Enrichment classes don’t offer credit, but they can change lives
By Lora Engdahl, Published: February 16, 2012
When Vijai Nathan was in her early 20s, she took a class intended as a diversion from her life. Instead, it ended up diverting her life. It was the mid-1990s, and Nathan was working as a copy editor at the Baltimore Sun, engaged to be married and “really miserable.” Read more...
Spin a Yarn: SpeakeasyDC's Stroytelling Workshop
Written for Express by contributor Katie Knorovsky; Photo by Kristoffer Tripplaar for Express. Published on July 14, 2009
PLENTY OF LOUDMOUTHS might think they spin a nice yarn — a long-winded uncle springs to mind — but the genuinely good storytellers are rare. And no matter how fascinating the fodder, a story is only as engaging as its teller. This inconvenient truth is to blame for many a glassy stare at family reunions and in boardroom meetings. Enter SpeakeasyDC, a storytelling organization that offers coaching and training for wannabe raconteurs.
SpeakeasyDC is a program of the Washington Storytellers Theatre. Funded in part by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
