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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><br class=""></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="5yl5"><b class="">Wandering
Aesthetics, The Akronist and Jilly’s Music Room present…</b></span><span class="5yl5"><br class="">
<i class="">‘Full
Circle Storytelling: Collected Works, Vol. 2’<br class="">
</i>(2016 – 2017 Season Finale)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b class="">Featuring Emcee DJ AaRron Epps & Nepali
Storyteller Neema Tamang</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span class="5yl5"><span class="5yl5">The 2016 – 2017
<i class="">Full Circle Storytelling </i>season
finale<i class=""> </i>will be held on Wednesday, July 26<sup class="">th</sup> at Jilly’s
Music Room located at </span><span class="xbe">111 N Main
St. • Akron, OH. </span>Doors at 7:00 PM, Storytelling
begins at 7:30 PM. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="5yl5">
<br class="">
Tickets are $10.00 and available at the door or online at </span><span class="Hyperlink0"><span style="color: windowtext;" class=""><a href="http://www.watheatre.com/fullcircle" class="">www.watheatre.com/fullcircle</a></span></span><span class="5yl5">. Pay-what-you-can tickets are available at the
door. For more information please call 330.612.3090 or email <a href="mailto:info@watheatre.com" class="">info@watheatre.com</a>.
<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span class="5yl5"><b class=""><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;text-transform:uppercase" class="">About the Event:</span></b></span><span class="5yl5"><span style="font-family: Calibri; border: none;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;" class=""><span class="5yl5"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Over the past
year, Wandering Aesthetics, The Akronist and Jilly’s Music Room partnered to produce
nine Full Circle Storytelling events – each inspired by a prompt and an idea:
everyone has a story.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:
Calibri" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">From these open
mic events, eight storytellers were chosen to work with Wandering Aesthetics’
Director of Education Kyle Jozsa to shape their stories and present them at ‘<b class=""><i class="">Full
Circle Storytelling: Collected Works, Vol. 2</i></b>.’ Special guest Neema Tamang,
a Nepali actor who recently performed in ‘<span class="st">In Search of
Alternative Dreams’ as part of</span> Gum-Dip Theatre’s Nepali Applause
Festival, has been invited to share a story about “first love in a refugee
camp.” DJ AaRron Epps will guide the gathering, spinning soulful soundscapes as
the evening’s emcee. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family:Times" class=""> </span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Stories
range from heart wrenching to hysterical – and everywhere in-between! </span></strong><b class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:
Calibri" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">THE
STORYTELLERS:</span></strong><strong class=""><span style="font-family:Times" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Jennifer Betz –
Norton, OH<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Story Title: </span></i><i class=""><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
Helvetica;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="">The Pitfalls of Stream Littering</span></i><i class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""> </span></i></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Brenda Cummins –
Cuyahoga Falls, OH<i class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></i></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Story Title: </span></i><i class=""><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
Helvetica;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="">Conception in Three Acts<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Emily Durway –
Akron, OH <br class="">
<i class="">Story Title: </i></span><i class=""><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
Helvetica;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="">First Date Fiasco</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Tyler Hodges –
Fairlawn, OH<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Story Title: </span></i><i class=""><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
Helvetica;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="">Just Another Manic Sunday<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Meghan Meeker –
Akron, OH (West Akron)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Story Title: </span></i><i class=""><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
Helvetica;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="">My Father's Father</span></i><i class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""> </span></i></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Benjamin Rexroad
– Coventry, OH (Portage Lakes)<br class="">
<i class="">Story Title: Family Tree</i></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Bart Sullivan –
Cuyahoga Falls, OH <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Story Title: Will Know Tomorrow<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Brian Young – Akron,
OH<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Story Title: </span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">TBA<i class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></i></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">SPECIAL GUEST STORYTELLER:</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:
Calibri" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:
Calibri" class="">Neema Tamang – Akron, OH (North Hill)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Story Title: First Love</span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">Neema Tamang was
born on August 10, 1996 in a Nepali refugee camp. He worked with Suruwath
Theatre Company as an artist, which he established on April 20, 2011. His goal
was to bring social awareness to the community and preserve the Nepali culture.
His interest in the arts drives him to perform. He also wants to share the arts
with other people so they know what it is to love the arts and do creative
things. Not only is he passionate about theatre, he’s passionate about sports
too. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">ABOUT THE EMCEE: <o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="">AaRron
Epps joined BMe as Acting Community Manager in Akron where he leads efforts in
building caring and prosperous communities. Epps is a certified facilitator for the "Ice House
Entrepreneur Program" and "Thinking for a Change" a
cognitive-based learning program for ex- offenders. Epps was recruited to be a
speaker at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He spent two semesters facilitating
a workshop about the early influences of “Hip Hop” and how teachers can use
this information to get in better contact with students. Epps has over ten
years of experience of working with at-risk youth and ex-offenders. He is the
founder of the SAC Program, which is focused on building and sustaining the
city of Akron through community building, entrepreneurship and black male achievement.</span><b class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""> </span></i></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="">FULL
CIRCLE STORYTELLING MISSION STATEMENT:</span></strong><strong class=""><span style="font-family:Times" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri" class=""> </span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Full
Circle is a successful monthly storytelling event open to the community.
Telling their own true tales, Akronites place themselves at the center of their
own life journeys. We use the art of narrative to ignite understanding between
diverse peoples, building bridges– not walls– within our community.</p>
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