Event:  BYU Stories from Around the World
Dates:  Every Friday from January 24, 2009 to January 1, 2010
Time:  11:00am each time
Cost:  Free, geared for preschoolers and toddlers
Location:  BYU Museum of Peoples and Cultures at 700 North 100 East in Provo, UT
Contact/Website:  Call (801) 422-0020 or go to http://mpc.byu.edu/


Event:  Tellabration!, global storytelling event with many around the world
Sponsors:  Bridgerland Storytelling Guild, American West Heritage Center, Coalition of Oral History Educators
With Support from:  Utah Arts Council, Crumb Brothers Artisan Breads
Date:  Saturday, November 21st
Times:  10:00am-10:00pm, with mainstage concert 7:00pm-9:00pm
National Teller:  Dovie Thomason
Other Featured Tellers:  Dr. David Sidwell, Daniel Bishop, Cody
Merchant, Ted Erekson, Rachel Hedman, others from Bridgerland
Storytelling Guild, and audience members
Cost:  All day adult (includes Evening Concert): $24; All day child
(3 - 11): $16; Individual Workshop or Session: $7/adults; $5/child;
Evening Concert (7 - 10 pm): $10/adults; $7/child
Schedule:
10:00am-11:30am--WORKSHOP--"Everyone's a Storyteller! (or can be)"
11:30am-1:00pm--Bread and Jam--music, food, and anyone could share stories
11:45am-Noon; 12:15pm-12:30pm; 12:40pm-12:55pm--Train Stories while riding train
1:00pm-1:45pm--Two choices--WORKSHOP--"Fun with Oral History: for teachers, parents, and even kids" or PERFORMANCE--"Animal Tales"
2:00pm-3:45pm--Two choices--WORKSHOP--"The Landscape of Stories: Finding your personal voice in storytelling" or PERFORMANCE--"Puppet Tales"
4:00pm-5:00pm--Liar's Contest--sign up and try to win!
5:00pm-7:00pm--Dinner Break at the Opera House, train rides
continue 5:30pm-6:30pm
7:00pm-7:45pm--"Home Grown Tales"
8:00pm-9:00pm--PERFORMANCE--Dovie Thomason, international storyteller
9:15pm-10:00pm--"Ghost Stories"--audience members share favorites
Location:  American West Heritage Center at 4025 S. Hwy. 89/91 in Wellsville, UT
Websites:  http://www.americanwestcenter.org and
http://www.tellabration.org


Event:  History Alive!  The Pilgrims (with storytelling)
Date:  Monday, November 23rd
Time:  7:00pm
Featured Teller:  Allison Fiscus dressed as pilgrim character
(involves food and dance with the storytelling)
Cost:  Free, open to all, geared to school ages
Location:  Bingham Creek Library at 4834 West 9000 South in West Jordan, UT
Website:  http://www.slcolibrary.org


Event:  Harvest Celebration
Date:  Tuesday, November 24th
Time:  6:30pm-8:30pm
Featured Teller:  Ginger Parkinson
Cost:  $1.00 or a can of food--there will be food, carnival games
and storytelling
Location:  The Center at 222 West 500 North in Provo, UT
Website:  http://www.gingertalesstorytelling.com


Event:  ZooLights (with storytelling)
Date:  Monday, November 30th
Time:  6:00pm-9:00pm
Featured Teller:  Ginger Parkinson
Cost:  Adults-$6.00, Seniors (65 and older)-$4.00, Children (3 to
12)-$4.00, Member Adults-$5.00, Member Seniors (65 and
older)-$3.00, Member Children (3 to 12)-$3.00, Children 2 and
younger-Free
Location:  Hogle Zoo at 2600 Sunnyside Avenue in Salt Lake City, UT
Websites:  http://www.hoglezoo.org or
http://www.gingertalesstorytelling.com


Event:  "May-Day Marketing" special interest group of Utah
Storytelling Guild
Date:  Thursday, December 3rd (will meet quarterly and rotate
around state)
Times:  6:00pm-7:00pm--update on goals; 7:00pm-8:30pm--Christmas stories/party; 8:30pm-whenever--optional continued marketing chat
30-Minute Group Discussion Topic:  Determining Your Fee & How to State It
Cost:  Must be due-paying Utah Storytelling Guild member and does not matter where you reside, Business Plan (could be rough draft) and RSVPs required
RSVP:  Let Ginger Parkinson know at gingerparkinson@gmail.com or call her at (801) 491-0627
Location:  Orem Library (Media Auditorium) at 58 North State St. in Orem, UT
Website:  http://www.utahstorytellingguild.org


Event:  Utah Storytelling Guild Monthly Meetings
Dates/Times:
Thursday, December 3rd at 7:00pm (Christmas party)--Timp Tellers, UT County
Wednesday, December 9th at 6:00pm (Christmas party)--Olympus, SL County
Wednesday, December 16th at 6:00pm (Christmas party)--Ben Lomond, Ogden area
Thursday, December 17th at 6:30pm--Bridgerland, Logan and northern UT area
Cost:  Open to all, official membership is $20.00/person for year
Locations:
Timp Tellers--Orem Library (Media Auditorium) at 58 North State St. in Orem, UT
Olympus--Janine Nishiguchi's home in Bountiful, call her at (801)
550-2282
Ben Lomond--Karl Behling's home in Kaysville, call him at (801)
390-7163
Bridgerland--American West Heritage Center at 4025 S. Hwy 89/91 in Wellsville, UT
Website:  http://www.utahstorytellingguild.org


Event:  "Stories of Christmas Wonder, Fun, and Whimsy"
Host:  Timp Tellers of the Utah Storytelling Guild
What:  Part of regular monthly meeting of Timp Tellers, though
families invited to hear the Christmas tales
Date:  Thursday, December 3rd
Time:  7:00pm
Featured Tellers:  Timp Tellers and Olympus Tellers of Utah
Storytelling Guild
Cost:  Free, open to all
Location:  Orem Library (Media Auditorium) at 58 North State St.
in Orem, UT
Website:  http://lib.orem.org


Event:  Oak Hills Elementary Storytelling Festival
In Connection With:  Weber State University Storytelling Festival
Date:  Friday, December 11th
Time:  1:30pm-3:30pm
Featured Tellers:  About 20+ youth tellers from the school (4th-6th
grade)
Cost:  Free, open to all
Location:  Oak Hills Elementary at 1235 East 600 South in
Bountiful, UT
Websites:  http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/Oakhills/ or
http://www.weber.edu/storytelling/