OPEN MIC PROGRAM Am I On? Tell Us YOUR Albany Story

With this series of eight open-mic story-telling events, the Partners for Albany Stories invite you to share stories about you and your family that relate to the history of Albany. Storytellers sign up on a first-come, first-tell basis one hour prior to the event and have 10 minutes at the microphone to enchant and enlighten the audience. Stories will be video documented for preservation at the Albany Public Library. Interested but not sure what to talk about? Check our websites for story suggestions. Interested, know what you want to talk about, but want help with telling your story? Come to a free coaching session one hour before each event.

Come and share a story about you and your family that relates to the history of Albany. You will have 10 minutes at the microphone to enchant and enlighten the audience. Sign up is on a first-come, first-tell basis. Stories will be video documented for preservation at the Albany Public Library. Interested, but not sure what to talk about? Check our website for story suggestions. Interested, know what you want to talk about, but want help with telling your story? Come to a free coaching session one hour before the event. Interested, but don’t want to tell a story? Just come and listen.

Free admission

Questions to Inspire Your Stories [PDF]

ADDITIONAL DATES AND HOSTING LOCATIONS

Sunday, March 29 at 2PM at Historic Cherry Hill’s Edward Frisbee Center for Collections & Research

Tuesday, March 31 at 6PM at Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site

Tuesday, April 7 at 6PM at Ten Broeck Mansion

Sunday, April 19 at 2PM at Shaker Heritage Society

Thursday, April 30 at 6PM at the Van Ostrande-Radliff House, Historic Albany Foundation

Monday, May 4 at 5PM at the Main Branch, Albany Public Library, Pruyn Collection Room

Sunday, May 17 at 4PM at the Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence, Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region

Funding for this project is provided through the Community Projects Fund created by 1996 amendments to the State Finance Law sponsored by Assemblywoman Patricia Fahey.

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