BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//American School of Storytelling - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for American School of Storytelling REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20270314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20271107T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260504T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260504T210000 DTSTAMP:20260502T032637 CREATED:20260218T013419Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T003943Z UID:10000620-1777921200-1777928400@americanschoolofstorytelling.com SUMMARY:Witness- Open Mic Mondays May 2026 DESCRIPTION:We are adding a “Witness Open Mic” on the first Monday of the month\, to offer our neighbors and fellow citizens a forum to share their stories. \nWhat has happened? What have you seen or done as a witness\, observer\, or volunteer? How are you living with your fear\, anger\, anxiety? What can we learn from listening to each other? \nStories\, poems\, songs… all forms are welcome. Sign-up will be first come\, first serve. Doors at 6:30\, show at 7:00pm. \n \nMany thanks to Forecast Public Art for providing a grant to support this open mic! URL:https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/event/witness-may-2026/ LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Witness-Open-Mic-e1768790382527.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="American School of Storytelling":MAILTO:americanschoolofstorytelling@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260508T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260508T203000 DTSTAMP:20260502T032637 CREATED:20260323T002042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T011323Z UID:10000636-1778266800-1778272200@americanschoolofstorytelling.com SUMMARY:Wayfinding the Wilds: Tracking A Myth DESCRIPTION:The wilderness has always held attention somewhere in the overlap of unrestricted fascination\, deep terror\, and enduring mystique. As a living symbol\, it represents the unknown and the unpredictable- the very medium of Life itself. \nDrawing on the languages of poetry\, music\, myth\, and story we’ll venture headlong into the underbrush of the timeless soul\, into the landscape of mystery and memory\, into the untamable grand story playing out all around us\, within us\, and as us. We’ll imagine ourselves into a larger pattern of kinship. \nCome armed with your curiosity and defenseless against wonder. This isn’t a show about seeking answers\, but about finding questions and celebrating mystery. \n\nArtist bios: \n \nNick Theisen is a poet who works with the languages of story and poetry in service to renewing our relationship with mystery\, reconnecting with our common humanity\, and remembering our relational self. He partners with communities in exploring and articulating their wider story of belonging and accompanying them in gaining a more rooted and expansive sense of vision through tending spaces that remind us of the participatory nature of being human.\nHis work is rooted in themes of wilderness\, interbeing and belonging\, mythic imagination\, and the ecological soul. Tracing the threads between self\, other\, and landscape\, he sees his work as a living engagement with the forest in both its literal and metaphorical senses- following the ancient and wild footprints of the mythopoetic tradition\, mapmaking with the compass of curiosity\, and pilgriming on a journey of tracking myth and mystery. \n  \n  \n \nAndrew Theisen is a multi-instrumentalist living in Minneapolis. He is a part of two groups (Sunny Duchess\, Witness Trips and the Compass Rose) along with filling in for other artists. Not confined by any one genre but inspired by all\, he gives musical voice to the song of the world as he hears it\, providing listeners a fresh and timeless tale of their place in the wider story. \n  \n  \n  \n\nTo register: \n\n\nAdd the number of tickets you want by clicking the ‘+’ button\nClick the ‘Get Tickets’ button\nNote- After purchase\, tickets & receipt may arrive in your ‘Junk Mail’ folder  URL:https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/event/wayfinding-the-wilds/ LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Wayfinding-the-Wild-Tracking-A-Myth-e1775610336193.png ORGANIZER;CN="American School of Storytelling":MAILTO:americanschoolofstorytelling@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260510T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260510T153000 DTSTAMP:20260502T032637 CREATED:20260323T002133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260425T194939Z UID:10000637-1778421600-1778427000@americanschoolofstorytelling.com SUMMARY:Jules' Poetry Playhouse DESCRIPTION:FREE EVENT! American School of Storytelling is proud to host the founders of New Mexico’s Jules’ Poetry Playhouse– Jules Nyquist and John Roche\, joined by special guest Roslye Ultan. Don’t miss this magical afternoon of poetry and stories. Award winning books will be available for purchase. \n  \n \n  \n\nJules Poetry Playhouse Authors: \n \nJules Nyquist is a native Minnesotan and lives in Placitas\, New Mexico where she is the founder of Jules’ Poetry Playhouse. Her recent award-winning books are Atomic Paradise\, Homesick\, The Sestina Playbook\, Behind the Volcanoes\, and Appetites. She took her PhD in Post-Secondary Adult Education from Capella University and her MFA in Writing and Literature from Bennington College. Jules poems have been featured in print\, online\, audio\, radio or in-person at various readings and events including the NM History Conference\, in Las Cruces\, NM\, the American Psychological Association Conference in Denver\, CO\, the Jonquil Motel in Bisbee\, AZ\, the Rattlesnake Museum in Albuquerque\, NM\, a kind of a small array gallery in Magdalena\, NM\, the Briar in Minneapolis\, MN\, the Black Dog Café in St. Paul\, MN\, a Masonic Lodge in Bemidji\, MN\, the New Mexico Humanities Council\, in Albuquerque\, NM\, Unquarked in Los Alamos\, NM\, and featured at the International Women’s Day at the Santa Fe Capitol Rotunda\, and many other bookstores\, bars\, galleries\, and now at the American School of Storytelling in Minneapolis. Her poems have appeared in Salamander\, 5AM\, Malpais Review\, Adobe Walls\, A View from the Loft\, St. Paul Almanac\, Long Islander News\, Gray Sparrow\, House Organ\, Duke City Fix\, Café Review IKON Magazine\, Journal of Humanistic Mathematics\, Taos Journal of Poetry and elsewhere. More at http://www.poetryplayhouse.com \n \nJohn Roche lives in Placitas\, New Mexico\, helping Jules Nyquist run Jules’ Poetry Playhouse and edit Poetry Playhouse Publications. His latest poetry collection is Tubbables\, which is a NM-AZ Book Award Finalist. Other books include On Conesus\, Topicalities\, Road Ghosts\, The Joe Poems: The Continuing Saga of Joe the Poet\, and Joe Rides Again: Further Adventures of Joe the Poet. He has also created and edited the five-volume Poets Speak series (Trumped\, Hers\, Water\, Walls and Survival) and other anthologies (including Mo’ Joe). Dr. Roche taught Literature and Creative Writing classes for decades at various colleges and teaches at Jules’ Poetry Playhouse and has done workshops for the New Mexico State Poetry Society. He was formerly President of Just Poets in Rochester\, NY\, a member of the board of BOA Editions\, chief organizer of the Black Mountain North Symposium\, and an instigator of the annual Cloudburst Council poets’ retreat in the Finger Lakes. He has a poem in the ICE OUT: Minnesota Writers Rising Up anthology. \n \nRoslye Ultan is a Professor Emeritus from UNM/CCE Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies Program with a specialty in Art History/and Visual Culture. Her first full-length poetry collection is Convergence\, published by Poetry Playhouse Publications\, featuring poems with musical rhythms and lyrical forms. In this collection\, she chronicles her journey encompassing childhood\, marriage and widowhood\, travel\, heritage\, traditions\, and spiritual reflections. Her poetry has been published in A Poets Speak Anthology: Hers\, vol 2\, Water vol 3\, Walls\, vol 4\, Survival\, vol 5; Echoes of Voices of Wisdom\, the Waters of Creation\, North Stone Review\, Blues Moon Journal\, among others. Roslye holds degrees from Dickinson College\, Carlisle\, Pennsylvania\, BA; American University\, D.C. MA; and Post-Graduate Fellow of the Smithsonian Institution\, Washington\, D.C. She is the widow of composer Lloyd Ultan and lives in Minneapolis. URL:https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/event/jules-poetry-playhouse/ LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States CATEGORIES:Books,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Jules-Poetry-Playhouse2-e1775782783921.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="American School of Storytelling":MAILTO:americanschoolofstorytelling@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260515T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260515T203000 DTSTAMP:20260502T032637 CREATED:20260323T002255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260410T013854Z UID:10000638-1778871600-1778877000@americanschoolofstorytelling.com SUMMARY:Perfect Harmony DESCRIPTION:Perfect Harmony and other poems performed by poet Timothy Young and violinist Dalyce Elliott Young\, with musical support by Brothers Burn Mountain. \nTimothy’s version and Dalyce’s musical composition for the profound poem\, Perfect Harmony\, by  Ibn El Arabi a 12th Century Andalusian poet\, will be featured. The Brothers Burn Mountain duo of Jesse Dermody and Ryan Dermody will provide musical support for this poem and other compositions by Timothy and Dalyce. \n \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nTo register: \n\nAdd the number of tickets you want by clicking the ‘+’ button\nClick the ‘Get Tickets’ button\nNote- After purchase\, tickets & receipt may arrive in your ‘Junk Mail’ folder  URL:https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/event/perfect-harmony/ LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Perfect-Harmony-e1775784843228.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="American School of Storytelling":MAILTO:americanschoolofstorytelling@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260525T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260525T210000 DTSTAMP:20260502T032637 CREATED:20260218T013828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T013828Z UID:10000621-1779735600-1779742800@americanschoolofstorytelling.com SUMMARY:Poetry- Open Mic Mondays May 2026 DESCRIPTION:This is an ongoing monthly series of poetry & spoken word open mics that will take place on the 4th Monday of the month. \nHere’s how it works:\nUp to 15 poets. 5 minutes or 3 poems each. Any form. Sign-up will be first come\, first serve. \nDoors at 6:30\, show at 7pm. URL:https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/event/poetry-may-2026/ LOCATION:AMSS\, 1762 Hennepin Ave South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403\, United States CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Poetry-Open-Mic-e1701043164131.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="American School of Storytelling":MAILTO:americanschoolofstorytelling@gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR