• Intermediate Storytelling

    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Focusing on the development of your story beyond the bare bones. Whether it is adjusting the narrative details or crafting the performance, this is a hands-on class to help you […]

    $80.00
  • Storytelling for Social Change- Online

    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    If anyone thinks stories don’t change things they haven’t been paying attention. In our current political environment storytellers have an increasingly vital role. In this interactive workshop we will examine […]

    $60.00
  • Poetics of Storytelling with Laura Simms

    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    The Poetics of Storytelling is a luscious hands-on dive into the unique and powerful aspects of engaged storytelling today: the special role of the narrative; the grail of braiding stories; […]

    $40.00
  • Beginnings and Endings

    Online

    The invitation for the audience to enter the story can be more complicated than “Once upon a time…”. Similarly, the ending often deserves more than a rote “Happily ever after..”   This two session hands-on workshop will explore how to strengthen the beginnings and endings of your chosen stories, whether personal or traditional. Taught online […]

    $30.00
  • Women’s Voices, Women’s Stories

    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    This is a three-session class for anyone identifying as a woman who wants to develop and share stories by, for, and about what it is to be a woman. Join […]

    $60.00
  • Poetry Through the Larynx

    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Trobriand Islanders say that the larynx is the seat of moral intelligence. The larynx provides us with a unique ability to communicate our ideas, memories, and experiences. Poetry is always […]

    $30.00
  • Family Oral History Collection

    Zoom

    The Holiday season is not only a time to gather with family and friends but a time to collect the valuable memories and stories that we share around dinner tables and eggnog… This is a three session course in 1) how to prepare for formal or informal interviews 2) how to conduct them and 3) […]

    $40.00
  • The Body in Stories

    Zoom

    “The Body in Stories” explores the difficult physical and emotional presentation of romance, sexuality and physical intimacy in stories. What is cliche? What is too much? What is enough to […]

    $60.00
  • Introduction to Storytelling

    Online

    The fundamentals of storytelling: what is a story, how to craft it, and how to tell it. We begin by looking at both personal and traditional stories to learn genres and the narrative forms, then begin making decisions about the particular narrative form you want to use, beginnings/ endings, point of view, the emotional arc […]

    $80.00
  • Build Your Fringe Show

    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    It’s the season for getting Fringe applications in. It’s one thing to apply and another to have a stage worthy performance. This two session, in person workshop will move your […]

    $40.00
  • Intermediate Storytelling

    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Focusing on the development of your story beyond the bare bones. Whether it is adjusting the narrative details or crafting the performance, this is a hands-on class to help you tell a better story. In person, 4 sessions, 7:00-9:00 pm, Tuesdays March 3-24 ~ Taught by Loren Niemi To register: Add the number of tickets you […]

    $80.00
  • Brenda Varda’s Songwriting Workshop

    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    In Brenda Varda’s Songwriting Workshop, we consider well-known lyric examples (and lesser known), looking for ways that your words can incorporate rhyme, rhythm, imagery, and metaphor within common structures of song.  The second half of the class will be an opportunity to do a first draft based on your ideas.   To register: Add the […]

    $40.00