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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.

08/24/2026

THIS SATURDAY To end the season at the Andersen Statue 2026, we have expanded our Saturday event into a celebration of storytelling; A MINI FESTIVAL. Join us, SEVEN storytellers with music, August 29th from 11 am to 12:30 pm. Every year for 65 years we have honored imagination and compassion, by bringing to life Andersen's acclaimed story of The Ugly Duckling. Laura will retell the story accompanied by Shem Guibbory on violin. We have stories, participation and songs from throughout the world. This is definitely a not to miss occasion. Both duck families in the boat pond, where we perform, have given birth to the most beautiful ducklings.Come see them and Join us. Always alive with joy and the magic of engagement. It is amazing to participate as families rush to the statue, and unexpected passersby stop to listen. the statue and our storytelling series is a sanctuary in the middle of the city, a unique living language imagination wisdom brilliant event.

08/16/2026

unbelievable believable great storytelling this Saturday at the Andersen Statue in Central Park. Folklore, Andersen tales and ancient myth for all ages told by MILBRE BIRCH and INGRID NORTON with a special tale by JEAN HALE. How remarkable to sit in one place, ears ablaze and experience a full multilayered tapestry of images, feelings, and journey beyond preoccupation. ALL AGES are enchanted, something so needed in our lives today. A great surprise awaits us all as everything we love about listening, theater, literature, and dreams takes place. 11 am as always. ALWAYS FREE and always AMAZING.

08/11/2026

SATURDAY AUGUST 15. THE WEATHER HAS SHIFTED. THE AIR HAS LIGHTENED. AND WE ARE BACK AT THE STATUE ON SATURDAY MORNING.

Don't miss this remarkable gathering of wonderful stories and storytellers for all ages. Always free at 11 am. Please share and join us if you can under the canopy of trees, under the watchful eyes of Hans Christian Andersen and the duckling who knows it is a duckling, and a swan and the beloved vehicle for thousands of children who sit on its back and dream of great voyages into the ocean of the heart.

08/07/2026

TOMORROW'S STORYTELLING - AUGUST 8TH is cancelled in Central Park due to extreme heat and bad air quality. Please join us next weekend. AND look forward to our last Saturday event with all the storytellers you missed due to weather. A real festival of storytelling on august 29th. Pray for great weather.
and peace in the world xx

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

Address

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

Opening Hours

11am - 5pm

Website

http://www.hcastorycenter.org/

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