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Bobby and Ruby Jean make up local Morgantown band, The Weedhawks.
After their turn in the StoryBooth, they invited StoryCorps staff to
their performance. In the midst of the show they gave StoryCorps a
shout out!
SDPB Interview with Eliza Bettinger, StoryCorps MobileBooth site supervisor. Permission granted for journalism outlets and educational purposes. Not for commercial use. Must be credited. (Photo courtesy of South Dakota Public Broadcasting.
©2013 SDPB)
KEVN-TV Interview with Eliza Bettinger, StoryCorps MobileBooth site supervisor. Permission granted for journalism outlets and educational purposes. Not for commercial use. Must be credited. (Photo courtesy of South Dakota Public Broadcasting.
©2013 SDPB)
StoryCorps MobileBooth tour
Richmond Public Library, Main Branch, 101 East Franklin Street
I love the Airstream. I like listening to the StoryCorps interviews on NPR too.
Yesterday I was chatting with two participants, taking pictures of
them with their digital camera, waiting to go into the recording room,
when a grey-haired man with a laminated I.D. came to the door,
beckoned me with his finger. I went out and he whispered quietly,
"You are going to have to the leave the booth."
"Why?" I asked.
"There's a situation."
I had to go in and interrupt an interview and tell the participants
that the booth had to be evacuated. We all hung around across the
street, D.C.tourists milling around. Police were stationed at the
corners to keep pedestrians from walking past the Madison Building,
where our booths are parked. When they finally let us back, I asked
the plain clothes policeman what had happened.
"There was a suspicious bag sitting on a bench right behind your
booth. But it turned out just to be an empty camera bag."
I went back into the booth, to find one of the participants missing.
When I asked where he'd gone, his wife told me that he had left his
camera bag on a bench outside.
KEVN-TV Interview with Eliza Bettinger, StoryCorps MobileBooth site supervisor. Permission granted for journalism outlets and educational purposes. Not for commercial use. Must be credited. (Photo courtesy of South Dakota Public Broadcasting.
©2013 SDPB)
SDPB Interview with Eliza Bettinger, StoryCorps MobileBooth site supervisor. Permission granted for journalism outlets and educational purposes. Not for commercial use. Must be credited. (Photo courtesy of South Dakota Public Broadcasting.
©2013 SDPB)
We're here! We've done it! We pulled up to Constitution Ave. at 6:30
pm, passed through a gigantic crane sized x-ray machine, and ascended
Capitol hill. Tomorrow we launch our mobile tour from the steps of the
Library of Congress.
At the MobileBooth, interviews are conducted between two people who know and care about each other. A trained facilitator guides the participants through the interview process and handles the technical aspects of the recording. At the end of each 40-minute session, participants walk away with a free CD copy of their interview. With their permission, a second copy becomes part of an archive at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress for future generations to hear.
A modern replica of Haiti’s famous iron market, this landmark stands in
the Heart of Little Haiti, a five minute drive North of the mobile
booth.
Opening Day of StoryCorps Historias in Los Angeles was met with typical February weather -- flawless.
At the MobileBooth, interviews are conducted between two people who know and care about each other. A trained facilitator guides the participants through the interview process and handles the technical aspects of the recording. At the end of each 40-minute session, participants walk away with a free CD copy of their interview. With their permission, a second copy becomes part of an archive at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress for future generations to hear.
Our first stop was Appalshop, the amazing documentary organization in
Whitesburg, Kentucky. We parked the booth in their parking lot.
Bill Davis, President and CEO of Southern California Public Radio, describes the partnership of 89.3 KPCC with StoryCorps in his opening remarks.
Patricia Nazario, KPCC Reporter and board member of StoryCorps Historias, MC'd the Opening Day Event.
Bill Davis, President and CEO of Southern California Public Radio (89.3 KPCC) is interviewed by a reporter from La Opinion.
We almost missed our fearless leader's appearance as Person of the Week
on network news. Fortunately, we stumbled upon The Big Screen, where we
found the highest concentration of televisions in Bethesda, MD. Kayvon
smooth-talked sales rep Dan, the man, into tuning in. Note the sweet
price tag (upper left) on this rear projection model.
Before work today we visited COSI, Columbus' Center of Science and
Industry. Along with an impressive exhibit on the Titanic, and a
high-wire unicycle, COSI has an outdoor exploration park. Facilitators
Brett Myers and Carolyn Bancroft are pictured on here after they
underestimated the ease of lifting a car!
We know it's hot out there on the road. In a gesture of solidarity,
storycorps office workers turn off air conditioning and eat popsicles
back in Brooklyn.
WMRA, the Harrisonburg NPR station has given StoryCorps the best gift
for our stay in Charlottesville: his name is Randy! Randy Huwa, WRAs
Director of Major and Planned Giving has been parked outside the Story
Booth daily. He fields hundreds of questions by curious passer-bys who
eye the Air Stream and want details on the StoryCorps project. How will
we move on to West Virginia without him? Thanks WMRA and Randy. - Nora
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On our last day in Charlottesville, participant David Heins and his
wife, Caroline, excitedly returned to the booth to let us know they
heard David and his dad, John, on the WVTU radio thanks to StoryCorps.
David is now a dad himself. Meet Conrad!
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StoryCorps MobileBooth East
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StoryCorps, a national initiative to document the unique stories of Americans, arrived February 11, 2009 in East Los Angeles to collect the stories of Southern California’s Latino residents as part of its Historias Initiative.
Our last night in Milwaukee was spent watching baseball at Miller Park,
where the hometown Brewers defeated the visiting Yankees, 4-3.
Every ballpark has its own flavor, and in Milwaukee it's meat. Four
processed meat mascots, including an Italian sausage and a German
bratwurst, raced around the bases between innings.
It was a great way to spend what felt like the first day of summer in
Wisconsin. Next stop, Madison.
A day off for StoryCorps facilitators before opening day in Bismarck was
spent in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, otherwise known as the
Badlands region of western North Dakota.
Pictured is StoryCorps facilitator James Angelos taking in the sights
and sounds of the Badlands.
Ed Laake missed our Story booth while it was stationed in Sarasota last
month. He decided to drive all the way to Miami where the booth just
opened. He was accompanied by his cousin Mary and his 91-year old aunt
Erma. They came to sing and pay homage to the songs Ed's father wrote
and sang.
They also brought home-made cookies.
The StoryCorps MobileBooth – an Airstream trailer outfitted with a recording studio – will be parked at East Los Angeles Library for 6 weeks.
StoryCorps fearless leaders, Marion Kahan and David Isay, stand by as
we pull the two Mobile Booths into the Library of Congress Plaza.
Nora and I got locked out of the booth two days ago, but luckily all of
our interviews were done for the day. I found Gary Lettan, Custom
Carpenter, who fashioned perfect little widgets (2 for us & 2 for the
West booth) out of stained Hickory wood to prevent further embarrassing
lockouts. - Brett Myers
Last Friday, participant told Kayvon about a Milwaukee tradition - the
weekly fish fry at the Lakefront Brewery, every Friday night, with
music provided by the polka kings. It took us a while to find it, but
we were delighted by the place. It was a big open room with stained
glass lanterns and big tables. We had a long conversation with the
family at our table and gathered lots of helpful info about Milwaukee
and Madison. The majority of the polka dancers were under the age of
five.
Facilitator Carolyn Bancroft enjoys breakfast (care of facilitator
Brett Myers) outside the statehouse. Buckeye chocolate doughnuts win
top honors!
A day off for StoryCorps facilitators before opening day in Bismarck was
spent in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, otherwise known as the
Badlands region of western North Dakota.
Pictured is StoryCorps facilitator James Angelos taking in the sights
and sounds of the Badlands.
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StoryCorps MobileBooth West
storycorps_west@postpro.net
Laura, a local organic farmer, dropped off fresh produce at the booth.
She and facilitator Brett Myers pose with a yellow cucumber which was
later eaten with lunch.