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If you know of any storytelling or story-related events open to the public, then send to Rachel Hedman at storycrossroads@gmail.com. |
Volunteers (25+ people) needed for Story Crossroads Festival on May 15, 2019 as well as pre and post festival preparations. You can complete online form by clicking here and someone will be in touch. You can also email storycrossroads@gmail.com or
call/text Rachel Hedman.
Enjoy the A to Z Blog Challenge with stories with the theme "Golden...And All That Glimmers" starting April 1st: https://storycrossroads.com/blog/ with the first one being "A is for Golden Arms, Apples, and Axes."
See the latest Story Crossroads newsletter by clicking here. This Volume 4, Issue 5 that includes a Story Video of the Month with a glimpse to the 4th Annual Festival, a story from Indonesia and a story game to go with it, and Cap's Off
to You to Clever Octopus - Provider of Mini Grant for Story-Related Crafts.
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Storytelling Radio Shows Broadcasting from Utah |
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Every Sunday at 8:30am, listen to the KPCW "The Story Mine" radio show hosted by David Bullock and Cathy Barker. Listen at www.kpcw.org
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Every Monday through Friday from 6:00pm-8:00pm plus Saturdays from 5:00pm-6:00pm, on Sirius XM 143 and locally on 107.9 FM--"The Apple Seed" storytelling radio show hosted by Sam Payne.
Listen at www.byuradio.org
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Ongoing Until Filled--Volunteers
Provo Pioneer Village is starting a storytelling evening on Monday nights throughout the summer - June through August. Elaine Brewster is seeking tellers who would each like to come tell on a Monday night (6-7 pm).
The telling will be outside under a canopy—intimate enough for small groups, but open enough for a larger group. If it rains, we can duck into the Carriage House. Our sweet little Village is located in Provo on 5th West between 5th and 6th North. This telling evening gives an opportunity to tell old tales or Pioneer tales. But people of that era simply told stories, so really, any story, even personal stories, would be appropriate. The point is for people to get together in the
“old-fashioned tradition” of listening to stories. There are 13 Mondays in the summer, so I can only accommodate 13 tellers. It is volunteer. First come, first served. If interested, contact Elaine at brewstersinger@me.com.
Ongoing until May 14, 2019--
Registration is open for Noa Baum's 5-hour workshop "Risking Peace: Storytelling to Open Dialogue" for educators, storytellers, clergy, healing professions, community leaders, and interfaith activists. Workshop will be on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 in Draper, UT. Fee is $100, includes catered lunch. Go here for details and to find
online application and payment options: https://storycrossroads.com/calendar/5-hour-intensive-workshop/
Go to the Story Crossroads website for this newsletter's archive
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Event: Farmington Bay Chapter of Utah Storytelling Guild
Date/Time: Thursday, April 18, 2019, 7:00pm-8:30pm (every 3rd Thursday of the month)
Cost: Free, open to all
USG Membership: $30.00/year for individual, $40.00/year for family, can be done through PayPal at www.utahstorytelling.org at "Join Us!" page
Location: Kaysville Library, 215 N. Fairfield Rd., Kaysville
Contact: Darrell Mangum at dinutah@gmail.com
Go to the Utah Storytelling Guild website
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Event: Murray Storytelling Showcase
Feeds Into: Story Crossroads Festival
Date/Time: Saturday, April 20, 2019, 11:00am-4:00pm
Featured Story Artists: Participants in the Murray Storytelling Showcase are
chosen from our various storytelling residencies at the Murray Library, the Murray Senior Recreation Center, Liberty Elementary after-school and in designated school classrooms.
Cost: Free, open to all
Location: Murray Library, 166 East 5300 South, Murray, UT
Go directly to Murray Storytelling Showcase
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Event: 36th Story Crossroads Fundraising House Concert
Date/Time: Friday, April 26, 2019, 7:00pm-8:30pm
Featured Story Artist: Wenlock Duane Free
Theme: MORE Weird Relatives: Real Stories that May Be True
All of us have relatives who do strange things. Some of the stories may change your mind about how weird your relatives are. Wenlock Duane Free is the first generation of his family not to work in the gold mines. His father, uncles, grandfather, etc. all worked in the mining business.
This was the old fashioned hard-rock mining days. His father and brothers owned the mines. They lived in a small town in Nevada and spent time out in the mountains. Duane heard many stories around the campfire and at family gatherings. The stories Duane share are real and may even be true. Duane told on behalf of the Western Region at the National Storytelling Network Conference and continues to share his family’s tales.
Suggested Donation: $15.00+/person, $25.00+/couple or family, though any amount welcomed, best for teens and adults
Location: Skousen Home, 70 E. Broad Hollow Dr., Woodland Hills, UT 84653
RSVP: Call/text Keri Skousen at (801) 836-5418 or email storycrossroads@gmail.com
Details: Refreshments served and
storytelling books and CDs will be available to purchase
Purpose: This fundraiser event is held so the Story Crossroads Festival remains strong (see http://www.storycrossroads.com, can also donate online whether or
not you can attend)
Go directly to House Concert webpage on Story Crossroads site
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Event: April Workshop "Storytelling for Grown-Ups" put on by The Bee: True Stories from the Hive!
Date: Saturday, April 27, 2019, Noon-5:00pm
Presenters: Giuliana Serena-The Bee's Founder; Nan Seymour-The Bee's Director of Narrative Encouragement
Registration Required: Limited to 18 people, $115.00/person, go online to reserve space here: https://www.thebeeslc.org/events/sfg-04-27-19.
If registration is cost-prohibitive for you, we invite you to apply for a scholarship here: https://www.thebeeslc.org/scholarship.
Location: Mindful Yoga Collective, 223 700 East, Suite 4, Salt Lake City, UT
Details: We'll explore some of the "hows" and "whys" of compelling storytelling and attentive listening through a combination of guided writing prompts, oral storytelling exercises, and practical instruction. Experienced and aspiring storytellers - and even those who don't consider themselves to be "storytellers" at all - are invited to join us; we are experts at providing encouragement and creating brave space for people to be
themselves together. Open to the public-mature teens and adults. Please bring a favorite pen, a notebook if desired (worksheets will be provided), a water bottle, a snack if you'll need it, and willingness to participate imperfectly.
Go to The Bee website
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Event: Coyote Tales Live Storytelling, competitive storytelling for ages 21+ (partly to content, partly to drinks available), event held quarterly in the year
Date/Time: Sunday, April 28, 2019, Doors open at 7:00pm, stories start at 7:30pm and lasts towards 10:00pm
Featured Tellers: John Harrison as well as Storytellers picked at random from a hat has 5-7 minutes each to tell a true story on the theme of the night "Daredevil" without notes, Have you done something that was most
likely a bad idea but seemed exciting, so you did it anyway? For some, it’s a new shirt or a different route to work. For others, it’s a nail-biting, hair-raising experience that makes life worth living. Relive your thrill-seeking experience on the Coyote Tales stage. Please no standup routines or rants.
Cost: $20.00/person, must be aged 21+
Location: Center for the Arts in Kenyata, 881 Coyote Gulch Court, Ivins, UT 84738
Contact: Call Victoria Topham at (801) 755-6645 or email coyotetalescontact@gmail.com
Go to Coyote Tales website
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Event: Mountain West Arts Conference
Date/Time: Thursday, May 2, 2019,
Keynote/Storyteller: Brenda Wong Aoki
Many Other Presenters in Arts Community
Cost: $110.00/Person, Senior (65+) & Veteran/Active Duty = $75.00, Change Leader (must use code) = $85.00, Student or Keynote Luncheon Only = $55, click here to register
Location: Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 West 3100 South, West Valley City, UT
Go directly to Mountain West Arts Conference site
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Event: Timp Tellers Chapter of Utah Storytelling Guild
Date/Time: Thursday, May 2, 2019, 7:00pm
Cost: Free, open to all
USG Membership: $30.00/year for individual, $40.00/year for family, can be done through PayPal at www.utahstorytelling.org at "Join Us!" page
Location: Orem Public Library, 58 N. State St., Orem
Contact: Ginger Parkinson at (801) 400-3568 or email gingerparkinson@gmail.com
Go to the Utah Storytelling Guild website
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Event: Ben Lomond Chapter of Utah Storytelling Guild
Date/Time: Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 7:00pm (usually 2nd Wednesdays)
Cost: Free, open to all
USG Membership: $30.00/year for individual, $40.00/year for family, can be done through PayPal at www.utahstorytelling.org at "Join Us!" page
Location: Main Library, 2464 Jefferson Ave., Ogden, UT, downstairs Room B
Contact: Douglas Dickson at libertystoryteller@gmail.com
Go to the Utah Storytelling Guild website
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Event: Story
Blasting, ultra short stories told door-to-door in the neighborhood
Dates/Times/Locations:
Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 7:00pm-8:00pm--Heritage
Park, 10778 S. Redwood Rd., South Jordan, UT (gazebo)
AND/OR
Saturday, May 11, 2019, 10:30am-11:30am-Murray
City Park, 495 East 5300 South, Murray, UT, Pavilion #2 (enter park from 5300 South and NOT State St.)
Meet at designated park for the day before
dividing up into partners/groups
Featured Tellers: You! Anyone can
come and tell 1-2-minute stories door-to-door. Kids as young as 4 can do it. Bring the Family.
Cost: Free, open to all ages, RSVP not
required though helpful, call/text Rachel Hedman at (801) 870-5799 or email storycrossroads@gmail.com
Locations:
Wed., May 9th--Door-to-door in South Jordan
neighborhoods near Heritage Park, map to be provided at event
AND/OR
Sat., May
11th--Door-to-door in Murray neighborhoods near Murray City Park, map to be provided at event
Details:
Story Blasting is a bunch of people telling 1-3-minute stories from door-to-door in the neighborhood after fliers were delivered ahead of time so neighbors expect these stories. The fliers also invite neighbors to share their own 1-3-minute stories
after listening to the stories. It will be a fun way to spread the word about Story Crossroads while getting to know our neighbors better. The reason we do it on May 9th and 11th is to let people know that the 4th Annual Story Crossroads Festival kicks off May 15, 2019 (with free performances May 13-16, 2019). Go to website for more
details.
Go directly to the Story Blasting page on the Story Crossroads site
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Event: "Parenting"--The Bee True Stories from the Hive!, competitive storytelling for ages 21+ (partly to content, partly to drinks available)
Date: Thursday, May 9, 2019, Doors open at 6:00pm, stories start at 6:30pm and lasts towards 10:00pm, done each month on 2nd Thursdays
Featured Tellers: Ten storytellers picked at random from a hat has five minutes each to tell a true story on the theme of the night "Parenting: stories of sheer terror, unexpected pleasures, and the impossible struggle of raising the next generation" without notes
Cost: $15.00/person, must be aged 21 or older, go to http://thebeeslc.org to purchase tickets, tickets on sale by April 25th at 10:00am
Location: Metro Music Hall, 615 West 100 South, Salt Lake City, UT
Go to The Bee website
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Event: Bridgerland Chapter of Utah Storytelling Guild
Date/Time: Saturday, May 11, 2019, 10:30am (usually 2nd Saturday of the month)
Cost: Free, open to all
USG Membership: $30.00/year for individual, $40.00/year for family, can be done through PayPal at www.utahstorytelling.org at "Join Us!" page
Location: Old Ephraim Room, Logan Library, 255 N. Main St., Logan, UT
Contact: Leah Checketts at (435) 760-0412 or email LASTredDragon@gmail.com
Go to the Utah Storytelling Guild website
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Event: A Night of Stories - 14th House Concert
Date/Time: Saturday, May 11, 2019, 7:00pm
Theme: Girls Night Out - Fairytale Fun (guys will not be turned away who come with their girls)
Featured Tellers: This series typically has any mixture of the following tellers--Ginger Parkinson, Steffani Raff, Cassie Ashton, Paige Funk, Jan C. Smith,
Lynn Wing
Cost: Free yet tip jar available, geared for teens and adults
Location: Home in Utah County, receive exact address and directions when you RSVP by calling Steffani Raff at (801) 796-6110
Go to the Utah Storytelling Guild site for each of the featured tellers
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Event: Registration Now Open-"Risking Peace: Storytelling to Open Dialogue" 5-hour Intensive Workshop
In Connection With: Story Crossroads
Date/Time: Registration now open for the 5-hour Workshop to occur on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 from 9:30am-2:30pm, doors open at 9:00am
Details, Registration, & Flier found here: https://storycrossroads.com/calendar/5-hour-intensive-workshop/
Best for: Educators, Storytellers, Clergy, Healing Professions, Community Leaders, Interfaith Activists
Cost: $100.00/person, includes catered lunch, registration required and will be available at this webpage as well as flier: https://storycrossroads.com/calendar/5-hour-intensive-workshop/
Location: Ashton Home, 12471 White Rose Cr., Draper, UT 84020, about 1-2 minutes after 12300 S. I-15 Exit
Contact: Email storycrossroads@gmail.com or call/text Rachel Hedman with questions
Go directly to the webpage for Noa Baum's workshop on Story Crossroads
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Event: Olympus Chapter of Utah Storytelling Guild
Date/Time: Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 7:00pm (usually 2nd Tuesdays)
Cost: Free, open to all
USG membership: $30.00/year for individual, $40.00/year for family, can be done through PayPal at www.utahstorytelling.org at "Join Us!" page
FIELD TRIP TO BLIND CENTER TO SUPPORT STORY CROSSROADS FESTIVAL (free):
250 North 1950 West, Salt Lake City, UT
Reason: Features Olympus Chapter members Omar and Lori Hansen as well as emcee Kira Larkin, go to http://www.storycrossroads.com for full schedule
Contact: Annie Eastmond at annieeastmond@gmail.com or call/text (801) 859-9601
Go to the Utah Storytelling Guild website
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Event: Scout & Family Fun Night with Omar & Lori Hansen - Audio Descriptions Available for those who are Blind
Connection With: 4th Annual Story Crossroads Festival
Date/Time: Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 7:00pm-7:50pm
Featured Story Artists: Omar & Lori Hansen plus two youth tellers and one adult community teller
Cost: Free, open to all
Location: Blind Center, 250 North 1950 West, Salt Lake City, UT
Details: Scout Night-Boys and Girls, All Scouts are recognized during flag ceremony before performance, Any Scout in attendance can return to the Story Crossroads Festival for free the next day (see http://www.storycrossroads.com), RSVP not required though helpful, can call/text Rachel Hedman at (801) 870-5799 or email storycrossroads@gmail.com
Thanks to Funders: South Jordan Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Western States Arts Federation, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Utah Humanities, Utah Department of Heritage and Arts (Spike 150), Utah Valley University, City of Murray, and many businesses and individuals
Go directly to Scout & Family Fun Night web page on Story Crossroads website
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Event: 4th Annual Story Crossroads Festival
Date/Time: Wednesday, May 15, 2019, Daytime 9:30am-1:30pm at Murray City Park, Murray, UT and Afternoon/Evening 3:00pm-9:00pm at South Jordan Community Center/Heritage Park, free performances Monday-Thursday, May 13-16, 2019
Special Note for Daytime: Sit-Down & Engaging Story Concerts, starting at 9:30am and end by 12:30pm; Hands-On Storytelling Activities, starting at 10:30am and end by 1:30pm
Headliner Story Artists: Noa Baum, Oba William King, Omar & Lori Hansen
Featured Story Artists: Carol Esterreicher, Dale Boam, David Bullock, Jim Luter, Joan Effiong, Karl Behling, Laurie Allen, Meadowlark String Band Storytellers (Roz Newmark and Melissa Chilinski), Melva Gifford, Nino Reyos, Sam Payne, Suzanne Decaria, Suzanne Hudson
Hands-On Activity Presenters: Utah REACH (Utah Pirate) with pirate ship and imaginative play, Mountain Man Petting Zoo; Art Truck by Utah Museum of Contemporary Art; Story Walk; and much more
Cost: $1.00/student or senior, $3,00/adult, outreaches are free and can be viewed on the website, click here to purchase tickets online, ASL, Spanish, and Audio Descriptions Available for Evening Concerts
Locations:
Daytime--Murray City Park, 495 E. 5300 S., Murray, UT
Evening--South Jordan Community Center/Heritage Park, 10778 S. Redwood Rd., South Jordan, UT (also share same parking lot)
Thanks to Funders: South Jordan Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Western States Arts Federation, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Utah Humanities, Utah Department of Heritage and Arts (Spike 150), Utah Valley University, City of Murray, and many businesses and individuals
Go directly to Festival page on Story Crossroads website
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Event: 3rd Annual "Language of Story" Academic Series, German Language and Culture on Stage
Connection With: 4th Annual Story Crossroads Festival
Date/Time: Thursday, May 16, 2019, 6:00pm-6:45pm
Featured Professor: Dr. Jeffrey Packer, German Program Coordinator with Utah Valley University
Facilitator: Dr. Dale H. Boam
Cost: Free, best for teens and adults, ASL, Spanish, and Audio Descriptions Available
Location: Gale Center of History and Culture, 10300 S. Beckstead Lane, South Jordan, UT
Thanks to Funders: South Jordan Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Western States Arts Federation, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Utah Humanities, Utah Department of Heritage and Arts (Spike 150), Utah Valley University, City of Murray, and many businesses and individuals
Go directly to Language of Story page (shares with Big Secret Story Concert)
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Event: 3rd Annual "The Big Secret Story Concert" with Noa Baum's "A Land Twice Promised: an Israeli's Woman Quest for Peace"
Connection With: 4th Annual Story Crossroads Festival
Date/Time: Thursday, May 16, 2019, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Featured Story Artist: Noa Baum
Israeli storyteller Noa Baum began a heartfelt dialogue with a Palestinian woman while living in the United States. She weaves together their memories, and their mothers’ stories, to create a moving testimony that illuminates the complex and contradictory history and emotions surrounding Jerusalem, for Israelis and Palestinians alike.
Cost: Free, best for teens and adults, ASL, Spanish, and Audio Descriptions Available
Location: Gale Center of History and Culture, 10300 S. Beckstead Lane, South Jordan, UT
Thanks to Funders: South Jordan Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Western States Arts Federation, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Utah Humanities, Utah Department of Heritage and Arts (Spike 150), Utah Valley University, City of Murray, and many businesses and individuals
Go directly to Big Secret Story Concert page (shares with Language of Story)
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Event: Scandinavian Heritage Festival with Storytelling
Dates/Times: Friday-Saturday, May 24-25, 2019--Friday-9:00am-9:00pm; Saturday-6:15am-4:00pm
Featured Friday Tellers--2019 schedule coming soon
Featured Saturday Tellers--2019 schedule coming soon
Cost: Free, open to all, booths/vendors available for food and items
Location: Ephraim, UT - 100 North & 200 North at 200 East; Even more at Center St. & 300 East - website shows map and directions
Go to Scandinavian Heritage Festival website (2018 info up, will have 2019 info soon)
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Event: Terrific Tuesday- Transcontinental Railroad from a Mountain Man's Point of View
Date/Time: Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 6:00pm-6:45pm
Featured Story Artist: Karl Behling as a Mountain Man
Cost: Free, open to all ages
Location: Gale Center of History and Culture, 10300 S. Beckstead Lane, South Jordan, UT
Thanks to Funders: Utah Department of Heritage and Arts (Spike 150), Gale Center of History and Culture, Story Crossroads
Go to Spike 150 website
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Event: June Workshop "Storytelling for Grown-Ups" put on by The Bee: True Stories from the Hive!
Date: Saturday, June 1, 2019, Noon-5:00pm
Presenters: Giuliana Serena-The Bee's Founder; Nan Seymour-The Bee's Director of Narrative Encouragement
Registration Required: Limited to 18 people, $115.00/person, go online to reserve space here: https://www.thebeeslc.org/events/sfg-06-01-19
If registration is cost-prohibitive for you, we invite you to apply for a scholarship here: https://www.thebeeslc.org/scholarship.
Location: Mindful Yoga Collective, 223 700 East, Suite 4, Salt Lake City, UT
Details: We'll explore some of the "hows" and "whys" of compelling storytelling and attentive listening through a combination of guided writing prompts, oral storytelling exercises, and practical instruction. Experienced and aspiring storytellers - and even those who don't consider themselves to be "storytellers" at all - are invited to join us; we are experts at providing encouragement and creating brave space for people to be
themselves together. Open to the public-mature teens and adults. Please bring a favorite pen, a notebook if desired (worksheets will be provided), a water bottle, a snack if you'll need it, and willingness to participate imperfectly.
Go to The Bee website
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Event: 37th Story Crossroads Fundraising House Concert
Date/Time: Friday, June 1, 2019, 7:00pm-8:30pm
Featured Story Artist: Dale H. Boam
Theme: "So My Grandfather and I...": Don't Worry, The Statute of Limitations Has Passed
Dale H. Boam's Grandpa thought the idea of fun was never, strictly speaking, always what you would objectively call "safe." During his life as a veterinarian, he had broken his fingers so many times he could point at all nine planets and one near-earth
object at the same time. Broken bones were just expected, and sometimes, just sometimes, hilarious. Dale has a varied resume as he is a liar, lawyer, tenured languages professor, certified ASL Interpreter, and voice-over actor. He would call himself a Renaissance Man, but he can't do math.
Suggested Donation: $15.00+/person, $25.00+/couple or family, though any amount welcomed, best for teens and adults
Location: Duke Home, 4879 South 3145 West, Taylorsville, UT 84129
RSVP: Call/text Sylvia Milner at (801) 450-4439 or email storycrossroads@gmail.com
Details: Refreshments served and
storytelling books and CDs will be available to purchase
Purpose: This fundraiser event is held so the Story Crossroads Festival remains strong (see http://www.storycrossroads.com, can also donate online whether or
not you can attend)
Go directly to House Concert webpage on Story Crossroads site
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Event: A Night of Stories - 15th House Concert
Date/Time: Saturday, June 8, 2019, 7:00pm
Featured Tellers: This series typically has any mixture of the following tellers--Ginger Parkinson, Steffani Raff, Cassie Ashton, Paige Funk, Jan C. Smith,
Lynn Wing
Cost: Free yet tip jar available, geared for teens and adults
Location: Ashton Home, 12471 White Rose Cr., Draper, UT 84020, please RSVP by calling/texting Cassie Ashton at (801) 859-5967
Go to the Utah Storytelling Guild site for each of the featured tellers
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Event: THEME TBA--The Bee True Stories from the Hive!, competitive storytelling for ages 21+ (partly to content, partly to drinks available)
Date: Thursday, June 13, 2019, Doors open at 6:00pm, stories start at 6:30pm and lasts towards 10:00pm, done each month on 2nd Thursdays
Featured Tellers: Ten storytellers picked at random from a hat has five minutes each to tell a true story on the theme of the night-WHICH IS TBA-without notes
Cost: $15.00/person, must be aged 21 or older, go to http://thebeeslc.org to purchase tickets, tickets on sale by May 30th at 10:00am
Location: Metro Music Hall, 615 West 100 South, Salt Lake City, UT
Go to The Bee website
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