​​The Backyard Story Series

The Backyard Story Series at the Historic Leopold House is a night to share and listen to true stories from your neighbors, friends, strangers, professional writers, amateur writers, and people like you.​​

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Listen to the June Storytellers

Ashlee Renz-hotz

Joaquín Baca

Michael Lechuga

Marissa Sieck

Cecilia Navarrete

Bob Woodmansee

​JUNE'S THEME:
WATER


​Water remembers. It carries things, changes shape, disappears, returns, nourishes, destroys, cleanses, connects, and survives. For our first Backyard Story Night, we invite stories inspired by water in all its forms: literal, emotional, spiritual, environmental, personal, or imagined.

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Does water have life? Is water life? How has a river, the ocean, a lake transformed you? Has water healed you? Does water feel like home to you? What memories do rain, rivers, or the ocean bring up for you?

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This theme is inspired by the "June" essay in Part I of Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac, in which he writes a short vignette for each month. For the "June" essay, he writes about sitting by a river, fishing, and pondering the ways in which humans and trout are alike.
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​About the Backyard Story Series
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Picking up from a Nob Hill-based Backyard Story Night that took place from 2015 - 2019, the Leopold House Backyard Story Series invites anyone interested in a connection between humans and Nature to share their stories. Modeled after The Moth, the event features stories that are inspiring, educational, sad, funny, moving, poetic, eerie, or all of the above. 

Stories are five minutes long and read back to back for an hour in the large, shady backyard of the Historic Leopold House. Bring a blanket or chair and come listen or tell a story on a shady lawn in downtown Albuquerque.

Why do we do it?
To deepen our relationship with each other and with the more-than-human world through listening and sharing.

Are you interested in sharing a story?

Learn More Here

WHEN IS IT?

​WHEN:
Sunday, June 28th
6:00 PM - 8:00PM
Arrive at 6:00 PM to mingle and explore the Leopold House. Storytelling starts promptly at 6:30 PM.

WHERE:
The Historic Aldo Leopold House
135 14th St SW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
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COST:
Free!
​Be sure to bring a blanket, chair, or something to sit on.
​Feel free to bring snacks or drinks. All ages are welcome.

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