Love, Lust and Legends Competition

Thursday, February 9th 
Love, Lust and Legends Competition 
The Crows Nest 
7:30pm 
$3 at the door 

Looking for a perfect spot to take your sweetie? Bitter, single and convinced love sucks? Well, either way, we have the night for you. The St. John's Storytelling Circle hosts the annual, crowd-pleasing "Love, Lust and Legends" competition at the Crow's Nest, with tales of love, of lust, and of love gone terribly, horribly awry. This is an open mic storytelling session, so bring your sappiest story or your recitation of rejection.

Hostess for the evening is the tea-licious Kelly Jones of Britannia Teas and Gifts, who is sponsoring the night, and providing a suitably St. Valentinian gift for the teller of the most romantic and the most heart-breaking tale, to be decided upon by you, the audience.

$3 at the door, Crow's Nest Officer's Club, just east of the war memorial, Duckworth Street, St. John's.

Delf Hohmann to host the St. John's Storytelling Circle

St. John's Storytelling Circle

Thursday, January 19th
Crows Nest Officers Club (beside the War Memorial, off Duckworth Street, St. John's)

7:30pm 

$3 at the door

This week’s storytelling circle features host Delf Hohmann. Delf, originally from Germany, plays guitar, 5-string banjo, recorder, concertina, dulcimer and various percussive instruments. His repertoire features contemporary and traditional folk music in English, French, Yiddish and German. He has performed across Canada including the Mariposa Folk Festival, the Home Country Folk Festival in London, Ontario.

From 1981 to 1985 Delf worked for the environmental project Clearwater on the Hudson River, and performed with Pete Seeger at Carnegie Hall in New York and Massey Hall in Toronto. He is artistic director of the Cape St. Mary's Performance Series, and serves on the programming committee of Sound Symposium. Aside from that he creates soundtracks for documentaries, and writes Harbour Symphonies, Music for Ships' Horns.

For the past ten years, Delf has been collaborating with storyteller Dale Jarvis on various projects, and together they have performed twice at the Yukon International Storytelling Festival in Whitehorse. In 2012, Delf and Dale will be touring a new two-man show based on the lives and stories of the Brothers Grimm. Expect a Grimm tale or two on Thursday night!

Recitations and Storytelling in January

Folk Night at the Ship

Wednesday, January 11th, 9pm

$5.00 at the Door

Join Chris Brookes, Ford Elms, Hubert Furey, Dave Paddon and Dave Penny, as we present an accordion-free evening of recitations, tales, old foolishness and perhaps a ballad or two if necessary!

Traditional Newfoundland Concert

Songs and Stories

Location: The Historic Basilica Museum

Time: Friday, January 13 @ 8 pm.

Host: Eleanor Dawson

Featuring: Performances by Allan Byrne, Mary Fearon, Monica Walsh, Jason Dobbin, Linda Byrne, Melanie Martinand Andy Jones.

Cost: $20.00

Limited seating – available. Please reserve your ticket by contacting Eleanor Dawson @ 579-7839 oreleanordawson@gov.nl.ca


And don't forget to join us for this month's Storytelling Circle with Delf Hohmann

Thursday, January 19th, 7:30 pm
Crow's Nest with host Delf Hohmann
$3.00 at the door, seating limited.

We need storytellers and we need good listeners, so all are welcome!

Storyteller Dan Yashinsky at The Crow's Nest, Thursday Nov 17, 8pm

Stories from the Crossroads
with Dan Yashinsky
The Crow's Nest, St. John's
$5 at the door
Thursday, November 17, 8pm.

Lucky October 13 - Ghost Story Night with the Newfoundland Paranormal Society

In honour of Hallowe'en and things that go bump in the night, theNewfoundland Paranormal Society will be hosting a night of ghost stories and spooky tales at the Crow's Nest on the lucky 13th of October. Have a true ghost story to share? Or know a legend from your home town? Come spook the crowd! Created in 2009, the Newfoundland Paranormal Society is made up of not-for-profit groups of investigators, private researchers, and paranormal enthusiasts dedicated to researching and documenting the paranormal history and events occurring in Newfoundland, Canada.

Anyone interested in cultivating the traditional art of Newfoundland storytelling is invited. Both experienced storytellers and newcomers are welcome. Just want to listen? Then come along! Every kind of story or recitation can be told as long as it's by word of mouth, rather than being read aloud.

The St. John's Storytelling Circle runs from 7:30-9:30 at the Crow's Nest Officer's Club, with opportunities for new storytellers to spin a yarn. The Crow's Nest is located off the public stairs at the east side of the War Memorial on Duckworth Street, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. (Map It)

Admission:   $3 at the door
Time:             7:30 - 9:30 pm
Location:      Crow's Nest Officers Club

The moving story of a man and his snowmobile

One of the St. John's Storytelling Circle regular recitationists, Dave Paddon, is putting out another chapbook with Running the Goat Books & Broadsides.  

"The 12" ... the moving story of a man and his snowmobile, is a handmade, letterpress-printed version of the recitation with original linocut illustrations by Duncan Major.

To celebrate the launch, you are invited to join Dave on Tuesday, September 20th from 7pm to 9pm at the Crow's Nest Officers' Club. Music by Dave Penny.

Dave Paddon will begin reciting around 7:45; goodness knows when he'll stop! There will be food, fun and a cash bar!

For more information about Dave's other recitations, visit www.runningthegoat.com. 

An Evening With Century Farmers: The Rubys and The Lesters

An Evening with Century Farmers: The Rubys and Lesters

Tuesday, August 16
Free admission
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Lester Farms Inc, 92 Pearltown Rd., St. John’s

As part of the Seeds to Supper Festival, host Kevin Aucoin, of the Agricultural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, will sit down with Leonard and Lena Ruby, and Jimmy and Michelle Lester, and share stories about farming past, present, and future. Jimmy Lester represents the 6th generation Lester to continue farming in this area. Jimmy and his wife Michelle produce vegetable crops, bedding plants and flowers and operate the Lester catering facility on Pearltown Road. Leonard and Lena Ruby continue to grow vegetables on their own historic farm, where others might choose to retire and travel, reflecting their close connection to the soil. Join us, and fill your ears with some home-grown stories!

(NOTE: Lester Farms, Inc. is located at 92 Pearltown Road, not to be confused with the Lester's Market on Brookfield Road. If driving from St. John's along Brookfield Road, pass the Market, and turn left onto Pearltown Road).