On Sunday we packed up the trailer and moved out of our luxurious digs in Boston. We had an amazing time working with WBUR, and will miss the great volunteers, the beautiful Eliot hotel, walking along the Charles, and of course, the participants we met along the way. Facilitator Jason Reynolds joins the tour for Baltimore, and Pat Estess heads home. Here they are hugging goodbye outside of the “T” (which is a great transportation system but can’t beat the NYC subway!).
Posts from the East MobileBooth while in Boston, Massachusetts
Posted by East MobileBooth on October 26, 2006, from Boston, Massachusetts
Posted by East MobileBooth on October 13, 2006, from Boston, Massachusetts
This week infamous Boston storyteller, Brother Blue, visited the booth with his wife, Ruth. Brother Blue is well known in Cambridge where he tells stories to all who will listen in Harvard Square. He is also a minister and has a PhD in playwriting. He dresses in blue from head to toe, and is fond of saying “storytelling is God: to God, for God, of God, from God. It’s a way of life.”
Posted by East MobileBooth on October 9, 2006, from Boston, Massachusetts
Over Columbus Day weekend in Boston, MobileBooth East really became about family. Facilitator Pat’s husband, Gene, and facilitator Maddy’s mother, Rolla, both came for a visit. Here they are explaining StoryCorps to all the family’s that passed us on the street. Since both have participated in interviews and have loved ones working in the booth 24/7, they really understand the project!
Making something out of nothing, Three times over
Posted by East MobileBooth on October 5, 2006, from Boston, Massachusetts
On Monday, facilitators Pat and Maddy teamed up to interview Edgar and Hana Krasa, pictured here. They had both survived the concentration camps, and met in Prague after the war. They were, hands down, two of the sweetest most personable people ever to grace the booth. When asked to define their relationship, Edgar shrugged and jokingly said, “Eh- tolerable.” But the love between them was overwhelming, as was their goodwill.
Posted by East MobileBooth on October 5, 2006, from Boston, Massachusetts
Here in Boston, the booth is parked right on the finish line of the infamous Boston marathon!
Posted by East MobileBooth on September 28, 2006, from Boston, Massachusetts
We arrived safely to our new home in Boston, in front of the Public Library in Copley Square. The mobile booth will be here until October 17th, when we will move to Boston City Hall Plaza for a week. In Boston we are working in partnership with WBUR (90.9 fm). They will be airing StoryCorps clips twice a week on Mondays and Fridays during "Morning Edition." There are no reservations left, but keep checking the website for cancellations!
