storytelling, Music making,       exceptional travel experiences

Nina Lesiga

nina lesiga productions
Nina Lesiga is a dynamic storyteller, event producer, emcee and ukulele coach. She facilitates storytelling, music making and travel workshops for learning, entertainment and fuller living. Courtesy photo GBH/World Channel
- Performance of true, personal stories for storytelling programs, organizations, festival and literary salons.

-Storytelling event producer and emcee

-Host of the Bridgeport Art Trail Storytelling Exchange sponsored by City Lights Gallery

Workshops:

- "Untold Stories - Lend me Your Ear" - The state of the art of personal storytelling with storytelling performance

- "Intoduction to Personal Storytelling" 

- Story sharing circles for groups and organizations

- "Solo Travel Bootcamp" - Strategies and insights for independent travel

- "The Art of Daycation"  - How to have best day trip experiences without the need of a hotel stay.

- "Pack Your Bags Better" Travel Talk

- "Beginner/Adv Beginner Ukulele" workshops

- Ukulele pop-up events where Nina brings public use ukuleles and gets strangers to play and sing along with her

-"Ukulele for Everyone" - An overview of the ukulele where students are encouraged to play and sing along.  Some public use ukuleles provided.

2026 Upcoming Events
Monthly Bridgeport Art Trail Storytelling Exchange on the first Thurs of the month from 7PM - 9 PM on Zoom (free) sponsored by the Bridgeport Art Trail and City Lights Gallery

Women's Storytelling Festival - In person and virtual (Fairfax, VA)
Produced by "Better Said than Done" Mar 2026

Storytelling Sundays on the main stage at Westport, CT Public Library June 2026

Testimonials
"Lots of learning, lots of fun. Who knew it could be so rewarding to move outside one's comfort zone. Great experience" Adult Learner at Osher UCONN Waterbury

Proudest Accomplishment

Designing Exceptional Transformational Experiences  for Self Discovery, Community Building and

Experience Highlights

  • Speaker, Workshop Facilitator, Storyteller and Community Music Leader
    Immersive experiences in learning and entertainment

Interests

  • Performance/Engagements
    stage, radio, TV, conferences

Skills

  • MUSIC MAKING
    20+
  • story telling
    20+
  • event management
    20+

Questions & Answers

Where have you presented?
Solo Travel 101/Solo Travel Bootcamp/Self Discovery through Travel/Homestays - Stratford, Bronxville, New Canaan, Bangor, Mamaroneck, Fairfield, New Haven, Wallingford, Southington, Coventry, Madison. Hamden, Trumbull, Stamford, Cheshire, Middletown, Beacon Falls Public LibraryArt of DayCations - Stratford, New Haven, New Canaan, Milford, Trumbull, Bronxville, Wallingford, North Branford, Cos Cob, East Haven, Simsbury, Fairfield, Westport, Hamden, Waterbury, Larchment, Easton, Manchester, Bethel, CheshirePack Your Bags Better - Fairfield CT Public LibraryHappiness during Transition, Happiness through Storytelling - Hartford, Madison, Norwalk, Bridgeport, Old Lyme Intro to PechaKucha Visual Storytelling - Barnum Museum, Sharing the Fire (Northeast Storytelling)Intro to Storytelling - Stratford CT Public Library, Waterford CT Public Library, Continuing Adult Education in Stratford CT and Fairfield CT, Rock the Sound Festival, Bridgeport Art Trail Storyteller - Bady House Storytelling,National Storytelling Network, Stories from the Stage PBS TV, International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Artists Standing String Together, The Artichoke Storytelling Series,The Story Cafe, Hartford's Tell Me Another & The MOuTH-off ,Story City Troupe, First Night Hartford CT, SpeakUp, Story Barn, Granite State Story Swap, White Mountain Storytelling Festival, PechaKucha in New Haven, Westport, Bangor, Bridgeport, Portsmouth; Stratford CT Storytelling Adventure, Juneteenth at Hempsted House, Rebirth Arts Festival. Listen Y'All, Tellabration a the Institute Library, Adult Education Programs in Stratford, CT and Fairfield CT, "We Rise Storytelling Collective", Story Space, Yale Univ Tell Tale, Cornelia Street Cafe Story Exchange, "Maan You've Got to Hear This" "Generation Women", Madison CT Happiness Club, Sharing the Fire OLIO (NE Storytelling), Bookfest (Easthampton, MA), DOROT Open Mic (NYC), Pros(e) of Pie (NY), True Tales Live, What Happened Was, Right Behind the Ears, Three Birds Productions, Grackle - a Night of Storytelling, WPAA Time for a Story, Story Cafe, Take Two Storytelling , CosCob Library Story Slam, Clinton Arts Council, The Magnet Theatre, My Favorites, Better Said than Done, Hartford Children's Museum, The Riot Improv "Stories to Scenes"(Boston), Sea Tea Improv (Hartford), Untold Stories, (mostly) True Thing, Pound Ridge Library.Host of the monthly Bridgeport Art Trail Storytelling Exchange on Zoom, sponsored by City Lights Gallery. Ukulele Workshops,Seminars,Events Norwalk Lifelong Learner Institute at Norwalk Community College (CT), Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UCONN, Waterbury, Sterling House Community Center After school and adult programs, Stratford Continuing Adult Education in Stratford, CT, Stratford Library, Stratford, CT, Short Beach Stratford, CT, Make Music Day Bridgeport CT, Make Music Day Stratford CT, Make Music Day Norwalk, Make Music Day Global. Stratford Culture & Arts Festival, Woodbridge Senior Center, Reservoir Community Farm (Green Village Initiative), Trumbull Parks & Recreation, The Watermark (Southbury, CT)Interview ShowsStories from the Stage PBS Season 3 "What We Wear"Story Cafe "PechaKucha Storytelling" with Karen Chase - SeeKonk MA TV 9True Tales Live - Portsmouth, NHRevisionary PodcastAll My Friends are AnimalsWPKN 89.5 FM "State of the Arts" , Bridgeport, CTWVOF Fairfield 88.5 "Lady Beth's Unity Groove", Fairfield, CT"Who is PT Barnum to You", The Barnum Museum YoutubeMember of "Northeast Storytelling" Member of the "Story City Troupe" Member of the "Hempsted Storytellers"One of the organizers of PechaKucha-BridgeportFounder of the Bridgeport Story Exchange

Blog

Where is it?

There was a parade scheduled, but once I arrived, I realized the information I had on the location seemed wrong. I asked store owners and they weren’t sure.. I asked people in front of a city housing complex who confirmed it wasn’t on this avenue, but used “ I think it’s that way. When I saw a preschool class walking, I asked a teacher and they confirmed I was on the right path.

There weren’t any “no parking” signs, the traffic was still moving. It was almost parade time. Then a police...

Location

Greater New York City Area

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