Barbara Aliprantis - Storyteller

This website - like the story of my life - is a work-in-progress. I dedicate it to everyone who has told me a story or listened to mine – especially the students at St. Joseph’s School for the Deaf (Bronx, NY), The Lexington School (Queens, NY) and Bernard Bragg and John Basinger of the National Theatre of the Deaf, who taught me new ways of listening to the world and telling my stories.

“Replacing the word speech with communication offers a broad domain and may have a significant impact on future teaching strategies.” -Source Unknown

To whet your appetite, here’s a snippet from my immigration story to inspire you to ask for more…

Daughter of the Aegean Sea…
“I was born in a two-room house, in a small fishing village on the Island of Paros. In my village community, as I remember it, there was a yiayia – a grandmother – in every house, and I thought they were all mine. When my mother, Margarita, 9 year old brother Yanni, 3 l/2 year old sister, Calypso and my 2 l/2 year old self, departed our Greek Island home, bound for America, to join my father, Anastasios, I left with vivid images of teary-eyed village folks, young and old, lining narrow, winding village streets, waving goodbye. While I was only 2 l/2, I remember that day as though it were yesterday…thus began my journey as a story teller, story listener…”

“It is the image in the mind that links us to our lost treasures, but it is the loss that shapes the image, gathers the flowers, weaves the garland.” -Collette, My Mother's House

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Barbara Aliprantis, Storyteller
43-77 169 Street Flushing NY 11358
718-461-1355 phone

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