{"id":129,"date":"2024-05-07T02:03:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T02:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1001fridays.org\/wordpress\/?p=129"},"modified":"2024-05-21T04:34:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T04:34:47","slug":"whether-its-a-snowy-stormy-night-or-the-midst-of-a-pandemic-this-storytelling-group-is-waiting-for-you-the-toronto-observer-april-22-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1001fridays.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2024\/05\/07\/whether-its-a-snowy-stormy-night-or-the-midst-of-a-pandemic-this-storytelling-group-is-waiting-for-you-the-toronto-observer-april-22-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Whether it\u2019s a snowy, stormy night or the midst of a pandemic, this storytelling group is waiting for you (The Toronto Observer, April 22, 2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/1001fridays.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-9.54.54\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130\" style=\"width:715px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1001fridays.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-9.54.54\u202fPM.png 651w, https:\/\/1001fridays.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-9.54.54\u202fPM-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The group has been welcoming storytellers for over 40 years, making it one of the longest-lasting in North America<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>BY <strong>HARUKE IDE<\/strong> | April 22, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Excerpt from the article: <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One of the longest-lasting storytelling groups in North America<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1001fridays.org\/\">1001 Friday Nights of Storytelling<\/a>, one of the longest-lasting storytelling groups in North America, started in Toronto in 1978. Dan Yashinsky, its founder, stood up and shared his stories at a small caf\u00e9 in Kensington Market. The organization has evolved over its lifespan, and has entered a new era since the pandemic. Now, it connects storytellers from all over the world both virtually and in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople are hungry for connections,\u201d said Lynn Torrie, one of the hosts of 1001 Friday Nights of Storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1001 Friday Nights of Storytelling hosts<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1001fridays.org\/\">&nbsp;open-mic storytelling gatherings at St. David\u2019s Anglican Church every Friday from 8 p.m<\/a>. The stories shared at these events encompass a diverse array of topics, ranging from personal experiences and folktales to songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Veteran storytellers such as Perrin, 70, from the Junction in Toronto, who has been attending for over 40 years, are integral to the community, but new storytellers and audiences are also warmly welcomed. The only rule is that storytellers must share their tales from the heart, without reading from a script.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/torontoobserver.ca\/2024\/04\/22\/whether-its-a-snowy-stormy-night-or-the-midst-of-a-pandemic-the-storytelling-group-is-waiting-for-you\/\">CLICK HERE TO Read THE FULL ARTICLE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The group has been welcoming storytellers for over 40 years, making it one of the longest-lasting in North America BY HARUKE IDE | April 22, 2024 Excerpt from the article: One of the longest-lasting storytelling groups in North America 1001 Friday Nights of Storytelling, one of the longest-lasting storytelling groups in North America, started in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"news-post-template","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-1001-friday-nights-of-storytelling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1001fridays.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1001fridays.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1001fridays.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1001fridays.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1001fridays.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/1001fridays.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196,"href":"https:\/\/1001fridays.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1001fridays.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1001fridays.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1001fridays.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1001fridays.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}