I just went to a wonderful performance presented by Elders Share the Arts: Talkin’ Brooklyn - A Story Circle Showcase.  Story Circle has been partnering with neighborhood branches of the Brooklyn Public Library and local senior centers for six years, inviting elders to get together to share memories and reflect together on their long and unique lives.

For this showcase, eight storytellers read from a script made up of multiple narrators’ stories which echoed, overlapped, and brought to life Brooklyn childhoods.  They told about sing-a-longs in neighborhood movie theaters and street games: “Ring Olivio 1-2-3!”.  They played kissing games underwater at the McCarren Pool and sold pounds of old clothes to the rag man.  They took trolleys to work in factories making shoes and candy.  They went to the beach at Coney Island in wool bathing suits and watched Jackie Robinson play at Ebbetts Field.  And they hung out on the stoop with their friends.

Spread the word about Story Circle to elders in your neighborhood!