Blooming Adventures: Garden Stories Collected by and of Zora Neale Hurston at the Beverly Heritage Center
June 20 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Blooming Adventures: Garden Stories Collected by and of Zora Neale Hurston is a special summer storytime presented by the Beverly Heritage Center in partnership with Elkins-Randolph Public Library’s Beverly Heritage Branch!
Be inspired by a celebrated, 20th-century artist, Zora Neale Hurston. Her personal and collected stories spring with an appreciation for the natural world as a place full of wonder, wisdom and adventures. Dig into Zora’s creative visionary legacy through folk narratives retold by Master Storyteller and Published Poet, Diane Macklin. From dancing colors to arbor kinships, these stories will delight any creative spirit, wonder-full heart, or vivid imagination!
More about Diane Macklin
Diane Macklin has dedicated over two decades to the art of storytelling and listening. She engages audiences with a dynamic, theatrical style, blended with her background in education, dance and cultural mediation. She has performed from Massachusetts to California for venues such as: International Storytelling Center’s Exchange Place, FL Storytelling Festival, National Docent Symposium, National Park Service, various Smithsonian museums in DC, plus a host of venues where people gather. Her published work has received honorable mention from the Passager Poetry Contest 2024. She is also the 2022 Speak Story Telling Series Commission recipient; 2018 winner of the Jackie Torrence Tall Tale Contest for the NABS’s Festival and Conference; and Taft Museum’s 2013 Robert S. Duncanson Artist-in-Residence. Diane lives as a narrative enthusiast fully invested in the ancient power of storytelling to transform; heal; and explore the unique, yet universal elements of humanity. As a performer, workshop presenter, key note speaker, and teaching artist, Diane aims to “Make a Difference, One Story at a Time!”