A National Library Week Celebration
Hearing Voices
Washington County, Oregon
Admission is Free
All events are fun for children and adults
Guide to Storytelling Resources (pdf)
Hearing Voices 2008 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005
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Rick Huddle Humorous & Inspiring Stories |
Rebecca Cohen Oregon Folk Experiences |
Esther Stutzman Native American Tales |
Joe Kurmaskie Travel Adventure Stories |
Alton Chung Hawaiian & Asian Tales |
"There have been great societies that did not use the wheel,
but there have been no societies that did not tell stories"
--Ursula K. Le Guin
Schedule
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April 9: Storytelling Festival Kick-off
Tigard Public Library, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
A festival sampler presenting Native American, Asian, Hawaiian & Folk Tales, Inspiring Stories and Travel Adventures. Recommended for all ages.
Featured Storytellers: Esther Stutzman, Alton Chung, Rebecca Cohen, Rick Huddle and Joe Kurmaskie.
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April 10: Native American Tales & Oregon Folk Experiences with Esther Stutzman & Rebecca Cohen
Tualatin Public Library, 2:00 p.m.
Recommended for all ages.
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April 11: Native American Tales & Oregon Folk Experiences with Esther Stutzman & Rebecca Cohen
Cedar Mill Community Library, 4:00 p.m.
Recommended for all ages.
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April 12: Funny Family Stories & Songs with Anne-Louise Sterry
Tigard Public Library, 7:00 p.m.
Recommended for all ages. (Funded by an Oregon State Library Ready to Read Grant)
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April 13: Humorous & Inspiring Stories with Rick Huddle
West Slope Community Library, 6:30 p.m.
Recommended for all ages.
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April 13: Travel Adventure Stories with Cyclist & Author Joe Kurmaskie
Hillsboro Public Libraries - Tanasbourne, 6:30 p.m.
Recommended for adults, and children age 8 and over.
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April 14: Humorous & Inspiring Stories with Rick Huddle
Garden Home Community Library, 10:30 a.m.
Recommended for all ages.
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April 14: Asian Tales with Alton Chung
Cornelius Public Library, 7:00 p.m.
Recommended for adults, and children age 5 and over.
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April 15: Story Swap: Come one - Come all!
Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center, 7:00 p.m.
If you have a yarn to spin or story to tell - this is your opportunity. Also featuring the Portland Storytellers' Guild. Recommended for all ages.
Arrive early to sign-up for one of the 5-7 minute storytelling spots.
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April 16: Travel Adventure Stories with Cyclist & Author Joe Kurmaskie
Beaverton City Library, 2:00 p.m.
Recommended for adults, and children age 8 and over.
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April 17: Hawaiian Tales with Alton Chung
Forest Grove City Library, 2:00 p.m.
Recommended for adults, and children age 5 and over.
Storytellers
Alton Chung
Website: www.altonchung.comStoryteller Alton Chung combines a rich cultural heritage, drawing inspiration from his Japanese and Korean roots, as well as being influenced by the superstitions, stories, and magic of the Hawaiian Islands where he grew up. Alton is a member of Portland Story Theater and the Portland Storytelling Guild. He collects oral histories of Japanese elders for the Portland Nikkei Legacy Center, is an apprentice to Eth-Noh-Tec, and is the recipient of the 2005 J.J. Reneaux Emerging Artist Award from the National Storytelling Network.
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Storytelling Festival Kick-off
April 9, 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Tigard Public Library
A festival sampler presenting Native American, Asian, Hawaiian & Folk Tales, Inspiring Stories and Travel Adventures. Recommended for all ages.
Featured Storytellers: Esther Stutzman, Alton Chung, Rebecca Cohen, Rick Huddle and Joe Kurmaskie.
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Asian Tales with Alton Chung
April 14, 7:00 p.m. at the Cornelius Public Library
Recommended for adults, and children age 5 and over.
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Hawaiian Tales with Alton Chung
April 17, 2:00 p.m. at the Forest Grove City Library
Recommended for adults, and children age 5 and over.
Joe Kurmaskie
Website: www.metalcowboy.comJoe Kurmaskie is an award winning journalist and author of the popular Random House travel adventure series Metal Cowboy (3 books and counting). His one man performance has graced more than 200 stages around the country. Joe's work has appeared in Men's Journal, The New York Times, Details, The Oregonian, Bicycling and Backpacker. He lives in Portland with his wife and two boys.
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Storytelling Festival Kick-off
April 9, 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Tigard Public Library
A festival sampler presenting Native American, Asian, Hawaiian & Folk Tales, Inspiring Stories and Travel Adventures. Recommended for all ages.
Featured Storytellers: Esther Stutzman, Alton Chung, Rebecca Cohen, Rick Huddle and Joe Kurmaskie.
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Travel Adventure Stories with Cyclist & Author Joe Kurmaskie
April 13, 6:30 p.m. at the Hillsboro Public Libraries - Tanasbourne
Recommended for adults, and children age 8 and over.
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Travel Adventure Stories with Cyclist & Author Joe Kurmaskie
April 16, 2:00 p.m. at the Beaverton City Library
Recommended for adults, and children age 8 and over.
Esther Stutzman
Esther Stutzman is a native Oregonian and traditional American Indian storyteller of Kalapuya/Coos heritage. She learned the stories from her grandmothers and she has been telling stories of the ancient ways for over forty years. She has been a long-time presenter for the Oregon Chautauqua History Series and a recipient of Oregon Historical Society Folklife awards. She also teaches workshops and American Indian music seminars for many regional and National music teachers' associations and is a frequent lecturer at universities and colleges in the Pacific Northwest.
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Storytelling Festival Kick-off
April 9, 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Tigard Public Library
A festival sampler presenting Native American, Asian, Hawaiian & Folk Tales, Inspiring Stories and Travel Adventures. Recommended for all ages.
Featured Storytellers: Esther Stutzman, Alton Chung, Rebecca Cohen, Rick Huddle and Joe Kurmaskie.
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Native American Tales & Oregon Folk Experiences with Esther Stutzman & Rebecca Cohen
April 10, 2:00 p.m. at the Tualatin Public Library
Recommended for all ages.
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Native American Tales & Oregon Folk Experiences with Esther Stutzman & Rebecca Cohen
April 11, 4:00 p.m. at the Cedar Mill Community Library
Recommended for all ages.
Rebecca Cohen
Rebecca is the daughter of storytelling farmers who always had a story to share around the dinner table. Storytelling has been a big part of her life. She first began telling stories in the oral tradition (without a book) to her own sons then started telling them to other children. She is a co-founder of the Stories by the Sea Storytelling Festival in Newport, Oregon an event that is scheduled for its 11th season in September 2005.
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Storytelling Festival Kick-off
April 9, 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Tigard Public Library
A festival sampler presenting Native American, Asian, Hawaiian & Folk Tales, Inspiring Stories and Travel Adventures. Recommended for all ages.
Featured Storytellers: Esther Stutzman, Alton Chung, Rebecca Cohen, Rick Huddle and Joe Kurmaskie.
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Native American Tales & Oregon Folk Experiences with Esther Stutzman & Rebecca Cohen
April 10, 2:00 p.m. at the Tualatin Public Library
Recommended for all ages.
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Native American Tales & Oregon Folk Experiences with Esther Stutzman & Rebecca Cohen
April 11, 4:00 p.m. at the Cedar Mill Community Library
Recommended for all ages.
Rick Huddle
Website: www.rickhuddle.comHailing from a long line of teachers and Southern preachers (and a very short line of one clown), Rick Huddle has storytelling in his blood. With exuberance, and sometimes a guitar sing-a-long, Rick tells humorous and inspiring stories about princesses who slay dragons, monsters that play kickball, and cows that dance.
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Storytelling Festival Kick-off
April 9, 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Tigard Public Library
A festival sampler presenting Native American, Asian, Hawaiian & Folk Tales, Inspiring Stories and Travel Adventures. Recommended for all ages.
Featured Storytellers: Esther Stutzman, Alton Chung, Rebecca Cohen, Rick Huddle and Joe Kurmaskie.
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Humorous & Inspiring Stories with Rick Huddle
April 13, 6:30 p.m. at the West Slope Community Library
Recommended for all ages.
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Humorous & Inspiring Stories with Rick Huddle
April 14, 10:30 a.m. at the Garden Home Community Library
Recommended for all ages.
Anne-Louise Sterry
Anne-Louise Sterry is an extraordinary performer whose joy in storytelling and singing is contagious. Unfailingly positive and encouraging, she brings an energy and commitment to her audiences, whatever their age, which makes those present feel that she is working or performing with them rather than at them.
Anne-Louise is based in Portland, Oregon, performs nationally and internationally, is a Regional Arts Council, and Young Audiences Performer and is soon to be working with Operation Respect ("Don't Laugh at Me" Program). She has released four CD recordings of stories and songs, the latest of which "Making Ravioli" won the Children's Music Web Award for Best Spoken Word Recording for Older Children.
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Funny Family Stories & Songs with Anne-Louise Sterry
April 12, 7:00 p.m. at the Tigard Public Library
Recommended for all ages. (Funded by an Oregon State Library Ready to Read Grant)
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