- A recent live storytelling performance, produced by the renowned nonprofit, The Moth, and hosted by Skidmore’s MDOCs program, empowered and energized a new generation of storytellers at Skidmore College.
- MDOCS Storytellers' Institute will present a series of free public lectures on campus June 7–10 around the theme "surveil/surveilled."
- Skidmore to host documentary screening and panel discussion on global climate, health and culture Jan. 29
- Indigenous people from a small area of Oaxaca, working unseen in the kitchens of Saratoga's restaurants, have fascinating stories to tell—but how? Skidmore's Storytellers' Institute helped two students and a professor find answers.
- English professor Cecilia Aldarondo has had her documentary film Memories of a Penitent Heart accepted in the renowned TriBeCa Film Festival.
- Sara Marsh '18 has gotten a solid start on a career as a filmmaker: she's taken a number of courses at Skidmore and recently won a NY 6 grant to film a video series.
- The award-winning docmentarian, an institute fellow this summer, will screen and discuss "Arvind," his latest film.
- Sound documentarian Jim Metzner visits Skidmore June 15 and 16 as the second keynote speaker in the Storytellers Institute.
- "Wanda the Wonderful" is about a gun-slinging wild woman, a story about family, sacrifice, struggle, and the American West; about what it means to forge one's own way; and the realities behind a glamorous and exciting lifestyle.
- Throughout the month of June, Skidmore's Storytellers Institute will explore how family informs and influences the stories we tell about ourselves and society.