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MCC-Maple Woods proudly presents the (abridged) schedule for the 11th Annual Kansas City Storytelling Celebration.
More information about individual events will be forthcoming, so check back often!
Tuesday, Nov. 2
7-9 p.m.
MCC-Maple Woods Student Center
FREE
This is an open mic event - bring yourself, your friends, your families and your stories!
*Must be over 18 to participate
Wednesday, Nov. 3
KCMO Public Library, Bluford Branch 10:00-11:00 a.m. (Preschoolers)
FREE
KCMO Public Library, Southeast Branch
10:00-11:00 a.m. (Preschoolers)
FREE
KCMO Public Library, Westport Branch
10:00-11:00 a.m. (Preschoolers)
FREE
Mid-Continent Public Library, Lee’s Summit Branch
1:30-2:30 p.m. (Preschoolers)
FREE
Media Specialists Workshop
$12–includes lunch
Noon-3:30 p.m.
Park Hill School District (7703 NW Barry Rd)
RSVP: 816-604-3011
A workshop with lots of ideas for equipping and encouraging youth tellers through storytelling clubs
Media Specialists, Public Library Staff, School Librarians & Storytellers)
Presenter: Becky Everly
Thursday, Nov. 4
KCMO Public Library, Waldo Branch 10:00-11:00 a.m. (Preschoolers)
FREE
KCMO Public Library, Central Branch
10:30-11:30 a.m. (School age)
Featuring: Bobby Norfolk
FREE
Westside Family Concert
Primitivo Garica Elementary School
Sponsored by: Irene H. Ruiz Bibloteca de las Americas
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Featuring: Olga Loya
FREE
Regional Concert: River & Prairie Storyweavers
MCC-Maple Woods Student Center
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Cost: $3
Storytellers from Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa
and Illinois come together to share their unique talents and tales.
Friday, Nov. 510:00-11:00 a.m. (Preschoolers)
FREE
KCMO Public Library, Trails West Branch
11:00 a.m.- noon (Preschoolers)
FREE
Day of the Dead and Altar Stories
Mattie Rhodes Art Center: First Fridays Crossroads Series
6:30 p.m.
Featuring: Olga Loya
FREE
Friday Night Family Fun Concert
KCMO Public Library, Plaza Branch
7:00-8:00 p.m.
Featuring: Thom and Sarah Howard
FREE
Ghost Stories Concert
KCMO Public Library – Plaza Branch, Truman Forum
7:00-9:00 p.m. (Mature Audiences)
Featuring: Elizabeth Ellis, Olga Loya,
Bobby Norfolk with Special Guest Loretta Washington
FREEMCC-Maple Woods – Campus Center
11:00 a.m.-12 p.m.
Featuring: Bobby Norfolk
FREE
Build a story of your own in the StoryShop.
KCMO Public Library – Plaza Branch
1:00-2:00 p.m. (Youth workshop)
Create your own “story spoon” to take home.
Featuring: Thom and Sarah Howard
FREE
Black Sheep and Kissing Cousins
KCMO Public Library – Plaza Branch
1:00-2:30 p.m. (Adult Workshop)
Examine the eight types of stories all families share and learn tips for collecting and telling them.
Featuring: Elizabeth Ellis
FREE
Before The Lights Go Out
The Story of Satchel Paige, James “Cool Papa” Bell, and the Negro Baseball Leagues
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
2:00-3:30 p.m.
Cost: $8
Special: Military Appreciation Day
All active and inactive Military and two guests will be admitted free.
Please present your Military ID upon admission
Plaza Library Family Concert
KCMO Public Library – Plaza Branch, Truman Forum
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Featuring: Elizabeth Ellis, Thom and Sarah Howard, Olga Loya and special youth storyteller Union Chapel Student Anne Price
FREE
KCMO Public Library – Plaza Branch, Truman Forum
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Audience members are treated to a view of the world through the eyes of local youths. (Performers aged 5-18)
FREE
Storytelling Spectacular
KCMO Public Library – Plaza Branch, Truman Forum
7:00-9:00 p.m. (Audiences ages 10 and older)
The flagship event of the Storytelling Celebration promotes cultural diversity, global communication and perhaps, most importantly, healthy entertainment.
Featuring: Elizabeth Ellis, Thom and Sarah Howard, Olga Loya and Bobby Norfolk.
FREE
Sarah Howard has been the children’s librarian at the Columbia Public Library for more than 17 years and is a founder of the Mid-Missouri Organization of Storytelling (MOST). She plays mandolin and autoharp and regularly presents workshops on storytelling and programming to librarians, teacher and parenting organizations.
Thom Howard has been performing on guitar for more than 20 years as a solo artist and in ensembles of all kinds and sizes. He plays ragtime, fingerstyle, classical, Spanish and Latin American music. Thom teaches stringed instruments classes at Central Methodist University and released his solo album “Sometimes a Guitar is Just a Guitar” in 2002.
