Event: Utah Storytelling Guild Board Meeting--open to all!
Date: Tuesday, September 21st
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Agenda Items: 2011 Guild Film, USG/WSU Relationship, Youth Chapter Logistics, Curriculum for Chapters
Cost: Free, open to anyone, bring snack/treat if you like
Location: Layton, UT (address/directions when RSVP)
Contact/RSVP: Rachel Hedman at (801) 870-5799 or usgmemo@gmail.com
Event: VernalUTAH's Indian Summer Storytelling Festival
Dates: Thursday-Friday, September 23rd-24th
Times:
Thursday-6:30pm for Dinner/Story Theatre "The Fine Beauty of the Island" with Patrick Ball
Friday-6:00pm--Bedtime Stories and 8:00pm--A Grand Night of Tales
Featured National Tellers: Patrick Ball, Beth Horner, Willy Claflin
Costs:
Thursday-$25.00/person
Friday 6pm-$2.00/person
Friday 8pm-FREE
Locations:
Thursday--Uintah High School's Little Theater at 1880 W. 500 N. in Vernal, UT
Friday Bedtime and Grand Night--Vernal Middle School at 721 W. 100 S. in Vernal, UT
Event: Ghostly Storytelling
Date: Friday, September 24th
Time: 4:00pm
Featured Teller: Daniel Bishop the Storyteller
Cost: Free, open to all--geared for ages 6-12 years
Location: House Concert at Robison's--891 Potomac Dr. in Murray, UT
Event: Spooky Tales
Date: Friday, September 24th
Time: 8:00pm
Featured Teller: Daniel Bishop the Storyteller
Cost: Free, geared for 12-year-olds to adults
Location: House Concert at Robison's--891 Potomac Dr. in Murray, UT
Event: Storytelling with Janine
Date: Monday, September 27th
Time: 2:00pm-2:50pm
Featured Teller: Janine Nishiguchi
Cost: Free, open to all
Location: Legacy House Assisted Living at 79 E. Center St. in Bountiful, UT
Contact: Call the location at (801) 294-2925
Event: Ginger's Spooky Tales
Dates/Times:
Monday, September 27th at 4:00pm--Taylorsville Library
Tuesday, October 5th at 4:00pm--Kearns Library
Monday, October 18th at 7:00pm--Holladay Library
Wednesday, October 27th at 7:00pm--Smith Library
Thursday, October 28th at 11:00am (Preschool), 3:15pm (Grade School ages), and 7:00pm (Teen to Adults)--Beaver City Library
Featured Teller: Ginger Parkinson
Cost: Free, open to all
Locations:
Taylorsville Library at 4870 S. 2700 W. in Salt Lake City, UT
Kearns Library at 5350 S. 4220 W. in Kearns, UT
Holladay Library at 2150 E. Murray-Holladay Rd in Holladay, UT
Smith Library at 810 E. 3300 S. in Salt Lake City, UT
Beaver City Library at 55 W. Center St. in Beaver, UT
Event: Ogden and Salt Lake Ghost Tours
Dates: Tuesdays-Saturdays, October 1st-31st
Times: Tuesday-Thursday tours are at 7:00pm and 9:00pm; Friday & Saturday tours are at 6:00pm, 7:00pm, 8:00pm, and 9:00pm
Ghost Tour Guides/Tellers: Laurie Allen, Julie Barnson, Kristen Clay, Cherie Davis, Cassie Howard, Holly Robison, Nannette Watts, Nancy Wold
Cost: Opening weekend all seats are Children's price of $12.00, full list of price details on website
Locations:
Tours last about 1.5-2 hours
Starting place for Ogden--parking lot north of the Union Station at 2501 Wall Ave. in Ogden, UT
Starting place for Salt Lake--behind the Rio Grande Bldg. at 300 S. 500 W. in Salt Lake City, UT
Event: Resonance Story Theatre's "King Arthur and the Troubadours"
Dates: Mondays, October 4th and 7th
Times: 7:00pm-8:00pm
Featured Tellers: Resonance Story Theatre--Wendy Gourley and Nannette Watts
Cost: Free, open to all
Location: Orem Public Library (Storytelling Wing) at 58 North State St. in Orem, UT
Event: Utah Storytelling Guild Monthly Meetings
Dates/Times:
*Wednesday, October 6th at 6:30pm--Bridgerland, Logan/northern UT
*Thursday, October 7th at 7:00pm--Timp Tellers, UT County
*Wednesday, October 13th at 6:30pm (coaching) and 7:00pm (meeting)--Olympus, SL County
*Wednesday, October 20th at 7:00pm--Ben Lomond, Ogden area
Cost: Meetings free and open to all, yearly membership is $20.00/person and $25.00/family
Locations:
*Bridgerland--Little Bloomsbury Office at 181 N. 200 E. in Logan, UT
*Timp Tellers--Orem Public Library (Media Auditorium) at 58 North State St. in Orem, UT
*Olympus--Story Room in SLC Library at 210 East 400 South in Salt Lake City, UT
*Ben Lomond--Weber County Library at 2464 Jefferson Ave. in Ogden, UT
Event: "Using Storytelling as a Teaching Strategy"--A Workshop for Teachers--Ogden
Sponsor: Weber State University Storytelling Festival
Date: Wednesday, October 6th
Time: 4:00pm-5:00pm
Featured Presenter/Teller: Karl Behling
Cost: Free, open to teachers (credit provided), parents, or anyone who wants or does work with youth tellers
Location: Treehouse Museum at 347 22nd St. in Ogden, UT
Event: "Using Storytelling as a Teaching Strategy"--A Workshop for Teachers--Weber State University
Sponsor: Weber State University Storytelling Festival
Date: Thursday, October 7th
Time: 11:15am-12:30pm
Featured Presenter/Teller: Karl Behling
Cost: Free, open to teachers (credit provided), parents, or anyone who wants or does work with youth tellers
Location: Weber State University McKay Education Building Moench Room (018 basement level) in Ogden, UT
Event: "Using Storytelling as a Teaching Strategy"--A Workshop for Teachers--Farmington
Sponsor: Weber State University Storytelling Festival
Date: Thursday, October 7th
Time: 4:00pm-5:30pm
Featured Presenter/Teller: Karl Behling
Cost: Free, open to teachers (credit provided), parents, or anyone who wants or does work with youth tellers
Location: Davis High School at 325 S. Main St. in Farmington, UT
Event: Spooky Stories in the Cemetery
Date: Friday, October 8th
Time: 6:00pm
Featured Teller: Ginger Parkinson
Cost: Free, open to all
Location: Ephraim City Park Cemetery at 600 N. Main St. in Ephraim, UT
Event: Utah Youth Storytelling Showcase
Auditions Connected With: National Youth Storytelling Showcase
Date: Tuesday, October 12th
Time: Starting at 7:00pm
Featured Tellers: Any youth from Kindergarten to High School who wishes to make it to Tennessee for the National Youth Storytelling Showcase, top 5 from Utah will be forwarded to TN and judged for second time
Story Length for Youth Teller: Range of 5-10 minutes
Cost: Free, open to all--general public invited whether or not you have youth auditioning
Location: The Gale Center of History and Culture at 10300 Beckstead Lane in South Jordan, UT
Contact/Website: Call Rachel Hedman, state representative, at (801) 870-5799 or email at info@rachelhedman.com. Go to
***Live Audition is preferred, though video tape and/or DVD could be submitted if RECEIVED by mail Monday, October 11th. Mail submission to Rachel Hedman at PO Box 160631, Clearfield, UT 84016. Make sure forms are included.
Event: Spooktacular Storytelling--South
Host: Davis County Library System
Date: Tuesday, October 12th
Time: 7:00pm
Featured Tellers: Janine Nishiguchi, Esther Daines, Brad Maurer, Marilyn Getts, Carrie Callister, Leslie McEwan, Hitomi Denton
Cost: Free, open to all
Location: South Branch at 725 S. Main St. in Bountiful, UT
Event: Spooktacular Storytelling--Central
Host: Davis County Library System
Date: Wednesday, October 13th
Time: 7:00pm
Featured Tellers: Janine Nishiguchi, Rachel Hedman, Josh Johnson, Brad Maurer, Marilyn Getts
Cost: Free, open to all
Location: Central Branch at 155 N. Wasatch in Layton, UT
Event: Spooktacular Storytelling--North
Host: Davis County Library System
Date: Thursday, October 14th
Time: 7:00pm
Featured Tellers: Rachel Hedman, Suzanne Lyday, Marilyn Getts, Brad Maurer
Cost: Free, open to all
Location: North Branch at 562 S. 1000 E. in Clearfield, UT
Event: Ginger Tales for Young Children
Date: Thursday, October 21st
Times: 10:30am & 11:30am
Featured Teller: Ginger Parkinson
Cost: Free, open to all
Location: Springville City Library at 50 S. Main St. in Springville, UT
Event: Garden After Dark--Haunted Holidays Around the World
Dates: Thursdays-Saturdays and Monday, October 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 25th, 28th, 29th, and 30th
Times: Each night 6:00pm-9:00pm
Featured Tellers: Julie Barnson (25th), Rachel Hedman (29th), and more TBA
Cost: $6.00/member, $8.00/non-members, Free the 1st day for members
Location: Red Butte Garden at 300 Wakara Way in Salt Lake City
Event: 2010 Salt Lake Freedom Film and Storytelling Festival
Date: Saturday, October 23rd
Times:
7:30am-9:00am--"To Film a Storyteller"; 9:00am-10:00am-"Rainbows of Stone"; 10:00am-11:30am-"Ghostly Guardians"; 11:30am-12:30pm-"Sherlock Holmes"; 1:00pm-2:00pm-"Dog Tales"; 2:00pm-2:30pm-"The Snowman"; 2:30pm-3:30pm-"Good Times"; 3:30pm-4:30pm-"The Pi Song Phenomenon"; 4:30pm-5:30pm-"Sherlock Holmes"; 5:30pm-6:30pm-"To Weave a Tale and a Tune Upon the Wind";
7:00pm-8:00pm-Jasper VonKarloff and the "Don't Get Funny with a Mummy Show"; 8:00pm-9:00pm-"Alive!-from the Crossroads of the West"; 9:00pm-10:30pm-"Ghostly Guardians"
Featured Tellers: Brian Fetzer Jackson, Carol Esterreicher, Rachel Hedman, Janine Nishiguchi, Holly Robison
Cost: Morning, Afternoon, and Evening sessions available for $5.00/adult and $3.00/child per session
Location: Historic Fort Douglas Post Theater at 245 S. Fort Douglas Blvd. in Salt Lake City, UT
Contact: Brian Jackson Fetzer at (801) 532-2766
Event: 4th Annual Kanab Heritage Storytelling Festival
Date: Saturday, October 23rd
Times:
10:00am-2:00pm (Kanab tours by costumed re-enactors)
3:00pm-7:00pm (old time entertainment--storytelling, music, etc.)
5:30pm (catered dinner)
Featured Tellers: TBA
Cost: Tickets sold at local business outlets after Saturday, Sept. 15th, 2010 and limited number prior to the historic home tour and during festival
Locations:
Tours--Kane County Tourist Visitor Center at 78 S. 100 E. in Kanab
Festival--Jacob Hamblin City Park at 500 N. 100 E. in Kanab
Contact: For info or tickets, email Tom Carter at carmar94@yahoo.com or kanetrav@kaneutah.com
Event: Spooktacular Storytelling--Headquarters
Host: Davis County Library System
Date: Monday, October 25th
Time: 7:00pm
Featured Tellers: Laurel Pedersen, Trudi Cooper
Cost: Free, open to all
Location: Headquarters Branch at 38 S. 100 E. in Farmington, UT
Event: Spooktacular Storytelling--Kaysville
Host: Davis County Library System
Date: Tuesday, October 26th
Time: 7:00pm
Featured Tellers: Becca Nielsen, Brooke Kowalczik, Nanci Olsen
Cost: Free, open to all
Location: Kaysville Branch at 44 N. Main St. in Kaysville, UT
Event: Spooktacular Storytelling--Centerville
Host: Davis County Library System
Date: Tuesday, October 26th
Time: 7:00pm
Featured Tellers: Rachel Hedman, Carolyn Myers, Brad Maurer, Marilyn Getts
Cost: Free, open to all
Location: Centerville Branch at 45 S. 400 W. in Centerville, UT
Event: Spooktacular Storytelling--Syracuse/Northwest
Host: Davis County Library System
Date: Thursday, October 28th
Time: 7:00pm
Featured Tellers: Rachel Hedman, Nikki Casey
Cost: Free, open to all
Location: Syracuse/Northwest Branch at 1875 S. 2000 W. in Syracuse, UT
Event: StorySwap, connected with national Tellabration! events
Host: Utah Storytelling Guild
Dates: Friday-Saturday, November 19th-20th
Times: Friday afternoon (telling in schools); Friday story concert at 7:00pm; Saturday workshops and story swaps from 9:00am-4:00pm
Featured Tellers/Presenters: TBA, contact Dr. David Sidwell at dr.davidsidwell@gmail.com to be considered
Cost: All free and open to all except for small cost per person for Friday night concert
Location: American West Heritage Center in Logan, UT--more TBA
