ODYSSEY STORYTELLING presents The Body
Thursday, May 14 at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30) at the Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St . Tucson, Arizona
Please come to the our next show! We have six fabulous and diverse storytellers lined up and it promises to be GREAT! Storytellers are artistic director, Cynthia Meier; artist, Stephanie Baldwin; screenwriter, Tony Hinkins; adult educator, Alberto Ramirez; teacher, Susan Kovitz and SAGA program coordinator, Alison Davison . See their bios at www.odysseystorytelling.com.
This month’s theme is The Body ~ Scars, birthmarks, heart-attacks. Gaining 15 pounds. Losing 15 pounds. Lifts, tucks, reductions. Arthritis, hamstrings, opposable thumbs. It feels good, and we forget about it. It hurts and it’s all we think about. You look just like your mother. That zit, on prom night. We live with it, we love with it, in many ways it’s all we’ve got. Stories about the body. Curated by Adam Hostetter .
Tickets $7 at the door or get reserved seats at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/60260
Have dinner at the Cup Cafe (reservations recommended: 798-1618) in the historic Hotel Congress OR at the new Maynard’s Market and Kitchen on Toole Ave in the Historic Train Depot (reservations recommended: 545-0577), let them know you’re going to Odyssey, and they will reserve a seat for you at the show. Parking is free on the street after 5 p.m.
ODYSSEY STORYTELLING presents Families You Know
Saturday, May 9, 3-5 p.m. at Wingspan, 425 E. 7th Street ~ free
(AND on May 17 10 a.m. – noon, (stories repeated) at the Center for Inquiry meeting, University Medical Center, Duval Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave. ~ $6 (students free), free parking in garage
Families You Know stories are about expanding and diversifying the definition of family. You’ll hear six different ten-minute personal stories from members of the LGBT Wingspan (www.wingspan.org) community about their unique lives and families. Storytellers are
actor, Merlin Spillers; pediatrician, Drew Cronyn; mother, Melissa Griebel; youth activist Matthew Jones; finance director, Peter Powers-Lake and more! See their bios at www.odysseystorytelling.com.
WINGSPAN’s Families You Know™ (www.familiesyouknow.com) web based public education campaign is an opportunity for the LGBT community, along with straight allies, to openly and honestly discuss what family means to each of us.
THE CENTER FOR INQUIRY (www.centerforinquiry.net) is a global federation committed to science, reason, free inquiry, secularism, and planetary ethics. Meet in the UMC cafeteria afterwards and continue exchanges over lunch and then come for the afternoon panel at 1:30, Separate and Not Equal: Social Justice for the LGBT community.
Co-sponsored by Wingspan’s Senior Pride, Rainbow Families and Odyssey Storytelling.
COMING UP July 30 “Illegal”. Be in touch if you have a story to tell. For more information contact Penelope Starr, 520-730-4112, penelope@odysseystorytelling.com,
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Odyssey Storytelling creating connections ~ one story at a time
