<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; min-height: 13px;" class="">Wandering Aesthetics, The Akronist and Ellet Branch Library are proud to announce the next <i class="">Full Circle Storytelling: An Open Mic for Community Storytellers </i>event. </div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-size: 11px;" class=""><b class=""><i class="">Full Circle Storytelling</i> is a free event and open to the public.</b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-size: 11px;" class="">This <i class="">Full Circle Storytelling </i>event<i class=""> </i>will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 22th from 6 pm – 7:30 pm at Ellet Branch Library, located at 2470 E. Market St. • Akron, OH.<br class="">
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Registration is encouraged (especially for storytellers), but not required. To register or for more information, please email <a href="mailto:Benjamin@akronist.com" class=""><span style="color: rgb(4, 51, 255);" class="">benjamin@akronist.com</span></a> or visit <a href="http://www.watheatre.com/FullCircle" class=""><span style="color: rgb(4, 51, 255);" class="">www.watheatre.com/FullCircle</span></a>.<br class="">
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Information can also be found at: <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/FullCircle2015" class=""><span style="color: rgb(4, 51, 255);" class="">www.tinyurl.com/FullCircle2015</span></a>.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-size: 11px;" class=""><b class="">About the Event:</b></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class="">Open to the public, Full Circle Storytelling events revolve around a theme and the idea: <i class="">everyone </i>has a story<i class="">.</i> Sign up to tell a true story related to the evening’s theme or just come to enjoy the show! <b class="">(No experience necessary.) </b>Co-hosted by ASCPL, Wandering Aesthetics and the Akronist, this intimate evening of storytelling will conjure the spirit of community. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; min-height: 13px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class="">Since this event is open to the whole community, language and content of stories should be no stronger than PG-13. (Don’t tell us anything your Mama wouldn’t want to hear.) Stories can range anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes in length. </div><p style="margin: 5px 0px; font-size: 11px;" class="">We are creating a video and audio archive of stories from residents of the Greater Akron area. This archive may be used by students, journalists, researchers, artists, etc. for purposes beyond Full Circle Storytelling events. <b class="">Participants at our live events are not required to have their stories recorded for our archive. Sometimes the magic is only for those in the room.</b></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class="">Registration is encouraged (especially for storytellers), but not required. To register or for more information, please email <a href="mailto:Benjamin@akronist.com" class=""><span style="color: rgb(4, 51, 255);" class="">benjamin@akronist.com</span></a> or visit <a href="http://www.watheatre.com/FullCircle" class=""><span style="color: rgb(4, 51, 255);" class="">www.watheatre.com/FullCircle</span></a>.<br class="">
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Theme: On the Road</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br class="">
<b class="">Full Circle Storytelling Mission Statement:</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; min-height: 13px;" class=""><b class=""></b><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class="">Open to the public, Full Circle Storytelling events revolve around a theme and the idea: <i class="">everyone </i>has a story<i class="">.</i> By encouraging community members to tell their own true tales, each storyteller is placed at the center of his or her own life journey. We use narrative as a way to promote understanding between diverse peoples, building bridges – not walls – within our community. </div></body></html>