Dolores Hydock · actress and story performer

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MAY 2013

• Thursday, May 9: Western Civilization. Princess Sehoy Chapter, DAR.
  
  
• Friday - Saturday, May 17 - 18: Front Porch Storytelling Festival, Florence, AL. For ticket information, visit www.una.edu/storytelling/
  
  
  
  JUNE 2013
  
  
• Sunday, June 2: Don't Make Me Come Back There - Stories about moms and dads. 4 - 5 p.m. St. Simon Peter Episcopal Church, 3702 Mays Bend Rd  Pell City, AL. For information, call the church at (205) 884-0877.
  
  Storyteller Dolores Hydock shares a collection of funny, affectionate stories about fatherly advice, motherly instincts, family fireworks, and the people whose stories will always be linked to your own: Mom and Dad.
  
  
• Saturday, June 8: Don't Make Me Come Back There - Stories about moms and dads. 6 p.m., Goodwater United Methodist Church, Goodwater, AL. Dinner and program. For information or reservations, contact Pete West at 256-404-5547.
  
  Storyteller Dolores Hydock shares a collection of funny, affectionate stories about fatherly advice, motherly instincts, family fireworks, and the people whose stories will always be linked to your own: Mom and Dad.
  
  
• Monday, June 24: Footprint on the Sky. 7 - 8 p.m., Holy Infant of Prague Catholic Church, 8090 Gadsden Hwy  Trussville, AL. For information, call the church at 655-2541.
  
  
  JULY 2013
  
  
• Thursday, July 11: A Sweet Strangeness Thrills My Heart: The World of Sallie Independence Foster, 1861 - 1887. Hoover Library Theatre, 200 Municipal Drive, Hoover. 7 - 9 p.m. Story by Dolores Hydock, music by Bobby Horton.

  Sallie Independence Foster was 12 years old when the Civil War began. Her journal, begun in June 1861, and carefully preserved by her family, paints a picture of a child’s innocent world that is gradually darkened by the reality of war. The journal continues through the war and for another 22 years, as Sallie grows to be a young woman, marries, and begins a family of her own.

  Through Sallie's writings, historical photographs, and music of the time, storyteller Dolores Hydock and music historian Bobby Horton share with us this uniquely personal glimpse at a radically changing world.
  
  Tickets are $12.50 and are available after May 20th at the Hoover Library Theatre box office, by calling 444-7888, or you can order tickets online by clicking here.

  
  
  
• Thursday, July 18: Every Picture Tells a Story - The Storytelling of Norman Rockwell. 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., North Shelby County Public Library, 5521 Cahaba Valley Road (Highway 119, about halfway between Highway 280 and I-65). Free and open to all! For info, call 439-5500.
  
  Norman Rockwell didn't just paint pictures; every picture told a story. Photos and Saturday Evening Post covers enliven surprising stories from Rockwell's life and career, and illustrate the creative process that Rockwell used to carefully craft his one-image stories.
  
  
• Thursday, July 25: Every Picture Tells a Story - The Storytelling of Norman Rockwell. 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Springville Road Public Library, 1224 Springville Road (near Huffman High School; not in Springville!). Free and open to all! For info, call 226-4081.
  
  Norman Rockwell didn't just paint pictures; every picture told a story. Photos and Saturday Evening Post covers enliven surprising stories from Rockwell's life and career, and illustrate the creative process that Rockwell used to carefully craft his one-image stories.
  
  
  AUGUST 2013
  
  
• Saturday, August 24: In Her Own Fashion. 7- 8:30 p.m., Shelby County Arts Council Performance Space, 104 Mildred Street, Columbiana, AL. Tickets are $15; for reservations, call 669-0044 or visit www.shelbycountyartscouncil.com
  
  Stories of celebrity hi-jinks, reckless romance, career blunders, and the adventures of a life that followed no one else's pattern from the remarkable life of Ninette Griffith, Fashion Coordinator for Loveman's Department Store in the 1950s and 1960s.
  
  
  SEPTEMBER 2013
  
  
• Tuesday - Saturday, September 10 - 14: Teller in Residence, International Storytelling Center, Jonesborough, TN. For information and a complete lineup of the TIR series, visit www.storytellingcenter.net/events/storytelling-live/
  
  
• Thursday, September 19: Money Talks! Harrison Regional Library, Columbiana, AL. 10 - 11 a.m.
  
  
• Thursday - Saturday, September 27 - 29: Cave Run Storytelling Festival, Moreland, Kentucky. For complete information, visit caverunstoryfest.org
  
  
  OCTOBER 2013
  
  
• Wednesday, October 9: Dishing the Dirt ~ Stories from the Garden. Louisiana Master Gardeners Annual Conference, Shreveport, LA. 
  
  
  
• Thursday - Friday, October 10 - 11: ECW Annual Conference, Diocese of Alabama.
  
  
• Saturday, October 19: Footprint on the Sky, Southern Tandem Rally, Birmingham, AL.
  
  
• Monday, October 28: Stories at Homewood Senior Center, 816 Oak Grove Road, Homewood, AL. 11 - 12 a.m. Call 332-6500 for lunch reservation.
  
  
  NOVEMBER 2013
  
  
• Wednesday, November 6: Stories of thanks. Noon - 1 p.m., B. B. Comer Library, 314 N. Broadway Avenue, Sylacauga, AL.  Part of the library's Brown Bag Series. (Sack lunch and volunteer-provided desserts and beverages from 11 - noon; program from noon - 1 p.m.) Free. For info, call the library at 256-249-0961.
  
  
  
  DECEMBER 2013
  
  
• Tuesday, December 3: A Christmas Memory. 6 - 7 p.m., Birmingham Downtown Public Library, 2100 Park Place. Arrington Auditorium.
  
  Come be part of this holiday tradition! Truman Capote's bittersweet memory of a simpler time, a special friendship, and an old-fashioned south Alabama Christmas is brought to vivid life in this dramatic presentation. The program is free, and all are welcome. Parking in the library's parking lot is easier on a Tuesday evening!
  
  
  
• Sunday, December 8: Jingle All the Way ~ Holiday Stories, Songs, and Sing-A-Longs. 2 - 3:30 p.m., Birmingham Botanical Gardens Lecture Hall. With Dolores Hydock, Bobby Horton, and Friends Nina Reeves, Sammye Hill, and Tuck Kornegay. Tickets are $20, and will be available after November 1. 
  
  
• Tuesday, December 10: On a Spree! Stories about money. 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Jane Boyd Holmes Memorial Library, Montevallo, AL. Free; all are welcome!
  
  
• Saturday, December 14: Christmas Stories. Wesley Memorial UMC Church, Decatur, AL.
  
  
• Sunday, December 22: Christmas Stories. 10 - 11 a.m. Independent Presbyterian Church Great Hall, 3100 Highland Avenue South, Birmingham. Free and all are welcome! For info, call the church at 933-1830.
  
  
• Sunday, December 22: A Christmas Sampler of Stories and Songs. 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Cahaba Heights United Methodist Church,  3139 Cahaba Heights Road, Cahaba Heights AL. Free and all are welcome! For info, call the church at 967-0470.
  
  
  JANUARY 2014
  
  
• Sunday, January 19: Money Talks! Stories about cold, hard cash. 2 - 3 p.m., Albert L. Scott Library, 100 9th Street NW, Alabaster, AL. Free and open to all! Call the library at 664-6822 for info.
  
  
  
• Friday and Saturday, January 24 & 25: Pike Piddlers Storytelling Festival, Troy, Alabama.
  
  
• Sunday, January 26: Soup and Stories for the Soul. 12:15 - 2 p.m., Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church, 2061 Kentucky Avenue, Vestavia Hills. Lunch reservations required: call the church at 822-9631. Bring a can of soup for the church food pantry!
  
  

• Sunday - Wednesday, February 2 - 5: Storytelling Workshop / Retreat. Brasstown Valley Resort Center, Young Harris, GA.
  
  
• Saturday - Sunday, February 22 - 23: Trinity Storytelling Festival, Huntsville, Alabama.
  
  
  MARCH 2014
  
  
• Friday, March 7: Footprint on the Sky, with the music of Flying Jenny. Private event, Cullman, AL.
  
  
  APRIL 2014
  
  
• Thursday, April 3: Money Talks! Stories about cold, hard cash. 6 - 7 p.m., Jane Boyd Holmes Library, 230 Joe Tucker Road, Helena, AL. Free and open to all! For info, call the library at 664-4593.