Greetings from the Peach State!
Today was our first day of recording at our newest StoryBooth in Atlanta, Georgia!
Everyone at StoryCorps is excited to have a StoryBooth in the South, especially the Atlanta team: Lillie Love, Anthony Knight, Lola Ibitoye, Katrina Singh, and me! We are thrilled to be recording and preserving the stories of the South for our nation and future generations to hear. And we are very grateful to 90.1 WABE for hosting us for our first year in Atlanta.
Anthony, Lola, Lillie, Katrina, Amanda
We spent two weeks training and learning the ins and outs of StoryCorps. We learned how to record stories and archive them for the Library of Congress.
Katrina, Lillie, Lola and Anthony practice recording
Last week, we hosted a Friends and Family Week to practice our facilitation skills. I had a great time facilitating a conversation between two of my new friends, Alex West and Chris Appleton, best friends and co-founders of Wonderroot. Chris and Alex grew up together in Atlanta. When they were in college, they started planning to create a community arts organization in Atlanta with their friend Whit. Now their vision has come to life – the Wonderroot community arts space in Reynoldstown has now become a staple in the Atlanta activist and art scenes. Chris and Alex also talked about the people who inspired them, their visions for Atlanta, and the pranks they play on each other. We hope to partner with Wonderroot throughout the year.
Chris Appleton and Alex West
We will be recording on Thursdays and Saturdays at our booth, located in Studio 3 at 90.1 WABE. We will also be working with community organizations to do recordings out in the field each month.
To record an interview with a loved one at our Atlanta StoryBooth, make a reservation online or call 800-850-4406. (If there are no available appointment times, please sign up for our wait-list!) Then, prepare for your interview by reading what to expect, and create a list of great questions using our Question Generator.
Stay tuned to 90.1 WABE to hear stories recorded locally in Atlanta. You can also hear the weekly StoryCorps broadcast every Friday morning on NPR’s Morning Edition.
We look forward to recording your stories, Atlanta!
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Welcome to StoryCorps Atlanta! I am looking forward to hearing your stories!
Welcome to StoryCorps Atlanta! I am looking forward to hearing your stories!
Yay Atlanta! Welcome!!
Yay Atlanta! Welcome!!
Atlanta is in the HOUSE!
Atlanta is in the HOUSE!
Georgia is on our mind!!! Can’t wait to listen to your beautiful stories.
Georgia is on our mind!!! Can’t wait to listen to your beautiful stories.
Yeah Atlanta! Can’t wait for you to show America all of the great stories the South has to offer. Best of luck!
Yeah Atlanta! Can’t wait for you to show America all of the great stories the South has to offer. Best of luck!
I am desperately trying to get a sign up time so I can coordinate scheduling my shy dad to come in and interview. WOW> there are NO times available> how can that be? so what’s the next step if you can not get times? I have so enjoyed listening to your stories. Every American, no matter what their status, has a story and boy, are there some interesting people out there…. can’t wait to record my dad’s.
I am desperately trying to get a sign up time so I can coordinate scheduling my shy dad to come in and interview. WOW> there are NO times available> how can that be? so what’s the next step if you can not get times? I have so enjoyed listening to your stories. Every American, no matter what their status, has a story and boy, are there some interesting people out there…. can’t wait to record my dad’s.
Hi Katrina!
If there are no available appointments when you try to make a reservation, sign up for our waitlist. Whenever we have cancellations, we call and email the waitlist.
We open new reservations on the first day of each month at 10am. For example, on December 1, we will open the January appointments.
We look forward to meeting you and your dad!
Amanda
Hi Katrina!
If there are no available appointments when you try to make a reservation, sign up for our waitlist. Whenever we have cancellations, we call and email the waitlist.
We open new reservations on the first day of each month at 10am. For example, on December 1, we will open the January appointments.
We look forward to meeting you and your dad!
Amanda
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