“Nancy Goldman’s “Come Over For Coffee” brings the best of story telling to her own living room. A relaxed way to get to know your neighbors while eating home cooked food and listening to true stories on topics as diverse as personal challenges, ethical dilemmas and fairies.”
“Come Over for Coffee is a truly special event. The magic is the result of a combination of Nancy’s warm hospitality (welcoming smile, adorable apartment, home-cooked food by her mom), the cozy community (newcomers and repeat offenders, close friends and strangers, all shoeless and chatting between stories) and, of course, the wonderful storytellers and their stories. I laughed, I cried, I ate some amazingly delicious thing that might have been butternut squash.”
“Storytelling at Nancy’s is always an enlightening and cozy evening, which I very much look forward to whenever I can make it. The storytellers are diverse, with different life experiences and varying amounts of storytelling background. Some tell some funny tales, some are more poignant, some stories are very polished and some are still being workshopped. The last event I went to included a surprisingly humorous tale about the teller narrowly avoiding getting scammed on Canal Street and a beautiful story about growing up Armenian in New York. The dinner and dessert Nancy’s mom shares at these gatherings are always delicious, and I appreciate that she makes sure to include vegetarian options. I love being among neighbors and friends while we enjoy a delicious home cooked meal and listen to a wonderful variety of stories and storytellers.”
“Nancy Goldman creates communities. That’s a fairly grandiose claim, but I have data to back it up. Nancy’s genuine kindness and warmth come through in everything she does. Her (not as frequent as we’d like) storytelling show Come Over for Coffee is well-attended and draws a wildly different crowd from the typical storytelling one. Her new show The Long and the Short of It sees her showcasing the power of storytelling while she challenges tellers to convey their point in a scant 60 seconds. This stripping a story to the basics has a lot of power and nearly every storyteller seems to gain something from the challenge. Nancy is a delightful human and I’m thrilled to know her.”