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Channeling Rachel Carson - a nature love story for our time

  • April 17, 2026 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Friends Meeting House

    120 3rd Street
    Ithaca, New York 14850
Ticket Price $20.00 Buy Tickets
Description

This empowering one-woman show shines light on the many ways we can find our way home to the wonder of the natural world. From the true North of Rachel Carson’s life work as a pioneer nature writer and ecologist who transformed the understanding of a generation, to the remote beauty of the Maine cottage where she wrote Silent Spring, this performance brings to life the Sense of Wonder Rachel wrote about so movingly at the end of her life. Oracle-award winning author and storyteller Diane Edgecomb skillfully weaves the haunting tale of her own journey of poignancy, joy, and light, summoning beloved childhood experiences and the hidden power of our love for the natural world bringing renewal to our advocacy for the nature we love.

Oracle-award winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb weaves a tale of poignancy and joy as she summons beloved childhood experiences and the hidden power of our love for the natural world to inspire our advocacy. This unique performance is followed by casual refreshments and a post-show gathering where we share our own nature tales.

About Diane Edgecomb:
Nature has been at the heart of Diane’s storytelling for over thirty years. From reinvigorating Winter Solstice myths to original Eco-Tales that entertain as they educate, her unique performances have toured the US and internationally winning 5-star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe. Publisher’s Weekly said: “Edgecomb is a storyteller in the grand tradition, a virtuoso of the spoken word, and an entire cast rolled into one.” 

About Rachel Carson: Rachel Carson was the founding spirit of the environmental movement. Her accessible nature writings transformed the understanding of a generation opening eyes to the miraculous stories unfolding every moment in the living biosphere of this natural world. The Edge of the Sea, The Sea Around Us, and Silent Spring - the book that challenged the entire petrochemical industry - placed her as the foremost nature writer of her time and as a true visionary.

Date & Time

Fri, Apr 17, 2026 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Venue Details

Friends Meeting House

120 3rd Street
Ithaca, New York 14850 Friends Meeting House
Diane Edgecomb LivingMyth.com

Winner of the Oracle Award for Storytelling Excellence in the Northeast and the national Circle of Excellence, Diane is known for the passion and depth of her work whether embodying a true story or bringing renewed meaning to traditional tales. A featured teller at the National Storytelling Festival, the International Storytelling Center and on National Public Radio, Diane’s transformational telling style, in which she fully embodies the characters and moments in a tale brings listeners to the heart of every story. When accompanied by Celtic harper Margot Chamberlain the performances include a rich variety of songs and music from cultures around the world. Publisher’s Weekly stated, “A storyteller in the grand tradtion, Edgecomb is a virtuoso of the spoken word…an entire cast rolled into one!”

Diane's Living Myth Events bring together ancient myths and modern landscapes to create new and vital intersections of Myth and Life. The image for Living Myth is of a turtle lifted to new worlds on the wings of birds, symbolizing how ancient truths are carried forward on the wings of story.


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