April Armstrong Storyteller

This Saturday, Sept 28th - Come join me for Jazzy Twist Storytelling at the Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling for the Day of Play Festival. Toddlers at 10 and General Public at 11 am. Mario E. Sprouse on Piano and Napoleon Revels-Bey on Drums. Let's PLAY!!!

So proud to have been a part of the 2024 International Black Theater Festival in Winston-Salem, NC. Bessie got a chance to fly and it was wonderful!

International Black Theater Festival Presents TWO WINGS TO HEAVEN: THE BESSIE COLEMAN STORY — Trailblazing Aviatrix With a throttle prop and not much more, we join actress/playwright April Armstrong as the famed 1920’s aviatrix Coleman. She takes us with her on her stunt

If you can't make it to Utah, join me through the live stream at Timpanogos Storytelling Festival! Sept 5-7th
Don't miss hearing these excellent Tellers. Scroll down the tickets page til you get to Online Only. See you there!!

Timpanogos Storytelling Institute | Countdown to the 35th Annual Timpanogos Storytelling FestivalSeptember 5-7, 2024 2024 Storytellers See All Storytellers TIMPANOGOS STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 2024 FAQs Closed by CSS No Content. LOCATION: The 2024 Timpanogos Storytelling Festival will be held at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah. All dayti...

It's official! I will be a Featured Teller at the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in Utah, Sept 5-7th. Whoohoo!!

Timpanogos Storytelling Institute | Countdown to the 35th Annual Timpanogos Storytelling FestivalSeptember 5-7, 2024 2024 Storytellers See All Storytellers TIMPANOGOS STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 2024 FAQs Closed by CSS No Content. LOCATION: The 2024 Timpanogos Storytelling Festival will be held at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah. All dayti...

2024 International Black Theatre Festival productions have been announced and tickets are on sale at NCBlackRep.org! We can’t wait to welcome you to .

Photo: Two Wings to Heaven: The Bessie Coleman Story, starring April Armstrong— showing August 1-3 at the Winston Salem Theatre Alliance.

Cannot wait to go to NYC, Central Park and the Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Center Statue to tell stories with April Armstrong Storyteller this coming weekend.

Guess who will be in New York? Me! AND... I will be performing with the wonderful April Armstrong Storyteller. So excited. We will be artistically directed and MCed by the incredible Laura Simms!
Where? At the Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Center Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park, NYC.
What time? 11 am Eastern.
Date? Saturday, June 22nd.
BE THERE - the event is a lot of fun. And it's free!
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We are in previews for THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MICKI GRANT. Directed and conceived by the amazing Nora Cole. A New Federal Theater Project.
We open June 6th at The WP Theater, 2162 Broadway (@ W76th St). Working with these marveous performers; Matalyn Alecia, Patrice Bell, Brian Davis. The show will run until June 29th.
AEA members can get in free during previews. Hope you can make it. If you've never heard of Micki Grant (the writer & composer of Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope) or her wonderful music - you're in for a treat!

the world according to Micki Grant (A evening of music, poetry, song & dance) — New Federal Theatre TICKETS NOW ON SALE (Scroll down and click on TICKETS: General Admission: $39.00; Seniors & students: $20.00 CODE: NFT24. Groups of 10 or more: $18.00 Tuesday Special : all tix $18.00 on Tuesdays. First preview : May 31- June 5; Opens June 6- June 29, 2024: Tues. @ 7PM; Wed. @ 2

Come and join me for an hour of Jazzy Twist: Stories and Songs with April, Mario and Napoleon!
TODAY, Sunday May 5th at the Yonkers Main Library, downtown across from the Yonkers Train Station. Part of the Yonkers Arts Week Celebration. Time: 2:30 FREE!
http://yonkersartsweekend.com/ #:~:text=The%2010th%20annual%20Yonkers%20Arts,workshops%2C%20exhibitions%20and%20much%20more!

So lovely to be with and perform for the Family & Children's Agency in Norwalk, CT. This year, along with the talented, Ayodele Maakheru (guitar, banjo), I presented my new Black History show: Jenkins, Jenkins, COleman and Jones: a storytelling show about Ella Jenkins (turning 100 this year), Reverend Daniels Jenkins and his Orphanage in South Caroline, Bessie Coleman (our first black aviatrix) and Matilda Sissieretta Jones (first black soprano to perform at Carnegie Hall).

We were fortunate to welcome April Armstrong Storyteller and Ayodele Maakheru to help us celebrate Black History Month and Women's History Month!

What a crazy busy past 8 weeks! Chicago (storytelling at the Logan Center); then to Providence, RI performing my show, Two Wings to Heaven: The Bessie Coleman Story, for the Rhode Island Black Storytellers for FUNDAFEST. Then, a week later in Salt Lake City, Utah doing the Pioneer Theater 's production of Bonnie & Clyde.
Days after we closed, I returned to NYC to perform Two Wings again, for the Apollo Theater Education Program.
Tomorrow I head to Portsmouth NH to Co-Chair the annual conference of the Northeast Storytellers' Sharing the Fire.
Eh, I'll sleep when I'm dead.

Sharing the Fire-STF 2024-Sharing the Fire - Northeast Storytelling Sharing the Fire 2024 Storytelling Conference. STF 2024-Sharing the Fire. Our annual conference will be held in Portsmouth, NH March 22-24

I am thrilled to be part of this year's RIBS - Rhode Island Black Storytellers FUNDAFEST with my one-women show Two Wings to Heaven: the Bessie Coleman Story. Fundafest is January 19-February 4th. Bessie flies on Feb 3rd at 4 pm.
Come up to R.I. and join the fun.

BLACK HISTORY LIVE+ TWO WINGS TO HEAVEN: THE STORY OF BESSIE COLEMAN - Funda Fest 26 RIBS and invited guests from the African Diaspora bring the culture to the community

EventKeeper - Popup Event All are invited to celebrate Kwanzaa with the Junior Friends. There will be a performance by storyteller April Armstrong, followed by a craft, and a feast.

Habari Gani!! It's Kwanzaa time. Come and join me tomorrow afternoon at 2 pm for storyteller at the Uniondale Public Library in Long Island. Free for all.

EventKeeper - Popup Event All are invited to celebrate Kwanzaa with the Junior Friends. There will be a performance by storyteller April Armstrong, followed by a craft, and a feast.

Fa-la-la-la-la! Come celebrate the holidays with me and my Jazzy Friends, Mario Sprouse on keyboards, Dwayne "Cook" Broadnax on drums at the Sugar Hill Children's Museum on December 16th at 11 am. Let's deck the halls and sing along, too!

story hour — Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling Fa-la-la-la-la! Come celebrate the holidays with April Armstrong, Storyteller and her Jazzy Friends, Mario Sprouse on keyboards, Dwayne "Cook" Broadnax on drums. Let's deck the halls and sing along, too!

Back to the Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site for St Nicholas Day!
When: Saturday, December 2 at 2 pm, with the wonderful Mario E. Sprouse. I will be telling stories and singing holidays songs with Mario E. Sprouse at 2 pm. FREE to the Public.
Event is from 12-4 pm. Stop by for some fun!

St. Nicholas Day Celebration Also known as Sinterklaas, this holiday is based on the Catholic feast day of Turkish bishop St. Nicholas of Myrna, which in the 17th and 18th centuries became a popular Dutch holiday. Join us for a visit from St. Nicholas himself, historical games, ornament crafts, gingerbread decorating, live musi...

TODAY! Saturday, Oct 21 at 1:15 and 2:30 pm
Halloween Storytelling
at East River Plaza, 517 E 117st Street

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Come and join me for Spooky Storytelling tomorrow, Sunday, October 15th at Washington Irving's House in Irvington, NY
Show times are: 11, 12:30 pm, 2:00 and 3:00 pm

Washington Irving's Sunnyside Nestled along the banks of the Hudson River, the landscape of Washington Irving’s much-loved Sunnyside has been charming guests for generations. Visitors today hear about Washington Irving’s storied past and how he came to be America’s first internationally famous author. His characters, from ...

Come get your Halloween on early at Washington Irving's House and roam the beautiful grounds. Storytelling shows today at 11, 12:30, 2 and 3 pm.

Washington Irving's Sunnyside Nestled along the banks of the Hudson River, the landscape of Washington Irving’s much-loved Sunnyside has been charming guests for generations. Visitors today hear about Washington Irving’s storied past and how he came to be America’s first internationally famous author. His characters, from ...

Hey Gang, in October, I am headed down to Jonesborough, TN to be part of the National Storytelling Festival. I will be telling at the Exchange Place on Friday, Oct 6th. Here is a free link for virtual viewing of the performance. Register now so you can hear all the tellers . . . and me! xo

National Storytelling Festival ISC is excited to welcome you to the storytelling capital of the world October 6-8, 2023 to celebrate the power of storytelling.

Come on up to Sisters Uptown Bookstore next Tuesday afternoon for storytelling. My set is at 3 pm. suggested donation is $10.
Maybe you'd like to share a little somethin' yourself - that starts at 2 pm.
Location: 1942 Amsterdam Avenue (at W 156th St)
Hope to see you then!