Central Region: New York State Performers, Programmers & Related Resources for Public Libraries & Groups


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Performer	Program	Category	Description	Fee
Hudert, Christopher	Tales of Beatrix Potter	Literature- Other, Performing Arts- Puppetry, Performing Arts- Storytelling	A solo puppeteer/storyteller explores the fantasy world of one of Victorian England’s best-known authors and illustrators. Set in an old-fashioned nursery, this performance includes three favorite Beatrix Potter stories as seen through the eyes of a young English girl growing up at the beginning of the twentieth century. As she pursues the everyday activities of playing and learning, the tales of “Two Bad Mice,” “Jeremy Fisher,” and “Jemima Puddleduck” seem to grow from her imagination. This 45 minute show incorporates hand, rod, and shadow puppets with storytelling and song in a style that is sure to please young and old alike. Licensed by Frederick Warne & Co.	$351- $500
Hunt, Kathryn	Teen & Young Adult Job Style Workshop	Life Skills- Other, Literature- Other, Media- Other	This workshop addresses the specific needs of today's young job seekers including: Obtaining working papers, review of labor laws & teen driving restrictions Job applications, references, resume writing, cover letters & email usage Dressing for success, interviewing, networking, college application preparation WORKSHOP TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS All workshops are presented in Power Point from my laptop connected to the library's multimedia projector (ex: Proxima, VGA cable required on site) Attendees receive workbooks and bibliographies for additional information Customized workshops are available by request for individuals and groups *Workshops are one hour long unless noted (ex: Career Style is 2 hours) Contact Kathryn Hunt at 631-261-3693 or via email at contact@iKatGear.com for details and availability.	$201- $350
Edgecomb, Diane	The Salmon of Wisdom	Literature- Other, Nature- Other, Performing Arts- Storytelling	True tales and original stories of encounters with the wild. This inspiring and entertaining performance is especially for nature lovers. The show starts off with an upbeat rhyming story of a New York cabbie who travels “up North” in search of a loon. Filled with humorous and evocative moments as we travel with the greenhorn cabbie as he reconnects with the wild. This piece is complemented with beautiful Native American legends and Diane’s original story The Salmon of Wisdom ~ a true tale of a mysterious and inspiring journey along California's Pacific Coast ~ a story of the beauty and mystery of nature. A one of a kind performance by one of New England’s favorite storytellers.	$501- $1000
Wayfinder Experience, Inc.	More Precious Than Gold: A Literary Treasure Hunt	Literature- Other, Performing Arts- Storytelling, Performing Arts- Theater	“More Precious Than Gold” A Literary Treasure Hunt Meet all of your favorite characters from your favorite books in one magical day, as they come to your library for a fun and delightful treasure hunt! Participants will work together to find a treasure that supports or enhances reading- library cards, bookmarks, books, etc. Combine your love of reading with your keen wits, and answer riddles brought to you by characters from Alice in Wonderland, Winnie the Pooh, Harry Potter, and many more! The Wayfinder Experience is an organization designed to supply a safe environment in which participants may delve into deeper levels of teambuilding, cooperative play, and improvisational theatre. Wayfinder runs summer camps, arts education programs, birthday parties, literacy enhancement events, corporate training seminars, and special events. For more information, please visit our website: www.wayfinderexperience.com.	$201- $350
Cain, Ron	Magical Workshops	Literature- Other, Performing Arts- Clowning, Performing Arts- Magic	Central New York magician Ron Cain offers workshops that help young people enjoy and explore the magical world around them. Each program combines class instruction with hands-on activities. IT'S MAGIC! teaches kids to perform magic with ordinary objects like cards, coins and rope. CLOWNING AROUND shows them how to have fun with juggling, yo-yos and balloon animals. THE WORLD OF HARRY POTTER gives Hogwarts fans a chance to take magical classes and play wizarding games. ENCHANTED CREATURES focuses on the folklore and legends surrounding elves, fairies, leprechauns, trolls, dragons and unicorns. MONSTEROLOGY sheds light on the seven families of monsters and invites students to use their imagination to create creepy creatures. A GATHERING OF GHOSTS introduces students to classic ghost stories and beliefs. THE WILD, WILD WEST lets children pretend to be cowboys (and girls) and learn about Wild Bill Hickok, Annie Oakley and Sitting Bull. A native Texan, Ron Cain holds a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University and attended SU’s graduate program in social studies education. He has more than 16 years of experience teaching enrichment classes to children and adults in schools, libraries, recreation departments, Onondaga Community College and Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES.	$201- $350
Smalley, Carol Parenzan	Grow Your Green Esteem	Literature- Authors, Nature- Environment, Science	You can make a difference. In this workshop, students discover steps their families can take to shrink their carbon footprints. With a degree in environmental engineering, Carol guides students in an engaging conversation about green living. To celebrate their green esteem, each student makes an earth card using paper-engineering (pop-up) techniques. (Shh! It’s math!) Green Esteem is a program based on the trickle up theory. Carol Parenzan Smalley is the author of Tell Your Parents: Green Changes You Can Make Around the Home, fresh off the press in 2009 by Mitchell Lane Publishers, a leader in education publishing. She holds a degree in environmental engineering from Penn State and has written over 20 books. Libraries hosting the program receive a free, signed, personalized copy of the book to add to their collection.	$201- $350
Sardelli, Darren	Poetry, Comedy, and Fun	Literature- Poetry, Literature- Creative Writing, Literature- Authors	Award winning poet and children’s book author, Darren Sardelli, makes poetry fun and exciting for everyone. His poems are featured in 12 children’s books in the U.S. and England, and 6 textbooks in the Netherlands, Germany, and Israel. During a workshop, Darren brings poetry to life by performing his funny poems for students, talks about the importance of writing down ideas and the wonderful things that can be done with them, shows students how to make a poem surprising, humorous, and exciting, sparks imaginations with cool concepts and creative thoughts, and writes a funny rhyming poem with the class. Mr. Sardelli’s poetry workshops are interactive, entertaining, inspirational, educational, and fun!	$201- $350
DuBois, Betsy	Georgia Popoff	Literature- Poetry, Literature- Authors	Georgia A. Popoff, of Syracuse, NY, is a “community poet,” expressed as performance poet, educator, editor, and spoken word producer. As a performer, she has toured both the west and east coasts extensively, coupling these efforts with opportunities to teach in schools and provide peer workshops in communities where she reads. Among her past projects as producer, she coordinated the monthly reading series, “Third Thursday Poetry at Pastabilities,” for 2 years; “Poetry at the End” at Happy Endings Cake & Coffeehouse, and was the Syracuse Poetry Slam Master for 2 years. In fall/winter 2000, she coordinated a series, “Sunday Kind of Words,” to feature poets who offered both an afternoon workshop and evening reading to the Central New York writing community. In 2001 – 2002, she coordinated a weekly reading, “Poetry Paradiso,” which continued through Spring 2003 in collaboration with the Downtown Writers Center and the Community Folk Art Center in Syracuse. Georgia has also produced local events in conjunction with two international poetry programs, Poets for Peace International and the United Nation’s sponsored Dialogue among Civilizations through Poetry (www.dialoguepoetry.org), in collaboration with the Everson Museum of Art.	$501- $1000
Edgecomb, Diane	Forbidden Stories: Journey Among the Kurds of Turkey	Literature- Poetry, Multicultural- Other, Performing Arts- Storytelling	Forbidden Stories: Journey Among the Kurds of Turkey The dramatic tale of Edgecomb's story collecting journey in remote mountain villages among a people whose very language was forbidden is punctuated by colorful slides, music and folktales collected from the last living Kurdish tellers. This entertaining and insightful performance with award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb charts her years collecting the vanishing folkloric tales of the Kurdish people. This seven-year quest brought Diane to remote mountain villages in Turkey places usually forbidden to outsiders. A master teller, Edgecomb will share legends from her new book, A Fire In My Heart: Kurdish Tales, never before published stories that reveal the folkloric riches of this ancient Middle Eastern culture along with anecdotes of her travels up sheer mountain roads to record the last Kurdish storytellers. The performance resonates with the humor and pathos of Kurdish village life and the colorful people that shared their lives with her.	$501- $1000
Hudert, Christopher	The Magic of Hans Christian Andersen	Literature- Other, Performing Arts- Storytelling, Performing Arts- Puppetry	Applause Unlimited celebrates one of the 20th century’s greatest storytellers - Hans Christian Andersen - with this new adaptation of their UNIMA award winning show. Sometimes serious and heartwarming, sometimes downright silly, but always fun, the show features storytelling and song as well as over twenty hand puppets, rod puppets, and marionettes in three of Andersen’s best loved tales: “The Ugly Duckling,” “Thumbelisa,” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes.”	$351- $500

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