Nov 15 @6pm        Open Mic Storytelling – “Never Forget”
  • Wed Nov 16 @6pm      Dr. Joel Ying performs “Never Forget”
  • Wed Nov 30 @5pm      Student Showcase
  • Tue Dec 6 @6pm        Open Mic Storytelling – “Celebration”
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Spring 2023 Schedule

  • Tue Jan 31 @6pm          Alton Chung performs “History in the First Person”
  • Wed Feb 1 @6pm          Alton Chung performs “Okinawan Memories of WWII”
  • Tue Feb 14 @6pm          Open Mic Storytelling – “Second Chances”,
  • Wed Feb 15 @6pm        Storytelling Salon: FGCU perspectives on “Love”             
  • Tue Mar 28 @4:30pm         Open Mic Storytelling – “Freedom” – guest emcee Sheila Arnold
  • Tue Mar 28 @6pm         Sheila Arnold performs stories of freedom
  • Wed Mar 29 @6pm       Sheila Arnold performs stories of the Underground Railroad
  • Tue Apr 4 @6pm             Open Mic Storytelling – “Believe it or not”
  • Wed Apr 5 @6pm           Dr. Joel Ying performs “From Jamaica with Love”
  • Wed Apr 19 @6pm        Student Showcase
  • Tue Apr 25 @6pm             Open Mic Storytelling – “Inspiration”
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