Media Release
Contact Wilma Allen, 904-491-0034
FOL Communications Chair
January 21, 2015 1:00 p.m.
Free programs on Storytelling and FL Cattle Ranching Scheduled
Friends of the Fernandina Beach Library (FOL) was awarded grants from the Florida Humanities Council (FHC) that will fund two free public programs at the library’s new Community Room this spring.
Saturday, March 5 (10:00 am – noon): “Tell Your Own Story” by Caren Neile, PhD.
Discover your own personal narrative skills with an award-winning storyteller/professor as your guide. Many will remember Dr. Neile as the talented MC of the FOL’s first “Storytelling Slam” held in the fall of 2014. She will be back to lead a dynamic, interactive workshop that provides insights and tips on great storytelling – as well as entertaining and instructive stories. Everyone has a story and telling it effectively is a skill useful to all occupations and situations.
Thursday, April 28 (6:00 – 7:00 pm): “Florida Cattle Ranching: Five Centuries of Tradition” by Bob Stone.
Explore and celebrate the history and culture of the nation’s oldest cattle ranching state from the colonial period to the 21st century. Stone, a folklorist and media-producer based in Gainesville, is the recipient of the 2011 Florida Folk Heritage Award. He is co-curator of the award-winning travelling exhibition “Florida Cattle Ranching” and author of the catalog book, published under the auspices of the Florida Cattlemen’s Foundation. This fascinating multi-media presentation will explore the unique foodways, crafts, occupational folklore, cowboy poetry and rodeo culture of Florida’s cowboys.
Both programs are free and open to the public. Reserve your space at the Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N. 4th Street, or call 277-7365.
FOL, with a membership of over 400, is a non-profit group established to assist and promote the Fernandina Beach Library through fund-raising and public programming. FHC is the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities which funds and coordinates statewide public humanities programs and publications that explore the people, places, and ideas that shape our state.