Storytelling at the Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park

Sat Jun 7, 2025 - Sat Aug 9, 2025
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Repeating every weeks through August 9, 2025.
11:00am to 12:00pm ET
Age: All ages
Price: Free
Location:
Central Park Hans Christian Andersen Statue

Gather 'round Hans Christian Andersen's statue at the Conservatory Pond in Central Park to hear his tales—and other classic folk stories—told by a fine ensemble of storytellers.

June 7:
Laura Simms: The Nightingale, by Hans Christian Andersen
Ron Sopyla: I Am the Biggest - Japan

June 14:
Laura Packer: The Enchanted Pig - Romania
Heather Forest: Peddler of Swaffham - UK

June 21:
April Armstrong: The Crocodile and the Wolf - Congo, Africa
Joan Leotta: Thumbellina, by Hans Christian Andersen
Megan Wells: The Sandman, by Hans Christian Andersen

June 28:
Jackson Gillman: We and They, by Rudyard Kipling
Ed Stivender: The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep, by Hans Christian Andersen

July 5:
Matoaka Little Eagle: Indigenous Stories - Tewa, Apache & Chickahominy
Harp music; Julia Haines

July 12:
Connie Regan-Blake: Fire on the Mountain - Ethiopia
Robin Bady: The Beetle, by Hans Christian Andersen

July 19:
Bill Gordh: Shepherd and Wolf - Denmark
Joy Kelly: Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock - Africa

July 26:
Julia Morris: Clever Hans, by Hans Christian Andersen
Noa Baum: How the Birds Became Friends - Burma 

August 2:
Therese Plair: Sun, Moon, and Ocean - West Africa
Regina Ress: Horse and Toad - Haiti

August 9: The Duckling's Birthday Party
Bill Harley: The Emperor's New Clothes, by Hans Christian Andersen
Laura Simms: The Ugly Duckling, by Hans Christian Andersen
Musician: Fodé Diop on Kora

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