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Click date for schedule:
Wednesday, April 30
Thursday, May 1
Friday, May 2
Saturday, May 3

 

Time Storyteller Location Story Theme Age Group
10:00 a.m. Phyllis Hostmeyer
Deb Swanegan
Pilot's Wheel Nature Tales Grades 3-5
  Ron Adams
Larry Brown
Dust Bowl Buffalo Stories
Jack of the Ozarks
Grades 5-7
  Beth Horner Theater Stories of the Night Sky Grades 4-6
  Sherry Norfolk
Tracy Walker
Courthouse Gallery Moral of the Story
The Best Fish Catcher in Appalachia
Grades 1-3
  Mary Lu Bretsch
Dianne Moran
Courthouse 3 Paws and Claws
Earth Woman Tales
Grades 2-4
  Sue Koppel
Shaaron Peters
Courthouse 4 Flipflopped Fables
Folktale Fun
Grades K-1
  Jeanne B. Crews
Marilyn Phillips
Courthouse Theater Ramona Stories
Creepy Crawlies
Grades 2-4
  Heather Forest Missouri Botanical Garden The Wisdom and Wonder of Folktales Grades 2-4
  Marilyn Kinsella
Jackie & Glen "Papa" Wright, Jr.
Blanchette Park > Fractured Fairytales
Shake, Rattle, and Roll with Stories
Grades 2-4
  Robert Greygrass Missouri History Museum Trickster Tales, Iktomi the Spider Man Grades 3-5
  Mary Garrett
Sandi Sylver
Jefferson Barracks One Wish/Blast into Books Grades P-1
  Mike Anderson
Lynn Rubright
Touhill Performing Arts Center Music and Stories and Jokes
Old Missouri: Tales Tall and True
Grades 1-3
  Marcia Ollinger
Loretta Washington
Laumeier Sculpture Park The Rain Song
Adventures of Brer Rabbit and Friends
Grades K-2
  Diann Joy Bank
Jim Two Crows Wallen
New Northside Conference Center The Little Red Hen's Songs and Stories/Tipi Days Grades 1-2
  Kenya Ajanaku
Gale Portman
Powder Valley Anansi and Turtle's Feast
Earth Trails
Grades 1-2
11:00 a.m. Ken Wolfe Pilot's Wheel Turtle River Grades 2-4
  Steve Otto Dust Bowl The "Real" Trails West Grades 1-3
  The Storycrafters Theater The Crack Between Worlds Grades 5-7
  Kunama Mtendaji
Marilyn Phillips
Courthouse Gallery Traditional African Folktales
Creepy Crawlies
Grades K-2
  Dianne Moran
Sherry Norfolk
Courthouse 3 Ozark Tales
Clearly Clever
Grades 3-5
  Jeanne B. Crews
Shaaron Peters
Courthouse 4 Folktales
Sing and Tell
Grades 2-4
 

Mary Lu Bretsch
Joann King

Courthouse Theater The Nightingale
Brer Bear's Grapevine
Grades 1-3
  Baba Jamal Koram Missouri Botanical Garden Nature Stories Grades 4-6
  Marilyn Kinsella
Jackie & Glen "Papa" Wright, Jr.
Blanchette Park > The Hollyhock Girl
Stories with Percussion
Grades 3-5
  Robert Greygrass Missouri History Museum Trickster Tales, Iktomi the Spider Man Grades 3-5
11:30 a.m. Mary Garrett
Sandi Sylver
Jefferson Barracks Wise Tailor
Island Adventures
Grades 1-3
  Mike Anderson
Lynn Rubright
Touhill Performing Arts Center Music and Stories and Jokes
Stories to Grow On
Grades 1-3
  Marcia Ollinger
Loretta Washington
Laumeier Sculpture Park The Darning Needle
Growing Up in the Missouri Boot Heel
Grades 1-3
  Diann Joy Bank
Jim Two Crows Wallen
New Northside Conference Center Yettle's Feathers of Wisdom
Lewis and Clark
Grades 3-5
  Kenya Ajanaku
Gale Portman
Powder Valley Anansi and Turtle's Feast
Earth Trails
Grades 3-5
Noon Beth Horner Pilot's Wheel A Tale of Environmental Triumph Grades 5-7
  Kathy Schottel
Deb Swanegan
Dust Bowl Great Ballgame
Tales from the Village
Grades 1-3
  The Storycrafters Theater Catch the World by the Tale Grades 4-6
  Kenya Ajanaku
La Rita Wright
Courthouse Gallery Uglyrella
Creepy Crawly Tales
Grades 1-3
  Ron Adams
Larry Brown
Courthouse 3 Canine Stories
Farm and Fantasy
Grades 5-7
  Phyllis Hostmeyer
Joann King
Courthouse 4 Nature Tales
Tales of the Ozarks
Grades 2-4
  Sue Koppe Tracy Walker Courthouse Theater Flipflopped Fables
Opossum's Trick
Grades K-1
  Heather Forest Missouri Botanical Garden Nature Tales Grades 2-4
  Marilyn Kinsella Blanchette Park > Munsch Lunch Grades P-K
1:00 p.m. Kunama Mtendaji
Deb Swanegan
Pilot's Wheel Traditional African-American Folktales
Tales of Brer Rabbit and Friends
Grades 2-4
  Kathy Schottel
Blake Travis
Dust Bowl Grasshopper and Fox
Stories from the World Village
Grades K-2
  Ken Wolfe Theater Boom, Ka-Boom! Grades 3-5
  Baba Jamal Koram Missouri Botanical Garden Afrakan Animal StoryStage Grades 3-5
4:00 p.m. Heather Forest Missouri History Museum The Voice as an Instrument: Rhythm, Pattern, and Musicality in Storytelling Adult
7:00 p.m.

Franky Ramont, Ella Eakins, Linda Whiggam, Nina Wilson

G.S.L.A.D. Deaf Storytelling Program Family
  CANCELLED
Deb Swanegan, Jim Two Crows Wallen, Karen Young
Trinity Lutheran Church, Soulard Spiritual & Faith-based Stories Family
  Sherry Norfolk, Sandi Sylver, Tracy Walker Brentwood Community Center An Evening of Family Storytelling Family
  Heather Forest, Beth Horner Borders, Creve Coeur Later Tales: An Evening of Storytelling for Adults Adult
  Baba Jamal Koram, The Storycrafters Borders, Chesterfield Later Tales: An Evening of Storytelling for Adults Adult
  Mike Anderson, Ken Wolfe Borders, St. Peters Later Tales: An Evening of Storytelling for Adults Adult
  Robert Greygrass, Larry Brown Borders, Fairview Heights, Ill. Later Tales: An Evening of Storytelling for Adults Adult
  Ron Adams, Kathy Schottel Soulard Coffee Garden Later Tales: An Evening of Storytelling for Adults Adult

Schedule is subject to change.

‡ Pilot’s Wheel, Dust Bowl, and Theater are located in the Visitor Center under the Gateway Arch.
> Blanchette Park is in the City of St. Charles.
~ Interpreted for the hearing/deaf.


Plan to Attend the 30th Annual
St. Louis Storytelling Festival

April 29-May 2, 2009

Can't wait to hear some storytellers spin their yarns? Click a link on our home page, or click here to listen to Ken Wolfe talk about his Martian parents on KWMU... (Scroll down to Segment B and then select WMP or MP3.)


Attention,
School Teachers

Did you know that bringing your class to the Festival is not only fun but also addresses standards? Find out how in the St. Louis Storytelling Festival Study Guide.

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