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Andersen statue in Central Park.

The Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Center is a non-profit organization that promotes storytelling events held each Saturday for auciences of all ages at the H.C.

08/03/2026

Another Saturday, weather permitting, at our beloved Statue. Regina Ress (honoring Diane Wolkstein and Andersen with Therese Plair, and special guest Louie, the storytelling puppet and his friend Avi Steinhard. Emcee - Laura Simms. Please do a rain dance asking the downpour to wait until later in the afternoon so we can rejoice and listen with glee and ceaseless engagement. Always free. Always wonderful. come early and get a new seat on our kids blanket up front.

07/30/2026

Saturday morning... another entertaining storytelling morning at the statue with the wonderful tellers, who also sing, play guitar and engage audiences of all ages. ROBIN BADY. and HEATHER FOREST. Please share and join us at 11 am.. as always, always brilliant, and always free.

07/20/2026

STORYTELLING IN THE RAIN last Saturday was near magical. Megan Wells telling of the Andersen tale called THE SANDMAN was exceptional. Wildly funny and full of unexpected characters. Supreme Andersen. Not a well known tale, but in her capable hands a masterpiece of fantasy and meaning. And JOY KELLY, our New York teller regaled us with a Carribean call and response story with guitar and songs that leaped out and kept the lightening away until we were out of the park. We had a constant little arrival of unusual audience members and two children who would not move, even when the rain fell, and followed every word. Is this not the best event in Manhattan on Saturday mornings? I felt that Andersen was glowing. Listening to the trees sighing and hearing lightening and thunder accompanying two brilliant storytellers was worth being drenched and running barefoot out of the park into a taxi.

This SATURDAY, weather still a bit unknown, will bring together two marvelous storytellers who are devoted to their art for audiences of all ages, thoroughly engaging youngsters who come wide eyed and sit on the edge of their chairs, listening. JULIA MORRIS and LUANN ADAMS are two exceptional enchantressses of engaging tales. Please join us. Robin Bady will be the emcee. And please share this as well as do a dance to hold off the rain until late in the afternoon.

07/14/2026

The coolest event in New York City this weekend at the Statue. MEGAN WELLS and JOY KELLY , two of Americas finest storytellers together. WOOW. YIPPEE. Come and listen. Bring friends, a bottle of water and big ears. This promises to be the best of the best beneath the eyes of Andersen, and the canopy of trees. Rejoice. Listen. Fall in Love with our world. 11 am to Noon. Always Free and Guaranteed Joy. Storytelling by such truly wonderful tellers, who know how to enchant all ages.. so beautifully that the squirrels listen, the ducks can't stay away and everyone is delighted. Please share with friends of any age. PLEASE NOTE: the NY tellers postponed last weekend due to rain will be rescheduled.

07/05/2026

wow. here we go with another amazing in the shaded embrace of Hans Christian Andersen and the Boat Pond in Central Park : STORYTELLLING GALORE. with NY Tellers and our beloved Ed Stivender who makes the squirrels squeal with joy, not to mention everyone of every age. A not to miss morning in Manhattan. Guaranteed delight and liberation from stress. It is all about being alive and part of the world - imagining, feeling, listening, dreaming awake, with laughter and memories. 11 to Noon every Saturday, Free, through August.

06/29/2026

The best way to celebrate July 4th is to be immersed in the reality of inclusion, unbiased joy, meaning, and diversity. APRIL ARMSTRONG and MICHELE CARLO, two of NY's ground breaking storytellers share tales with us from
Africa, Manhattan, HC Andersen, and Puerto Rico. Shake up the goodness and fall in love with the possibiliity of compassion, kindness, creativity and laughter. At the Andersen Statue in Central Park July 4. Saturday always free 11 am to Noon. All ages welcome. There is really no such thing as a children's only story. There are just stories that we each hear with open hearts and minds. I hope you will share this and join us. Robin Bady, emce

06/22/2026

NEW YORK'S HIDDEN TREASURE.. Storytelling on Saturdays in the Summer at the Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park This coming weekend, please join us and share this with friends of all ages.. Two storytellers with great stories told as you have never heard them before. Andersen's NIGHTINGALE retold by an enchantress of words and botany, DIANE EDGECOMB and GERALDINE BUCKLEY known for causing irrepressible laughter retells the English tale of THE PEDDLAR OF SWATHEM. Come sit under the trees before the venerable statue of Hans Christian Andersen and see the new ducklings born last week who will accompany us all summer.

06/20/2026

“Tarry Here” by Andy Offutt Irwin, from today’s picture-perfect storytme in Central Park.

https://andyirwin.com

http://www.hcastorycenter.org/

Come join us every Saturday at 11am by the Hans Christian Andersen statue by the RC boat pond through the end of August!

06/15/2026

Deliriously exciting storytelling this Saturday. June 20. at 11 am at the statue... Songs and Stories and Drums
ANDY OFFUTT. IRWIN
LINDA HUMES. with SANGA
this is a definitely not to miss event.
Please bring everyone you know and sit under the trees for the sheer joy of being alive.

06/07/2026

SATURDAY JUNE 13. Last year when RON SOPYLA told stories I witnessed the irrisistible engagement and joy of children and adults as he told stories with total attention to his audience, and love of his art. Children got closer and closer, sat unmoving for a long time, and their rapture gathered an immense unexpected audience of adults whose hearts were moved by the event, Ron's presence and care, and their own sudden renewal of imagination and communal listening. Please join us this Saturday at 11 am. The trees have grown toward one another making a shady canopy over listeners. This is a treasure event. A not to. miss remarkable event, an antidote to speed, and worry, and preoccupation. Always Free. This SATURDAY and every Saturday through August. for a full schedule or to make a donation: www.hcatorycenter.org

Address

31 W 52nd Street/12th Floor
Manhattan, NY
10025

Opening Hours

11am - 5pm

Website

http://www.hcastorycenter.org/

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