After speaking with Stephanie at the Kingston Library we decided to reschedule the Hulk themed Building Stories to Aug 24th. If you’re interested please call the Children’s Room – and here’s a link to their site right here!

Call TODAY!

I am scheduling for the fall and winter months for schools and library shows right now! If you are looking to book a fall show please give me a call at (508) 641-5336 anytime!

I will say, last week I took advantage of this beautiful weather and brought my daughter with me to P-Town for my show last Friday. After the show we were able to go on a Whale Watch and we saw so many of these ocean mammals! One of the whales breached right out of the water and my daughter was amazed! When we arrived back home the bitter reality of school shopping was upon us – thank fully my daughter loves school and can’t wait for it to start up again.

Looking forward to visiting these places this week:

• Monday: Kindercare @ 10:00/10:30am
• Tuesday: Brooks Free Library @ 10:30am
• Wednesday: Carriage House @ 10:00am
• Wednesday: Thomas Crane Public Library @6:30pm
• Thursday: Monomoy Community Services @2:00pm
• Thursday: Eldredge Public Library @ 4:00pm (Round 3 – Building Stories)
• Friday: Crayon College @ 10:00am

Please check the Upcoming Shows page for more information on all of these shows. Make note that the Brooks Free Library, and Thomas Crane Library shows are free for the public to attend. Looking forward to seeing everyone this week!

Places I will be visiting this week:

1. Norwell
2. Harwich
3. Cohasset
4. Quincy
5. Chatham
6. Plymouth

I will have to check again with Stephanie at the Kingston Library about the amount of children signed up for the Building Stories taking place on Aug 5th. If you’re interested please call the Children’s Room – and here’s a link to their site right here! Please call TODAY! I hate to even think it but I always feel as though the summer is winding down when August hits. My July is always so busy and August starts to wind down. It’s a nice break but I enjoy being busy so I look forward to the fall and winter months when I start to book schools and library shows once again! If you are looking to book a fall show please give me a call at (508) 641-5336 anytime!

Looking forward to visiting these places this week:

• Monday: Preschool Playmates @ 10:00am
• Tuesday: Knowledge Beginnings @ 10:00am
• Tuesday: Kindercare @ 4:00pm
• Wednesday: Fall River Library @ 11:00am
• Thursday: Kalia Kids @10:00/10:30am
• Thursday: Dennis Library @2:00pm
• Thursday: Eldredge Public Library@ 4:00pm (Round 3 – Building Stories)
• Friday: Provincetown Library@ 11:00am

Please check the Upcoming Shows page for more information on all of these shows. Make note that the Fall River Library, Dennis Library and Provincetown Library shows are all free for the public to attend. The Building Stories event is also free to join – but please call the respective libraries as there is limited space available! Looking forward to seeing everyone this week!

Places I will be visiting this week:

1. Hingham
2. Westwood
3. Norwell
4. Fall River
5. Lakeville
6. Dennisport
7. Chatham
8. Provincetown

Please, if you’re interested, register for the Building Stories event at the Kingston Library happening on the 5th of August! All of the other libraries have had such an amazing turnout and the children are absolutely delightful! We’ve been reading and creating some of the best stories! The Kingston event is special though, because we are basing it on the Hulk! My absolute favorite superhero! Need to get in the mood? Visit the Halifax or Plymouth Libraries to see a display culled from the very extensive Hulk collection! Soon to be making its way to the Kingston Library! Register today! Call Stephanie at the Children’s Room – and here’s a link to their site right here!

This extremely busy week I will be telling my tales here:

• Monday: Brown Bear Preschool @ 9:30am
• Tuesday: Sand Castle’s Child Care Center @ 10:00am
• Tuesday: Trinity Catholic Academy @ 1:30pm
• Tuesday: Plympton Library @ 6:30pm (Round 2 – Building Stories)
• Wednesday: Crayon College @ 10:00am
• Thursday: Kiddie Depot @9:00am
• Thursday: Ayer Library @10:30am
• Thursday: Eldredge Public Library@ 4:00pm (Round 2 – Building Stories)
• Friday: Children’s Creative Learning Center@ 9:30am
• Friday: Triumph Head Start @ 2:00pm

Please check the Upcoming Shows page for more information on all of these shows. Make note that the Ayer Library on Thursday is free for the public to attend. All of the Building Stories events are free to join in – but please call the respective libraries as there is limited space available! Looking forward to seeing everyone this week!

Places I will be visiting this week:

1. Cohasset
2. Brockton
3. Plympton
4. Kingston
5. Ayer
6. Chatham
7. Framingham
8. Taunton

One day last week one of the audience members approached me after the show and asked me if I like telling stories. I said I do and this child then said to me “Good because you’re really funny and I like them.” That made me smile. Another parent told me that her child had never sat through anything before – until she brought her to one of my shows. Stories and comments like that really do touch my heart. I never tire from hearing about how stories affect people or how much they enjoy them. It’s why I do what I do.

This extremely busy week I will be telling my tales here:

• Monday: Lighthouse Learning Center @ 10:00am
• Monday: Hull Family Network @ 6:30pm
• Tuesday: Dolly’s Nursery School @ 10:00am
• Tuesday: Fragile Footprints @ 1:45pm
• Tuesday: Plympton Library @ 6:30pm (Round 1 – Building Stories)
• Wednesday: Bright Horizons @ 10:00/10:30am
• Wednesday: Jonathan Bourne Library @ 1:00pm (Round 2 – Building Stories)
• Thursday: Preschool Playmates @10:30am
• Thursday: Monomoy Community Services @2:00pm
• Thursday: Eldredge Public Library@ 4:00pm (Round 1 – Building Stories)
• Thursday: Jonathan Bourne Public Library@ 7:00pm
• Friday: Brown Bear Preschool @ 9:30am
• Friday: Triumph Head Start @ 2:00pm

Please check the Upcoming Shows page for more information on all of these shows. Make note that the Hull Family Network show and the Bourne Library on Thursday are free for the public to attend. All of the Building Stories events are free to join in – but please call the respective libraries as there is limited space available! Looking forward to seeing everyone this week!

Places I will be visiting this week:

1. Mattapoisett
2. Hull
3. Hingham
4. Kingston
5. Plympton
6. Bedford
7. Bourne
8. Bridgewater
9. Chatham
10. Cohasset
11. Taunton
12. Plymouth

There are places I get to visit over and over – places where I can count on a large group of children to gather who just want to hear stories and laugh along with me. It’s places like the Holmes Library that make me love my job the more I do it. They say “Everyday is a gift” and I can say with absolute authority, when you have days like I had visiting Halifax, it’s absolutely true! I have quite the bust week though – keep checking as shows are added almost everyday!

I am gifted being able to visit these places this week:

• Monday: Bright Horizons @ 10:00/10:30am
• Monday: Holmes Public Library @ 6:30pm
• Tuesday: Kid’s Country Day Care @ 10:00am
• Wednesday: Weymouth Rec Department @ 10:00am
• Wednesday: Jonathan Bourne Library @ 1:00pm (Round 1 – Building Stories)
• Thursday: Brookline Library @11:00am
• Thursday: Adams Street Branch Library@ 2:00pm (1-shot Building Stories)
• Friday: Winslow House @ 10:00am

Please check the Upcoming Shows page for more information on all of these shows. Quite a few shows are open to the public this week – The Holmes Library, Brookline Library are free for the public to attend. The Winslow House on Friday has a $5 per child entrance fee – but the money goes right back into the beautiful museum – so it’s worth it! Both Building Stories events are free to join in – but please call the respective libraries as there is limited space available!

Places I will be visiting this week:

1. Franklin
2. Halifax
3. Hanson
4. Weymouth
5. Bourne
6. Brookline
7. Dorchester
8. Marshfield

Here we are! Summer is in full swing and the end of this week will see my daughter turning 6. I can’t believe I will be the father to a 6 year old. She’s so big! I am excited that she will be traveling with me to a few shows this Summer – nothing like having a cute tag along who loves my stories!

Here are the events for this week:

• Tuesday: Hedge School @ 11:00am
• Wednesday: Pilgrim Childcare @ 10:00am
• Thursday: Lottle Discoveries @10:00am
• Thursday: Kingston Collection @ 2:00pm *FREE to the public!
• Saturday: Bridgewater 4th of July Celebration @ 12:30pm *FREE to the public!

Please check the Upcoming Shows page for more information on all of these shows. Two shows are open to the public this week – the first, at the Kingston Collection on the 2nd, which is usually a fantastic show! Make sure to come and enjoy the day! Also, I am celebrating the 4th in Bridgewater this year for a 1/2 hour show at 12:30! Have a great week – hope to see all of you this week!

Places I will be visiting this week:

1. Plymouth
2. Duxbury
3. Brockton
4. Kingston
5. Bridgewater

Last week of school! Well, not even the whole week… my daughter’s last day is Tuesday and I’m not sure who is more excited for the summer – me or her! Things are in full swing as we have had a few fires in the fire pit and the pool is now open! A few more cookouts and it will really start to feel like the summer has arrived!

Storytelling events for this week:

• Monday:  Bright Ideas Childcare Center @ 10:00am
• Tuesday: Bright Horizons @ 10:00/10:30am
• Wednesday: Joshua Hyde Library *Free to the Public! @ 2:00pm
• Thursday: Hancock School @ 10:00am
• Thursday: Bright Horizons @ 4:30pm

Please check the Upcoming Shows page for more information on all of these shows. The Joshua Hyde Library is open to the public to attend – so, please, come and join all the fun!

Places I will be visiting this week:

1. Plymouth
2. Nashua, NH
3. Ayer
4. Brockton
5. Braintree

This week is quite interesting. I was telling tales in Quincy at a school I have visited for the past 4 to 5 years. The principal asked me how things were and then told me that, of all the storytellers, artists, and entertainers they have visit the school, I am his favorite. That kid of stuff I take to heart – it really means a lot to me. I enjoy being able to go back year after year to visit the same children, the same staff, of schools I see annually. It means a lot, especially since I spend most of my time alone driving show to show!

Here are the friends I am visiting this week:

• Monday:  Bernazzani Elementary School @ 9:30am
• Wednesday:  Clara Macy Elementary School @ 9:00am
• Thursday: Carver Elementary Schools @ 9:00am-2:00pm
• Friday: Triumph Head Start @ 2:00pm
• Friday: Hands on the Arts Festival *Free to the Public! @ 2:30pm

Please check the Upcoming Shows page for more information on all of these shows. The Hands on the Arts Festival is an annual event that I love telling tales at! Make sure to come and enjoy the day!

Places I will be visiting this week:

1. Quincy
2. Bellingham
3. Caver
4. Taunton
5. Eastham

I approach each show a bit differently but I usually lay ground rules for storytelling.  First off, I never decide what I am going to do before hand (there are a few exceptions), instead I wait for the group to gather and read the crowd.  I feel like the show is a bit more spontaneous that way which keeps me on my toes.  Second, I want to enjoy myself – it’s a simple mantra, really, that I use to remind myself before a show.  I simply say, “alright, let’s have some fun!”

Lastly, I have been in the game so long that the final rule is to have no expectations and to keep it loose.  Be ready for anything.  Anyone who has worked with children know that this last rule is a must.  Children (the entertaining ones, anyways) are unpredictable.  You have to be ready to handle whatever they toss at you in the course of the show.  These rules have been learned from 15 years in the business and I hope they will serve me for many more!

Here are my shows for this week that I have no idea what I am telling yet:

• Tuesday:  Lil’ Munchins Preschool @ 10:00/10:30am
• Thursday: Joyful Noise Preschool @ 10:00am
• Thursday: Kids in Action @ 7:00pm
• Friday: Hertz Nursery School @ 10:00am
• Friday: Bourne Library Teddy Bear Picnic @ 12:00pm

Please check the Upcoming Shows page (which I am aware needs to be updated – slated to happen this week!) for more information on all of these shows.

Places I will be visiting this week:

1. Scituate
2. Sandwich
3. Hingham
4. Sharon
5. Bourne

As I was traveling to Newton tonight it occured to me that, some days, I spend more time traveling to a show, alone in my car, than I do actually entertaining people.  I like the travel most days – getting lost in my own head and enjoying this beautiful state we live in - but I don’t think, and hope I never, get used to traffic.  That is a beast that will never be tamed for me!

Thankfully, there isn’t too much traveling this week!  Here’s where I am going:

This week’s schedule:

• Tuesday:  Temple Shalom Preschool @ 7:00pm
• Thursday: Dolly’s Nursery School @ 4:30pm
• Friday: Wood Elementary School @ 2:00pm

Please check the Upcoming Shows page for more information on all of these shows.

Places I will be visiting this week:

1. Newton
2. Hingham
3. Fairhaven