The month of June is filled with kid-friendly events that are perfect for families as the Brooklyn Arts Council presents Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn: Traditional Tales and Their Tellers, a series of FREE public programs featuring folktales, fairy tales, ghost stories, and more from Brooklyn-based storytellers of every culture.
The June full moon brings two special moonlight storytelling nights with stories under the stars. On Wednesday, June 1, folk tales from Guyana will be featured outside St. Stephen’s Church from 6:30-8:30PM while Thursday, June 2, the Prospect Heights Community Farm provides a special garden backdrop for Carribean ghost stories and legends of the sea from 7-9PM.
Then, it is a full weekend of story-centric events from June 10 – 12. The weekend begins with Garifuna tales Friday, June 10, at the BIKO Transformation Center on Bushwick Avenue.
On Saturday, June 11, The Great Brooklyn Storytelling Event will take over Grand Army Plaza by the Brooklyn Public Library from 1 – 4 pm. The event will feature all manner of traditional storytelling told by raconteurs from all over the borough including George Davidson, Tammy Hall, Winston “Jeggae” Hoppie, Kid Lucky, Irka Mateo, Aeilushi Mistry, Professor Louie and Fast Eddie, and more. The audience will have their own chance to spin a tale in Sabrina Artel’s specially-equipped Trailer Talk trailer.
And, on Sunday, June 12, from 3-4PM Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park will be the setting for Lenape Indian tales and stories from Trinidad.
For a full schedule of events, visit http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org.
The Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC), a nonprofit 501c3 organization founded in 1966, serves Brooklyn artists and arts groups in all disciplines and provides residents with affordable access to the arts. BAC supports Brooklyn’s independent dance, music, film and visual artists, and independent arts organization. BAC also works to preserve the arts in Brooklyn schools, after school programs and community centers.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN BROOKLYN: TRADITIONAL STORYTELLERS AND THEIR TALES. The borough-based story festival will bring traditional storytelling including folk tales, ghost stories, legends and myths from cultures around the world, to venues all over Brooklyn. Presented by Brooklyn Arts Council. June 1 – 22, various locations. Tickets: Free. Visit www.BrooklynArtsCouncil.org for schedule and venues.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 6:30-8:30PM
FULL MOON STORYTELLING NIGHT: FOLK TALES AND TELLERS FROM GUYANA
St. Stephen’s Church, Corner E.28th St and Newkirk Avenue
This special event outside St. Stephen’s Church will feature Guyanese folk tales told by the light of the full moon. FREE.
Presented by the Brooklyn Arts Council in cooperation with Guyana Cultural Association
THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 7-9PM
MOONLIGHT STORIES IN THE GARDEN
Prospect Heights Community Farm, 256 St. Marks Avenue (Prospect Heights)
A special evening in one of Brooklyn’s community gardens featuring duppy (ghost) stories of the Caribbean presented by Caribbean Cultural Theater and tales of the sea with New York Harbor diver Lenny Speregen and Adam Brown. FREE. (Rain date: Thursday, June 9)
Presented by the Brooklyn Arts Council in cooperation with Prospect Heights Community Farm, a fiscally sponsored project of the Open Space Institute
FRIDAY JUNE 10, 7-9PM
GARIFUNA WONDER TALES
BIKO, 1474 Bushwick Avenue
A traditional uraga (storytelling session) with Garifuna artists of Belize and Honduras and special guest storytellers. Traditional food will also be served. FREE.
Presented by the Brooklyn Arts Council in cooperation with BIKO, the Garifuna Transcendental Center
SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1-4PM
THE GREAT BROOKLYN STORYTELLING EVENT
Brooklyn Public Library Central , Grand Army Plaza, Eastern Pkwy and Flatbush Avenue
Highlighting all manner of traditional storytelling, the event features raconteurs from all over the borough and plenty of opportunity for the audience to join in by recording their own Brooklyn stories in Sabrina Artel’s specially equipped Trailer Talk trailer. FREE.
Presented by the Brooklyn Arts Council with support from The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation in cooperation with Brooklyn Public Library
SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 3-4PM
STORIES IN THE PARK
Lefferts Historic House, Prospect Park, use Flatbush and Ocean Avenue entrance
A story session for the whole family, featuring Lenape Indian tales and stories from Trinidad. FREE.
Presented by the Brooklyn Arts Council in cooperation with Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park.
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