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<blockquote type="cite" class="" style="font-family: Calibri-Italic;"><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Wandering Aesthetics, The Akronist &<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Kenmore Branch Library<br class="">Present…<br class=""><b class="">Full Circle Storytelling: An Open Mic for Community Storytellers</b> <b class=""><br class=""><br class=""></b><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">(</span><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">February 9, 2016 – Akron, Ohio – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) </span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Wandering Aesthetics, The Akronist and Kenmore Branch Library are proud to announce the next <i class="">Full Circle Storytelling: An Open Mic for Community Storytellers </i>event. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b class=""><i class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Full Circle Storytelling</span></i></b><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> is a free event and open to the public.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">This <i class="">Full Circle Storytelling </i>event<i class=""> </i>will be held on Tuesday, February 16th from 6 pm – 7:30 pm at Kenmore Branch Library, located at 969 Kenmore Blvd. • Akron, OH.<br class=""><br class=""></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Registration is encouraged (especially for storytellers), but not required. To register or for more information, please email <a href="mailto:Benjamin@akronist.com" class="">benjamin@akronist.com</a> or visit <a href="http://www.watheatre.com/fullcircle" class="">www.watheatre.com/fullcircle</a>.<br class=""><br class="">Information can also be found at: <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/FullCircle2015" class="">www.tinyurl.com/FullCircle2015</a>.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">About the Event:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">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> </span><span class="5yl5"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">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 </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">and the Akronist, this intimate evening of storytelling will conjure the spirit of community. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">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.) </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Stories can range anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes in length.</span></p><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">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. <strong 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.</strong><b class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Registration is encouraged (especially for storytellers), but not required. To register or for more information, please email <a href="mailto:Benjamin@akronist.com" class="">benjamin@akronist.com</a> or visit <a href="http://www.watheatre.com/fullcircle" class="">www.watheatre.com/fullcircle</a>.<br class=""><br class=""><b class="">This Month’s Theme: The Jaws of Defeat </b><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br class=""><b class="">Full Circle Storytelling Mission Statement:<o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Open to the public, Full Circle Storytelling events revolve around a theme and the idea: </span><i class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">everyone </i><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">has a story</span><i class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">.</i><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> 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.</span></p></div></div></blockquote></body></html>