What’s better than wine, chocolate and stories? Having the combination benefit both participants and new partnerships in the performing arts. This event will be held at TV-16 on the evening of May 27th. Attendees will enjoy sampling estate wines from Frontenac Point Vineyard and Winery (frontenacpoint.com) of Trumansburg, NY and indulging in assorted cheeses and chocolate covered fruit. Best of all, you’ll be able to hear stories of decadence by Joe Doolittle, Kate Dudding and others from Story Circle at Proctors – the first resident storytelling company in a US performing arts center. (storycircleatproctors.org). Reservations will be $25/person; $45 couple.

Story Circle at Proctors will also be producing a monthly program airing soon on Channel 16, titled “Story by Story: Sharing the Human Experience.” This series will feature stories and storytellers from the region, mini-workshops on storytelling techniques, upcoming events and current commentary on storytelling and the arts.