Storytellers Presents: The Circle of Life

PLEASE NOTE:
BYO – CHAIR, BLANKET, AND FOOD…THINK CONCERT IN THE PARK! Beer will be for sale from stART Up Studios.
Arrive for socials at 6:30pm, stories start promptly at 7:00pm.
FOR DIRECTIONS:
We will be located at 1055 Riverside Drive, behind Startup Studios. The best way to get to the parking lot is to enter in the New City Church entrance and we will direct you from there. We will be seating the audience in groups with their household members or family over six feet apart from the next group. Please bring seating comfort options “picnic-style” (chairs, blankets, cushions, etc). stARTup Studios will have beer on sale at the event.

TOPIC: CIRCLE OF LIFE
“It moves us all,” but The Circle of Life is more than just a catchy Disney song. With more empty chairs round kitchen tables than ever after the devastating losses of the pandemic, the cyclical change to a new presidential administration, and the promise of spring just around the corner, it begs the question — where does it end? The ying-yanged nature of growth and withering, birth and death can leave one in a tailspin.

It is that sacred understanding that every story has a beginning and an end that we explore this month, knowing that dissecting the life cycle is a delicate balance that requires you to zoom out with the most panoramic of lenses. The big picture of vulnerability through the years and the links of opposing forces — those are the tales we will share at Storytellers. For every successful hunter, there is the hunted. For every breath we take, someone may be taking their last breath.
Our featured storyteller will be Chris Smith. Graduating with a BFA in Fine Art Photography from California State University Long Beach, Chris has been a professional photographer for almost 15 years. Five of those years he was based in Southeast Asia as a photojournalist, travel writer, photography tour leader, and managing a documentary center. He has now been based in Macon, Georgia for three years, working as a freelance photographer and contract photographer, along with teaching digital photography at Wesleyan College.

To sign up to tell a story: https://forms.gle/EG1MfJPCJyJR1xGk9
* Signing up prior to the event is encouraged
* Stories are limited to 5 minutes per person
* Please be mindful of bringing children that stories are uncensored, except for hate speech.

Don’t feel comfortable attending the event in person? Tune in on Facebook Live to watch Storytellers Presents.