STORYTELLING WITH TAMMY HALL
Tales of Black Heritage
Join us for Tales of Black Heritage from Around the World with Master Storyteller, Tammy Hall. This program is a fantastic literary journey of stories filled with wit and wisdom from the lands wherever Black people call home whether it’s the Mother Land, Africa or Jamaica, or Venezuela, or Australia, or America.
Sunday, February 21st, 2021
1:00pm to 1:45pm
About The Storyteller
Storyteller, Tammy Hall, known throughout Brooklyn for her extensive knowledge of world folklore, was born in Clarksville, Tennessee in 1959. After graduating from Northwest High School in Clarksville, Ms. Hall enrolled in David Lipscomb College in Nashville then finished her degree in Education at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. She migrated to New York City in 1985.
After teaching in New York City private and public schools for several years Hall pursued a career in the arts by becoming a professional storyteller.
Though this African-American grew up listening to wondrous Southern tales at the foot of her father, the late James Rudolph Mallory, Sr., and tells them naturally, she has expanded her repertoire to hundreds of tales from all over the world for the past 24 years.
In addition to her heavy performance schedule, Ms. Hall formerly taught Folk Arts five days a week at the Dr. Betty Shabazz School (PS 298) in Brooklyn, NY. When she wasn’t in the classroom, she could be found on the stage performing in numerous venues in the New York area including The Military Academy at West Point, The Apollo Theater, Symphony Space, The Brooklyn of Academy of Music, Macy’s, Rockefeller Plaza, Public Libraries and Schools, Numerous NYC cultural festivals and block parties, Private events, and Museums and other arts institutions, just to name a few.
Utilizing call-and-response, percussive instruments, costumes, and other props, and sometimes just simply her voice, Ms. Hall is known to mesmerize her audiences.
As an advocate for literacy and a lover of folklore, Ms. Hall has traveled and enjoyed the folklore of the diverse cultures of the United States, Africa, Asia, Europe, Central America, and the Caribbean.
She conducts and participates in workshops, serves on committees, and attends conferences designed to promote storytelling, drama, creative writing, gardening, and the visual arts. Ms. Hall feels that stories hold ancient and proverbial wisdom, and that stories travel far, even from generation to generation.