Brandon Spars
Byron’s Twenty-Second Birthday
Admittedly, the second child doesn’t get the same kind of intense anticipation… we’ve been through it once with his sister. Everything he...
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Brandon Spars
- May 1
- 8 min
Time with Antonio
If you have been to any of the larger storytelling festivals such as the one at Jonesborough or Timpanogos, the chances are you have seen...
Brandon Spars
- Apr 7
- 4 min
Finally, Face to Face: The San Diego Storytelling Festival
There is nothing like meeting face to face after knowing someone on Zoom for three years. This is what I experienced four-fold at the San...
Brandon Spars
- Dec 10, 2022
- 2 min
When You were Born, I was Changed!
I have told you the story every year… the same one every time. When I graduated from high school, my father caught me after I had...
Brandon Spars
- Oct 9, 2022
- 8 min
The Big Tent
The first word that comes to mind is “watermelons.” Then “powerful mamas,” “sprigs of mint,” “sophisticated haircuts,” and “women...
Brandon Spars
- Jun 27, 2022
- 13 min
Saying Goodbye to Ibu
On Friday, Jun 3, 2022 my wife received news that her mother had gone into the hospital. She had been given the same room in which my...
Brandon Spars
- Nov 11, 2021
- 12 min
Perspectives on Cultural Appropriation, Part 3: Joseph Bruchac
This is the third part of the series of blogs I am doing on cultural appropriation and storytelling. As I mentioned in the first two,...
Brandon Spars
- Sep 1, 2021
- 9 min
Perspectives on Cultural Appropriation, Part 2: Eth-Noh-Tec and Anne Shimojima
As part of my ongoing research for the third volume of the Live to Tell series, which is focusing on cultural appropriation and the...
Brandon Spars
- Aug 16, 2021
- 4 min
Perspectives on Cultural Appropriation, Part 1: Carolina Quiroga-Stultz
I spoke today via Zoom with storyteller, podcaster, and educator, Carolina Quiroga-Stultz, who currently resides in Eastern Georgia. My...
Brandon Spars
- Aug 2, 2021
- 2 min
SILC Makes a Splash at National Conference
On Thursday, July 22, six members of the SAC board presented one of SAC's signature programs at the National Storytelling Network...
Brandon Spars
- Jun 15, 2021
- 3 min
The SF Free Folk Festival Virtually Pleases Everyone!
For what I believe is the fourth year (possibly the fifth) in a row, SAC contributed to the San Francisco Free Folk Festival, organized...
Brandon Spars
- Jun 14, 2021
- 4 min
A Toast for A Recent Graduate
This past weekend, Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, June 13, my daughter graduated with a Masters and a Bachelors degree in English. She...
Brandon Spars
- May 3, 2021
- 3 min
Bringing Chicago to the Sonoma Classroom
On Wednesday April 28, the Humanities 3 classroom was wowed by a visit from Chicago Moth Storytelling Slam champion Nestor Gomez. Nestor...
Brandon Spars
- Mar 18, 2021
- 3 min
Ben Tucker Zoom Visits
The Humanities 3 class with Brandon was treated to a zoom visit from author and storyteller Ben Tucker, who grew up in Jim Crow South and...
Brandon Spars
- Jan 29, 2021
- 5 min
A Visit from Ms. Sheila
As I write this, I am not quite over her presence. She just left the Zoom room, and I just ended class by telling the eleventh graders...
Brandon Spars
- Jan 4, 2021
- 2 min
2020 Blowout
What a way to end the year. I thought the Six Feet Apart Productions event would be the last, but then I got a message from Sheila Arnold...
Brandon Spars
- Dec 6, 2020
- 2 min
Six Feet Apart Year End Celebration
What an honor to have been part of the year-end performance of Six Feet Apart Productions. Claire Hennessey and Regina Stoops have been a...
Brandon Spars
- Nov 25, 2020
- 3 min
Tellabration!
November is Tellabration! month, and there are online events scheduled all over the nation. Tuesday, November 10 was a joint concert by...
Brandon Spars
- Oct 24, 2020
- 3 min
Young Coyote Tales
Last Wednesday, October 21, was the inaugural performance of the Alumni Edition of Coyote Tales. Nine Sonoma Academy alumni submitted...
Brandon Spars
- Oct 10, 2020
- 2 min
Banter on the Bonkers Brit
Claire Hennessy, in addition to running Six Feet Apart Productions, is also the host of a blog called The Bonkers Brit. Six Feet Apart...
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