Holiday Bazaar at the Egg on December 3rd
The Holiday Bazaar at the Dragon’s Egg at 401 Shewville Road, Ledyard, is This Saturday, December 3rd, from 1-4 pm. Come chat and play and find some holiday gifts! There will be soaps, and jams, and books, and pastries, and ceramics, and clothing, and body creams, and turned wood, and earrings, and more! […]
Year end Membership Letter for the Beasts and Egg
On a balmy (!) November day, we look back at the year for the Mystic Paper Beasts, and at the Dragon’s Egg. Marya applied for four grants and we were very fortunate to receive: We received two General Operating Support Grant \for Theaters and Performing Groups, from Ct. Humanities and from the Dept of […]
Tellabration! on November 20th at 4 at the Egg
Tellabration is in One Week!! on Sunday, November 20th, at 4 pm, at the Egg.Hold the Date!! The Dragon’s Egg Presents Tellabration! A Celebration of the Oral Tradition Tellabration is a mammoth storytelling event – and that’s no Tall Tale! It’s a storytelling phenomenon, made up of dozens of storytelling happenings all over the […]
Tellabration at the Egg is Nov. 20th at 4
Please come, and bring your friends of all ages! The Dragon’s Egg Presents Tellabration! A Celebration of the Oral Tradition The Dragon’s Egg (Shewville Rd., Ledyard) will host a Tellabration for families on Sunday, November 20th at 4:00 p.m. https://www.dragonseggstudio.org/ Several storytellers will grace this beautiful space. Each storyteller has a unique style and […]
Holiday Bazaar at the Egg on 12/3
The Dragon’s Egg will offer its annual Holiday Bazaar this year on Saturday, December 3rd, from 1-4. I am looking for artists, artisans, crafts, clothing, books, jewelry, decorations, foods, candles, all manner of offerings! Please do be in touch if you would like to participate this year, and please share this information as you like. […]
Tellabration at the Egg is Coming
The Dragon’s Egg PresentsTellabration! A Celebration of the Oral Tradition Tellabration is a mammoth storytelling event – and that’s no Tall Tale! It’s a storytelling phenomenon, made up of dozens of storytelling happenings all over the world. Its purpose is to introduce adults, as well as children, to the pleasures of the oral art […]
University Set the Egg and Amazes
Hi!!Dragon’s Egg Presents was Today, at University Settlement in NYC, and… It was indeed wonderful! A mix of dance and film and music and comedy, dramatic, serious, strong, graceful.I did not have a chance to take photos, alas, so have only a handful… All went smoothly, the audience was enthusiastic (and full house), old […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents – Program
Yay!!Here is the working programme! for Dragon’s Egg Presents, at University Settlement, in downtown NYC, at 184 Eldridge St.For reservations @ $15 please email Marya at mybeasts@aol.comYou may use paypal or send a cheque for pre paid reservations,or have cash at the ready (or a cheque) at the door. https://paypal.me/dragonseggstudioOr by cheque […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents – tickets available!
Tickets are now available for: Dragon’s Egg Presents!!! Which will be on September 24th, Saturday, at 2 pm. $15 each at University Settlement in downtown NYC, at 184 Eldridge St.(Subway directions are below – give yourself time to walk from the subway) Please make reservations by being in touch with Marya at mybeasts@aol.com. Identify, […]
Celestials at the Egg!
Sunday, August 28th, at 1 pm, at the Dragon’s Egg! Do come!! Xo marya Hello Friends, Hope you are all doing well in this late summertime, with choruses of katydids and crickets and cicadas — truly sounds of the heavens, to me. Speaking of which: Celestials are incoming at the Dragon’s Egg this weekend! […]
Cornfield Dance at the Egg!
Greetings! This is a phenomenal opportunity and offering at the Dragon’s Egg! Do join us on August 23rd, a Tuesday, for an open rehearsal at 3:30, followed by a performance at 4 pm, of Ellen Cornfield Dance, from NYC. Ellen Cornfield, will be in residency at the Dragon’s Egg (401 Shewville Road, Ledyard) for […]
Kickstarter is fully funded!!
Hiroshima: Autumn flowers in front of full moon, 1853 Sent: Sun, Aug 14, 2022 10:29 amSubject: Kickstarter is fully funded!! with one day to go…Dragon’s Egg Presents – Yay! Yay! We are just past the Full Sturgeon Moon, and – We are fully funded! and a bit over, with our kickstarter, with one day […]
of body of body
Wednesday, August 10th, there was a remarkable showing by the company in residence. The entire work was viewed from above, and the dancers seemed to have shifted dimensions, as they danced full body on the floor, being tossed by seas, by sounds, moving like salamanders, walking (but prone or side ways), hearing shell […]
Marya will perform at MOAF
Marya will be performing for the Mystic Outdoor Arts Festival on August 12th! The performance portion of the festival will be on August 12 and 13 at Mystic Seaport, as it was last year (for the first time!). The renowned Mystic Arts Festival will be from the 12-14 on the streets of Mystic. I shall […]
Erin Landers at the Egg: of body of body
There will be a showing of work by Erin Landers and dancerson Wednesday, August 10, at 5 pm,at the Dragon’s Egg!Please come join us.. From Erin Landers, who will be in residence at the Egg: “of body of body” of is a movement myth for our times. The loose narrative of the piece follows […]
Mystic Outdoor Arts Festival
August 12th and 13th!! and I shall be on the programme on the 12th, at Mystic Seaport, as a part of the Mystic Arts Festival!I hope you can come! xo Marya https://moafpa.comhttps://www.mysticchamber.org/art-festival/
Fables Afoot!
Come join us Sunday! August 7th, at 1 pm,At the Dragon’s Egg,401 Shewville Road, Ledyard For the Fables Project!A visiting of a handful of fables by Aesop and others, To be followed by croquet, bacci,perhaps a picnic (bring your own), all followed by Birthday Cake for Dan Potter!Contact Marya at mybeasts@aol.com for more […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents Kickstarter!
There is a kickstarter afoot! Dragon’s Egg Presents! We are once again producing a concert in NYC showcasing Dragon’s Egg Residents, – all of whom have been at the Egg since Covid hit, since we closed, and cautiously re opened. This will be our second year at the extraordinary University Settlement in downtown NY. […]
Hoxie Show has one more week
July 21, 2022 Dan’s show is up for one more week at the Hoxie Gallery, which is the large gallery on the second floor of the Westerly Library. It is open during Library Hours. (M-Th 9-8, Fri 9-6, Sat. 9-4, closed Sunday).Do come!xo marya Photos are by Katie Hall-Risko
Cornfield Dance and a NEST Grant!
A NYC dancer/choreographer friend of mine, Ellen Cornfield, will be in residency at the Dragon’s Egg (401 Shewville Road, Ledyard) for a few days in August., as a part of a NEST grant which Cornfield Dance, Windhover in Massachusetts, and the Dragon’s Egg, have won! They will be performing on Tuesday, August 23rd at 4 […]
Dan’s Opening was Great
Dan’s opening last night, at the Hoxie Gallery in Westerly Library, was wonderful – well attended, with many friends, much interest in the work. It was a grace filled time, full of conversation and study/ And yes, Dan is feeling much better – needs to rest and to keep drinking water (please!), but […]
Dan’s Solo Show opens on July 6th
Opening Wednesday, July 6from 5 – 7Mouse Americawelcomes you to the opening ofDan’s July Art ShowPeace from Piecesat the Hoxie Galleryin Westerly, RI from flotsam and jetsamDan has assembleda group of new friends for you to visit this month in the marvelous and enormousHoxie Galleryabove the Westerly Public Libraryin the center of townLibrary […]
Stonington Gardens by the Sea
It was lovely – on Friday, performing in the Como Children’s Garden – where children plant, tend, cook, and eat!, and then in front of the Library in Stonington, where Beasts rambled and cavorted variously with those who were in attendance at the Stonington Garden Club’s Gardens by the Sea event. By the […]
Beasts and Poets and Gardens!
The Mystic Paper Beasts are collaborating with the Stonington Garden Club for the summer Gardens by the Sea on June 10-11. We shall be Beasting about, and hosting poets reading poems about the gardens of our lives (on or near the library square, and then around cannon square)…roughly between 11 and 1 on Saturday. On […]
