• JON SPELMAN'S BIOGRAPHY IS LISTED IN
    WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA,
     

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  • A  STORY PROGRAM COMMISSIONED BY THE
    CAFRITZ FOUNDATION AND
    THE WASHINGTON STORYTELLERS THEATRE:
    "I STILL BELIEVE: THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IN THE HOLOCAUST AND OTHER EXTREMITIES."

    For Middle And Secondary School Students
    and for Families.

Jon's Teacher Training Workshop,
"Listen-See-Tell:
Basic Steps In Telling A Story",
is available through the
Professional Development Opportunities
For Teachers Program of The John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

and directly through Jon 410-732-0153

 

A STORY TO TELL? AN ANECDOTE? A JOKE?
R A CONFESSION?
CALL THE STORYLINE AT 301-563-3343 AND 
TELL IT TO US ON STORYMAIL....

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  • JON IS CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN A VARIETY OF RESIDENCY AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, MANY OF WHICH  END IN FINAL PROJECTS PRESENTED EITHER FORMALLY OR INFORMALLY BY PARTICIPANTS. PROJECTS INCLUDE PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOM WORK; PUBLIC EVENING CLASSES; WEEKEND INTENSIVES IN STORYTELLING AND CREATIVITY; STORY SWAPS AND COMMUNITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY AND CORPORATE STORY COLLECTING.

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  • JON PERFORMS AND OFFERS RESIDENCIES WITH STORYTELLERS  CHARLOTTE BLAKE ALSTON and GAYLE ROSS
    IN A SPECIAL FORMAT FOR
    CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND ADULTS,
    CALLED AN AMERICAN STORYFEAST

 

JON'S UPCOMING PERFORMING AND TEACHING SCHEDULE
TAKES HIM ALL AROUND
THE WASHINGTON, DC AND BALTIMORE, MD METROPOLITAN AREAS
AND TO, AMONG OTHERS,
NORTH CAROLINA, WEST VIRGINIA, INDIANA, ILLINOIS, MISSISSIPPI, ARKANSAS, NEW YORK.

PENNSYLVANIA, NEBRASKA, OHIO, AND MAINE.


CALL OR EMAIL FOR DETAILS

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  • DID YOU MISS JON  TELLING STORIES AT THE
    NATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL
    in Jonesborough, Tennessee?

LIKE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING SEAMUS HEANEY,
JON IS GAGA FOR THE SAGA OF
BEOWULF.
(See Heaney's current best-selling
translation of Beowulf and Jon's
"Myths & Legends" Program)