[SEMCO] For Immediate Release: An Evening of Storytelling in Woods Hole - 5/23/19

[Hayley Fager]

Hi all,

Sending over a press release for Transom's upcoming listening event. Sam
Broun gives permission to use this photo. Thanks!

best,
Hayley

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

An Evening of Radio Storytelling in Woods Hole

May 23, 2019, 7:00-9:30 pm

Atlantic Public Media presents a public listening event to celebrate the
creation of new audio work by nine students at this spring’s Transom Story
Workshop.  It will be held from 7 – 9:30 pm on Thursday, May 23rd, at the
Community Hall, 68 Water Street, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.  Admission
is free. Seats fill quickly, so come early.



Executive Director Jay Allison says, “It's always great to see the
community turn out for this event. For us locals, this graduation ceremony
is like unwrapping presents. The students have found wonderful stories
hiding in plain sight on the Cape, Coast and Islands, and we learn about
where we live through their experience.”

The students arrived in Woods Hole in late March to learn the craft of
audio storytelling. They traveled from Texas, West Virginia, Washington DC,
North Carolina, Brooklyn, and Newfoundland, and range in age from their
early 20s to late 30s.  Their stories are about local people and issues,
and it’s likely that some of the subjects will be in the audience. A
question and answer period will follow each piece.



"Sometimes, listing all the stories students are producing sounds like a
riddle," says Rob Rosenthal, the lead instructor for the Workshops.
"Something like: What do a Polish puppeteer, two rookie shepherds, a
recovering alcoholic, and a homeless Unitarian congregation have in common?
Well, they're all stories students are producing as the Transom Story
Workshops this spring. I hope you'll join us to hear this diverse group of
stories."



The listening event will precede a brief graduation ceremony and the public
is urged to join us in applauding *Transom Story Workshop’s* 16th
graduating class.



Public radio producer Jay Allison founded Atlantic Public Media
<http://www.atlantic.org/> as a non-profit organization in 1993.  APM
founded WCAI <http://www.capeandislands.org/>, the Public Radio Exchange (
PRX <http://www.prx.org/>), Transom.org <http://www.transom.org/> (the
Peabody Award-winning public media website), and produces *The Moth Radio
Hour* <http://www.themoth.org/> (also a Peabody winner).  APM also crafted
the popular NPR series, This I Believe <http://www.npr.org/thisibelieve>,
and provides programming for WCAI, including the *Sonic IDs*, *Creative
Life* and *The Local Food Report*.
-- 
*Hayley Fager*
radio and podcast producer
hayleyfager at gmail.com | hayleyfager.com
323.420.4575
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