Author Archives: Miriam Nadel
Guide to the 2024 Women’s Storytelling Festival
The Women’s Storytelling Festival, produced annually in March by Better Said Than Done, is a festival celebrating Women (including TGNC individuals) Spoken Word Performing Artists. The festival debuted in March 2020 in Fairfax City, VA, and, thanks to the pandemic, … Continue reading
Women Storytellers of the DMV
Many of our Women’s Storytelling Festival tellers – including several we’ve already highlighted – are already well known in the DMV. That’s DC, Maryland, and Virginia, not the Department of Motor Vehicles. Here are some of our local heroines. Sarah … Continue reading
From Big Stages to Big Screens
The Women’s Storytelling Festival is only in its second year and counts as a fairly small event on the national storytelling scene. But that doesn’t mean the tellers we are bringing you aren’t big names. Several of our tellers, including … Continue reading
Meet the Festival Tellers, Again
The 2nd annual Women’s Storytelling Festival is approaching rapidly and we’re looking forward to bringing you 36 of the best women storytellers anywhere. Some are familiar to our Better Said Than Done audiences, while others are brand new to our … Continue reading
Women’s Festival Spotlight – Kim Weitkamp
Remember weaving potholders on a loom as a child, selecting candy at a general store counter, or the joy and apprehension of pulling your report card out of its envelope? Kim Weitkamp does – and her stories, which often incorporate … Continue reading
Women’s Festival Spotlight – Megan Hicks
I first met Megan Hicks when she led a workshop on parody at a National Storytelling Conference more years ago than either of us would want to admit to. As I laughed through her telling us about Cinderella’s encounter with … Continue reading
