Posted by East MobileBooth on March 25, 2007, from Richmond, Virginia
Thanks to the wonderful folks at WCVE and at the Richmond Public Library, the MobileBooth’s stay in Richmond, VA, was a great success. Thank you, we will miss you all.
Standing (l-r): Charlie Schmidt, Steve Clark, Dan Stackhouse
Seated (l-r): Nick Pumilia, Sarah Geis, Ren Schmidt, Rhonda Ellis
Posted by East MobileBooth on March 24, 2007, from Richmond, Virginia
Clayton Hall Jr. and his daughter, Breana Hall, were our final participants in Richmond. Clay was one of the first African-Americans to attend the Virginia Military Institute, in 1975.
Posted by East MobileBooth on March 21, 2007, from Richmond, Virginia
On beautiful Belle Isle, facilitator Nick Pumilia balanced on things with great agility while Sarah Geis made like a Copperhead and sunned herself on a rock.
Posted by East MobileBooth on March 17, 2007, from Richmond, Virginia
Number One: Don’t drink the bath water.
Number Two: Donkeys do not go swimming.
Number Three: Hurry up, I’m waiting for you!
Today, Holly Anna Jones came to the booth with her friend and neighbor Stefan Ames, a third-grader. Stefan has cerebral palsy, and because of this has a very limited vocabulary of words. Instead, he communicates complex thoughts with an invented language of "pffffs," "das," and "ooofs." When asked who he looks like most, Stefan said that he is a mix of Daddy and Harry Potter.
Holly Anna said that Stefan is the strongest person she knows, and she can’t imagine her life without him.
Below, facilitator Sarah Geis is about to get a kiss.
Posted by East MobileBooth on March 16, 2007, from Richmond, Virginia
Today, Ann Watlington came to the booth with her brother Sam and daughter Carson. Sam, an Elvis fanatic, talked about their upcoming trip to Graceland in Memphis, TN.
Posted by East MobileBooth on March 14, 2007, from Richmond, Virginia
Mr. Alexander Lebenstein (pictured at right), an active member of the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond, VA, came into the StoryCorps booth today with his niece, Esther Binshtok and her husband, Mier. Mr. Lebenstein is a Holocaust survivor, and in recent years has been involved with the School Against Racism, School with Courage (Schule ohne Rassismus, Schule mit Courage), located in his hometown of Haltern am See, in Germany.
Posted by East MobileBooth on March 14, 2007, from Richmond, Virginia
It is 80 degrees in Richmond today.
And, on her way to the booth, sadly camera-less, facilitator Sarah Geis saw her first opossum.
Twenty-two Presidents stayed here…
Posted by East MobileBooth on March 13, 2007, from Richmond, Virginia
For our two days off, we traveled west to the Allegheny Mountains near the border of West Viginia. In Hot Springs, VA, we stayed in the modest Homestead (and got a deal!), and later stopped to look at this waterfall on our way back to Richmond.
Posted by East MobileBooth on March 3, 2007, from Richmond, Virginia
The Richmond Public Library currently is host to "Parle moi je t’écoute," an interactive audio installation by Sami Ben Larbi. Four booths with only one side for seating are lined up so that no booth faces another. Library-goers can talk together with relative anonymity. It’s one part confessional, one part StoryCorps, and one part performance art.
Above, facilitator Nick Pumilia participates.
Posted by East MobileBooth on February 25, 2007, from Richmond, Virginia
After setting up the booth in front of the Richmond Public Libary, Steve Clark from WCVE paid us a visit. His dog, Pearl, came too.
