Stories from Deep in the Heart
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Stories from Deep in the Heart
Listen to some audio pieces created through the Stories from Deep in the Heart program:Audio pieces from this program are also available to public radio stations via our Public Radio Exchange channel.
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Posted on Tue Mar 22, 2016
Folklorist / NPR & BBC radio producer Rachel Hopkin will be returning to present a sampling of her work in radio and folklore, as well as completed audio documentaries produced at the Stories Summer Institute by this year’s participants. The presentation and reception on July 22nd is free and open to the public. The reception begins at 6PM, followed by the... -
Posted on Mon Mar 14, 2016
Hear the finished pieces produced at the 2016 Stories Summer Institute: Texas Folklife invites all middle and high school teachers, students, and administrators in the greater Austin area to participate in the “Stories from Deep in the Heart” Summer Institute, a one week audio documentary production workshop. During the Summer Institute, participants will work in groups... -
Posted on Mon Oct 13, 2014
This Fall the Stories Team has put its equipment and audio skills into the hands and hearts of two classrooms on the east side of Austin! The team is being lead by Marcelo Teson, Program Director and Summer Institute Lead Instructor for Stories From Deep in the Heart. First up, we are working with Veteran Stories fellow Mrs. Sarah Waggoner at Kealing Middle School Magnet.... -
Posted on Wed Apr 16, 2014
Over the past years, Stories from Deep in the Heart, our youth radio program has garnered quite the appetite around the city of Austin. The following playlist highlights some of our youth-produced/teacher-produced radio stories all about one of our favorite topics: FOOD! We have quite the range here-from beef fajitas to icecream to burgers. Listen and enjoy! (Suggestion: Do not listen on an... -
Posted on Wed Mar 5, 2014
In the fall of 2012, Stories from Deep in the Heart teamed up with 2011’ Summer Institute Alumni Chana Temple to create digital postcards with Ms. Temple’s middle school French class. Students brought in photos of traditions or rituals from their own family albums. Students wrote, narrated, and recorded their own brief audio/visual “postcard” using their photos as inspiration, which were... -
Posted on Wed Mar 5, 2014
Texas Folklife preserves, promotes and presents the rich cultural heritage of our Lone Star State. As such, we look in all corners of our cities and towns, large and small, to find the people with meaningful lives and practices to share with the rest of us. In order to do that we depend on collaborating with other organizations who have relationships to their communities at the ground... -
Posted on Fri Oct 18, 2013
Annelize Machado apprentices from master south Indian dancer Anu Naimpally in Austin. Stories from Deep in the Heart Summer Institute teachers featured Annelize's journey in a short radio piece, directed by radio veteran Maria Martin.