History of FGCU Storytelling

Spring 2022 Schedule
  • Tue Feb 8 – Open Mic Storytelling – The Elephant – Theme “Consequences”
  • Mon Feb 14 – Performance with Q&A, Sheila Arnold – Adults Only: Love Stories
  • Tue Feb 15 – Workshop / Performance with Q&A (Black History), Sheila Arnold
  • Tue Feb 22 – Performance with Q&A (Spoken Word Poetry), Shawn Welcome
  • Tue Mar 1 – Open Mic Storytelling – The Elephant – Theme “Poetic Justice”
  • Wed Mar 2 – Workshop / Performance with Q&A (Diversity & Inclusion), Sue O’Halloran
  • Fri Mar 18 – Ann McCutchan ~ Reading, Reception, Book Signing
  • Tue Mar 29 – Performance with Q&A (Creative Non-Fiction), Robin Schulte
  • Wed Mar 30 – Performance with Q&A (Fractured Tales), Mary Lou Williams
  • Tue Apr 5 – Open Mic Storytelling – The Elephant – Theme “Art for Art’s Sake”
  • Wed Apr 6 – Workshop / Performance with Q&A (Healing Stories), Linda Schuyler Ford
  • Wed Apr 20 – Student Showcase @Veteran’s Pavilion
  • Fri Apr 22 – Storytelling Salon “Earth Day Perspectives”
  • Tue Apr 26 – Dr. Joel Ying, Tell Your Story: Legacy of Love @Veteran’s Pavilion
Fall 2021
  • Fri Sep 17 – Open Mic Storytelling – The Elephant @FGCU –
    Emcee Dr. Joel Ying
  • Wed Sep 22 – Performance with Q&A – Kuniko Yamamoto
  • Wed Sep 29 – Performance with Q&A – Kuniko Yamamoto
  • Tue Oct 19 – Performance with Q&A – Jessica McCune
  • Wed Oct 20 – Performance with Q&A – Jessica McCune
  • Fri Oct 22 – Open Mic Storytelling – The Elephant @FGCU –
    Theme: “Spooky” – Emcee Dr. Joel Ying
  • Wed Nov 3 – Open Mic Storytelling – The Elephant @FGCU –
    Theme: “Kindness” – Emcee Dr. Joel Ying
  • Fri Nov 5 – Storytelling Salon – “Heaven Starts on Earth”

Spring 2021 – Online Series (Zoom)

  • Fri Feb 12 at 7pm – 8:30pm: 
    Storytelling Circle – Open Mic – Stories of Love
  • Fri Feb 19 at 7pm – 8:30pm: 
    Sheila Arnold, Performance – Underground Railroad – Locks Open: EXTRA ORDINARY!
  • Fri Feb 26 at 7pm – 8:30pm: 
    Sheila Arnold, Performance – Social Justice Stories
  • Wed Mar 3 at 6pm – 7:15pm:
    Sheila Arnold, Workshop – Re-imagine the World: Dilemma Tales in Contemporary Times
  • Fri Mar 5 at 7pm – 8:30pm:
    Sheila Arnold, Performance – Folk tales – Brer Rabbit Speaks
  • Fri Mar 12 at 7pm – 8:30pm: 
    Storytelling Circle – Open Mic – Stories of Luck
  • Fri Mar 19 at 7pm – 8:30pm: 
    Alton Chung, Performance, HEROES: Stories from WWII
  • Wed Mar 24 at 6pm – 7:15pm: 
    Alton Chung, Workshop – Finding the Heart of the Story: Crafting Historic Stories
  • Fri Mar 26 at 7pm – 8:30pm: 
    Anne Shimojima, Performance – Japanese American Incarceration Camps
  • Fri Apr 2 – 7pm – 8:30pm:  
    Nestor Gomez, Immigration Stories – stories of moving, surviving, thriving, and just living in another country
  • Fri Apr 9 – 7pm – 8:30pm: 
    Dovie Thomason, Performance – Native American Stories – Women Across Time
  • Wed Apr 21 – 6pm – 7:15pm:
    FGCU Student Showcase ~ Storytelling as Healing

Fall 2020

Performance Events cancelled due to COVID-19.

Spring 2020

THU Feb 20, 2020 – Jim Gregory, “The Hanging of Tom Brown: An Odyssey into the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement”, Cohen Center Ballroom

WED Feb 26, 2020 – Sue O’Halloran, “Who Gets to Call This Home?”, Wasmer Art Gallery

Fall 2019

WED Oct 23, 2019 – Sheila Arnold, Performance – Stories of the Underground Railroad “Locks Opened: Waterways to Freedom”, Cohen Center Ballroom A

THU Oct 24, 2019 – Sheila Arnold, Workshop – “Folktales, Fairytales & Social Justice”, Wasmer Art Gallery

Spring 2019

Fall 2018

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